An Interesting End to an Interesting Season

Jaromir Jagr of the New York Rangers actually made the entire sports world believe that his team was poised for a comeback. The Ranger captain was telling the media that the Rangers were going to go down in history one of those "miracle" teams. During game four, Jagr started to make the miracle happen. The captain of the New York Rangers was looking to make company with Mark Messier and lead the team to glory. The Rangers dominated every aspect of the game in front of an enthusiastic home crowd. Jagr had 14 shots on goal during the game by himself, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 29 shots that he faced. They shut-out the Penguins 3-0, and were looking extremely confident to take the series back to Pittsburgh. The next game was a completely different story, the Penguins owned the Rangers all over the ice, and gave the captain no room to breathe. Jagr and the Rangers were frustrated and the referees were handing the game over to the Penguins as the seconds counted down. It wasn't until the third period that Rangers started to come alive. They scored two goals only a 1:22 apart, one by a rookie call up, Lauri Korpikoski and another young player named Nigel Dawes who finally capitalized after having numerous chances throughout the game. This tied the game at two, and the score stayed at a dead lock after sixty minutes of play. Coming out for the overtime period the Rangers were on the kill, and the Penguins were cruising on the power play. The offense for the Penguins was once again clicking and the Rangers were on their heels. The final blow to the Rangers season was aided by one of their own skates a weird bounce in front of the net caromed a puck off of Dan Giardi's skate and right on to Marian Hossa's stick for a quick shot that beat Lundqvist five-hole. The goal was one that "King Henrik" usually did not give up, which was an extremely disheartening way to end another season. Once again the New York Rangers did not meet their expectations.