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Rangers host San Jose today
April 20, 2008 by
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In a few minutes, the Rangers will take on the Sharks in the second half of back to back games for the Blueshirts. The Rangers are winless against the Western Conference this season, and this is their last chance to change that.The Rangers will be going with the same lineup as yesterday...
Hunter sparks Isles past Thrashers
March 18, 2008 by
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While the Rangers were busy continuing their winning ways down in Raleigh, another resurgent New York team was getting it done in Atlanta.Despite blowing a 3-0 lead and a 4-3 one late, the Islanders came out with an important 5-4 OT victory over the Thrashers last night courtesy of...
Quick preview for tonight's Ranger/Florida game
March 16, 2008 by
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Unfortunately, due to extensive amounts of work, this post is a little on the rushed side. Sorry for that.- Marcel Hossa has been recalled for tonight's game and will skate on the fourth line along side Blair Betts and Ryan Hollweg. Colton Orr sustained an "upper body"...
Big win for the Blueshirts and Monday afternoon update
March 14, 2008 by
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As a Ranger fan, it pains me to see any starting goalie get pulled early in a game. I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but you have to admit, yesterday's game was an extremely entertaining game. Derek has a great wrap up below, so I won't go into too much detail. I'...
Trade deadline fallout for the Blueshirts
March 14, 2008 by
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A brain fart in my last post had me say Erik Christianson and Colby Armstrong went to Ottawa. Not true. Nor will they be getting lost in a bigger market, as obviously Atlanta is not a bigger market than Pittsburgh. Both should become stars of their team there, although it might take...
Drury, Rangers continue to roll
March 14, 2008 by
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Chris Drury is known as Mr. Clutch. Lately, the first-year Ranger has been exactly that notching his club-leading sixth game-winner to help lift the resurgent Original Six club to its third consecutive win by a count of 4-2 over the Hurricanes Thursday night at the RBC Center.With...
The local deadline review
March 13, 2008 by
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Now that the deadline has come and passed with special thanks to buddy Lenny for further updating a busy Tuesday while I was busy rocking out at the Garden to Clapton and Winwood, it's time to review how our metro area teams did.So without much fanfare, let's get started:Rangers...
Rangers v. Islanders right now on MSG
March 13, 2008 by
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7:28 - Pretty goal just scored by Avery. Brandon Dubinsky dug the puck out along the boards, dropped it to Marek Malik, who fed Avery and Avery had a pretty deflection past Dubieleweicz. 2-0 Rangers.7:22 - If you aren't watching this game, you are missing out. A strong shift by...
Important game for the Blueshirts today
March 12, 2008 by
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The Rangers take on the Flyers in about 20 minutes in an all important game. Philly sits one point behind the Rangers in eighth place. The Rangers are two points behind the Bruins for sixth place, and trail the Devils by only six points for first in the division. With 13 games remaining...
Ovechkin hits 50 in style
March 12, 2008 by
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There are nights where you are lucky to be a sportsfan. For our sport, this was one of those special nights courtesy of Washington Capital sniper Alexander Ovechkin.The 22 year-old league leading finisher entered yesterday's home contest against Boston needing one goal to reach...
Deadline deals
March 12, 2008 by
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There have been already 12 deals today including the biggest one seeing Tampa center Brad Richards shipped along with netminder Johan Holmqvist to the Stars for Mike Smith, Jussi Jokinen and Jeff Halpern.As I am at work, it's very hard to update everything. But I did manage to...
Les Habitants edge Devils to take over East lead
March 12, 2008 by
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All season long, the Canadiens have been proving critics like myself wrong. That didn't change one iota last night where they used a Andrei Kostistyn power play tally with 5:43 left to get past the Devils 2-1 up in Montreal, taking over first in the Eastern Conference.The difference...
Shootout taking place at Garden
March 12, 2008 by
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Apparently, the two teams forgot to bring their defense and goaltending as six total goals were scored in the first period at the Garden.Vaclav Prospal got his first as a Flyer just over a minute in but Marty Straka banked one off the post and in to tie it. Braydon Coburn put home...
Leetch symbolizes what a true Ranger is all about
March 10, 2008 by
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I knew that we were in for a truly special night at Madison Square Garden. If you were priviledged enough to be witness to that special retirement ceremony of all-time Ranger great Brian Leetch's No.2 to the rafters joining the likes of Rod Gilbert (No.7), Ed Giacomin (No.1), Mike...
Valiquette in goal to start 2nd
March 10, 2008 by
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Apparently, Tom Renney read my mind and decided to make a change in net to start the second replacing Lundqvist with Valiquette.We'll see if the change sparks the Blueshirts.
Hossa to Pens, Rangers add Backman to blueline
March 10, 2008 by
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Marian Hossa is on his way to the Penguins for prospect Angelo Esposito and forwards Colby Armstrong and Erik Christensen.Analysis: Wow! What a deal that is for the Pens. They lost only two depth forwards and got one of the better scoring forwards in the league. Figure Crosby gets...
Same lineup for the Rangers tonight
March 09, 2008 by
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The Rangers and Islanders faceoff in seconds, with the Rangers fielding the same lineup as Sunday afternoon. Ryan Hollweg, Petr Prucha and Jason Strudwick will be the healthy scratches.No Rick DiPietro tonight, as he's out due to personal reasons.I'm extremely busy tonight...
Two periods complete
March 09, 2008 by
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Things kind of settled down. The Rangers got the only goal of the second from Backman. Valiquette made a couple of timely stops including getting across to stop Daniel Briere. He's been sharp but the Flyers also missed the net with high shots a few times.The Rangers take a 4-3...
Rangers vs Hurricanes preview
March 09, 2008 by
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Not much new to report for the upcoming game. In a couple of minutes, the two newest Rangers will be making their debuts for the Blueshirts.Petr Prucha is ready to get back into games, but Tom Renney didn't want to play him tonight to give the newest acquisitions a game with their...
Rangers take fourth straight via shootout
March 09, 2008 by
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Not surprisingly, the big Atlantic match-up between the Rangers and Flyers needed extra time to decide who would get the two points. That it required a shootout also wasn't very startling as neither team could get the kind of opportunity necessary to win it in OT.Courtesy of shootout...
Devils @ Capitals 2/24/08
March 08, 2008 by
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Marty Brodeur stones Alexander Ovechkin and the Caps ice cold in his team's 2-1 OT win. Possibly some of the best saves he's made in his brilliant career.The rematch is tonight at The Rock!
Devs a no-show in shutout loss to new look Caps
March 08, 2008 by
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It wasn't much of a night for the first place Devils. With a chance to increase their conference lead, instead they didn't show up ready for hockey easily being shutout 4-0 by the new and improved Capitals at The Prudential Center.Despite a strong start by Marty Brodeur, the...
Brodeur stones Caps, Pens lose in shootout
March 08, 2008 by
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It was a great afternoon for the Devils. In particular, All-Star netminder Marty Brodeur, whose 37 saves were the difference in a 2-1 overtime triumph over the Caps at Verizon Center.With his team outshot 28-10 and outchanced by plenty through 40 minutes, the three-time Vezina and...
Dubi and Tambellini give Isles upper hand
March 07, 2008 by
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On a night where the Islanders were without All-Star netminder Rick DiPietro, the more desperate team from Nassau County came into the Garden and earned a 4-3 shootout victory over the Rangers.They can credit backup Wade Dubielewicz and rookie Jeff Tambellini as both proved to be the...
Carter draws Flyers even
March 07, 2008 by
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Jeff Carter remains red hot as he got his second of the contest by getting to a rebound and backhanding it out of mid-air past Valiquette to tie it at four.It was off another four-on-four. Maybe the Rangers should be worried as another key one is coming up because Avery took a dive...
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