by Joe Soccoa | Jul 5, 2016 | Homepage, New York Rangers
NEW YORK – Going into the off-season after a disappointing first round exit, the New York Rangers were talking big about the face of the team being changed. General manager Jeff Gorton had talked about taking calls on every player with the exception of a...
by Neal McHale | Jun 21, 2016 | Homepage, New York Rangers
Another year, another summer without a parade on Broadway. At least this time it wasn’t nearly as devastating. Not like the 2014 cup finals, falling in 5 games to the Kings. Not like a year ago, when they faltered in a game 7 at home in the Eastern Conference...
by Neal McHale | Apr 25, 2016 | Homepage, New York Rangers
And so ends another season without a Stanley Cup for Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers, and perhaps the window for such prestige has closed. The Rangers were eliminated in five games by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday in a 6-3 drubbing that saw Lundqvist...
by Diana Driscoll | Apr 22, 2016 | New York Rangers, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
This was supposed to be a pretty even series. On paper it looked as if the New York Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins would battle it out, fight for every inch of open space in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. That has not been the case. The...
by Neal McHale | Apr 21, 2016 | New York Rangers
Despite ending a 166 minute goalless drought at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers dropped game three of their series to Pittsburgh 3-1 on Tuesday night. Now trailing two games to one, New York faces a critical test on Thursday. After splitting both games in...
by Joe Soccoa | Apr 20, 2016 | Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL
NEW YORK – Words that have been uttered more often than none is “former Ranger”. That is exactly what happened at the 4:16 mark of period three when former Ranger Matt Cullen put the Pittsburgh Penguins up 2-1 in the game and propelled them to a two...