Tisk Tisk to the Rangers

Well the Rangers are down 3-0 in the series to the Penguins. It is not impossible to come back from being down 0-3, but it is nearly impossible. In fact, only two teams in the history of NHL have come back from such a hole. The Rangers need to look no further than their own locker room for who to blame. It has been all on them. A quick glance at each game and what they did wrong.

Game 1

How can you go up 3-0 in a game and lose? The first game of the series and the Rangers set the tone. Then they have mental lapses and the Penguins scored two goals in under 20 seconds, not once, but twice. Unacceptable. There is no other way around it. The Rangers lost their composure and deserved to lose this game. If the Rangers playoff run ends in the round, they need look no further to find out where they let it slip away. They looked like a bunch of
VQUZESHUF.

Game 2

This game was a lot different than game one. This one ended up being a 2-0 win for the Penguins. A hard fought effort in both sides, with King Henrik playing amazing. The Rangers ended up getting burned as the Pens scored on the power play. I do not mean to toot my own horn, but one of my keys to the series was, STAY OUT OF THE BOX! The Penguins power play is too good. The Rangers also did not put to much pressure on Marc-Andre Fluery.

Game 3

This one hurt to watch. Rangers go down 3-1 after the first period. Painful to watch. Penguins scored two goals with under 3 minutes to play in the first. Ouch. One of them of course was a power play goal. Rangers come out in the second battle back to tie the game at 3. Penguins call a timeout and they still can not stop the Rangers momentum. This is the one, the Rangers are going to win tonight, the garden is electric. The Ryan Hollweg takes a stupid penalty. EARTH TO HOLLWEG, WHEN A PLAYER TURNS HIS BACK TO YOU....YOU CAN NOT HIT HIM....THAT IS A PENALTY....YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE LEAGUE FOR 3 YEARS....LEARN THE RULES. Penguins power play comes on to the ice and scores. The garden is once again deflated and the Pens win the game 5-3. On top of that, Rangers suffer injuries to Blair Betts (puck to the face), Chris Drury (unknown injury), and after the game Sean Avery (lacerated spleen). The hits just keep on coming for the Rangers.

Well as stated before, the Rangers have dug themselves in a deep hole. Near impossible to get of. It will be interesting to see how the Rangers respond in game 4. Will they be swept by the Penguins in their own building? Game 4, Thursday at 7 P.M.

*Note: The Penguins have one their first 7 playoff games in a row. The last team to do that was the 1994 Stanley Cup Champion, New York Rangers. They say history has a way of repeating itself. We shall see.

Going to be tough, but as always, LETS GO RANGERRRRRRSSS!!!!!