A sampling of some recent photos, bookmarks and news stories I've flagged elsewhere with this tag.
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Their opponent took a stand, but the Chicago Wolves finally made the Toronto Marlies take a seat in the AHL's Western Conference finals.
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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.
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The New Jersey state Supreme Court today dismissed a lawsuit filed by a woman injured by a ricocheting puck during the warm-up before a Trenton Titans' hockey game.
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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?
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I guess I get why Sidney Crosby gets the benefit of the doubt. On one level, I even believe it's somewhat deserved.
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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 …
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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.
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2 teams of 20 played for 241 continuous hours, raising $300,000 for pediatric cancer research
A group of hockey players at an outdoor rink just east of Edmonton has finished the world's longest game, breaking a record they set twice before.
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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.
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Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will be a Ranger for the next six years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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For its new-look schedule, the National Hockey League will be going to an old look.
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Sixty five minutes and no goals. Three All-Star shooters and no goals.
If the Rangers are going to do anything this year, they will need a better output than that.
Yet, the top two Ranger lines are still not clicking, not on the power play [0-6] and not at even strength.
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The National Hockey League and Reebok have collaborated on an apparel store in midtown Manhattan with a dazzling display of video screens and designer t-shirts where shoppers can also relax over a double mocha latte.
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New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has acquired right wing Pierre Parenteau from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a conditional seventh round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
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The Ottawa Senators announced on Thursday goaltender Ray Emery had been assigned to the AHL for a two-game conditioning stint.
Emery will make starts against the Syracuse Crunch on Friday and the Hershey Bears on Saturday.
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Some council members will boycott opening over lack of city luxury box
The thousands of invitations for the grand opening of the Devils arena in downtown Newark have yet to be addressed and mailed.
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The NHL regular season hasn't even commenced yet and we are already forced to re-open the debate on heads shots, thanks to Steve Downie's devastating hit on Dean McAmmond.
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There's no telling what Steve Downie did to his chances of making the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, but it's a certainty that he won no friends on the Ottawa Senators.
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NHL teams could be back to playing every other club in the league by next season.
The board of governors from the 30 teams met Tuesday and moved closer to ditching the unbalanced schedule put it place after the lockout wiped out the 2004-05 season.
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Sabres defenceman Teppo Numminen needs surgery to correct a heart condition.
The Sabres didn't know Thursday when Numminen will have the procedure. He did not report for team physicals on Thursday and is consulting with team physicians.
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Winter, Buffalo and Penguins. It's a perfect combination for an outdoor NHL game.
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In a billboard advertisement kicking off their 2007-08 ad campaign, the Dallas Stars took a swipe at the NBA's ref scandal with a sign that reads "The only thing our refs shave is the ice."
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Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov is out for the remainder of the Canada-Russia Super Series.
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Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov is out for the remainder of the Canada-Russia Super Series.
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George Porros plays hockey for the Anaheim Ducks. As has become tradition, each member of the Stanley Cup-winning team gets to have personal possession of the cup for one day.
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Continental Airlines Inc. has decided to opt out of its deal for its name to appear on the home of the NBA's New Jersey Nets and the NHL's New Jersey Devils, the arena's owner said Tuesday.
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The Columbus Blue Jackets and free agent forward Michael Peca have come to terms on a one-year contract.
Don Meehan, Peca's agent, confirmed to TSN that the deal will become official pending a physical with the club within the next few days.
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An arbitrator has awarded New York Rangers centre Sean Avery a $1.9-million salary for next season.
Avery, 27, was seeking $2.6-million in arbitration after scoring 48 points in 84 games last season with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers.
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The NHL and ESPN are in discussions about bringing the league's games back to ESPN2 as soon as the 2008-09 season.
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He plans to move off Long Island with his family after a dozen years in residence, probably to his native Boston area, and will begin appearing as an NHL studio analyst for NBC in January.
Why TV?
