And here’s what I know about the backup goalie:
Tom Fenton of Purchase, who works at Manhattanville college and is an assistant hockey coach at the school, found himself as an NHL goalie Thursday night.
Or, at least, a backup goalie.
Phoenix goalie Ilya Bryzgalov became ill during the day leading up to the before the Coyotes’ game against the Rangers, and it was too late for Phoenix to recall a goalie from its minor-league team in San Antonio.
So Coyotes GM Don Maloney — the former Rangers player and executive, and local resident — got on the phone to try to find a goalie in the New York area.
“We were scrambling,” Maloney said.
He found a few possibilities, but one didn’t have his equipment, another was headed out of town. Sean Burke, the team’s goalie coach and former NHL goalie, could not be signed to an amateur tryout deal since he had been a pro.
So Maloney spoke with one of his scouts, former Rye Country Day and Iona College coach Frank Effinger, who got in touch with Fenton, the head of team operations and community relations at Manhattanvile who played goalie at American International College, and signed him to an standard amateur tryout contract, which consists of not much more than per diem.
And kept his fingers crossed all night that nothing happened to starter Jason LaBarbera.
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Mandlebaum!
LETS GO RANGERS
since I got Carped… here’s the mood music link for tonights game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uguXNL93fWg
My favorite time of day!!!
Izzy = Numero Uno!! all is right in the world
The Izzy 1st Bump is in effect…
All aboard the pain train!
Sire Father!
LGR!
Hi Linda!
From previous thread:
Larry, that’s just how strong my opinion is. I think comparing somebody else to Gretzky is like comparing Jim Thome to Babe Ruth.
CT, sorry, I didn’t make it out to warmups because I was working on this backup goalie story.
Hi LINDA!!!!!!!!!!
I think the ‘yotes back up goalie plays in my men’s league!
I’m sure Sather will trade Kreider & MZA for him…
Carp, which section is the pressbox near again?
HIYA Headzo and Tiki!! and Izzy and Ria,and our esteemed host with the most Carpy!!!
Evening all.
The worst the Rangers can do is take out LaBarbara, given that this team is so keen on making rookies look good and boosting the confidence of cinderella opponents.
My favorite parts of 24/7: Seeing the Rangers inspire such a reaction out of the opposing team’s coach and seeing Crosby get mauled by Weber from Buffalo and looking like he pooped his diaper.
Hopefully we get good Good Marty tonight.
Let’s Go Rangers!
All roads lead to the men’s league !
Two points!
Dreary scores a goal tonight! Book it!
‘Lo Linda!
IZZY IS KING OF BEING FIRST!!! even CCCP cannot match his prowess!
You gotta want it….
CT, directly above the Zamboni entrance, where the visiting team comes onto the ice.
Blue, if anything, we get the slim Marty ;-)
Bobby Orr = Jim Thome where #99 = Babe Ruth. Wow. I appreciate all you do on this blog, but that is about as insane as it gets.
The more you press your case, the more you reduce it to silliness. Not Willie Mays, or Joe D, or Ty Cobb. No, Bobby Orr = Jim Thome.
Let it go, Carp, quit while you’re at least not threatening the possibility of embarrassing yourself!
Poor Carp – he’s gonna have a slobbering drunk of a Bonehead pestering him all night now! Send him over to Uncle Larry!
tr-808 – I know you’re reading this. I and many others wish you would post more often. Your insights are missed.
I don’t care if I embarrass myself. Nobody is close.
Larry – Let’s not personally attack Carp, please. I dont think he was actually comparing Thome to Orr. I think it was an exaggeration. Hyperbole, ever heard of it?
Larry – is your real last name Carcillo?
The reason I said Jim Thome was a reference to an SI story this summer, in which it was written, in the history of baseball if you needed a home run to win a game, there are only a hanful of players you’d take ahead of Jim Thome.
And I could think of a couple of handfuls in the game right now, probably more than a handful in the division in which Thome played.
Go Time!
IZ-ZY-BUMP!
Will the real slim Marty please stand up?
sigh our first full game without Cally….
Larry, back off !
need a win for my B day ..last night was the best great pre -present ever !!!
Found a good clip of EC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqVzRD_nWLQ
Now, now, boys and girls. We are all allowed to disagree here. Except ilb. He’s not allowed to disagree.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, Carp. That is an absolutely absurd statement to make re: Thome. Absurd.
Linda Linda Linda!!!! Ay Ay Ay!!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!!
Sorry about Cally :(
disagreeing is one thing, being disrespectful is another :-)
before my comment gets misinterpreted, the Thome comment in the SI story is absurd.
and we all know, Ilb is just out of control!
See youse guys tomorrow. It’s only 5:00 in AZ & I’m DVRing the game.
LGR !!
Tiki, doncha hate when you leave words out of a comment?! LOL
Hey buddy, airing of grievances is not until next week.
Relax you guys, Carp can well handle himself, as he just proved. No offense intended. But sacrilege is sacrilege! ;>
What’s never explained in that Bud Light commercial is that Schremplicating means getting signed to the Islanders and being forced to play on a line with Robby Schremp.
i wonder, if Sather had to sign Tom Fenton, what his signing bonus would have been ;-)
lmao BLUE!!!! that’s perfect
Trade Lundqvist!
Oh well. Better take Biron out now.
Not much we can do about that one UGH
Typical home start
Just awful.
wow, that’s lame
Biron hasn’t had his Starbucks yet.
Not a good start
lmao i just saw that goal.. my statement was about the penalty!!! oy i have being in the south lol
Quick comeback tonight?
Home game = loss, 2nd of back to back = win. Which way will it go?!
i think they like making us wait until the 3rd….....more theatrics that way Spider
shoot out will determine the winner Headzo ;-)
Biron moved like Brodiva on that play.
Larry, if I believed as you do, I would probably be saying the same things you are saying. No problem at all.
Biron must have gotten into Dreary’s stash of valium
Aves is fiesty tonight
So Joe Micheletti is busy and more interested in talking about a former Ranger, Korpikoski?
And how he’s filled out and big he’s become? Hey Joe, did you beg to how big “little Korpikoski” is and ride your frehley on it?
yet another mental imagine that we did not need!!!!!!!!!
LOL! What a moronic move by Frolov.
Friggins! He’s in a shooting position and spin-o-rama’s out of it. Ha Ha Ha.
Froloaf is so SLOW, maybe he would’ve had a better chance if he had some speed
what an asshat!!! oy vey
Time to pull Biron
Get Biron out now. Right now.
wow, Biron is lookin shaky, not good
HAHA! The fans chanting “Henrik” wont help.
Do I hear a Henrik chant?
Pull Biron!
Can we switch backup goalies with Phoenix tonight?
Biron is Biroff tonight.
ARE YOU KIDDIN???????????!!!!!!!
Now we have Henrik on his game, and Biron is throwing up a stinker. If I hear Korpikoski one more time, Im going to jump through the TV screen and strangle Michelshitti!
lol Linda
Trade for Fenton!
I hate watching home Rangers games. Stay on the fuggin road!
Wow, fans chanting Henrik. Not nice! Biron does need coffee.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
Nice one Izzy
At the end of the day, I can see why a lot of people see it as you do Carp. I just think some other people on the blog think it’s a foregone conclusion that he’s better, just because he’s “the great one” and has all the records. There’s a lot more to it than that. And reasonable hockey fans can disagree about it without being on drugs or something, lol. That was basically my point.
Maybe all the Rangers’ forwards will fall ill while I’m at a game and they’ll need to call me up! HAHA
Not the most difficult save to make, but I don’t think it was as easy as it looked.
Wow, once again no one has the gumption to come to Avery’s defense while he’s being double-teamed? The Rangers-defense can at the least reciprocate for the way Avery cleared the crease like they never do (referring to the Asham incident last night). This just isn’t right, hockey is supposed to be a team sport.
BOOOOOOOOOOOO What a bunch of garbage!!!!
We can’t be spotting teams a 2 goal lead!!!!!??
Aw Come on you laxadasical puds!!!! Get a move on!!!! Lets go !!! Lets Go!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
OK, a goal for BizNasty2point0, not so much Biron’s fault, I guess.
davy, I’m not trying to be obnoxious but I think it is a foregone conclusion.
Avery needs to fight again. Worked last night!
What in Holy Hell? 2-0? Can Fankist breathe on LaBarbera please?
Go Rangersssssssss!!!
GO GO GO GO!!!!
Shut up aboot the stupid Yankees already.
Car hit pole. POwer out
10 degrees out
No tv
Keep us updated!
I love Sam Rosen. Glad to hear him stick up for the Yankees and say it was Cliff Lee’s loss.
On the other hand, Joe Michelshitti is clearly a Red Sox fan. Loser is laughing at us. I wish Sam would jack Joe right in the face during the next commercial break.
Agreed – baseball freaks quit creepin’ on this blogs. Hey there’s Mariano!
It’s Gretzky. You can look it up…. Is this the 5 minute argument? Or were you thinking of taking a course?
Biron is showing Mariano Rivera that he too can blow saves against teams from Arizona…
Maybe if those dopey Yankees fans didn’t harass the guys poor wife, he might have signed with them.
I hate fans like that. Sadly the Garden is full of them more often than not.
LW – awesome
This is where our stud player needs to take over. Oh, who’s our stud again?
Come on Rangers!! Lets Go!!
LW that’s just cruel. Funny but cruel. Tiki is going to bite.
Our stud is that guy who shows up against the crappy teams. Marianna Gaborik.
Cally, Fenton will be an unrestricted free agent at midnight. No reason to trade for him.
Seven years, $45.5 M.
there you go the Boyle Prust line getting some chances
LOL! That old guy looked dazed and confused.
Gaborik!!!!!
Marian Kovalchuk
Orr – STFU. The Yankees are the best organization in the world. They deserve to be spoken about. On Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Patriots broadcasts, they all talk about all of their teams. And their fans love it. And Lee did not choose against NY b/c fans spit on his wife.
MARIANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LW, comment of the night so far.
What did he do with his Rangers hat? The bastard!
Time to step it up.
go rangers!!1 yay
Yankees blow! :P
Baseball blows!
Enough said.
I hate to say it. Gaborik is a giant waste. When he’s actually healthy, he cant create for himself. He needs others to create for him. He cant dominate a game by himself or carry a team on his back. He’s not Jaromir. Id rather have a 38 year old Jaromir than Gaborik.
DANNY G
DANNY G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we suck. we need to get frolov to shoot and biron to play goalie
Gan Dirardi!
This should wake them up. 1-2.
Whoo hoo! LGR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
girardi!!!!!!!!!! i love u!!
Heck of a shot by Girardi.
Girardi power play goal! Way to go!
LW – Contrary to Carp’s opinion, that was not funny at all. Rather hurtful, to be honest. If the 2001 Yankees had any other relievers, he probably wouldnt have blown that save.
Time to get back into it!
Lepisto is lepissing his teammates off.
Over the glass. Lopisto Looks pisto!
Danny G 3 game point streak, only 48 games until he ties Gretzky’s record. Let the comparison’s begin.
>>I hate to say it. Gaborik is a giant waste. When he’s actually healthy, he cant create for himself.
Hahahah! Little by little, you guys are beginning to see things through my eyes.
actually, if he hadn’t made the throwing error he wouldn’t have blown that save, and if he hadn’t made such a great pitch on the GW bloop hit.
ahhhh post
IMO Gaborik needs someone who will fight for the puck in the corners of the offensive zone and feed him the puck. I don’t think Fedotenko can do that in the long-run. And Tort’s grinding, shot-blocking American system may not be compatible with Gaborik’s game.
And I do hate the fact that Gabbo refuses to chase the puck once it’s been dumped, but he is still the #1 legitimate scorer NYR has so I suppose he’s exempt. I do hope Dubinsky can take over that spot in the long-run.
Frolov Sucks
Terrible job by the 2nd unit.
what is up with gabby? hes horrible lately
Frolov just can’t miss the net by that much on that shot. Can’t. Higgins.
9 Bobby Orrs would’ve won the 2001 World Series in a sweep.
How was LW’s comment not funny? I guess you’re just a bitter Yankees fan. I’m so sorry they couldn’t win a fourth in a row. WAHHHH!
JBytes – I always try to remain positive about our players. Im just getting tired of seeing his mamby pamby ass do nothing. For $7.5 million a year, he ought to be able create for himself. But then again, we have Drury for the same or thereabouts.
why cant gabby fight in teh corners himself? he needs to do something besides wait for other players to do something. hes not engaged the way he should be
I’m glad Biron actually leaves the net when the Rangers have the puck in their zone on a delayed penalty. How often are they gonna put it in their own net?
I do like Frolov being more aggressive for the puck tho. But ur right Carp, gotta at least hit the net. BUT, we get another chance!
let’s go, we are getting plenty of chances to even this thing up
Damn, was Aves using a hockey stick or a bread stick?
And Cally, stay out until completely healthy! I fear for longevity of your career everyday because of your enormous heart-and-soul. To me, you’re by far the hardest working player in the entire NHL. Now get some rest!
I think I’m lost. I thought this was a HOCKEY blog. Take it over to the Yankme blog folks.
LW – Now that was funny. Jokes about Mariano are unwarranted :)
If the 2001 Yankees had 9 Ted Williams, they would have been swept :)
carp- frolov had a good chance to shoot earlier and did some spin a whatever to nowhere., he sucks and cannot wait for vinny to come take his spot back
LOL @ LW’s joke. Gotta have a sense of humor CR9
Spiderpig – Hey, shut it! You got that? It was one of the worst days of my life; I remember crying in bed for weeks after that. And I still have nightmares about it weekly.
LW, what about 9 99s?
yea but we cant talk fantasy hockey, but yanks are ok. yeaaaa
Handle lost the Yanzal on the puck there, eh Sam?
Staal should score a goal for his fellow ginger little brother.
lets tie it up before the end of the first
Excuse me, I meant Stahl. I must have gotten him mixed up with Staalberg.
Score?
Almost!
I still don’t feel sorry for you. 1998-Yankees win World Series, 1999-Yankees win World Series, 2000-Yankees win World Series, 2001-Yankees win AL. While it would have been a great story for the city of New York, they lost.
2-1 yotes
A 99 over here is one of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Flake
So over there, 9 99s must be known as a “Brodeur Breakfast”.
Drury is killing them on F/O’s right now.
Seamus, 2 outs, based loaded, bottom of the 9th. ;)
@Grabbywaffles(sir spins alot)-URY,
Theoretically, he should be able to but it’s just not part of his game. And you know elite scorers will always get that privilege, this is why the ‘taxi squad’ must do what they do to stay in the line-up, no? Even those taxi-squad guys were considered skilled players at one point their careers but had to adjust their game to stay in the big-leagues.
Something’s BiWrong with our goalie…
I don’t see how you can possibly say it’s a foregone conclusion when so many other great hockey guys have said otherwise. How could it both be a foregone conclusion and be disputed by such knowledgeable people?
I do agree that it’s a foregone conclusion that neither of us are changing out minds on this one, so I understand if you don’t wanna keep going back and forth, I just like a good debate.
wow only 9 shots with 3 pp’s not good enough
Gaborik is not skilled enough to create opportunities for himself.
Gaborik is not strong/tough enough to fight through checks to make room for himself on the ice.
Ducks are down to the Isles 3-0.
Embarrassing.
Not a horrible period. It’s just too bad Biron showed up to the game 5 minutes after everyone else.
Hopefully they can get it back and then some in the 2nd. Unfortunately they got their power play goal for the game.
Agreed JBytes with 7:45
Pipe it down, Spider. Ill let you get away with those comments because you’re likely a Mets fan. :) It would have been really special for New York at that time, and the devastating way in which we “lost” was and will always be incomprehensible
how many pp goals does gabby have this season?
jbytes, i had a whole post saying exactly what u just said. well said. gabby is not half the player he was last year. i cant believe how sloppy he is sometimes with the puck
i want a win tonight. they gotta beat this team. were the new york effin rangers! what the hell is phoenix anyway? a mythical bird that dies, and then a coyote. a scavenging dog. we better win!
Gabby has two whole PP goals.
does drury score the clutch gtg?
if we lose this, i will hate biron!!!!! bring back valley! j/k. he was worse. wheres linda? and sallywaffles??
sally posted a vid of pigface jokinen staring wildly at a waffle floating around teh screen and then she wrote, heart you waffles. well i heart you too sallywaffles!
game on
It’s official!
Froloaf has replaced wrap arounds, with failed spin-o-ramas!
Friggins slinking back to obscurity. He literally killed that entry into the zone with another stupid spin-o-rama.
Hey gang!
Just got home and saw they were losing to the Yotes. WTB happened?
Frank Costanza: “I’m like a Phoenix, rising from Arizona”
Holy sh*t! White is playing?
im not exactly sure what that stooge is doing with his spin-o-ramas. is he trying to make highlight reels or help his team win?
He knows he sucks, so he wants to experiment with a few things. Can’t blame him.
Gotta shoot there,DZ
I’d rather they play Gilroy as a 7th D than have White in the line-up. Gilroy has done nothing to deserve his trip to Pruchaville.
I agree. But, Torts wants to do things the White way, so, what can you do?
Quick whistle there on the delayed penalty. Coyotes didn’t have possession of the puck.
Come on Cower Play.
Good one Orr. The White way
I know the animal lovers here will like this… I got a Christmas card today with the most adorable lab puppy on the front in a santa hat. The card was from my Dad and my puppy.
Awesome Mickey!
It’s amazing that White is even still on the team with that cap hit. I thought he would have to go when Drury came back, but I guess we will have to wait for Prospal and Cally.
What the fugg? Could have had a fuggin breakaway!
wow, end to end there
Too much god damn passing.
Tiki, totally made my day, that’s for sure.
They don’t want to win this one. They want to make pretty passing plays.
Game Over
Season Over
Ugliness. What has Flavah done to us?
The Rangers will hopefully make your day even better :)
Biron has settled down quite nicely.
Well, now we’re down 3-1. That wasn’t Biron’s fault.
You know what I just realized about that last PP for the Rangers. They have guys playing the point who weren’t born until 1990. Kinda stunning when you think about it.
BOOOO. Wake up guys!
A loser backup goalie making NYR look bad.
ladies and gentlemen, the best shutdown pair in the nhl.
come on. we got this game.
the dreaded third period will kick Pheonix right in the keester
Phoenix that is
Hanzel must have been shocked to be all alone in front with the puck, and not even Biron in his way…
One team’s power play connects; the other one doesn’t.
It’d be nice if once in a while the Rangers could show up for a home game against a Western Conference team.
Who actually expected Froggins to score there? lol
Friggins should have used the spin-o-rama.
What did Sather get for Labarbara?
Friggins lives! Ugh!
Dammit Frolov!
Can someone tell Gabby to show the fugg up!
Frolov Sucks!
Im gonna puke all over Fro-uplov!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
LW they did that already this season. See Edmonton game.
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
I dont think Gabby is interested in showing up. I think he’s interested only in picking up his paycheck
ULFIE!
Hanzel and Gretel
Who care anyhoo , we are winning this game …enuff said!!!
GO RANGERSS!!!
It was a nice move by Friggins but he forgot to take his Viagra (couldn’t get it up).
Tiki, that sounds suspiciously like Redden. Hope you’re wrong.
What did Sather get for Labarbara?
Ans: Nothing. He let him walk.
This game is so boring.
Rangers look tired
Where’s Avery with another wake-up fight? Is he saving it for the third period?
ok, time for the winning of this game by the Rangers to begin!
Linda CPB has spoken, make it so!
so let it be written, so let it be done…......
That Hyundai commercial with the disaffected hipsters lip syncing to Christmas music is easily the worst of all Christmas commercials.
I feel a clutch move coming!
>>...Gabby…I think he’s interested only in picking up his paycheck
Nah, he needs someone to do that for him too.
If this team is committed to the kids, why is Gliroy sitting while White plays?
thank you DJK! i wish theyd crash into the spinning pen guy on the vw commercial
The Oilers are so bad, I’m not sure the Rangers even had to show up for that one.
rangers dont look tired. they look sloppy. they got a little confident with beating the pens and caps. thats all. avery doesnt score, so he might as well fight again. cmon guys. boyle u suck tonight. i think hes tired, along with his linemates, as they actually have worked hard lately. gabby and froloaf have no excuse. get a goal already. and drury too. he is gonna get 5 goals all rest of teh season. cant believe we had to lose cally and dru is replacing him. talk about all heart and effort to captain tylenol pm
Clutch move(ment) lol…...
Biron hit Gaborik in the back with the puck. Maybe he was trying to wake him up.
Linda is all-powerful, all-knowing!
They just said Gabby got hit in the back. Maybe the NYR ought to hit him on the wallet, he may play harder!
What’s Yonkman’s first name? Is it Ollie?
>>Rangers look tired
They look Callahanless.
Ok, so is Gilroy considered one of the “kids” that Torts keep talking about? I guess not.
saturday night live? LMAO SAMMY
greg, dont jinx us man!!! you said boogey will score 5. he wont get another till the apocalypse!! but i love your spirit
Will we get a new callup from Hartford?
Sad that I’m more interested in my dinner than this game.
“Coyotes have done a good job keeping the crowd out of the game.”
Ha ha Sam. The opening face-off usually does that.
why are they pimpin mike keenan???
And wow, these guys better show some energy in the 3rd, the crowd is quiet, they seem blaaaaah.. CALLY COME BACK!!!!!!!!!
i am gonna sit teh rest of this one out boys n girls. i know whats comin. see ya all next time. btw, bonehead fest is in may? im comin in february. i wanna meet some of youse at warrens.
Eminger with the third post of the game.
Mickey – Sad that I’m more interested in your dinner than this game. ;)
The Rangers should try to sign Stahl’s brother…Gunnar Stahl, #9 of Team Iceland. Great player…
“Derek Morris came to the Rangers”... as a loser, and left the Rangers as a bigger loser. :)
Lazy Dublowsky
They got screwed out of a PS
No misery on the PP. Yay?
Dubinsky did the Rangers a favor by ending the Cower Play.
lol blue… that was a short bill
Yandle lost the handle.
lol Linda did you see in the Post where Torts said “he’s got guts as big as a building”-now that’s Clutch!
Prust!
In Prust we Trust!
IN PRUST I MUDDA FUGGIN TRUST!
Trust in Prust! 2-3.
In Prust…..
I swear to Carp I was just typing they needed a Prust shortie.
In Prust I trust!
They needed that goal in the worst way.
In Prust we trust, right LindaCPB?
Spicy Prustard!!
I LOVED THAT LINE NOR!!! It brought a grin to my face.
LaBarbiron
PPPPPPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSTIE!~
That goal was bigger than Kim Kardashian’s jiggly ass!
yea baby!!!
A Prust Thrust!
Prust has almost as many goals as Gabby!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAA …..ttf!!!!
Good teams always find a way to win.
Us Folks are a Good team. We will come back again and hand these bums a loss at the hands of the New York Rangers .
great play by Prust getting to that. Hell of a goal.
Tiki, in case you care, dinner is leftover spaghetti and meatballs.
Oh Al, you doofus.
HAHA! What an a$$ Troutface is.
omg someone shoot troutface
the ONLY time this guy is gonna be a between periods guest in his short nhl career, and
he’s stuck being interviewed by Troutnut
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO heyyyy heyy heyyyy we scored and we are HUNGRY to tie this baby up.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
That goalies record is 1-20-1 or something like that. Wow!
Never give up Mikey!!! Wake the firetruck up !!! you missing the Rangers best period…The 3rd man!!! COME ON !!! I KNOW I KNOW THE GAME KINDA SUCKED but HEY HEYYY wese back in it.
Rangers are a 5th place team…come take it from ‘em.
If Prust keeps this up, he’ll almost – almost – be worthy of wearing Malik’s #8 jersey.
Mickey – Leftover spaghetti and meatballs. Consider me no longer interested in your dinner ;)
Wese in foist…come get sum.
Come on Phoenix…ya gotta do better then that!!??? You think ya taking this game…hahahaha we’ll see you scum bumz!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
Lets go!!!!!
I hate that winter ice classic commercial
when did Jar Jar binks start commenting on the blog?
This is one incredibly dumb commercial for the Winter Classic. It’s like they didn’t even try.
I haven’t seen anyone look as lost in the corner of the rink as LaBarbera just did since Jesus Gómez was a Ranger.
Plan for the 3rd: If you feel like you want to do a spin-o-rama, shoot. If you think you can make one more pass, shoot.
Btw, Stahl is known for being one of the best players ever to compete in the Junior Goodwill Games.
Wow look, a real GM.
Dave wishes he had Don’s hair, vision, and stomach.
Is Jar Jar Binks Star Trek or Star Wars?
tomorrow is Pee Wee Judas’ birthday
saturday is Flavah’s birthday
PeeWee scores tonight, Flavah on saturday
How much you wanna bet Dave asks Don about signing Fenton?
Star Wars, Tik. Episode 1, 2, & 3.
Natalie Portman as Padme! Wow! She’s a babe!
Star Wars, Tiki. lol
lol Orr
Star Wars Tiki
indeed Orr!!!
Why are all these NHL guys pretending like they’ve never heard profane language before?
Today our best play worse and our worse play best, but our best worse are worse than our worse best, therefore we are losing.
Jar Jar says to Joe M excueeeze me and Joe M. says pardon me
speaking of pardon me, where’s doodie??? is he at the game tonight
Need to take another penalty so Prust can score again.
Fine then, Tiki, I’ll eat it all myself :p
The Maloney brothers look nothing alike, imo.
Third period- COME ON GUYS!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gunnar-Stahl-9-Iceland-Jersey-T-Shirt-/230561299379?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item7b67ac0d2d
Is it me or Gabby looks kind of desintersted for time to time, always emotionless or something…Just asking.
Time to pick it up a notch…
sam the kid knew he would NOT be getting into the game. AL is not that clever, nor funny
we need Fankists enthusiasm, and Cally’s drive grrrrrrrrrrr
Prust, he’s like a shaaaaaaaaaaark
I love Portman! Ive been meaning to watch star trek and star wars, xfiles, but i never get around to it.
Torts line generator!
man, someone ignite Gabby please
I have to say, its so nice to win F/O’s for once….
Gabby’s lost without Boogie, I think.
4ever, you just made my brain hurt with that.
Score ?
Fedetanko makes a great play and wastes it by skating into the Phoenix defense.
They probably told Fenton he wouldn’t play unless Labarbara dropped dead.
oh those daylight hours games ! :-)
Joe Vanoski lol
lmao Nor
I’m looking forward to Black Swan. Portman, Kunis, a little lezzie action. It’s a good time.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
I wonder if Gabby’s hurt.
3-2 Coyotes, Seamus
Yandl- isn’t that a Barbara Streisand movie?
Gabby is always hurt. Wouldn’t surprise me.
On net, good boy, Dubi.
Gabby shouldn’t be hurt, Mickey. He’s taken enough games off.
lol Izzy, i was waiting for someone to say that!
wowza
I dont mean to be so hard on Gabby. I just hope he starts excelling and winning us games against tough competition.
Dublowsky waited way too long to pass.
Isles now winning 3-2. They have plenty of time left to realize their place.
Gaborik is supposed to be their best player and he really hasn’t been for most of this year…even when he has played, numbers don’t tell the whole story…he needs to wake up…
I know he is better than this
wonder if the shoulder is an issue, he did bang it on the post on that goal he scored right after he came back.
Is Pee Wee playing, or is he lost in his playhouse?
Heck, I’ll take another shortie
get Prustie out on the ice lol
Nice to hear that Potvin has trucks. Not sure why we care though
Looks like Rangers are emotionally tired, drained, and slow in everything from skating to making decisions. Yeah, miracles doesn’t happened routinely, like every game…
Wow! Three shots by NYR. That will get them back in the game.
good point Lin, I do remember him being uncomfortable after that…hoping it’s just a slump, because we really him to turn it up…
well, i hope he gets out of it soon because we need him to score!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
They did score two goals on only two shots in the third period against Washington.
Time to warm up the “clutch mobile”
Need that Drury Clutch goal …right about now!!!!!!
GO RANGERS!!!
Tired smired , we need the win baby!!!!!
JB is all knowing and wise
Can the Rangers at least try to win three in a row? They’ve only done it once or twice. Garbage!
Bush League!
Very late whistle
lol, Greg.
Yeah JB…Callahan got those 2 goals against Washington…
argh
[Why do I always think of the Peter Gabriel song “I Go Swimming” whenever I watch the Rangers defend their goal?]
Those Katy Perry gonzagas are too great. I can’t stress this enough!
>>JB is all knowing and wise
Just trying to stay, um, positive [if you can believe that].
Orr your perspective is always appreciated. ;)
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Captain Clutch!
SCORE!!! 3-3!!
Wooohoooo! Clutch faceoff win!
Clutchness?
Who cares.
TIE GAME!!!!
who is the Clutch????????????????
Step-ON it, kiddo!!!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
see boys and girls…its WHAT WE DO!!!!!!!
We have heart!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That goal was as big as a building, I tell ya!
Step-child upon further review.
Clutch faceoff win, though!
avery and drury hard to the net….....
labarbera soft? LOL
CHING CHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those aren’t boo’s folks….Those are “Druuuuuu’s” for “Drury”
Step-On with his first goal at home. Wow!
Now, wake friggen out. Let’s go RRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
who gets the puck, Step or Drury? LOL :-)
Dreary just earned $5 out of his $5 mil.
The table is set for Gaborik to be a hero and shut me up [until next time].
Fugggg!!!
Drury first point in this season?
lol until saturday jb eh? LOL
Wow, they better hope they can keep Biron from blowing this one.
semi-clutch, not quite full clutchness
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!
Smuckeletti gets way too excited watching Drury.
Now, kill’em!
omg Fan you just took the words outta my fingers!
LOL @ Nor
Forget about friends on other bench
Blowzy with two hip checks tonight!
Why didn’t Dubi hit the trailing guy there, instead of forcing it to gaborik?
I am watching on radio tonight. definitely different.
It reminds me of my childhood. but Maloney sure blows away those doofuses Sam and Joe. cant MSG find anyone with talent for those positions?
3 righty shots as forwards. Don’t see that every day.
drury against a coin lol
oh man, please win in regulation!
Drury will be on a coin some day, Linda, the LLWS Collection, lol
lol…nice, Linda!
>>lol until saturday jb eh? LOL
You know it, Lin! With me, it’s always “What have you’ve done for me lately?”
Fuggin icing! C’mon!
LMAO nice Nor!!!!!!!!! you’ll get one free with each pizza and large coke
i was only kidding earlier when i said shoot out lol
LETS GO RANGERS
I’ll take ANY type of win. It doesn’t matter to us if Phoenix gets a point.
A point! Weee!
that’s why we luv ya JB lol
i wonder how many times sam has said “and a LETS GO RANGERS chant ….....”
Alright. I’ll take it point by point against a western team. Let’s get one more out of this game.
1/2 of the miracle in pocket.
I’ll take the one point.
Now go grab the one other
stop spoiling things for me ORR lol
IM HAPPY , win or lose but ya know were gonnaa win!!!!!!!
we find a way and tonight will be no different. thats what good team do.
Im really proud to be a Ranger fan , our team had an identity.
Go RANGERS!!!
this was their big week to show us who they are…...
game 3, we have 5 points, with the possibility of getting the 6th. I’d say this has been a pretty successful week for OUR NEW YORK RANGERS so far.
Did Sam say Greg Morris? Wasn’t he an American football player?
Damn Gabby!
Ugh…Gaby…
Save? I think Gaborik hit the glass with his shot.
lmfao JB… Greg Morris, Derrick MOrris, Morris the Cat, Chuck Norris…........tis all the same lol
joe really emphasized EXCELLENT
Boyle all over the ice that shift
Embarassingly bad Gabby…no one connecting pass or dangerous shot, just turovers.WTB?
Boyle has a very quick stick. That young man is playing almost monster-like.
omg lol
umm, wtb was that DZ?
they must have called his name about 25 times in this game lol
I’m gonna puke my heart out!
hanzle, yandl and a coin walk into a bar…
shootout
Do we put Lundqvist in just for the shootout?
Is that Bret “The Hitman” Heart on LaBabs’ mask?
lol let me consult with my magic eight ball
I get the feeling we’ll see Dreary in the shootout
lolOrr, either that or terminator lol
Drury is good today, isn’t he? At least some fire in an eyes.
LOL. Good one Linda
Put Fenton in for the shootout.
lol HBK on the other side
Christensen, Step-ON, and Drury?
Pee Wee is a given JB
HEY! Linda and I were at that game! That was FUN!
Ah, I missed one.
PeeWee doing what he’s paid the big bucks to do.
Sweet!
Sweeeeet hands!!
EC again..yup, money.
Good Marty!
Save!! 1-nil.
MY GOOD FRIEND PEE WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Beer ON
Arrrrrgh!!!
BEER-ON!
sweet save
Save!! still 1-nil. Score ours and it’s over.
Beer ON!!!!!!
beer on lol
Ughhh!!
C’mon Beer-On!
Finish it!
We need another save here.
Biron is clutch!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WIN!! YESS!
A Win!
Trade Softqvist!
The Kovalchoke Maneuver! Whoo hoo!
sweet…we find a way to win, don’t we?
Another two points in the bank!
You just can’t count this team out.
Beer ON!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUGGG YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STICK SALUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VICTORY
Beer-On the house!
Mariano should go to every game!
The No-Quit Kids do it again!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!
Stick salute.. good to see you, as always.
EC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAR-TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAR-TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAR-TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He bounced back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and there’s a real backup goalie for ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we now go back to the Yankees suck convo? :P
Look at Judas Christensen, thinking he’s too good for the fans. Trade him!
I BELIEVE!!!!!
If Drury wasn’t playing they would have lost that game. He won the most important faceoff of the game.
What will Pee Wee say after the game? I’m waiting with baited breath!
The team is 2-0 with Dreary in the lineup.
And you guys say he’s overpaid! Please…
CLUTCH!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i am in love with this team
lol Linda, is that a newsflash?????
Good week so far for them. Now just gotta beat the Flygirls on Sat.
Kotalgeek scored a goal for the Flames.
A Byung-Hyun Kim effort from Belanger there.
Still unbeaten in the 2nd of back to backs!!!!
thanks for entertaining me tonight guys!
I’ve only been a fan since 96 but this is the best Rangers team I’ve seen. granted I watched the 94 Rangers, but Gretzky want on the team yet.
I told you we’d come back in the third. these guys have heart.
I love it
lmao Nor, some more than others hehehe
I knew it , I knew it!!!!! aw come on we all saw it. The 3rd period was gonna be ours and all we had to do was come out and get it. We are a 5th place team and climbing!!! We are never outta it. We get tired ,we get a little laxy but in the end we get the job done. Straight up. This is New Ranger hockey and some of ya dont really understand but this team wants to win. This team wants to play playoff hockey. This team is ours and it is like NO OTHER . We will not stop untill someone stops us or we stop ourselves.
Comeback Kids ..use it Carp
This is one of the best Ranger teams we’ve had since when we had Jagr, Shanahan, Straka, and Nylander.
Hello Rangers Fans! Here we are in Phoenix for tonight’s game with the Yotes. It’s a little weird though, it’s close to game time and the lights aren’t even on. Muck! Run down and see where the team is. I couldn’t have traded them all, did I?
Well, we got it all straightened out. It was Muckler’s fault. He said he had the schedule upside down. I’ll just watch the game on MSG and report from here. Damn, MSG is blacked out here, too. That Dolan hates everybody! Hey Muck! While we’re stuck out here, find out where TONY from AZ lives and we’ll go toilet paper his house. Happy Holidays, Tony! (80 Degrees my Assen!)
(Singing) “By the time I get to Phoenix she’ll be rising…” New ringtone, I better get this… Hello? Oh, it’s you, Maloney, That Fenton kid looks good sitting on the bench, doesn’t he? What do you want for him? Never mind, I’ll make him an offer over the summer. What do you want for Derek Morris? I did? When? For who? You mean I get Morris if I take Kalinin, Prucha and Dawes back too? Then I’ll give you White, Redden and Valiquette.
(click)
Did you see Keenan’s new Camouflage Suit? I think it’s for hiding in the weeds, waiting for Torts to get fired…
Carpy! You better put a lid on that zoo blog of yours. You’ve got people over there comparing The Great One to Orr, for cryin’ out loud! Orr stinks! He couldn’t score for beans. He was a fair tough guy, but that’s all. I knew that when tried to trade Orr and no one offered me a Gretzky for him. I couldn’t get anything for 5 Colton Orr’s.
What’s that Mess? BOBBY Orr?! Oh. Never mind, Carpy.
I hear it’s a win in OT. Lord Sather is still the Master. Maloney, the apprentice
Forever Yours, (FIRE THAT, OLGA!)
Uncle Glennie
where has Uncle Glennie been ?
i told you they’d win in a shoot out lol :-)
and there he is..lol
Correction Orr. Rangers are 2-0-1 with Captain Clutch in the line-up…technically.
ESPN moment. Ha!
“ESPN moment?” Wonderful!!
That doesn’t count, Blue!
lmfao @ FIRE THAT, OLGA
ahhhhh Sathers wrap up , fire Olga…love it!!!!!
“EC=sick bastard, Savior. + Biron – SOB, Firewall. Go to W77, I buy a drink to both of you
“Miracle on Broadway
What, we’re 15-0 in back-to-back matches now?
and lmao @ that doesnt count
wow…
HEY CARPY, when you made your initial post about how this was a big week for the team, did you even, in the deep reccesses of your mind, think they’d have 6 out of 8 points with one game to go?????
I don’t agree with that, DJ.
Good team, but not as good as that team. Besides, it’s only December, they could be as bad as the 2000-2004 teams at the end of the year. You never know.
FIRE OLGA!!!
FIRE OLGA!!!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOO Rangers win!!!
Heyyyy someone wake up Mikey!! Tell him the Rangers won!!!!
Rangers won!!!!
YO MIKEY!!!!! whazzzup bro? ya gotta believe man , believe in the team and believe in Boogaard.
MIKEYYYYY wake up , we won again dude…in the 3rd period in a SHOOT OUT!!!! WOHOOOOOOO gotta hate the shoot out but we cashed in this time!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
WE WANT THE CUP!
WE WANT THE CUP!
WE WANT THE CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH BABY!!!!!!!!!
BAD LUCK TIKI!!! don’t do that!!!
Hopefully by the time he overthrows Torts, Keenan learns how to say Stepan’s name.
EC hero 2 games in a row
lmao @ blue
NYR are 8-0 when EC scores a goal or shootout goal!!
LMAOOOO!!! Was Dave Maloney dead???
I didn’t mind Gaborik on a line with Dubinsky and Anisimov. At least he won’t have to carry the puck and can get himself into position.
Kind of like Drury and Stepan together. Captain and future captain. Kind of like the passing of the clutch torch.
Hammerhead- I love that name. My Uncle used to always yell at us, “You Hammerheads!” Brings back memories (and neuroses).
Ha Orr. I think he was and Joe was waiting for the defibulator guy to get there again. I was waiting for either of them to have a “Howie Rose Moment.”
Blue, You mean passing of the calzone?
That’s what I was hoping for.
Imagine they were giving each other “old fashions”
My eyes would explode!
No, no calzone. I think Stepan has some true clutch years ahead of him.
Weird to see Prust without a black eye or facial stitches. He’s not playin
No, no calzone. I think Stepan has some true clutch years ahead of him.
Weird to see Prust without a black eye or facial stitches. He’s not playing hard enough.
OMG! They closed schools already for tomorrow. People. it’s just a little ice. It won’t kill you unless you’re doing 70 mph on a highway and roll your damn vehicle.
Also, the news is going to tell me how what to do when I start sliding on the ice. Uhh, turn INTO the skid, folks. Go the other way and you make it worse.
Sorry for the double post. My laptop took over my comments.
EC goal up on FB.
Mickey, I thought you were supposed to floor it (if you have rear wheel drive) and ride the donuts until you hit a snow bank. I’ve been doing it wrong.
lmao Mickey, our winter weather stories are just funny
it usually has to do with school buses and liability
Ha Ha. On nhl.com they have links to videos. One of them says “Crosby uses his hands for more than scoring.” I know they’re doing this 24/7 all access thing, but that’s just too much information.
YAY, I HAVE A LEGITIMATELY DECENT TEAM TO WATCH AGAIN!!!!
http://i.imgur.com/ziPTR.gif
>>Hammerhead- I love that name. My Uncle used to always yell at us, “You Hammerheads!”
I love the song “Hammerheads” by Shriekback.
http://i.imgur.com/VpHkK.gif
lmfao!!
and one more
http://imgur.com/jhCga
While you’re at it:
http://tinyurl.com/38ee8pj
Clutch Face-Off Win, Clutch Assist, you cant make it up,lol
Welcome back Uncle Glennie, now we just need the return of the clutchmobile.
HAHA who has the worst facial hair Ollie or Crybaby
What is the deal with EC The freak does a good thing and doesnt come out for his 3rd star and throw the puck? This kid is a head case, probably sits in his dark apartment screaming MOTHER BLOOD MOTHER BLOOD
well
that was a nice turnaround to my day!!!
things were going well until i got another bloody nose
and ended up at urgent care and missed the first period
(good thing!)
kind of calm (a.k.a. light-headed) for 2nd and 3rd
so i got to enjoy without getting too involved.
nice move by Eric.
though Stepan hit the post
ummmm…yeah.
sausage lips does, because its not actually FACIAL hair lol ;-)
Linda, it’s just ridiculous how they cannot handle any sort of precipitation down here.
you said it Mickey!!! i realize now why a lot of people who were BORN in alabama, never leave it!
you kids have a great night! been a blast watching the boys with youse guys this week!!
Filthy on Saturday afternoon should be interesting!!!
Hey Orr, they gave Kotalik’s goal to Backlund.
Bwaha! Too bad for Kotalgeek!
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