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Rangers Czech in with win
Rangers Czech in with win
Markus Naslund and Brandon Dubinsky scored to lift the Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the opening game of the NHL regular season in the Czech capital.
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The New York Rangers Blog — ... New York Times - Rangers Open Season With a Victory Daily News - Brandon Dubinsky scores in third as Rangers beat Lightning in Prague Bergen Record - Rangers start season on high note

Rangers victory offers lots of positives
New York Rangers Fan Blog — It wasn't perfect yesterday -- Dmitri Kalinin looked a little shaky, while the offense still generated just barely enough to win, and Petr Prucha just isn't there anymore -- but there was a lot of good coming out of yesterday's 2-1 regular season opening victory in Prague . Brandon Dubinsky looks like a budding superstar , while Henrik's somewhat-shaky preseason was made a little easier by only facing 21 shots yesterday. In addition to Dubinsky, Markus Nasland notched the team's other goal , but more importantly generated a lot of offense -- a goal on ...

NHL Morning Papers (Sunday Edition)
IllegalCurve.com — ... in his debut with the Rangers.  The game wouldn’t have been as close as the 2-1 score indicated if not for Mike Smith.  Coach Tom Renney was happiest with the ...

The Roundup: The Best of Det. Nordberg
The Big Lead — ... In honor of the Juice, a special montage of all clips Nordberg. [Youtube] Forgot to mention yesterday: Lawrence Phillips has reserved a lengthy stay in prison. [San Jose Mercury News] Vikings linebacker E.J. Henderson is out for two months. [Minneapolis Star Tribune] Matt Schaub is in the hospital with a stomach virus. I bet he was watching game film of the Texans (ba da da chhhh….!) [CBC Sports] The Rangers defeat the Lightning, live from Prague. [NY Daily News] Your obligatory SNL VP debate spoof. ...

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