Zdeno Chara Injury Update

19 year old Hockey prospect Alexei Cherepanov died on the bench during a game in Russia today. He was the 17th pick overall in the 2007 draft by the New York Rangers. Apparently the only reason he even dropped to 17th was because of the issue of when he would transfer to the US from his Russian team Avangard Omsk. There was nothing to suggest that the sudden death had anything to...

As the final week of the CHL regular season gets underway, teams like Tomas Kundratek's Medicine Hat Tigers are still jockeying for playoff position.Entering Tuesday's game against the Red Deer Rebels, the Tigers were holding the 5th seed in the WHL's Eastern Conference. The Tigers were chasing the Swift Current Bronco for 4th and trying to hold off the Kootenay...

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Lee Deikemper has your abbreviated recap from the frozen water.  San Jose 2, Anaheim 1: Jeremy Roenick’s power play goal early in the third gave the Sharks their ninth win in the last 10. The Wings can still be caught but the clock is ticking. Philadelphia 4, New York Rangers 3 (SO): Fighting...

via New York NHL general managers have given their approval to the Rangers? request for a compensatory pick in June?s Entry Draft in the wake of the death of 2007 first-round selection Alexei Cherepanov, sources have told The Though it is unclear whether Article 8.3 (b) of the CBA ...

Another Brampton Battalion game, another strong performance by Evgeny Grachev. It has gone way past the point when we have any new way to describe just how solid a performance that Grachev has just put up.Maybe we should just post the scoresheets and update the numbers anytime Grachev plays. On Wednesday it was another 3 points for Grachev on his 40th goal...

New York Rangers (5-6-1) at New Jersey (5-6-1) Game Time: 7:00 PM (FNY2, MSG, Yahoo!) Career Top Performers vs. Martin Brodeur (70 Games) 38-16-15-1, 2.07, .919, 7 SO Patrik Elias (47 Games) 14-36-50, +18 Sergei Brylin (48 Games) 8-9-17, -8 Brian Gionta (26 Games) 11-7-18, +8 Henrik Lundqvist (11 Gam...

If Scott Gomez's ribs were still sore during the New York Rangers' playoff opener, he transferred every bit of that discomfort to the team that let him get away. In his first postseason game against the Devils -- the club the All-Star forward grew up with -- Gomez had three assists in the New York Ra...

The Flyers season kicks off on Saturday against the New York Rangers but the Flyers have already received some bad news on the injury front. Ryan Parent, a young defenseman who was expected to slide into the Flyers lineup this season, will have surgery to repair a torn labrum that he suffered earlier in the preseason. Parent will miss 12 to 14 weeks, putting his return sometime around...

Sean Avery has returned to the ice in his first competitive week of hockey since being suspended indefinitely by the Dallas Stars. Avery played his first game with New York Rangers' affiliate, the Hartford Wolfpack, on February 14th. Most are familiar with his long history of controversial comments and a good summary of his antics can be found here. Allegations include, most...

After defeating the New York Rangers 5-3 tonight, the Pittsburgh Penguins extended their playoff winning streak to 7 straight games. It is the first time since the 1994 Rangers that a team has won their first 7 playoff games and it's only the eleventh time it has been done in NHL history.

A close battle in New York was played out Saturday, between the New Jersey Devils, and the New York Rangers. In the series the Rangers were up 2-0. So that gave the Devils a reason to play harder Saturday, and they definitely stepped up the plate. It was a close game through all the periods. In the 1st period the devils started the scoring brigade with Sergei Brylin getting a goal...

Fight fans would have enjoyed watching Andrew Alberts, Zdeno Chara, and Mark Stuart (twice) put a pounding on the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night at Bell Center

Claude Julien termed Zdeno Chara's chances at playing this weekend as "slim." "But I wouldn't count him out," Julien added. Marc Savard had the day off, but the center will play tomorrow against Philadelphia. Julien said Savard took a puck...

The Bruins have won the Blake Wheeler sweepstakes and will sign him to a professional contract on the 1st of July. Yeah OK, good for Blake Wheeler. Personally I am happy for Blake but I don't ever see him playing in a Claude Julien system. If Brandon Bochenski isn't good enough to play for the Bruins how in the heck is Wheeler going to make the line up on a regular basis? Coach Julien...