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CarpRick Carpiniello, 26, grew up in Harrison and began working in The Journal News' sports department (back when it was The Reporter Dispatch and eight other newspapers) in October of 1977 after a year of covering high school sports as a stringer. For more than 20 years he covered the New York Rangers and the National Hockey League. Carpiniello has been writing columns on everything from local sports to the big leagues since 2002.

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Rangers-Flames tonight

November
7

Calgary. The other Alberta meat.

Once upon a time, this was a deadly double-stop. I actually kept track of stuff like this.

In the 1980s through ‘90, for a span of eight years, either Edmonton or Calgary was in the Stanley Cup final.

And back then, most seasons, every team played in every city twice. And also, pretty [...]

Posted by Carp on November 7th, 2009 | 66 Comments »

Rangers-Oilers in review

November
6

This was pretty simple. A good win, good effort, against an undermanned team that played pretty poorly.

So, no, I’m not putting much into the 4-2 victory in Edmonton, other than it is sure better than a loss, an overtime loss or one of those skills competition losses. Those would have all been unacceptable (like the [...]

Posted by Carp on November 6th, 2009 | 166 Comments »

Post-game notes

November
6

From the NYR:

NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES
November 5, 2009 – New York Rangers 4, Edmonton Oilers 2 (Game #17, Road #9)

The Blueshirts defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 4-2, tonight at Rexall Place to improve to 10-6-1 overall, including a 4-4-1 mark on the road; the win was the Rangers first in Edmonton since Feb. 21, 1999.
New [...]

Posted by Carp on November 6th, 2009 | 26 Comments »

Rangers-Oilers

November
5

I’ll let this baseball thing go after this.

My mom found this photo of me and some other guy after the World Series last night.

Combined, he and I make more than $30 million a year. (actually, between the time of this photo and the time it took to actually get him to answer a few [...]

Posted by Carp on November 5th, 2009 | 321 Comments »

Forsberg scouted; Sather speaks

November
5

Which is more incredible?

Here’s the link to Larry Brooks’ story today, about the Rangers’ interest in Peter Forsberg and Glen Sather actually admitting it. I wonder which of the bad contracts he will have to eat in order to afford Forsberg.

The last thread reminded me of an idea I had a little while ago.

Jonny D [...]

Posted by Carp on November 5th, 2009 | 203 Comments »

Vancouver winter wonderland

November
5

While the Rangers were in Vancouver, there was lots of talk about the Olympics—including that bit about fans should get H1NI flu shots before they go, and that the Canucks will be away from their home rink for 40 days—and this scenario kind of reared its head in my imaginative mind:

Chris Drury makes the U.S. [...]

Posted by Carp on November 5th, 2009 | 73 Comments »

Byers suspended, Tortorella fined

November
4

NHL ANNOUNCES DISCIPLINARY ACTION TO NEW YORK RANGERS 
BYERS AUTOMATICALLY SUSPENDED AND COACH TORTORELLA FINED
        TORONTO (November 4, 2009) — The National Hockey League announced today disciplinary action resulting from NHL game #201 between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks, November 3.
        New York Rangers forward Dane Byers has [...]

Posted by Carp on November 4th, 2009 | 122 Comments »

Rangers-’Nucks in review

November
4

Frankly, I expected John Tortorella to be more ticked off last night, after the tons of mistakes, and after some questionable effort on the part of some of his players. Overall, he said, the battle level was acceptable, and I agree. But some individuals, he said, did not work hard enough, and many did not [...]

Posted by Carp on November 4th, 2009 | 133 Comments »

Post-game notes

November
4

From the Rangers:

NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES
November 3, 2009 – New York Rangers 1, Vancouver Canucks 4 (Game #16, Road #8)

The Blueshirts were defeated by the Vancouver Canucks, 4-1, tonight at General Motors Place to fall to 9-6-1 overall, including a 3-4-1 mark on the road.
Christopher Higgins notched the Rangers only goal of the game, [...]

Posted by Carp on November 4th, 2009 | 72 Comments »

Game time in Vancouver

November
3

What a great city. Wish I was there. If you’ve ever had the pleasure, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, and you get the opportunity, do get there someday.

Did I mention that the Sedins remind me of the Proclaimers: “And I would walk 500 miles …” Me and John Dellapina and Tom [...]

Posted by Carp on November 3rd, 2009 | 482 Comments »

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Rick CarpinielloRick Carpiniello grew up in Harrison and began working in The Journal News' sports department (back when it was The Reporter Dispatch and eight other newspapers) in October of 1977 after a year of covering high school sports as a stringer. For more than 20 years he covered the New York Rangers and the National Hockey League. Carpiniello has been writing columns on everything from local sports to the big leagues since 2002. READ MORE
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