The old warhorse Tom McVie can rest easy. More to the point, so can new kid on the block David Quinn. For after coming up empty his first three tries as head man behind an NHL bench, the Blueshirts coach got his first game puck following his team’s 3-2 overtime victory over the Sharks at the Garden on Thursday night.
As such, McVie’s dubious and record achievement of losing his first 11 games as an NHL head coach with the 1975-76 Capitals (thanks, Elias Sports Bureau) remains safe. By the way, McVie’s first win? Against the Rangers, of course.