HURRICANES 3, RANGERS
0
NEW YORK -- Petr Mrazek and
the Carolina
Hurricanes had a reason to enjoy themselves, too, on Friday
night.
Mrazek made 27 saves and the Hurricanes spoiled a
celebration at Madison Square Garden that honored the last Rangers team to win
the Stanley Cup, blanking New York 3-0.
Warren
Foegele scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as
the Hurricanes ended a 16-game losing streak at the Garden. He took a pass
from Saku
Maenalanen in the slot and wristed a shot past Henrik
Lundqvist at 6:43.
Rookie Andrei
Svechnikov and Brock McGinn added
empty-net goals as Carolina won its third in a row. It was Carolina's first win
at MSG since a 4-3 victory on Oct. 29, 2010.
In a 45-minute pregame ceremony, Mark Messier, Brian Leetch and
the players and coaches from the Rangers' 1994 Stanley Cup team were
introduced. They were seated at center ice as a sellout crowd cheered the
commemoration of the 25th anniversary of that championship.
To honor that club, Lundqvist wore a goaltender's mask
similar to Mike Richter's
with the Statue of Liberty prominently displayed on the front. Lundqvist's mask
also has "1994" painted on the right side with a picture of Richter,
his name and number.
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