Ya boys on a five-game winning streak, seven of eight. This would be a good one to put right in the bank, with seven remaining after tonight and the next four on the road. Marc Staal is expected to return. Matt Gilroy and Sean Avery expected to be prucha’d. Probable… Read More →
Announcement from the Rangers: RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FREE AGENT GOALTENDER JASON MISSIAEN New York, March 24, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with free agent goaltender Jason Missiaen. Missiaen, 20, appeared in 53 games… Read More →
A lot of you were discussing this story from “Hockey’s Future” on the Rangers prospects yesterday. I forgot to tell youse, I spoke with a guy who does a lot of scouting, and who has seen a lot of Chris Kreider this season. This is what he had to say,... Read More →
It was 17 years ago today. NHL.com reminded me of the anniversary of The Great One scoring his 802nd goal to pass Gordie Howe as the all-time leader, on March 23, 1994. On that night, in Edmonton, Adam Graves was making his own history, scoring goals No. 50 and 51… Read More →
OK, it was unwatchable. And the Garden crowd was dreadfully quiet—that’s what happens when people buy season tickets and have to sell a lot of them because of the cost, and then cherry-pick which games they’ll attend; but also when the Garden insists on making hockey games in New York… Read More →
John Tortorella: “I thought it was very important to win a game like that this time of year. That’s what I was most happy about. We end up scoring some goals the last little while, winning games that way. You could see it right from the start—I thought our start… Read More →
Tortorella’s presser to follow. Brian Boyle: “Vokoun played well, made a lot of good saves. You don’t want to get frustrated, keep on doing what you’re doing, and we got the goal. I had plenty of chances. “I thought we played pretty good, though. We created some chances. I thought… Read More →
More quotes in a while. Courtesy of the New York Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES AND QUOTES March 22, 2011 – New York Rangers 1, Florida Panthers 0 (Game No. 74, Home No. 37) •The Rangers defeated the Florida Panthers, 1-0, tonight at Madison Square Garden to extend their… Read More →
Same lineup: Lundqvist in goal for the 18th straight game. Avery prucha’d. Staal out injured (day to day). Lines: Prospal-Christensen-Gaborik Dubinsky-Anisimov -Callahan Fedotenko-Boyle-Prust Wolski-Stepan-Zuccarello Eminger-Girardi McDonagh-Sauer McCabe-Gilroy ———————— Totally unrelated. I’m a block from MSG this afternoon and I saw a one-punch knockout right on the sidewalk. Two dudes were… Read More →
First the news. Nothing new on Staal, except that Tortorella did allow that “he’s day to day.” No further explanation of what the injury is or how long he’s expected to be out, or even—as he was asked—if Staal could play today if this was Game 82 and the Rangers… Read More →
These next two games, at home against non-playoff bound teams, could really put your heroes in a solid playoff position before they hit the road for four straight. They’ve won four in a row, six of seven, and are on a three-game home winning streak. Imagine that? That piece of… Read More →
Nick Kypreos of Sportnet, ex-player, tweets that the NHL suspended Matt Cooke for the rest of the regular season (10 games) plus the first round of the playoffs for his cheap-shot elbow to Rangers rookie Ryan McDonagh Sunday in Pittsburgh. UPDATE: That has now been comfirmed! (The official announcement from… Read More →
There are no relevant games affecting the Rangers’ playoff push on Monday. Pennsylvania. The Keystone state. Home of the Amish. Gentle, hard-working, and honest people. Also, home of two of the most disgusting sporting teams in existence – the Filthy flyers and the Dirty Penguins. The Pittsburgh Penguins have been in… Read More →
Jesse Spector’s blog has John Tortorella’s post-game press conference here. From the New York Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES March 20, 2011 – New York Rangers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (Game No. 73, Away No. 37) * The Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2, today at CONSOL Energy Center… Read More →
Better late than never. As you know by now, Lundqvist is expected to start against Marc-Andre Fleury. Rest of the lineup remains the same. That means Avery is prucha’d. There’s some intrigue about what’s wrong with Marc Staal. He didn’t skate yesterday and was a surprise scratch today, but nobody’s… Read More →
Matinee at the new igloo, on NBC. You know what I’d really like to see today. A couple of Crosby Updates. Maybe even a Crosby interview. How great would that be? And a lot of talk about the Staal brothers. Lots and lots of that. Oh, and as much Mike… Read More →
Ten to go. If your heroes get 10 of a possible 20 points, that’s 90, and that should be plenty. Scoreboard watching tonight: Kansas City-bound Thrashers at Bison Baby Buffaloes. Boston at Air Canada Leaves. Thoughts: 1) I still think staged fights, or fights for no reason, accomplish little or… Read More →
From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES AND QUOTES March 18, 2011 – New York Rangers 6, Montreal Canadiens 3 (Game No. 72, Home No. 36) •The Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 6-3, tonight at Madison Square Garden to improve to 38-30-4 overall, including a 17-16-3 mark at home. ... Read More →
The lineup remains the same, other than Wojtek Wolski going in for Sean Avery. So here is the probable lineup to start: Prospal-Christensen-Gaborik Dubinsky-Anisimov-Callahan Fedotenko-Boyle-Prust Wolski-Stepan-Zuccarello Staal-Girardi McDonagh-Sauer Eminger-McCabe Lundqvist in goal. Gilroy and Avery are prucha’d. John Tortorella told reporters before the game that he liked the “bite” that… Read More →
Sixth place isn’t looking so great after the Habs beat Tampa Bay in a shootout last night. The Rangers need to win tonight to keep that hope alive. But the Rangers got some help from some pursuers when the Devils and Air Canada Leaves went down. Tonight’s scoreboard watching: Caps-Devils…. Read More →
