Rangers Report Blog

Because NHL players don’t have nearly enough money, they have to go to Europe to play during their work stoppage. And, hence, put at risk their health, forgetting—despite being locked out—that they are first and foremost responsible to their teams and the fans of said teams. So Rick Nash hurt… Read More →

No surprise here. Nothing will get done until the players start losing paychecks (Oct. 15) and owners start losing home games (Oct. 11). From the NHL: NHL ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF REMAINDER OF PRESEASON SCHEDULE NEW YORK (September 27, 2012)—The National Hockey League announced today the cancellation of the remainder of… Read More →

(Editor’s note: I think this is the last of the guest blogs that I have received. Obviously we are going to be without hockey for a while, so if anybody else wants to volunteer to do a guest blog, this is a good time to do it. Just drop me… Read More →

Being a Ranger fan is what I live for during the NHL season. I watch every game, studying systems and commenting from the couch. As most Ranger fans, I feel a part of this team. I get upset when they lose, joyful when they win and grow my own beard… Read More →

From MSG Network: MSG NETWORKS to debut new hockey series this fall  “The Essential Games” to Feature Rangers and Devils Season Retrospectives on MSG and MSG+  New Episodes Twice Each Week Starting Monday, September 24 New York, NY (September 21, 2012) – MSG Networks will launch a new hockey series… Read More →

OK, time to get away from the hilarity of LW3H’s acronym mania. Today is the first day of Rangers training camp, which of course won’t happen, and thus is the first actual day of Rangers being locked out. Here’s the unedited version of my column from The Journal News and… Read More →

(Editor’s note: Time for some more zany cleverness from our friend LW3H, the author of the very funny Springing Malik blog. If you haven’t seen his latest entry, click here.) ******************************************* Having been begged mercilessly by precisely nobody to contribute to the great, late summer of RR (“worst internet blog”)... Read More →

How I became a Ranger fan. OK, this might be geared more about myself and won’t really get the hockey juices flowing much but I find it interesting reading about fellow Boneheads and their experiences with the NY Rangers, so here is mine. I grew up—OK I never really grew… Read More →

Courtesy of Bovada, (www.Bovada.lv,  Twitter: @BovadaLV). When will the NHL Lockout end? Before December 15th 2012                     -115 On or After December 15th 2012               -115 Will the NHL cancel any regular season games in the 2012-13 season? Yes                  1/10 No                    6/1 Will the NHL cancel the 2012-13 Winter Classic? Yes                  1/1… Read More →

Remember when the last lockout ended and the NHL painted “Thank you fans!” on both ends of the ice in every league arena? Well, today they might as well do it again, only this time replace “Thank” with another word ending in the letter “k” as we begin the third… Read More →

By Marfar (David Hes) Having written on this blog before a couple of times, the topic was hockey, more specifically, the numerous thrills and occasional disappointments the Rangers provided for us last season. Also included in my musings was how our favorite hockey team could improve for the 2012-13 season…. Read More →

“No More 1994” By Paulo Molina, aka “Miami Pimp” Disclaimer: Any views or opinions presented in this blog entry are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Carp, The Journal News, or its parent company. Read at your own risk. bush-league, adj.  (boosh-leeg) 1. being… Read More →

For those of you who are a little older, I wonder if your experience with sports heroes is the same as mine:  the players who I watched when I was a child still stand today in my mind as giants of the game, even if they never won a championship…. Read More →

Dear Commissioner Bettman, I am just a fan.  I love the sport of hockey more than any other and I am writing this letter to provide you one fan’s perspective on the pending expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. I was born in 1981, into a family in which my… Read More →

From the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS DOG WALK WITH COACH TORTORELLA TO BENEFIT THE WESTCHESTER HUMANE SOCIETY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS Sunday, September 9 – Riverside Park New York, August 30, 2012 –New York Rangers announced today that tickets to John Tortorella’s first NYC… Read More →

The Rangers First American Goaltender By George E. Grimm Pop Quiz time: Quick, who was the Rangers’ first American born goaltender? Fans of a certain age might guess 1960 Olympian Jack McCartan. That would be a good guess but it would also be wrong. McCartan played his first game as… Read More →

My Greatest Goalie Coach By Patrick Hoffman I didn’t learn how to stop a breakaway as a goaltender from the usual suspects. Was it from a goalie coach? No. Was it from summer hockey camps? Nope. Did my dad give me advice on the position? No way. I learned how to… Read More →