A little over an hour before the ball dropped in New York on Saturday night, the hockey team that plays its home games a few (short Manhattan) blocks to the south of Times Square finished off its business against the Avalanche in the Pepsi Center.
Center Chris Kreider had three goals as the Rangers beat Colorado 6-2, and the quirky thing about it was that none of the many New York fans in the crowd tossed hats on the ice after his third. Perhaps it was because they were thinking that the scoring on at least one of the Kreider goals ultimately would be changed; or maybe were too depressed because of the closing of the Carnegie Deli.