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Last Night's Action: #2 Goes To The Rafters
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Peter Trinkle
Published Jan 25, 2008
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Jan 25, 2008
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Photographs of Brian Leetch's number being retired at Madison Square and Leetch acknowledging the crowd by Frank Franklin II/AP
Beloved former Ranger Brian Leetch only made one mistake, mentioning Jim Dolan in his speech and the Rangers only made one mistake, letting Marian Hossa get free to score a goal. Hossa’s goal early in the second period put Atlanta in front and threatened to ruin Brian Leetch Night, but the Rangers recovered.
Michal Rozsival scored midway through the third period to tie things up and Brendan Shanahan started the shootout with a goal that Henrik Lundqvist made stand and the Rangers had a 2-1 win.
But, the story was Leetch, the former defenseman who saw his sweater raised to the rafters of MSG. While Mark Messier cried, Leetch gave an impassioned speech and also announced that Adam Graves will have his number retired in the 2008-09 season.
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