Avery's "Antics"

Well the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils series has started, and it has not disappointed. Each game has been hard fought and come down to the wire. Right now though, the Rangers lead the Devils 2 games to 1. On a side note, Sunday nights Devil's win added more history between Sean Avery and Martin Brodeur. On a 5 on 3 powerplay, Sean Avery went to the front of the net and turned his back to the play. Standing directly in front of Martin Brodeur, Avery stood there waving his stick in front of Brodeur's face to distract him. This has never been done before and therefore not a penalty. Brodeur would whack Avery with his stick, but Avery would get the last laugh on the shift. Avery ended up scoring powerplay in a traditional method. He recieved a pass from Scott Gomez in front of the net and banged the puck home. The Rangers would end up losing the game, but the NHL would act on "Avery's Antics". In a statement by Colin Campbell, the NHL director of hockey operations, he said,"An unsportsmanlike conduct minor penalty will be interpreted and applied, effective immediately, to a situation when an offensive player positions himself facing the opposition goaltender and engages in actions such as waving his arms or stick in front of the goaltender's face, for the purpose of improperly interfering with and/or distracting the goaltender as opposed to positioning himself to try to make a play." Here is the link to see what Sean Avery was doing to Martin Brodeur, VQUZESHUF

The Rangers and Devils drop the puck for game 4 tonight at 7 P.M. I am also attending game 5 on Friday.

As always, LETS GO RANGERS!!!!

Article used for reference: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3346729