Sunday, February 20, 2011
hockey day in america
When I went looking for the Flyers-Rangers game on TV at noon, I found out that today was Hockey Day in America, which meant a lot of hockey on TV, I guess. I ended up listening to the game on the radio, going back and forth between the Philadelphia and New York coverage. The Flyers won 4-2. To listen to the Rangers' broadcasters, the game hinged on what they called a 'terrible call', which gave the Flyers a power play and soon a 2-1 lead. That was in the second period, but I guess Ranger hockey stops there. The hometown team made it 3-2 but an empty-netter with a minute left in the third 'iced' the game. The New York crew kept belaboring the call. What a bunch of homers.