Brian Leetch Night At MSG

This night was awesome! The game was great; Rangers won in the shootout. The ceremony before the game was really cool. There were a bunch of old time Rangers there like Gilbert, as well as recent legends like Messier and Richter. Unfortunately, none of us brought any good cameras, so you'll have to deal with the pictures that I got from my phone.

Crappy pictures aside, it was a great night. Thanks a bunch to Mom for an awesome Christmas present! And, uh, thanks ahead of time for the Adam Graves retirement party too!

Right to Left: Leetch, Messier

Mark Messier on the right.

Mike Richter on the Right

Another Amazing Hockey Moment

I think the announcer is a bit of a prick though. Who are you to say that something does or doesn't belong in the National Hockey League? Goalies have lets shots in from center ice, does the same comment apply to them? You owe that guy an apology.

Anyway, here's the video.

Amazing Goal by Rick Nash

Wow.

Retirement of Brian Leetch's # 2

Every year, my Mom gets a big present for the three of us (her, Cliff, and myself) to do all together. Those are honestly my favorite kinds of gifts. They're the most thoughtful, and they're the kind of gifts that I really like to give. Cliff and I agreed to pass each other off this Christmas until we could mutually figure out a gift for each other that would be categorized as such, but I only mention that to emphasize how much I think these are the best gifts that can be given.

So, this year, Mom certainly didn't disappoint. The Rangers are retiring Brian Leetch's number on January 24th, and we're going! The tickets for the game have been sold out, but there is a viewing party that is going to be taking place in a theatre that is actually at the Garden. The awesome part about this, is that the viewing party sounds even better than simply going to the game. She sent us an email about it yesterday that said there would be guest appearances by not only Brian Leetch himself, but Adam Graves, Rod Gilbert, and Mike Richter! Holy Crap! I am super pumped for this, and I wanted to share my enthusiasm and make jealous all the Ranger fans who might read this blog. Actually the only Ranger fans might read this are Mom and Cliff, but hey, whatever.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this. I've been doing a lot of looking forward to things that are going to happen after I'm done dieting as a way to help me get through this cut. It's been pretty brutal. Anyway, this is one of those things.

I also wanted to readdress the fact that I'm no longer a Devil's fan. I was asked the other day and I wanted to publish my explanation one more time. When I was younger, hockey was everything (kinda like fighting is for me now, heh). Everyone around me was a Ranger fan, and I really wanted to be different. So I started rooting for Montreal and New Jersey. After everything with Patrick Roy happened in Montreal, I decided to just stick with New Jersey. Recently, when the Devils decided to move further away to Newark, I asked myself why the hell was I rooting for a New Jersey team over my own team? Screw that! I am a full fledged Ranger fan, and I'm not looking back. I've gone back to my roots, so to speak. So there you have it. LET'S GO RANGERS!