commentary,and note of NHL history...

last night's game between the Rangers and the Canadiens was a good game... both teams played well,but honestly,the Canadiens played better with desperate means to an end-a win... it was rather nasty,and ugly at the start... both teams wanted to just beat the snot out of each other in the first two periods,and you can tell that both teams do not have like each other,and have a nasty edge to an old rivalry(an Original Six rivalry,to boot)... Brandon Prust's deliberate high elbow,to Derek Stepan's chest/chin,in the first period was not called for a penalty(should have been),and Daniel Circillo's bumping of a linesman,shortly after that,was the sign of the obvious bad blood between the two teams(Circillo is facing a suspension for that bump)... those two incidents almost blew the roof off Madison Square Garden... the fans were very upset,booing loudly... note of NHL history:a riot actually happened,in Montreal,when fans got rowdy,during a game between the Red Wings,and Canadiens,and the game was called a forfeit,and then the fans rioted in the streets of Montreal... the "Richard Riot" happened on March 17,1955,when fans got upset because of the suspension of Maurice "the Rocket" Richard by then NHL President Clarence Campbell for the rest of the 1954-1955 NHL season... the Forum was emptied(by fire marshall),after fans threw everything at the ice(including eggs,and a smoke bomb)... the Red Wings were leading 4-1,when game was called,and so the fans rioted,in the streets of Montreal...