by George Grimm | Apr 30, 2018 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Gilles Villemure was born on May 30, 1940 and grew up in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec where the local hockey rink was right next to the fairgrounds race track, and so his two passions became hockey and horse racing. Luckily for him he was able to pursue both of these...
by George Grimm | Apr 26, 2018 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Prior to the 1965-66 season when the NHL ruled that teams must dress two netminders for games, many teams often employed amateurs and low minor leaguers to serve as practice and emergency goaltenders. These men were happy to share the ice with the pros and make a few...
by Bob Fina | Mar 23, 2018 | New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries
The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the visiting New York Rangers by a score of 4-3 during regulation. Three Star Selections: 1st Travis Konecny (#11 PHI) 2nd Claude Giroux (#29 PHI) 3rd Jesper Fast (#20 NYR)
by George Grimm | Feb 27, 2018 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Before there was a Chuck Rayner, a Gump Worsley, an Ed Giacomin, Mike Richter or Henrik Lundqvist there was Davey Kerr. Kerr was the Rangers’ original “Franchise” goaltender, the guy who set the standard for all future Blueshirt netminders to aspire to. David...
by Neal McHale | Feb 23, 2018 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, NHL
Last week’s four-game win streak gave the Devils some separation. Certainly not enough to feel comfortable, but enough for GM Ray Shero to upgrade the team ahead of the trade deadline and with sights set on the postseason. Following a 4-2 loss at home to the...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 24, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The coach of the other local NHL team, John Stevens of the LA Kings, used the “blender” metaphor last week to describe the changes his team needed to make to jolt themselves into scoring some goals. But it was Randy Carlyle of the Ducks who...
