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Sam Weinman

Sam WeinmanThe lead hockey and golf writer for The Journal News and LoHud.com, Sam Weinman, 33, has placed among the top three in the Golf Writers Association of America writing contest in three consecutive years, including a first-place finish in 2004. In 2005, his golf coverage also led to a top-five finish in The Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest, his third such finish in the past five years. A native of Rye and an avid hockey player since he was 5 years old, Weinman is a 1996 graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He lives in Port Chester with his wife, Lisa, and sons Charlie and Will.

E-mail Sam Weinman at sweinman@lohud.com

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Pre-season schedule set

July
29

The Rangers announced their pre-season schedule this morning, featuring what seems like far more travel than usual. Among the highlights: a home-and-home with Ottawa beginning Sept. 20, another trip to Tampa Bay on Sept. 23, and of course, the two exhibition games in Bern Switzerland against European clubs SC Bern on Tuesday, September 30 and [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 29th, 2008 | 92 Comments »

Sjostrom signing ties up another loose end

July
28

Update, 9:30 a.m.: While we’re linking to Newsday blogs, the addictive Watchdog (by way of this blog) mentions the possibility of former Ranger Matthew Barnaby taking over for Barry Melrose as lead hockey analyst at ESPN. Which brings up my post below regarding Brendan Shanahan. Was one of the media jobs turned down by Shanahan [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 28th, 2008 | 85 Comments »

Shanahan still hanging around

July
25

Like a crafty goal scorer who refuses to be budged from the front of the net, Brendan Shanahan still hasn’t abandoned his hope of playing for the Rangers next season. This is according to SI’s Michael Farber, who also notes that Shanahan has already declined job offers from various media outlets.

But wait, has he heard [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 25th, 2008 | 90 Comments »

Jessiman re-signed

July
22

At yet another crucial crossroads in his his young career, Hugh Jessiman was re-signed by the Rangers.

I have a hard time seeing Jessiman as a serious candidate for an NHL job this year, but one would think he might be a possible call-up during the season. Of course, it all depends on how he fares [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 22nd, 2008 | 191 Comments »

More than a decade later, are the Rangers headed down a familiar path?

July
21

Update, 10:30 a.m.: The Rangers have re-signed Greg Moore, ensuring more trips on the Greg Moore Highway. No word yet on terms…

Earlier: One of the side effects of a job covering the Rangers is that when you go to a barbecue or the beach or even a golf tournament, people are likely to ask you [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 21st, 2008 | 128 Comments »

Live Chat with Sam Weinman, second edition

July
18

OK, thanks to everyone for joining us for our second live chat. We’ll have a moderator in place right from the start, which should help. Again, the plan is to field questions for the first 30 minutes or so, but I’ll continue to answer until about noon.

One small housecleaning item is the Rangers did finally [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 18th, 2008 | 79 Comments »

Don’t forget, live chat at 11

July
18

I conveniently schedule chats for days when it’s 95 degrees outside and I have to sit in an air-conditioned office rather than mow the lawn.

Again, we’re going to do a better job of getting to more of your questions, but ask them early just in case.

Possible new discussion points: the trade of Ryan Hollweg; the [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 18th, 2008 | 11 Comments »

2008-2009 schedule released

July
17

Update, 6:19 p.m.: Yes, a double bogey to me (and that should show you where my head is these days) for failing to mention Sean Avery’s return to the Garden on Oct. 20. Do I sense a video montage set to the music of Barbara Streisand?

Earlier: Thanks to sports editor Susie Arth for jumping in [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 17th, 2008 | 34 Comments »

Schedule out today

July
17

The NHL schedule comes out today, probably around noon. I remember last year at this time I was mostly interested in how the Rangers’ schedule was going to conflict with the birth of my second son (Will was born Jan. 4, a few hours after the Rangers were losing to Markus Naslund and the Canucks).

This [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 17th, 2008 | 89 Comments »

Next live chat coming Friday

July
16

Mark your calendar. Cancel that vacation (actually, please don’t cancel that vacation. I can’t handle that kind of pressure).  We’re coming back with another live chat here on Friday at 11 a.m. We probably won’t do one every week like this all summer, but there’s enough to go around for this week, and besides, there’s [...]

Posted by Sam Weinman on July 16th, 2008 | 16 Comments »

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Sam WeinmanSam WeinmanThe lead golf writer and Rangers beat reporter for The Journal News and LoHud.com, Weinman, 31, has placed among the top three in the Golf Writers Association of America writing contest in three consecutive years, including a first-place finish in 2004. READ MORE
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