Oh, valid point! Good call. Didn't understand what it was referring to. Thanks.

Wait, I'm confused. The article says he defended the net for 2 periods. Is that a typo? I assume there wasn't a goalie change in such a low-scoring game. (I didn't get to watch it).

Teams switch sides between periods, so he took the net he defended for the 1st and 3rd periods.

Did he get also jumped by a pack of kids outside the Rock?

I like how Marty got tired of cutting the net and other Devils had to take over. It's kinda ridiculous to cut the net—it's not a basketball net, there's so much to cut!

That's what I was thinking. Someone needs to invent a special tool for future cuttings of hockey nets.

I don't think there needs to be a special invention (lots of perfectly good items already exist), just don't give the man safety scissors to cut a HUGE net.

Yeah, but all of those are variations on a theme (scissors). The great American dream is to take someone else's idea, twist it, and make it your own (along with a patent). :)

finally - so can you now stop obsessing about Marty? Trinkle and Boorstein do so love him. Meanwhile, in NEW YORK Rangers news - their new coach just set his own record with the most NHL wins for an American-born coach.

313

I sit in 309. I bleed blue, but I am also a hockey fan. Marty earned this night and he has earned more respect than the local area has ever given him.

That being said, I hope Avery scores seven times on him on the 30th.

I'm a diehard Rangers fan who LOATHES the Devils, but even I can appreciate the tremendous feat that Brodeur just accomplished. That said, if/when NY & NJ play each other in the playoffs, Rangers will win in six.

Typical Ranger fan-this is about hockey history that occurred in the tri state area. The New York Rangers traditionally acquire great players after they have achieved greatness-rarely will we see one play his entire career with the organization and set records like this. However Ranger fans prefer to be boorish, professing love for a really shitty team. Yeah whoo hoo Johnny T set the record! WOW! Did he coach the Rangers his whole career?

You Devils fans are so predictable and so easy to wind up. You expect Rangers fans to genuflect at the altar of Lou and Marty. Here's a newsflash for you: we don't care about the Devils. They aren't New York's team. Get over it and stop continuously whining about it.

All that being said, congratulations to Marty. It's a massive achievement.

First of all I am a hockey fan-I find myself very fortunate to live in an area that has 3 teams to watch. You Ranger fans all come from the same mold unfortunately-blindly and arrogantly following a scrubby team for decades with the hope they might make the playoffs...

Thanks for proving my point.

I, too, am first and foremost a hockey fan, which is why I hate the invention of the trap, the clutch and grab, and defense-first hockey. It's why I am enjoying, thus far, the more attack-minded Rangers. It's why I really appreciate the Red Wings, Capitals, and Sharks.

Of course I've followed the Rangers for decades hoping they get in the playoffs and win the cup. I mean, what kind of moron grows up supporting one club and then switches allegiances. Never mind, I know the answer to that one.

What kind of blowhard idiot would continually pin their hopes on a shitty team year in and year out to be continuously disappointed? Yep you nailed it- A Ranger fan. The only thing the Devils have clutched and grabbed is the Stanley Cup. Listen, I root for the Rangers in spite of their fans...

What kind of blowhard idiot would continually pin their hopes on a shitty team year in and year out to be continuously disappointed?

Congrats Marty! And a big LET'S GO DEVILS!!!