Yardbarker: Henrik Lundqvist

Reversal Of Fortune - Red Wings@Rangers Post Game Thoughts…

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:43:47 -0500

In an interesting twist of fate, just one day after the Rangers were pretty soundly outplayed by the home team Sabres but escaped with a regulation win, the visiting Red Wings similarly were outplayed by and large by the home team Rangers, but were still able to escape with 2 points. When breaking down the loss to the Wings you really have to look 2 very separate reasons why we lost. First and foremost, Ryan Callahan, Ales Kotalik, Christopher Higgins, and Sean Avery (twice!) had chances to p...

Rangers Take an Early Lead and Lundqvist Does the Rest

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:12:12 -0500

In a goaltending matchup that may repeat itself in the Vancouver Olympics, Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers outdueled Ryan Miller and the Sabres.

N.H.L. Roundup: Rangers Take Lead and Lundqvist Does the Rest

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:03:29 -0500

In a goaltending matchup that may repeat itself in the Vancouver Olympics, Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers outdueled Ryan Miller and the Sabres.

Heeding The Call - Rangers@Sabres

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:01:58 -0500

First and foremost, be careful watching those highlights, it’s got Rick Jeanneret announcing it, and if you enjoy having your hearing, and your sanity, it might be worth it to skip them. Following the last game I made some observations on what was going wrong with the Rangers, observations that Larry Brooks was either thinking about, in almost the exact same order, or that he thought was worth sharing with his readers without giving me credit, regardless I stand by those comments, and ...

36 Lundqvist saves buoy Rangers following skid

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:35:28 -0500

Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Lundqvist makes 36 saves in Rangers' 2-1 win

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:55:15 -0500

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Lundqvist, Rangers shut down Sabres

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:23:12 -0500

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Roundup: Lundqvist loses shutout in final minute

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:52:00 -0500

Saturday's NHL roundup: Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves to lift the New York Rangers to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Thoughts on Lundqvist

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:18:26 -0500

In his postgame wrapup blog, Andrew Gross from Ranger Rants delivers some intriguing insights on New York Rangers’ goaltender Henrik Lundqvist: The breakdown of Mike Rupp’s winning goal is this: Michal Rozsival, who had played a good game until that moment, made a horrible mistake heading to the center of the ice, allowing Rupp a clear lane on the left side. And then Rupp beats Henrik Lundqvist over his glove. That’s the scouting report going around the NHL right now, shoot high to Lundq...

Some Thoughts on Valiquette

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:28:20 -0500

From Andrew Gross at Ranger Rants: And as great a guy as Steve Valiquette is and as much as you want to see him do well, it may be getting to the point where the Rangers have to consider alternatives to backup Henrik Lundqvist. As discussed, Valiquette goes through long stretches where he plays very well - and Tortorella cited him as the reason the Rangers were still in this game heading into the third period despite a weak defensive effort in the first period - but then seems to have to...

Interesting Look at Lundqvist

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:32:19 -0500

I know that this is a few days old but here’s a good look at New York Rangers’ goaltender Henrik Lundqvist from Dan Rosen at NHL.com: With Henrik Lundqvist, you have to appreciate the honesty. All the New York Rangers goalie does to self-evaluate his play during the past 12 starts is recall the extra goal or two or three that he’s allowed—the goals that frustrate elite goalies—and the analysis becomes easy because the losses have mounted. “Like the other night (against Florida)...

Parenteau's shootout goal sparks Rangers

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:35:00 -0500

P.A. Parenteau scored in a shootout, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped all three Florida shooters to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory against the Panthers on Wednesday night.

Roundup: Lundqvist, Rangers edge Panthers in SO

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:42:00 -0500

Wednesday's NHL roundup: P.A. Parenteau scored in a shootout, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped all three Florida shooters to give the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory against the Panthers.

Channel 11 News...

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:11:11 -0500

Apologies to Bryan for posting right after him, but I have something quick I need to saw.

I know that nobody really watches network news for sports scores in this age of the Internet, 4 ESPN channels, and a bunch of other local sports channels that have scrolling scores constantly on the bottom.

That said, someone in my house was watching Channel 11's nightly news, and they said, "Coming up: We know who the NL MVP is, more on the Giants steamrolling the Ravens, and the Rangers and Islanders both in action!"

We come back from break. They lead with a 90 second story on the National League MVP (that's baseball, by the way) and why it was wrong and who really should've won it. Then, they do a 90 second story on the Giants game from yesterday that was analyzed to death all of last night and probably most of today.

Then, we get a sort 10 second clip of Henrik Lundqvist making the final save in tonight's shootout win over Ottawa, and he says, "And the Islanders hosted Vancouver and won in a shootout, also."

End of newscast.

So to recap... a long story on two teams who aren't from New York who play a boring sport that ended 2 weeks ago. Then a story on a game from last night (which I'm fine with, football is now America's sport and it was a big game for a great team). Then, a clip of a save, a celebratory stick-in-the-arm-and-gloved-fist-pump, and a quick sentence on another game that also went on today.

I know hockey isn't big here. I'm not oblivious. But how is the sport supposed to grow when a St. Louis Cardinal gets 45 times more airtime than Long Island's only sports team and 9 times more play than the 2nd best team in the NHL who also happen to play in NY?

Just makes me mad. Quick! Someone contact Neil Best!

King Hank plays unfamiliar "hard to get" role with Ice Girls

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:10:59 -0500

Further proof that the NHL might exist: Coochie connoisseur Henrik Lundqvist accused of Ice Girl abuse