Don’t just shake your fists! Who could have imagined that Washington would “kill” the young tough guy?
Elena Kuznetsova April 22, 2024, 02:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Matt Rempe decided not to fight and play hockey. He scored a goal in his NHL playoff debut and played a key role in another goal.
Matt Rempe spent his first few NHL games doing one thing exclusively. And we’re definitely not talking about hockey here. He fought in his first turn in the league, then again and again. He knocked out his opponents with forbidden techniques, served his disqualification and continued fighting. Thanks to him, the Rangers and New Jersey began their game three weeks ago with a five-on-five scrimmage at the opening faceoff. His fame (although somewhat dubious) flew through cities and towns, and the reputation of the most famous tough guy in the league strengthened by leaps and bounds.
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It got to the point that the Rangers head coach, through the press, began to convince him to stop playing and start playing hockey. And the “cops” fans themselves wondered what Rempe was like as a hockey player, and not just a master of fists.
Well, Rempe managed to score his first goal in his fourth NHL game. Not bad for a guy who averages five and a half minutes on the ice. But who would have thought it would be this tough, cocky 21-year-old guy who would hold a funeral for Washington in the first game of the playoffs? And, what is most interesting, there will be no fights!
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Rempe made himself noticeable from the beginning: he immediately took two minutes for an illegal attack. And in the second half he began a completely intense two-minute period, during which the Rangers scored three times. Jimmy Vesey put the puck on the stick of Rempe, who had jumped behind the goal, and the Rangers opened the scoring, and the Canadian went down in history as the first club player in the last 13 years to score on his debut in the playoffs. match.
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Panarin immediately fired a double and then Rempe took the lead again. He did not score any productive points on Vesey’s goal, but on a throw-in he took Malensteen out of the game, thus opening the shooting line for his teammate. John Carlson began arguing with the judges, but those violations were not seen.
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Rempe didn’t end there: after the end of the second half, he was ready to get involved in the commotion that was starting, but the judges immediately shut him down. Well, maybe it’s better for him to play hockey if he can do it fairly effectively?
