Dan Rosen at NHL.com looks at the inaugural Victoria Cup which will be played Oct. 1 at PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland between the New York Rangers and Metallurg Magnitogorsk of Russia's Kontinental Hockey League..."...the idea for the Victoria Cup was conceived during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy during a meeting between representatives from the NHL and IIHF. It came up in discussions about how the IIHF would celebrate its 100th anniversary, which is this year, and how to honor the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, where the first recorded organized indoor ice hockey game was played on March 3, 1875."
...i am vehemently against the Rangers playing in this game. Especially now that a provision was added to the contract stating how many rookies or minor-league players the Rangers would be allowed to play. Meaning the Rangers have to play a majority of their starters.
...god help Bettman if any of our top players get hurt by a Russian player thinking this is the Super Bowl.
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