FIVE YEARS AGO: March 25, 1994

Brian Leetch scores his 100th career goal as the Rangers win 5-2 in Vancouver. Brian Noonan, continuing a nice trend, gets his second game-winning goal in two games, and with Stephane Matteau's tying goal on March 22, that makes three straight games -- all three since the deadline -- that one of the guys acquired for Tony Amonte has scored the decisive goal.

It's the extracurriculars at the end of this game, though, that wake some people's roommates. Seems Pat Quinn sent heavies Shawn Antoski and Tim Hunter out at the end of the game, and Antoski nailed Jay Wells with an elbow to the head that put Wells out with a concussion. He then went after Craig MacTavish. Gino Odjick's stick almost hit Mike Keenan on the bench, and Keenan and Quinn exchanged some words across the barriers. Joey Kocur chased after Sergio Momesso (remember that name), who had earlier knocked Kevin Lowe out with a concussion, and slashed him hard across the arms. Momesso came back with a two-handed swing that Kocur avoided; Momesso nonetheless was assessed a match penalty and suspended one game. Hunter would also be suspended three games for wrestling a linesman trying to keep him from chasing after Adam Graves again....

You'd think these teams had some wacky notion they were going to meet again.

Leetch, incidentally, has two goals and seven assists in the three games since the trading deadline.

Mike (he's like good or something) Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com

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