PA Parenteau Rangers Beat Panthers, Lose Redden, in Shootout 2-1, Nov. 25 '09

Game Highlights:


A spirited by performance by P.A. Parenteau, who has made much more of a name for himself then any of the other call-ups this season so far, Marian Gaborik, and the rest of the New York Rangers propelled them past the Panthers. The series between these two teams is now even at 1-1, as the Rangers rebounded from a 3-2 loss to Florida two games ago on Nov. 21st.

It was a hard-hitting (led by Ryan Callahan with 6 hits, currently leading the league), shot-blocking match-up where the Rangers experienced a brutal third period with only 4 defensemen, as Wade Redden injured his shoulder in the first from a fearsome hit by Victor Oreskovich, who Matt Gilroy ended up instigating a fight with in the third after a similar attack on Vaclav Prospal.

It was actually brought to my attention from Hockey Rodent that the reason Gilroy received a 10-minute game misconduct was because he instigated a fight in the third period with a visor. HR goes on to dicsuss the repercussions of this call, the hypothetical repercussions had it been called correctly, and adds a valid point that the instigatee had a visor as well in his very interesting game article.

* PA Parenteau put in a great performance, playing very confident on the puck and backing up defenders. Sean Avery and Artem Anisimov give the line speed and physicality, allowing PA to skate a bit more creatively and he appears to be fully taking advantage of that.

* Chris Drury made his return after being injured in the Rangers'3-1 loss to Calgary (missing 5 games during this span in which the Rangers' were 2-3-0).

* 2 of the last 3 Rangers' wins (over a span of 5 games) have come off the stick of PA Parenteau.

* Chris Higgins played one of his best games of the season, always a clear pivot of the Rangers team whenever he was on the ice - and very successful at both sides of the puck.

* Bobby Sanguinetti (leading the AHL in scoring as a defensemen, 4th overall) was called up for injured Wade Redden.