SUNRISE, Fla. — This was Jan. 16, 2008, in Chicago after the Rangers had defeated the Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime in the first game of the first dads’ trip in team history. The Blueshirts had been able to overcome officiating of near scandalous proportions from the Mike Hasenfratz-Dean Morton referee tandem in which New York was shorthanded two men six times for a sum of 6:55 and on the PK for a total of 14:34.
And after it was over, after Chris Drury got the winner, the fathers congregated in the corridor outside the Rangers’ room, chanting “Let’s Go Rangers” in unison while then-coach Tom Renney gave his postgame press conference.