NEW YORK (AP) - Even Stephen Valiquette agreed. The safe plan for the desperate New York Rangers would be to ride goalie Henrik Lundqvist until the end.
But after 19 straight starts and a pair of key games upcoming next week against the New York Islanders, it was time for Lundqvist to take a break. Valiquette had a rough beginning Saturday before turning it around and helping the Rangers to a 3-2 shootout victory over the St. Louis Blues.
"It would've been easy to go with Henrik the rest of the way," said the 29-year-old Valiquette, a career minor leaguer with only 11 NHL games on his resume. "The team put a lot of faith and trust in me to get the job done because every game for us is critical."
Stephen Valiquette makes 25 saves to help Rangers edge Blues 3-2 in shootout
03-04-2007, 12:50 AM
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