Rangers fan proposes on the big screen, rejected by 'bride'

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Last Updated: 11:19 AM, February 15, 2010

Posted: 11:15 PM, February 14, 2010 

Talk about a blocked shot!

A hockey-rink Romeo used today's Rangers game to pop the big question -- only to see his would-be bride storm out in front of thousands booing fans.

"Melissa, will you be my Blueshirt bride? Love, Nick," read the message on the scoreboard, bordered by little hearts. With the stadium -- and Nick -- watching Melissa put her hand over her mouth in apparent horror, picked up her bag and walked out, shaking her head.

Melissa was showered with boos as she left and the Rangers went on to blow away the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-2.

Some wonder whether it was a Valentine's Day prank.

"I thought maybe it was staged because of Valentine's Day," Rangers center Erik Christensen said. "Was that real?"

The Bergen Record newspaper in New Jersey says two Garden sources claim it was all a stunt, although stadium officials thought the proposal was real when they put it on the big screen.

LINK TO  VIDEO OF MARRIAGE PROPOSAL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4AlDQT5sM8&feature=player_embedded