by George Grimm | Jun 23, 2017 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Rangers’ patriarch Lester Patrick cemented his place in Blueshirt lore on the evening of April 7th 1928. After eliminating both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Bruins, the Rangers were playing the second game of the Stanley Cup finals against the Montreal Maroons...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 8, 2017 | Archived Features, Hockey History, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
You want to know the measure of a person? It’s not about what he or she does. It’s about how that person treats other people. Bob Miller is, in the special way that broadcasters of local sports teams can be, famous. Way more people know who he is than vice versa. I’m...
by George Grimm | Mar 31, 2017 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Retro Rangers
The perception of the New York Rangers around the NHL during the late 1950’s to early 60’s was that the franchise wasn’t serious about improving. For many years it seemed that there was no real commitment to winning or to acquiring the kind of players that could take...
by George Grimm | Feb 27, 2017 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Less than a month after the New Madison Square Garden opened in February of 1968 the building was the site of the rarest of rarities; a National Hockey League double header. The twin bill was made necessary when high winds blew part of the roof off of the Spectrum in...
by George Grimm | Feb 17, 2017 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Bob Froese began his hockey journey on the frozen ponds and rinks of St. Catharines Ontario where he followed in his father’s footsteps and became a goaltender. Bob Froese; ‘It’s funny when I was a kid I would put catalogs on my legs for pads and stuff like that but...
by George Grimm | Jan 18, 2017 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Retro Rangers
Many of us have played hockey in one form or another, be it on the ice, the street or on the floor of a recreation center. And very often we didn’t have access to or could afford regulation equipment. So since necessity is the mother of invention we fashioned...
