Jaromir Jagr’s 2nd goal puts the Rangers up 3-0. Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2nd round, Game 4. May 1, 2008
Posted 10 days ago
Jaromir Jagr’s 2nd goal puts the Rangers up 3-0. Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2nd round, Game 4. May 1, 2008
Posted 211 days ago
The NHL season is now in full swing — and though the ride has been a little bumpy the new season has brought some new or upgraded hockey web sites and game coverage.
Did I miss anything? Post your favorites in the comments.
Posted 221 days ago
Its déjà vu all over again.
The Rangers defenseman Michal Rozsival scores on the first shot on goal of the NHL season just 37 seconds into the game.
Last season Jaromir Jagr scored a goal on the first shot of the 2006-2007 season.
Not to be missed, off season acquisition Chris Drury getting his first point as a Ranger with an assist on the Rozy goal.
Its great to have hockey back.
Posted 341 days ago
Congratulations to the Anaheim Ducks for beating the Ottawa Senators 6-2 in game 5 of the finals to win the Stanley Cup.
I thought it was a tremendously fun series to watch from the sidelines. Even though Ottawa never seemed to be able to finish when they needed to the action was great, and for two teams that almost never play each other the familiarity and animosity built through the whole series. And the fans in both arenas totally into it for all 5 games.
Posted 601 days ago
Not DOM I, but Tie Domi.
Tie Domi set to announce retirement
The longtime Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer will officially make the announcement on Tuesday afternoon, a source told The Canadian Press.
Gonna miss him being in the league. He’ll always be one of my favorite Rangers even though he’s been one of /those/ Leafs for a decade. Always seemed to find his way into my FHL drafting too.
Posted 659 days ago
There’s a ton of hockey stuff one can talk about this off season… from management who seems intent on awarding big contract after big contract just a season out of a lockout, to trade rumors about where Leetch will end up or if they’ll ever be another Pavel Bure or Theo Fluery sighting in North America. But the story I didn’t want to let just go by was the news that a group including Dan Marino and Mark Cuban made a bid for the Pittsburgh Penguins which has been rejected by the team.
“We increased our offer significantly, and it was not accepted,” said Murstein, whose group has made it known they would like to keep the team in Pittsburgh. Cuban and Marino are both Pittsburgh-area natives.
That’s a damn shame. Not only does it mean a chance at another ownership group moving the team to Kansas City (is that really any better then Pittsburgh?), but I also think the highly vocal Cuban would have been great for the sport—even if his role would be most probably have been smaller then it is with the Mavs. I’d absolutely love to see someone like that tangle with Gary Bettman and Colin Campbell, or shine some light into the the madness that seems to be some NHL ownership (I’m looking right at you Mr. Wang).
Posted 669 days ago
While I’ve never really liked any of the logos in Buffalo Sabres history the newly proposed (leaked?) logo for the 2006-07 season is just far too swooshy and generic—and far too close to identity of the Buffalo Bills.
I’m clearly not the only one who doesn’t think much of the work. Fix The Logo is a site set up by Sabres fans hoping to gather support and convince the powers that be not to go through with these particular graphics.
Posted 687 days ago
That isn’t about the draft…
If you haven’t been up on some of pre-draft and during draft trades around the league here’s my quick take.
Demitra playing alongside Gaborik could turn out to be interesting.
The Toronto trade to get goalie Andrew Raycroft is an interesting one, but I think how some of their other roster issues flush out will be just as interesting if not more so.
I’m not all that surpised at the earlier deal moving Luongo although he seemed shocked by it. I had really expected him to wind up somewhere at the trade deadline but that obviously didn’t happen.
And then there’s Pronger.
It won’t be a boring off season for sure, though by the end of it I’m sure I’ll be sick of hearing the phrase “new NHL” by the end of it.
And if you want some more info on who actually got drafted yesterday check out Blueshirts Bulletin Liveblogging of the event (though he gets a bit crazy around 11:17pm).
Posted 693 days ago
What a great series that finished with a great game 7.
Huge props to the Oilers for making it close, trying to press for a comeback both in the series and in the 3rd tonight, but the ‘Canes deserved the win in the end.
Great end to a great hockey season.
A sampling of some recent photos, bookmarks and news stories I've flagged elsewhere with this tag.
Over the years, a lot of people have been willing to throw up their arms in disgust at the behavior of New York Rangers left winger Sean Avery, who obviously knows something about throwing up his arms.
Our Goal is to raise $100,000 dollars for the sick kids foundation. We need your help in order to do so. Lets show SICK KIDS and all of Canada how loyal we truly are. Loyal fans like us, want the Toronto Maple Leafs to win a Stanley Cup. In saying that, we feel until that happens, why can't all of us UPSET FANS who support our team, give to good causes along the way?
I guess I get why Sidney Crosby gets the benefit of the doubt. On one level, I even believe it's somewhat deserved.
Remember when the Rangers played the Sabres in the playoffs last spring and, even though the New York TV market is about a dozen times larger, more people watched the series in Buffalo? (Look in the second item of the column I just linked to.) It's amazing but true: in every ga …
All you need to know about what happened last night in the Garden in the Rangers' 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders can be told by looking at four shots that hit the pipes instead of the net.
If you follow the Rangers, you're sure to have read Journal News beat writer Sam Weinman's blog, Ranger Report. Weinman is usually the one asking the questions, but we had the opportunity to turn the tables on him.
Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will be a Ranger for the next six years.
Brian Leetch's teammates from his days with the Rangers love to tell the story of a game at Tampa Bay in 1999, watching Leetch block a shot by the hardest shooter in the league, Fredrik Modin.
The NHL is working with the Yankees' high command and representatives of the city to try to play a game at Yankee Stadium next winter. While there are plenty of logistical hurdles to clear, the principals are interested.
Friday afternoon the San Jose Sharks and the National Hockey League organized a youth hockey clinic at the Oakland Ice Center. It was held in conjunction with the NHL's 50th anniversary celebration of Willie O'Ree breaking the color barrier in hockey.
It's a fact of life that a National Hockey League team's most valuable PLAYER cannot be its coach. But if the vice was versa, the Islanders MVP would be a runaway -- TED NOLAN.
The good news, as the Rangers prepare for their Tuesday night meeting with Tampa Bay at the Garden, is that Tom Renney's sextet is right in the midst of the playoff battle. You want more good news? The Lightning resemble a team that has been hit by a bolt or two.
The problem with being a "surprise team" in the National Hockey League is that the surprise eventually wears off and the club still is expected to win.
2007-08 Season National Hockey League (NHL) attendance on ESPN.com
Sources tell TSN that the NHL asked New York Islanders netminder Rick DiPietro to change his pads during the first intermission of Thursday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers at Nassau Coliseum.
The hockey police were at it again this week, fretting and fussing because of injuries sustained by Matt Cullen as a result of an open-ice check he took from Colton Orr at the Garden on Wednesday while cutting across the Rangers zone carrying the puck with his head down.
Fifty years ago, despite an astonishing disability, Willie O'Ree joined the Boston Bruins and became the NHL's first black player, only to endure vicious slurs and see his dream end abruptly. Today, back in the game that made him who he is, can he change hockey once more?
It wasn't that long ago that you heard Bob Clarke say the biggest problem in hockey wasn't the game, but the players. They had lost respect for each other on the ice.
It wasn't that long ago that you heard Bob Clarke say the biggest problem in hockey wasn't the game, but the players. They had lost respect for each other on the ice.
It wasn't that long ago that you heard Bob Clarke say the biggest problem in hockey wasn't the game, but the players. They had lost respect for each other on the ice.
It wasn't that long ago that you heard Bob Clarke say the biggest problem in hockey wasn't the game, but the players. They had lost respect for each other on the ice.
It wasn't that long ago that you heard Bob Clarke say the biggest problem in hockey wasn't the game, but the players. They had lost respect for each other on the ice.
It wasn't that long ago that you heard Bob Clarke say the biggest problem in hockey wasn't the game, but the players. They had lost respect for each other on the ice.
It wasn't that long ago that you heard Bob Clarke say the biggest problem in hockey wasn't the game, but the players. They had lost respect for each other on the ice.
The Red Sox just won another title, the Patriots look poised for their fourth of the decade, and even the Celtics have the swagger of champs again. Which leaves the hapless Bruins fighting to rescue themselves from obscurity.
