Game 18. First of three in four days for ya boys. Fifth of 14 straight against Eastern Conference opponents. It’s a 7:30 starter. Expecting Anton Stralman to make his Rangers debut and get some PP point time. That means Jeff Woywitka is prucha’d. Henrik Lundqvist starts in goal. As you’ve… Read More →
1) The Rangers will begin their annual coat drive Saturday. If you are going to any of the next three home games and can afford to donate, please consider doing so. Here are the details from the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS HOST 6th ANNUAL WINTER COAT DRIVE TO BENEFIT CHILDREN… Read More →
Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS at FLORIDA PANTHERS Wednesday, Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m. BankAtlantic Center – Sunrise, Florida Rangers: 10-4-3 (23 pts) Panthers: 11-6-3 (25 pts) All information through NHL games on Nov. 21 TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Florida Panthers at BankAtlantic… Read More →
First, four of the top 10 Eastern vote-getters are from the all-star game host Ottawa Senators—Karlsson, Alfredsson (yeah, he’s having a big year), Spezza and Michalek. Second, on his first day back in uniform, Skid Crosby got 14,000 votes to vault into ninth place among forwards. Third (and this doesn’t… Read More →
Just want to thank you guys for making the Live Chat a success. Sorry it seemed I was ignoring some of your questions, but we were half an hour behind in the questions because of the sheer volume. Neither my brain or my fingers work that fast. We will definitely… Read More →
Carp’s Rangers Report Chat
We’re going for it, so have your questions and comments ready to go at 12 noon … lock your office door, or do whatever you have to do to make it look like your working while you’re spending time talking hockey. I think you’ll be able to figure out how… Read More →
Just want to start tub-thumping for the first of what we hope will become regular live chats—Tuesday at noon. These are different than the video chats we used to have, though we still may do a few of those as the season goes on. But in these live chats, you… Read More →
Here’s the Flyers’ jerseys for the Winter Classic: No big deal for me, and not a major change from what they normally wear, right? I think the Rangers unveil theirs on or around Saturday’s game against the Flys.
Don’t have a lot of interviews for you today because A) I spent a lot of time working on a story I’m doing next week and B) What else is there for the boys to say after that Montreal game and a day off? For the same reason, John Tortorella’s… Read More →
Their legs didn’t move Saturday and they had Sunday off. Today the Rangers go back to work on this next three-day hiatus. Then they play three games in less than four days starting Wednesday in Sunrise. I’m working on a story for next week, so I’m going to try to… Read More →
The Rangers didn’t lose because they’ve had all this time off. They didn’t lose because it’s Hockey Night in Canada in Montreal. They didn’t lose because of the ridiculous pansification rules and penalty calls. They didn’t lose because of a bad goal given up by Martin Biron. They didn’t lose… Read More →
courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES November 19, 2011 (Game 17, Away Game 10) Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec 1st 2nd 3rd OT Final New York Rangers 0 0 0 - 0 Montreal Canadiens 1 1 2 - 4 Team Notes: - The Rangers… Read More →
Game 17. Ya boys on a seven-game winning streak. Looking to make it eight in a row for the first time since 1974-75 … although in ‘74-75 they didn’t even have overtime, let alone the breakaway contests they sometimes hold after the end of hockey games nowadays. The Rangers play… Read More →
From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS at MONTREAL CANADIENS Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:00 p.m. Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec Rangers: 10-3-3 (23 pts) Canadiens: 8-8-3 (19 pts) All information through NHL games on Nov. 17 TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre (7:00 p.m.),... Read More →
Here are some interviews from the Rangers’ lockerroom after practice today, just before they left for Montreal. John Tortorella: Ryan Callahan: Henrik Lundqvist:
Seriously, it’s like one big seven-day rain delay where they take the tarp off for two and a half hours and the rest is just waiting around. I can’t even tell you how much I dislike parts of the schedule like this. And after tomorrow’s game in Montreal, guess what?... Read More →
from the NHL: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / NOVEMBER 17, 2011 2012 BRIDGESTONE NHL WINTER CLASSIC TICKET DRAWING REGISTRATION BEGINS TODAY AT NOON ET ONLY ON NHL.COM NEW YORK (November 17, 2011) – The National Hockey League (NHL®) today announced that beginning today, fans can sign up on NHL.com to enter… Read More →
Thought you might like this photo posted by the Associated Press when Mark Howe—a great player and really good guy—was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Toronto this week. It’s a picture of Mark playing with his more-famous dad, Mr. Hockey. But check out Ron Greschner and John Davidson… Read More →
Last night’s game shows how much parity there is in the league, and how difficult it is to win on any given night. Here were the Islanders, skidding to oblivion, unable to score, exhausted from a one-game trip to the Pacific Northwest (Seinfeld reference), and not playing particularly well in… Read More →
