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New York Rangers Defeat New Jersey Devils 3-0
by Paul on 05/19/12 at 05:40 PM ET
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The Rangers now lead the series 2-1 with game 4 coming up on Monday evening.
It was a back and forth game until the 3rd period when Dan Girardi scored on the power play early in the 3rd then the Rangers added two more goals to close out the game.
Rangers found as much offense as they needed, now the Devils must figure out a way to put some pucks past Lundqvist.
Here’s Jim Hughson of HNIC with the Girardi goal…
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Rangers Defeat Devils 3-0 In Game 1 Of The Eastern Conference Finals
by Paul on 05/15/12 at 12:36 AM ET
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I must admit, this game was hard to watch.
The Rangers shutdown the Devils’ offense all night which at times makes for boring hockey.
Here’s the game winner from Dan Girardi, a power play goal early in the 3rd period.
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Video- Ovechkin Hit On Girardi
by Paul on 05/05/12 at 04:59 PM ET
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Rightfully so, Alex Ovechkin received 2 for charging for this hit on Dan Girardi.
But the web is starting to ask, does he deserve more punishment?
Anyone who thinks he does has other motives.
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Video- Rangers Win, Move On The EC Semi-Finals To Face Washington
by Paul on 04/26/12 at 11:40 PM ET
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The New York Rangers defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-1 to win their series 4-3.
This goal by defenseman Dan Girardi turned out to be the gane winner midway tn the 2nd period.
added 10:24pm, Watch the game highlights below…
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Dan Girardi For The Norris Trophy
by Paul on 02/05/12 at 12:12 PM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
Submitted for your approval in this season during which there has been no offensively dominant defenseman: Dan Girardi for the Norris Trophy.
It certainly would be a twilight zone of a choice, given the throwback nature of the bedrock Ranger’s game, but hockey people have argued for years that if the worth of strict defensive play has not quite been ignored in the voting for the prestigious trophy, it certainly has been overshadowed by the value of dynamic offense from the blue line.
Girardi, who has gotten more ice time per game at 27:34 than any player in the NHL in five years — since Zdeno Chara averaged 27:57 in 2006-07 in his first year in Boston — is the personification of the defensive defenseman who does all of the grunt work all of the time matched against every opponent’s top line while also possessing the ability to make the outlet pass and get up on the play in joining the rush.
No one will be blinded by Girardi’s offensive stats. At the same time, the modesty of his 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) should not blind anyone to his value on the club with the best points-per-game record and second-best goals-against average in the league.
more plus opening NHL season in Europe may be in jeopardy…..
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Go To Dman
by Paul on 11/19/07 at 11:19 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
But it still is no less incredible that Dan Girardi, emerging as a go-to, first-pair defenseman at the age of 23, could have gone through both the 2002 and 2003 entry drafts without one of the 30 teams calling his name; no less incredible that 583 players were selected in those two drafts and Girardi was not one of them.
“We were just talking about that this morning,” Tom Renney, then part of the Rangers’ personnel evaluation staff and now the coach who will send Girardi onto the ice with partner Fedor Tyutin against the Islanders’ most dangerous line tonight at the Garden, said on Friday.
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