by George Grimm | Jan 20, 2022 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Back in the days before air travel became the norm, NHL teams rode the rails to their road games within the then six-team league. Bob Chrystal, who patrolled the Rangers Blue Line for a couple of seasons in the mid-50s was one of those players who spent countless...
by George Grimm | Nov 26, 2021 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuk, Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante, Ed Giacomin and Gilles Villemure are just a few of the fine goaltending duos that were formed after the NHL made it mandatory for teams to dress two goaltenders for games. But the two-goalie concept was a...
by George Grimm | Sep 28, 2021 | Books, Hockey History, Homepage, Retro Rangers
Bill Mosienko enjoyed a very productive 14-year NHL career, scoring 258 goals with 282 assists for 540 points in 711 games, all with the Chicago Black Hawks. He scored thirty or more goals twice and reached the 20-goal plateau five times. He was also a dependable...
by George Grimm | Sep 11, 2021 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
One of the most remarkable things about Rod Gilbert’s brilliant NHL career was that not only did he make it back from two spinal fusion surgeries but also survived a near-death experience nearly 60 years ago. Gilbert originally underwent spinal fusion...
by George Grimm | Jul 29, 2021 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Back in the early 1970s, after watching Gene Carr blow yet another scoring opportunity, Ranger broadcaster Bill “The Big Whistle” Chadwick, loudly proclaimed to play-by-play man Jim Gordon, that the long-haired forward “couldn’t put the puck in the ocean if he was...
by George Grimm | Jul 2, 2021 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Former New York Times sportswriter Gerald Eskenazi produced 16 books during his 47-year career as a journalist, but none has earned the lasting acclaim as his groundbreaking 1971 offering, “A Year on Ice.” The book is a day-by-day chronicle of the New York Rangers...
