by Tom Stanek | Oct 11, 2024 | Detroit Red Wings
Another hockey season begins with the Detroit Red Wings looking to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season. They’ve missed the playoffs for the last eight seasons, so this would make it nine. Before making a prediction, I’ll begin...
by Kevin Greenstein | Oct 3, 2024 | NHL, Video Games
It’s mind-boggling to write these words: NHL 25 will mark the 32nd consecutive year that I’ve played EA’s hockey video game. I missed the first iteration (NHL Hockey, released in 1991) and began playing the series in 1992 (NHLPA ’93)....
by George Grimm | Sep 25, 2024 | New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Raise your hand if you ever fantasized about practicing with the Rangers and having a couple of beers with them later on. Well, our fantasies became Gene “Scoop” Koerner’s reality as he did that and much more when he became the Blueshirts practice goalie in the 1970s....
by Jason Scales | Sep 24, 2024 | Boston Bruins, NHL
Boston, MA—It’s only preseason game number one on the Boston Bruins’ schedule, but a few names stood out during the Bruins’ 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon at TD Garden. Chief among them was Boston’s third-round pick from...
by George Grimm | Aug 30, 2024 | New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
This is Part 2 of a 2-part article. Click here to read Part 1. Meanwhile, Bower, who had been assigned to Vancouver of the WHL in 1954, was moved to the Providence Reds of the AHL in 1955. However, the next season the Rangers wanted to move Marcel Paille, who they...
by George Grimm | Aug 30, 2024 | New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Goaltenders Lorne “Gump” Worsley and Johnny Bower had a lot in common. Both made their NHL debuts with the New York Rangers in the 1950s, both have earned multiple Vezina Trophies, both are members of the NHL Hall of Fame and both played into their 40s and won four...
