Go to enough hockey games and you’re bound to see something brand new.
Such as Marc Staal on the ice in a three-on-three overtime, as the alternate captain was for a 45-second shift in Sunday’s 3-2 shootout defeat to the Flyers at the Garden.
“Never before,” Staal said, pleased to confirm he hadn’t jumped on in some sort of communication failure from behind the bench. “Me and [Dan Girardi] used to sit at the end of the bench with our chinstraps on tight and just enjoyed the show.”
Necessity and seemingly improved mobility were the mothers of this David Quinn invention.