FIVE YEARS AGO: April 3, 1994

On (11YA) the sixth anniversary of the Rangers' Easter Sunday Massacre (does the phrase, "Shot by Cirella, save by Pang, rebound, they SCORE" mean anything to you?), the Rangers are mercifully off. But Kevin Stevens of the Penguins scores his 40th goal of the season. The Pens' 6-2 win over Boston gives them a three-point cushion on Montreal for the lead in the Northeast Division and for the second seed in the newfangled Eastern Conference Playoffs.

Mike (Anyone else remember when WFAN had the Flashbacks before the top-of-the-hour report? And anyone else turn their radio off the instant they heard Gary Thorne invoking Joe Cirella? And back when it actually happened, did anyone else just sit there without a word for five minutes, and then go straight to bed stunned without even saying good night to the parents?) Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com

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(Incidentally -- true story -- at the 1999 Old-Timers Game on All-Star Eve, Darren Pang played goal for a period. We had it on the TV in the office briefly before a UConn basketball game, and one of my coworkers noticed who the goalie was, and said, in all seriousness, "Whoa, it's the ESPN sideline reporter!" Since reminding him of just what Darren Pang used to do for a living would have surely led to bringing up the Easter Sunday Massacre, I kept my mouth shut and went back to typing in college results...)