{"id":5820,"date":"2012-04-16T13:08:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T17:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2012-04-17T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:24:34","slug":"senators-rangers-bring-it-to-ottawa-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/04\/16\/senators-rangers-bring-it-to-ottawa-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators-Rangers bring it to Ottawa tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators split 2 games at Madsion Square Garden in the first-round Eastern Conference series this past week. It all comes Ottawa’s Scotiabank Place for game 3 tonight. And media reports, like this article<\/a> from the Globe and Mail, say it’s getting pretty hot and heavy, especially after Sens captain Daniel Alfredsson was injured in game 2.<\/p>\n

\"\"It was not clear Sunday whether Alfredsson would return to the lineup. The injury could conceivably have a galvanizing effect on the team, should captain-in-waiting Jason Spezza be able to elevate his game to compensate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to get more intense as the series goes on,\u201d Spezza predicted. \u201cThe temperature is obviously rising.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to get elevated every night,\u201d Boyle of the Rangers promised.<\/p>\n

Regardless of whatever action Shanahan might take, it seemed the tone had been set for the rest of the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is old time hockey,\u201d said Zenon Konopka, a serial fighter also inserted into Ottawa\u2019s lineup Saturday. \u201cThere are going to be a lot of stitches and blood before this one is done. It\u2019s going to be a fun series.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, the Toronto Star<\/a> reports that<\/p>\n

Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson was back on the ice on Monday, taking in the morning skate prior to Monday night\u2019s Game 3.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s sure to get the blood boiling of the New York Rangers, who\u2019ll be without the services of winger Carl Hagelin.<\/p>\n

Hagelin was suspended for three games for elbowing Alfredsson in Game 2<\/a>. Alfredsson, who has a history of concussion problems, left the game and did not return.<\/p>\n

NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan said in an interview on a New York radio station that he was told by Ottawa doctors that Alfredsson\u2019s status was unknown, that he could be out a day or a year<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Any comments on this match up, the officiating and suspension, or predictions on the outcome?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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