Rangers get silly over Avery antics

Ranger Pundit found this 4/16/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

While the NHL had a very serious and official reaction to Sean Avery's samba act in face-guarding Martin Brodeur during Sunday's Game 3, the Rangers mostly treated the incident as an amusing sideshow on Tuesday. [link]

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Game Three Chatter
Published 4/16/2008 by jb at Ranger Pundit
How big a distraction has the Sean Avery Act been? It sounds like the Rangers are staying loose about the whole situation. John Dellapina /Daily News: Rangers Get Silly Over Sean Avery Antics -- Jaromir Jagr couldn't resist. With a chance not only to crack a joke but to do it at Sean Avery's expense, the Rangers' captain had to seize the moment. So at one end of the MSG Training Center ice yesterday morning, he got in backup goaltender Steve Valiquette's face. Then, his line rush having proceeded to the other end, Jagr did the same in front of Henrik Lundqvist. Of course, Avery ...

Game Four Chatter
Published 4/16/2008 by jb at Ranger Pundit
How big a distraction has the Sean Avery escapade been? It sounds like the Rangers are staying loose about the whole situation. John Dellapina / Daily News: Rangers Get Silly Over Sean Avery Antics -- Jaromir Jagr couldn't resist. With a chance not only to crack a joke but to do it at Sean Avery's expense, the Rangers' captain had to seize the moment. So at one end of the MSG Training Center ice yesterday morning, he got in backup goaltender Steve Valiquette's face. Then, his line rush having proceeded to the other end, Jagr did the same in front of Henrik Lundqvist. Of course, ...

NHL Morning Papers: Playoff Teams (Wednesday Edition)
Published 4/16/2008 by Richard Pollock at IllegalCurve.com
... after Sean Avery's antics on Sunday. If fans are wondering what Chris Drury was doing to Avery in front of the Devils net on Sunday, here is the story. Rangers coach Tom Renney wants the Rangers have to make sure they ...

Thankfully, it's back to hockey tonight
Published 4/16/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com blog: Rangers
... , because other teams might have tried it after seeing Avery do it. But the team captain had to admit, "... it was pretty smart, especially up 5-on-3. If you want to give your goalie a chance to see the puck, you have to use another guy to push him around so now it's a 4-on-2. It's pretty cool." Jagr had some fun at Avery's expense in practice yesterday. Martin Brodeur concurred with Jagr, saying he ...

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5 REASONS WHY SEAN AVERY IS A DOUCHE

The World of Isaac posted 4/15/2008 from theworldofisaac.blogspot.com

By now you've seen the video of Sean Avery setting a completely bush-league screen on Martin Brodeur. So here, at The World of Isaac, we've compiled 5 other videos of Sean Avery acting like a complete douche.

Jose Reyes Says Screw The Establishment, I'm Going Sean Avery All Over Baseball

Posted 4/17/2008 on The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus

Perhaps it's true that I have a Sean Avery fetish these days. But you can't blame me for having Avery on the brain with the Rangers up 3-1 on the Devils in the first round ... thanks mainly to Avery and his goal scoring. Of course, all anybody will talk about is Avery's face guarding of Martin Brodeur during Game 3, which was a gallant attempt to help the Rangers win (and until the next day, ...

Wings aren't on board with Avery's antics

Posted 4/17/2008 on Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com

The Detroit Red Wings' players, by and large, anyway, think that Sean Avery is an idiot for attempting to screen Martin Brodeur by waving his stick in front of his face: April 17, Detroit Free Press: Tomas Holmstrom plays so...

He Is The Dungeon Master. His Rules [NHL Closer]

Posted 4/15/2008 on Deadspin

The NHL Closer is written by Melt Your Face Off. Late yesterday afternoon, Colin Campbell, the Senior Executive Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations for the NHL, issued a ruling banning what Sean Avery did in an effort to screen out Martin Brodeur in Sunday night's Game 3. I understand where everyone is coming from on this. Avery's a jerk, pest and instigator. He was trying ...

NHL said it will crack down on Avery's antics

Posted 4/15/2008 on NHL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur laughed off Sean Avery 's unusual attempt to distract him during Sunday night's Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series at the Garden, but the NHL certainly did not. After seeing Avery plant himself in front of Brodeur and wave his hands and stick in the goalie's face as the Devils tried to defend a 5-on-3 that eventually resulted in a goal ...

Avery's tactics angers Devils again

Posted 4/14/2008 on NHL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports

Martin Brodeur has seen a lot of things in his 14 years in the NHL, but last night was a first. As the New Jersey Devils tried to kill off a 5-on-3, Rangers winger Sean Avery planted himself of the Devils' goalie — facing Brodeur and with his back to the puck — and waved his hands and stick in his face according to a report in the New York Daily News. "I've been watching ...

AVERY SHOWS 'CLASS'

Published 4/19/2008 on NY Post: Sports

In the end, the Devils' skin turned out to be thinner than even their scoring. Apparently having seen enough of Sean Avery's face during Game 3's infamous, rule-changing 5-on-3, Martin Brodeur turned away from the Ranger left wing in the handshake...

Avery's act just part of the hockey culture

Published 4/16/2008 on Newsday.com - Rangers

Considering the NHL is the same league that's given us the face wash, the high stick, the hip check, the crosscheck, some amazing adventures in dentistry, the unique nightly phenomenon of legal bare-knuckle fistfighting and those unseen backstage ...