April 9, 2008

Game 1 - First Period Thoughts

Man do I love playoff hockey. This game is high energy and fast moving right now. Everyone is hitting everyone and people are skating. I like that the Rangers are coming out with good energy and they are skating well. Some big problems are the turnovers. There have been way to many for the Rangers and a team like the Devils will jump on a mistake, thats their game. The Rangers need to play smoother and handle the puck better. The Devils played better than us that period but Henrik and some good defense has kept it at 0-0.

The Rangers have had some good chances. Jagr hitting the post was the closest. The Rangers have to have traffic in front of the net to get a goal. The Devils had some problems dealing with traffic, especially at the end of the period when they got called for a penalty. The first goal of this game is going to be huge. It will really give either team some serious momentum. We'll see what happens.

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