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Guest blogger: Authorben (Part I)
First and foremost, thanks to Carp for letting me take a couple of shifts for him this week. I’m grateful for the opportunity.
It certainly has been an interesting and incredible first half of the season for the Rangers. Who could have imagined they’d be in first place overall in the Eastern Conference at this point? Who could have predicted they’d get 31 opportunities...
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18 days ago
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Rangers-Jets review
Someone asked Henrik Lundqvist last night if he knew the Jets hadn’t won the second part of a back-to-back all season. He laughed and said he didn’t, then insisted it didn’t matter. Some team will always be the first, he said.
Despite sitting atop the Eastern Conference at the break, Lundqvist and the Rangers refuse to leave a stone unturned. The idea of Winnipeg...
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19 days ago
Post-game interviews
A few quick notes and quotes from tonight that weren’t in the notes sent out by teh team:
NOTES —
• Brian Boyle played just 11:49 tonight after twisting his right foot on a collision in the corner during the second period. It cost him to miss a good chunk of the period, but he returned and even killed penalties later in the game. Boyle had less ice time only four...
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19 days ago
Post game notes, quotes
Courtesy of the NYR:
NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES
January 24, 2012 (Game 47, Home Game 22)
Madison Square Garden – New York, New York
Team Notes:
- The Rangers defeated the Winnipeg Jets, 3-0, tonight at Madison Square Garden for their third win in four games, and are now 14-4-0 in their last 18 games. ... New York has posted a record of 31-12-4 (66 pts) on the...
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19 days ago
It’s Go Time!
Game 47.
Last game before the all-star break.
Josh Thomson, 26, is covering the game.
Ya boys, tied for first in the East with the Bruins, come off that huge win in Boston Saturday. They are 3-3 in their last six, alternating losses and wins, and 13-4 in their last 17 games.
Same lineup. Henrik Lundqvist starts in goal with call-up Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson as...
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20 days ago
Pregame: Tortorella, in brief…
Hello, everyone. Glad to be with you again. I’m in for Carp at tonight’s game, still 26 years young.
I had been told/warned John Tortorella’s pregame chats with the media were brief. Well, safe to say there will be ovations during tonight’s “State of the Union” that last longer than this one. Much longer, in fact.
The tape is 50 seconds total...
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20 days ago
Well, he wasn’t playing for the Patriots, so …
... welcome back, Chad Ocho Cinco!
Martin Biron has the flu, so Chad Johnson will back up Henrik Lundqvist tonight. Here’s the official word on Ocho’s recall, courtesy of the Rangers:
New York, January 24, 2012 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that goaltender Chad Johnson has been recalled from the Connecticut Whale...
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20 days ago
Jets at Rangers tonight
Pre-game notes from the Rangers:
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. WINNIPEG JETS
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 7:00 p.m.
Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Rangers: 30-12-4 (64 pts)
Jets: 22-20-6 (50 pts)
* All information through NHL games on Jan. 22
TONIGHT’S GAME:
The Rangers will face-off against the Winnipeg Jets at Madison Square Garden (7:00 p.m.; TV: MSG 2; Radio: 970 The Apple...
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20 days ago
Captain Callahan: The identity of the Rangers
Here’s a column I wrote for The Journal News and LoHud.com yesterday:
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The last time the Rangers played a hockey game with somebody other than Ryan Callahan as their captain, Callahan was on crutches.
He was on crutches because, in the biggest game of 2010-11, Game 80 of 82, with the Rangers barely clinging to a playoff spot, they came back...
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21 days ago
NHL wimps out again; Ference gets three games
I don’t have anything to add except this: Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy.
The NHL should just shut up when it starts talking about player safety and eliminating dangerous, reckless plays. This was textbook, reckless boarding, and McDonagh could have broken his neck, and we still don’t know what his injuries are, though Brendan Shanahan in his explanation said the league has been...
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22 days ago
Rangers-Bruins in review
Hockey Gods.
John Tortorella referenced the Hockey Gods the one night this week, when Marian Gaborik was incorrectly called for a double-minor penalty when one opponent’s stick. and not Gaborik’s, hit the face of another opponent. And the Rangers, rightly, killed the penalties.
Tortorella said the Hockey Gods have a way of taking care of things like that.
So yesterday in...
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22 days ago
Post-game notes
Courtesy of the NYR:
NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES
January 21, 2012 (Game 46, Away Game 25)
TD Garden – Boston, MA
1st 2nd 3rd OT Final
New York Rangers 0 2 0 1 3
Boston Bruins 0 2 0 0 2
Team Notes:
- The Rangers...
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23 days ago
Lundqvist and Lupul named assistant all-star captains
I know, I know. It’s a pet peeve of mine. The actual word is alternate captain. But in this case, the assistants will assist the captains in selecting the all-star rosters.
Henrik Lundqvist was assigned to countryman Daniel Alfredsson’s team, which means he will play for co-coach John Tortorella.
Here’s the info from the NHL/NHLPA (apologies for the spacing...
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23 days ago
Rangers at Bruins today
Pre-game notes from the Rangers:
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. BOSTON BRUINS
Saturday, Jan. 21, 1:00 p.m.
TD Garden – Boston, MA
Rangers: 29-12-4 (62 pts)
Bruins: 30-13-1 (61 pts)
* All information through NHL games on Jan. 19
TODAY’S GAME:
The Rangers will face-off against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden (1:00 p.m.; TV: MSG; Radio: 1050 ESPN Radio), in an Original Six matinee...
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23 days ago
Richards ticked at Cooke’s cheap shot; Tortorella on Boston
Was busy at post-practice today, working on Ryan Callahan story for the weekend.
But did have time to get Brad Richards’ angry reaction to that pile of carcillo Matt Cooke’s slew foot, and John Tortorella talking about Boston tomorrow.
Richards missed practice with a neck that “locked up” after the game, but said he had no symptoms of a concussion (he...
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24 days ago
Rangers-Penguins in review
Thoughts:
1) I said it before and I’ll say it again (though I’m sure it won’t placate any of the NNs, or Chicken Littles, the “fire Torts” gang or plain old trolls. If losing three out of five is as bad as it gets, or even four out of six, this is going to be one fabulous, unbelievable, wildly-successful season.
2) Everybody’s going after Evgeny...
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24 days ago
Some post-game interviews
Had some technical difficulties with my story, and with my recorder.
So all I’ve got in the way of post-game audio is a short Dan Girardi/Henrik Lundqvist interview and the John Tortorella presser.
John Tortorella:
Dan Girardi/Henrik Lundqvist:
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25 days ago
John Tortorella pre-game
The pre-game presser started off slowly, as many do, but it picked up … John Tortorella ended up talking about Brandon Prust (he’s had to ask him not to fight some players because Prust is too good a player), and about the power play.
You might hear at one point early (around :40) a couple of thuds. That’s Tortorella banging his forehead on the microphone out of frustration...
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25 days ago
SORRY ABOUT THAT! … Penguins at Rangers tonight
We had a major outage of all of our LoHud blogs last night, as I’m sure you are all aware. So apologies all around. Just glad it wasn’t my fault. I worried that maybe I pushed a wrong button or something, you know, being the techno wizard that I am.
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Anyway, here are the belated pre-game notes, courtesy of the Rangers:
NEW YORK RANGERS vs...
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25 days ago
Tortorella post-practice
Some good stuff from John Tortorella after practice today, including his picks for this weekend’s NFL games, his reaction to Jim Dolan’s visit in the coach’s press conference last night, some comments for a story I’m doing on Ryan Callahan, and about Carl Hagelin and what he’s done and what he needs to continue to do.
Here it is:
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26 days ago
Rangers-Predators in review
Bizarre night topped by Jim Dolan, all smiles and giggles, popping into John Tortorella’s press conference. I think what happened is that Dolan was in Tortorella’s office and the coach asked him if he wanted to do the press conference instead of Torts. And Dolan took the dare and went down the hall and into the room with him, and when he saw the shock of the reporters...
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26 days ago
Post-game notes, quotes
Courtesy of the Rangers:
NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES
January 17, 2012 (Game 44, Home Game 20)
Madison Square Garden – New York, New York
Team Notes:
- The Rangers defeated the Nashville Predators, 3-0, tonight at Madison Square Garden, and are now 12-3-0 in their last 15 games.
- New York has posted a record of 29-11-4 (62 pts) on...
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26 days ago
A few more post-game interviews
... though not nearly as entertaining:
Ryan Callahan:
Dan Girardi:
Henrik Lundqvist:
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26 days ago
Dolan speaks post-game!
Some weird happenings after the game …
First, because somebody asked, Dan Girardi got the hat.
Then Jim Dolan—who hadn’t spoken to the hockey writers in probably five or six years—walked into the press conference with John Tortorella, and talked about the direction of the team, and when he started talking about the Stanley Cup, Tortorella stopped him ...
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26 days ago
Predators at Rangers tonight
Pre-game notes courtesy of the Rangers:
NEW YORK RANGERS vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m.
Madison Square Garden – New York, New York
Rangers: 28-11-4 (60 pts)
Predators: 26-15-4 (56 pts)
All information through NHL games on Jan. 15
TONIGHT’S GAME:
The Rangers will face-off against the Nashville Predators at Madison Square Garden (7:30 p.m....
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27 days ago
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