Gretzky Conf - Game 7 - Panthers vs Rangers - Play by Play

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First period action under way....


Rangers Reinprecht takes the puck in the Panthers end, dishes off to Drury, Drury skates behind the net, Stillman circles in front, Drury passes off to Stillman in the slot....Stillman shoots for the top corner....

He SCORES!!!!!
54 seconds into the first period...

Period 1
1. RANGERS, STILLMAN 5 (DRURY, REINPRECHT), 00:54


Play continues....

[Radically Red]

Hate that Stillman guy... Great commentary for this game cheese.

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Joe Blowen...It seems like the Panthers werent interested in showing up for the start of the game.

John Davidson...Ya strange circumstance to see such a good defensive team like the Panthers come out so slow. Maybe its that Home Ice superstition creeping in.

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The Panthers control the play at centre ice.
Jason Chimera strips the puck off Mark Savard at the Red line.
Chimera skates hard to the corner, circles....spots Ray Whitney coming late over the blueline....
Whitney shoots a one timer....BIG SAVE by Nabakov!!!!!

Rebound comes out to the slot.....Robert Lang picks up the puck....dekes Gonchar....

SCORES!!!! Bottom corner

2-0 Rangers at 3:50 of the first period!

Period 1

2. RANGERS, LANG 2 (WHITNEY, CHIMERA), 03:50

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Joe Blowen...Wowwwwie...hoooooooolyyyyyyyy Blueshirts Batman! 2-0 New York!

John Davidson...Unreal Joe, the Rangers have been ALL over the Cats from Florida, the coach better call a timeout and get his teams focus back!

[HelloHockeyFans]

Great play by play Cheese! Good to see you putting some quality hours in at work! LOL!

Panthers are dead...

[MJK]

Panthers suck.

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Joe Blowen...Well the coach did something right John...that timeout seems to have done the trick.

John Davidson...Yup, it sure seems like it woke the team up Joe....now lets see if the Panthers can claw there way back into the game. The action is pretty intense right now.

[MJK]

Originally Posted by Cheese

Joe Blowen...Well the coach did something right John...that timeout seems to have done the trick.

John Davidson...Yup, it sure seems like it woke the team up Joe....now lets see if the Panthers can claw there way back into the game. The action is pretty intense right now.

Man I hope you guys are right!

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Jokinen takes the puck deep into the Rangers zone,
The Panthers are working hard...trying to claw their way back into the game,
Jokinen dishes the puck back to the point,
Martinek takes the puck and skates sideways towards the middle of the ice,
Martinek spots a wide open Alexander Korolyuk at the side of the net,
The pass is made....Korolyuk one times the puck....
WHAT a SAVE by Dwayne ROLOSON!!!!!
The puck bounces into the corner,
Khavanov picks it up and circles behind his net,
Dishes it up to Marty Reasoner on the side boards,
A long pass to the Panthers blueline to a streaking Dainius Zubrus!
ZUBRUS has a breakaway!
He skates in hard on Nabakov,
makes the deke,

HE SCORES!!!!!!

3-0 Rangers at 8:41 of the 1st period!!!!

Period 1

3. RANGERS, ZUBRUS 3 (REASONER, KHAVANOV), 08:41

[MJK]

Oh brother....I am gone for supper, I can't watch this.

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Joe Blowen...Wowie wowie wowie John....it just seems like nothing the Panthers are doing is working and everything the Rangers try goes in the net!

John Davidson...Yup, maybe its luck, or just pure skill...I think its a bit of both and that poor Home ice record the Cats had during the season. That mustve played tricks with their mind. The Cats have actually outshot the Rangers by a 9-5 count...Nabakov MUST shut the door from here on in!

[Sample00]

gawed..this would be painful to watch....

[RT14]

Stars GM says: "It's been a bit of a blowout scorewise so far, let's hope the Panthers can get the goaltending needed let their offense go to work now! I want to see an exciting finish whom-ever should win!"

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The Panthers take the puck deep in the Rangers zone,
Modano with the puck in the corner,
Satan circles into the slot,
Modano fires a pass to Miro for the one timer,
Satan gets a small piece and the puck slips back into the corner,
Modano picks it up again,
drives hard behind the Rangers net,
passes off to the point,
Blake takes the puck,
passes over to Visnovsky,
back to Blake....
a ONE TIMER,
Save by Roloson!!!
Holik is down on the ice in front,
Ref sees the infraction and raises his arm,
Panthers circle the zone, Modano takes a wrist shot....
Roloson big save!!!!

Whistle blows...


Ref skates to centre ice..

Drury...Rangers...2 minutes for Elbowing...Panthers Powerplay! 12:12 of the 1st period....

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Joe Blowen...Heres the Panthers big chance John, a horrible penalty for Drury to take!

John Davidson...I agree Joe, they have the Panthers down...theres no need to take an elbowing penalty. Thats simply rubbing salt into the wound!
Lets see what the Cats do with this man advantage!

[notoepik]

Weren't all of the Rangers scorers indeed Panthers at one point this season?

What an exciting game, I hope the Rangers don't have a melt down and blow this 3-0 lead!

[JiriHrdina]

This is fun! Great idea Cheese.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Zubrus is lookin' a lot like Jagr these days...

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Face off to the right of Roloson,
Panthers have Savard at centre flanked by Handzuz and Brind'Amour,
Jackman and Gonchar on the points,
Rangers counter with Reasoner on the dot with Jason Chimera, Yonkman and Doig assisting.
Linesman drops the puck,
Savard wins the draw....back to the point to Jackman,
Jackman stickhandles the puck, passes across to Doig,
Doig back to Jackman.
Jackman passes up to Handzus,
back to Jackman,
Jackman across to Doig....

whistle blows....

Offside...the puck went outside the line...



Face off outside the Rangers blueline.