After a light and loose practice at the Garden, the Rangers issued no guarantees on the eve of Game 6 in New Jersey. Tomorrow, of course, is the anniversary of Mark Messier’s hat trick, meaning today is the anniversary of the captain’s guarantee. But this group’s two leaders, Ryan Callahan… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) I am not completely sure what to make of this Game 5, and from the array of comments last night (with more to come today, no doubt) not sure what you guys make of it either. Do you look at the start, which wasn’t as bad, probably, as… Read More →
Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES Eastern Conference Final, Game 5 Madison Square Garden – New York, NY (NJD lead 3-2) Team Notes: - The Rangers were defeated by the New Jersey Devils, 5-3, tonight at Madison Square Garden in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final. ... Read More →
A few quick notes: • Henrik Lundqvist entered Game 5 6-1 with a 1.29 goals-against average, a .959 save percentage and two shutouts after Rangers’ losses this postseason. He allowed four goals on 16 shots Wednesday night, including three on the first five shots. • Marian Gaborik stopped a five-game… Read More →
John Tortorella: Henrik Lundqvist: Dan Girardi: Brian Boyle: Brad Richards:
Rangers-Devils Game 5. Ya boys are 1-1 in Game 5s, and have won both series anyway. Expecting some changes for the Rangers tonight. Brandon Prust returns from his suspension, and it looks as if Stu Bickel goes back on defense for Steve Eminger. Whether Brandon Dubinsky (or Mats Zuccarello, or… Read More →
Brandon Dubinsky, Mats Zuccarello and Kris Newbury all skated with the big team at the morning skate, and John Tortorella said that Brandon Prust will return from his suspension and that there could be additional changes to the lineup tonight. But anybody who’s guessing what those changes might (or might… Read More →
Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS vs. NEW JERSEY DEVILS 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference Final, Game 5 (Series tied 2-2) Wednesday, May 23, 8:00 p.m. Madison Square Garden – New York, NY Rangers (Regular Season): 51-24-7 (109 pts), 1st in East Devils (Regular Season):... Read More →
First and foremost, I don’t know what you’ve read or where you read it, but when John Tortorella told the Rangers to get off the ice after a brief up-tempo practice, it was in a very positive tone … he liked the way they went through a quick workout, felt… Read More →
from the NHL: 2012 STANLEY CUP FINAL TO START WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH NEW YORK (May 22, 2012) – The National Hockey League announced today the schedule for the 2012 Stanley Cup Final. Based on their superior regular-season point totals, either the New York Rangers or the New Jersey Devils will… Read More →
Rangers practice at 1:45. Until then, here’s the transcript of Peter DeBoer’s presser this morning. Courtesy of the NHL: An Interview with: COACH PETER DeBOER Q. Is this rivalry more heated than you imagined it to be? COACH DeBOER: No, I think it’s exactly what I had heard it was… Read More →
Thoughts: 1) If John Tortorella and Ryan Callahan and company can’t figure out the slow starts and what the coach called “the yips” with the puck, I sure as hell can’t. 2) Too bad for Callahan to have a loss like that on a day when he became a dad…. Read More →
Courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES Eastern Conference Final, Game 4 Prudential Center – Newark, NJ (Series tied 2-2) 1st 2nd 3rd T New York Rangers 0 0 1 1 New Jersey Devils 2 0 2 4 Team Notes: - The Rangers were defeated by the New… Read More →
Three quick notes: • The Rangers fell to 0-7 when presented with a chance to earn a two-game series lead. • The Rangers failed in their bid to set a new NHL record. They entered the game having tied the previous mark of allowing no more than three goals in… Read More →
I did get confirmation that Michael Del Zotto’s grandmother passed away during Game 3 on Saturday. So the kid was obviously shaken. Here’s some post-game stuff. John Tortorella: Ryan Callahan: Dan Girardi: Marc Staal:
Rangers-Devils Game 4. The Rangers enter the seventh game in these playoffs in which they’ve had a chance to go up by two games in a series … and they have yet to accomplish that. Brandon Prust will serve his one-game suspension for elbowing Anton Volchenkov to death (he didn’t… Read More →
… on a rainy Newark afternoon … I figured you needed a new thread by now, after the chat … and realized I hadn’t posted my story from The Journal News and LoHud.com today. So here’s the story: By Rick Carpiniello NEW YORK — Let the gamesmanship begin. The coaches… Read More →
Rangers Report Chat With Rick Carpiniello
Reminder: We’ll have that Live Game 4 Chat today at noon. Should be some good stuff to discuss, no? Be there. ***************************************************** NEW YORK RANGERS at NEW JERSEY DEVILS 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Eastern Conference Final, Game 4 (NYR lead 2-1) Monday, May 21, 8:00 p.m. Prudential Center –... Read More →
Brendan Shanahan’s dart hit “1” on the dartboard. I’m not saying Brandon Prust shouldn’t have been suspended, because he did after all elbow Anton Volchenkov in the head (and I wonder if they’ve managed to scrape Volchenkov off the ice yet). I am saying that what Prust did was not… Read More →
