December 19, 2013 NEW YORK – With how few wins the Rangers have gotten on the ice recently, perhaps a victory in the mind will serve as an elixir. There were moral victories to take out of the Rangers shootout loss to the East’s best team. While Pittsburgh was missing...
December 16, 2013 NEW YORK – Henrik Lundqvist outstretched his arms, looking past the famous spoked ceiling, all the way to the heavens. Like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. The Rangers home losing streak was over, and while it was about as difficult to...
December 8, 2013 NEW YORK – The large metal door that separates the Rangers locker room from the rest of Madison Square Garden was closed. Five minutes. Ten minutes. Fourteen minutes. Reporters checked their cell phones, talked to each other, and posted on Twitter the...
November 30, 2013 NEW YORK – It had to feel awfully good. For the modest player who shoved it up his former coach’s rear-end on Saturday afternoon, he’ll never admit it. But you know it felt good. You could tell when Chris Kreider jumped into the glass after scoring...
November 2, 2013 NEW YORK – It was a moment Rangers fans have seen before. The Rangers (6-7-0) started awfully slowly and lethargically in their match against scuffling Carolina (4-7-3) Saturday night at MSG. In fact, through the first six minutes the Hurricanes had...
June 22, 2013 NEW YORK – It was a combination of things that saw Alain Vigneault named 35th head coach in Rangers franchise history during a glitzy press conference at Radio City Music Hall Friday morning. His offensive style, his ability to adapt his style, and his...
May 30, 2013 NEW YORK — Maybe we shouldn’t have been so surprised when the hammer fell on John Tortorella as suddenly as it did. Yet, when the shocking announcement was made early Wednesday afternoon, the first reaction amongst media and fans was of surprise. John...
May 9, 2013 NEW YORK – The Rangers returned to their roots Wednesday night. And because they did, they’re returning to Washington with their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Quarterfinal tied at two games apiece. The Rangers edged past the Capitals, 4-3, in a classic...
April 21, 2013 NEW YORK – It was made sweeter by the fact that it knocked an arch-rival out of postseason contention. But, make no mistake: The Rangers (24-17-4, 52 pts, 8th in East), in a 4-1 win over the Devils, merely did what they had to do. They collected two...
February 7, 2013 NEW YORK – Rangers coach John Tortorella does not make empty threats. When he tells the media – and you can be sure the same message was delivered to the team – that he’s going to start benching underperforming players, they listen. No one wants a...
May 13, 2012 NEW YORK – Throughout this long marathon of a season, Brad Richards has tried to be the consummate teammate. Even when he struggled through an inconsistent regular season, it was all about others. Even in a year during which he scored the least amount of...
April 28, 2012 NEW YORK – All season long, the Rangers have talked about how they have to play. In Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal with the Ottawa Senators, the Rangers played how they have to play. They blocked shots — 23, to be exact, they won wall...
January 3, 2012 PHILADELPHIA – There were only two players on the ice, and 19.6 seconds showing on the massive diamond-vision at beautiful Citizens Bank Park. Henrik Lundqvist, the star Rangers goaltender, and Danny Briere, the star Flyers goal scorer were standing...
April 21, 2011 NEW YORK — When playoff hockey games head into overtime, it typically takes a mistake to score a goal. Marian Gaborik, in an earnest attempt to make a smart defensive play, made perhaps the biggest mistake of his career Wednesday night in the second...
