01/02 Playoffs
Rnd1: We sweep Ottawa, Flames, Canadiens and Islanders all out as expected. For once we won't face the Islanders in the playoffs!
Rnd2: Can we get an 8th match up of Lemieux and Gretkzy, they are ranked 2 & 1. We sweep the Pens easily.. Boston also have swept their way to the conference final. Oilers in a game 7, detroit through! Reto von Arx( i don't know who either) scores an OT winner, for Edmonton! We have the match up! Gretzky may ahve another season in him, but this surely is their last playoff match up.
Rnd 3 Gretzky vs Lemieux, and Rangers Bruins
Detroit win first game 10-4, Gretzky 5 assists! Lemieux 2 assists, Lindros 2 goals and Brett hull 2 goals 2 assists! This game was 4-3 edmonoton with 30 mins left! Detroit wins scond game at home 4-3. Gretzky gets 2 goals! Lemieux and Lindros pointless
Game3-Edmoton 6-5 Detroit, Mario Lemieux hat trick & 2 assists! Its the Mario show, he singly handly wins this one. in a game of changing leads, Lemieux gets on the scoresheet for the first 5 of edmontons goals, gor a 5-3 Lead. Dykuis ices it, before Hull and Gretzky make it 5-6. Gretzky 2 assists.
Game4
etroit7-2. Good all round game by detroit, with all team contribuiting to an easy win. Gretky 2 pts, Lemieux 2 assists.
Game5
etroit3-2 winners in OT! Lemieux and Gretzky pointless, Curtis Brown from Maxim Afinogenov is the ot winner on the pp after Lindros binned for interference. Rangers beat Boston in 5! And its Gretzky last chance for a cup!
Stanely Cup Final: Detroit old timers, Hull Hasek Bellows and Gretzky are still a threat. Boyle on the D was a 100 point scorer. Afinogneov, Zhintki and Kotalis give decent if not great depth. We should be too strong.
Game1: Both games in regualr season go to rangers, 4-3 and 4-1. This one is ours as well 5-3. Gretzky's goal in 3rd period makes it 3-2, But Linden Rchards and Brind'Amour score in a 5 minute period to win the game for the Rangers
Rangers 1-0 Detroit
Game2: Hasek makes 35 saves, but not enough, Red Wings, are 3-1 half way through the game with Hasek standing on his head, but eventually the Rangers break though, with 4 goals from Linden, Niedermayer Brind'Amour and Modano through 2nd and 3rd period. Svehla scores with 6 to go, but they can't find equaliser. Rangers win 5-4 Gretzky pointless
Rangers 2-0 Detroit
Gretzky has 36 points in these playoffs, Lemieux 33. Modano and Lidstrom 22.
Game3: An absoulte must win for Detroit, and Gretzky with a goal and 2 assists leads them to the victory! Brind'Amour andHejkduk give the rangers a 2-1 1st period lead. But Kotalik, Svehla and Hull make it 4-2 detroit, before Brad Richards makes it 4-3 detroit after 2. 48 shots to 26 is the final tally for the Rangers, but they share a goal each in the third as Hasek gets the win with 44 saves!
Rangers 2-1 Detroit
Game4: Detroit needfs this to have a real chance, and are out shot 37-22 again. Hasek makes 32 saves as Lidstrom in the first scores the only goal of the period. Richards makes it 2-0 after 11 min in the 2nd, before Svehla scores after 13, to leave the final period in the balance. Rangers superioty shows as depite Bellow equalising, Satan and Linden score to make it 4-2 with eng for niedermayer. Gretzky had an assist
Rangers 3-1 Detroit
Game5: Expecting a dominat performance here from the rangers, and don't get it! Gretzky hat trick and an assist! All about Gretzky here, 3-1 for the rangres after 1, and 4-2 after 2. Rangers outshoot Detroit 47-22, but Detroit own this period and out shoot the Rangers! Gretzky gets his two goals to tie it at 4. Brind'Amour think he's won it fro the Rangers at 10.03 in the third, But Zhitnik and Kotalik score in 2 minutes to win this 6-5 for the Red Wings! Shock at the MSG!
Rangers 3-2
Game6: Rangers are dominating play in this series, but aren't finding the net, all change in lines as Yashin-Modano-Palffy gets top line. Again Rangers dominate the play, 44 shots to 25, and again we go 3-1 up in the first, but before the period ends, Brown and Nash score in the last two mins to stun the Rangers and send the Red Win faithful crazy to tie the score at 3. Gretzky scores to go along with his first period assist to give them the lead 5 min into the 2nd. Elias with his second point ties it, and we go into the third. Rangers outshoot Detroit 15-6 and this time capitalise, Gaborik with his 5th of the playoffs givers us the leadf, and Elias with his 2nd, adds insurance, which is neede and Zhitnik scores with 8 1/2 to go. 6-5. However Detroit can barely manage a shot as Rangers control play to win the Cup!
Rangers 4-2 Red Wings
presume Gretzky will win Conn Smythe, btui Lidstrom lead Rnagres with 32 points and he was top scorer i believe in the final with 15 points! 13 assists! Gretzky gets 47!
Hart-Lemieux
Conn Smythe-Lidstrom(fair decision)
Calder-Tim Connolly(FLA)
Norris:Lidstrom(7/8 ina row)
Vezina-Conkiln(Bos)