NEW YORK - Chris Conner started his day at practice in Wilkes-Barre and ended it as a top star on Broadway. Buffalo Bills C.J. Spiller Jersey . Just hours after being called up by the Penguins, Conner scored twice to lead Pittsburgh to a 4-2 victory over the slumping New York Rangers on Monday night. It wasnt the forwards first time on the big stage, as he had a six-game stint with Pittsburgh this season and a bit of a longer run with the Dallas Stars in previous years, but he made the most of this chance. Conner staked the Penguins to a 1-0 lead early in the first period and then netted the winning goal in the third. It was great, he said. It was kind of a chaotic day, getting called up and stuff. It just felt good to get the win. The Rangers grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third, but the Penguins tied it on Evgeni Malkins power-play goal just 31 seconds later that caromed in off diving Rangers captain Chris Drury. Conner struck for his second of the night - and the season - one minute after Malkins goal. Conner has been on a binge lately, posting five goals and three assists in his last three games in the minors - including a Wilkes Barre/Scranton franchise record five-point night (two goals, three assists) against Syracuse on Friday. Its tough making the decisions sometimes who is going to get that callup, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. Chris Conner had a good weekend, got his callup, and he certainly cashed in with a very good game. That offset the big night put up by New York rookie Artem Anisimov, who had his first two-goal NHL game. Anisimov made it 1-1 in the second for the Rangers, who had been shut out in their previous two games. New York has dropped three straight and six of eight (2-5-1), including four shutout losses. This one was painful. We battled back, said Henrik Lundqvist, who made 24 saves. The second period, we played really well. In the third, it was a bad time to get that penalty and they get a lucky goal on a deflection off our player. We had a bunch of games like this this year, and it would be a different story if we manage to win these. Pascal Dupuis empty-netter sealed Pittsburghs fourth win over the Rangers this season with 39.8 seconds left. That was enough to give a win to Marc-Andre Fleury, who returned from a four-game absence caused by a broken finger. I felt pretty good, Fleury said. They have been working me pretty hard. New York had several chances to score more but couldnt take advantage of a four-minute power play in the third after Jordan Staal was sent off for high-sticking, and another power play that came a few seconds before Staal left the box. The Rangers recorded seven shots in the advantage, but Fleury stood up to them and finished with 28 saves. They didnt get a whole lot and the shots they did get, Flower made solid saves, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said, but it wasnt like they had us hemmed in for four minutes. One goal Fleury would like back was Anisimovs jam shot that was forced in at the right post and then nudged over the line by Fleurys skate at 9:15. Anisimov has nine goals. The Rangers broke out of their latest long drought when Anisimov netted the tying goal with 6:56 left in the second. After Christopher Higgins knocked the puck away from defenceman Mark Eaton inside the Pittsburgh blue line, Anisimov cut across the slot and let go a rising shot that beat Fleury. Anisimovs first goal in 18 games, was New Yorks first in 156 minutes, 32 seconds. The Rangers snapped an earlier power outage of 172 minutes, following another pair of consecutive shutouts, during a 4-1 loss at St. Louis on Jan. 16. Conner made the most of his time alongside Crosby just 2:47 in. Skating on a 3-on-2 break, Conner took a right-to-left pass from Crosby, glided into the circle and snapped a shot that eluded Lundqvist inside the left post. Conner took the spot in the lineup vacated by 39-year-old forward Bill Guerin, who was scratched for the first time this season. Conners experience with Dallas was a factor in his latest recall. One of the things we liked is he played with Mike Modano on a line with Dallas, Bylsma said. Getting called up and being asked to play with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin can be a tough call up. NOTES: Crosby has six goals and five assists against the Rangers this season. He was chosen as the NHLs third star of last week after posting three goals and five assists in three games. ... Conner had one assist with the Penguins this season. He has eight NHL goals. ... Rangers enforcer Donald Brashear returned from a five-game benching. C Erik Christensen sat out. Troy Polamalu Jersey . 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Monday, Feb. 22, marked the 30th anniversary of the biggest upset in hockey history when the United States pulled off the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" with an improbable 4-3 victory over the Soviet Union. "Sometimes it feels just like yesterday because I remember so many details about Lake Placid," Patti Brooks told NHL.com. "Then, there are times it feels like 100 years ago, especially when I watch the Opening Ceremonies because Lake Placid was a much simpler time; there wasnt an elaborate Opening Ceremonies back then." Brooks recalls having her doubts after the Soviets had drubbed her husbands team, 10-3, in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden just three days before the start of the 80 Games. "These were college boys playing the greatest hockey team in the world," she said. "It really was David and Goliath. But I couldnt name just one thing what it was about Herbie that made him such a successful coach. He was extremely intelligent, motivated. I know they are a lot of words but … loyalty, integrity and honesty. He had a great passion for the sport. He also had a degree in psychology that played a big part in it all." "It was something he always wanted. He was the last player cut from the 1960 team (that won gold in Squaw Valley, Calif.) so this was important to him. After the win, I remember him telling the players that they had a curfew. Everyone was so excited after beating the Soviets, but there was another game (against Finland). He went back to the Olympic Village and I took the kids up the mountain to the place we were staying." -- Patti Brooks Patti, who resides in St. Paul, Minn., doesnt even recall speaking to Herb the day his team would face the Soviets in the opening game of the medal round at Olympic Center -- now known appropriately enough as Herb Brooks Arena. "In those days, no one had cell phones," Brooks said. "He stayed in the Olympic Village with the team and we were about 15 minutes away at Whiteface Mountain. After every game, I would wait outside the arena to see him. On Valentines Day that year, we waited in the cold (following a 7-3 victory over Czechoslovakkia) for what seemed like an hour so our daughter, Kelly, could give her father a card. Premier Jay Bouwmeester Jersey. But, unbelievably, we had to wait for a player chosen to give a urine specimen. "I remember going to dinner just once and Herbie was juggling lines on the napkin -- mind not on dinner," she continued. "When we were together, we never really talked about the game. Most likely, it was my rather detached interest in hockey. I was like an oasis for him. He was able to talk about kids, the dog and home." 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He went back to the Olympic Village and I took the kids up the mountain to the place we were staying." As great a coach as Brooks was, Patti said his demeanor away from the rink was equally special. "He kept us all on our toes," she said. "He loved spending time with his grandchildren. The thing that bothers me most about his death (in a car accident on Aug. 11, 2003) is that he wont see his grandchildren grow up. He was gone a great deal during our childrens young years and he felt he had a chance to spend quality time with the grandkids. He would have loved seeing his 8-year-old twin grandsons playing hockey. We have five grandchildren. "Usually coaches dont get gold medals, so Im told," Patti Brooks said. "But Herb was given one that year." Follow Mike Morreale on Twitter at: @mike_morreale NFL Jerseys Wholesale. 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