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Rangers Fan Internet Primer

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.

  • MSG online has beefed up its online coverage including their Game On blog with postings by on air personalities like Stan Fischler and Deb Kaufman, as well as regular video clips from post game interviews and other coverage that doesn’t make it on the air.
  • NY Post Rangers blog, from the Daily News there’s John Dellapina’s Blog and from the Journal News there’s Sam Weinman and Josh Thomson’s blog.
  • Joe McDonald and the rest of the writers at New York Sports Day continue their great local hockey coverage. They also host a couple other great blogs like My Blueshirt Heaven.
  • Hockeybird forums are dead, long live Rangerland. The long time favorite home to Rangers fans has closed in the offseason and many of the regulars have set up shop at Rangerland which had opened last season

Did I miss anything? Post your favorites in the comments.

Congrats to the Anaheim Ducks

Duck Season

the cup is magic

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.

Rangers Round 1 Victory Salute

Salute!

Related Tags

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A sampling of some recent photos, bookmarks and news stories I've flagged elsewhere with this tag.

  • Wolves erase Marlies; Cup Finals next

    Their opponent took a stand, but the Chicago Wolves finally made the Toronto Marlies take a seat in the AHL's Western Conference finals.

  • Michael Farber: In defense of Sean Avery

    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.

  • NJ high court ices lawsuit on hockey-puck injury

    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.

  • UPSETFAN.com

    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?

  • Jagr failed Pens' acting classes

    I guess I get why Sidney Crosby gets the benefit of the doubt. On one level, I even believe it's somewhat deserved.

  • New York, a Hockey Town At Last?

    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 …

  • Reading Between the Pipes

    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.

  • Hockey players east of Edmonton set world record for longest game

    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.

  • Q&A with Sam Weinman

    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.

  • Rangers, Lundqvist agree to six-year deal

    Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will be a Ranger for the next six years.

  • Leetch's No. 2 to Assume a Lofty Perch at the Garden

    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.

  • Rangers may get date at Yankee Stadium

    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.

  • Willie O'Ree, Jonathan Cheechoo, Ryane Clowe and Torrey Mitchell attend Oakland youth hockey clinic

    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.

  • Isles At The Crossroads: Nolan Is Getting The Job Done

    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.

  • Rangers At The Crossroads: Optimism Is Key Word

    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.

  • Devils At The Crossroads: Brodeur Needs To Stay Healthy And Sharp

    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.

  • Sources: NHL told DiPietro to change pads

    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.

  • Take A Chill! Spare Us Outrage Over Orr's Clean Hit

    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.

  • Lofty Goal - Willie O'Ree

    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?

  • Charlie in Charge

    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.

  • NHL approves new schedule format

    For its new-look schedule, the National Hockey League will be going to an old look.

  • No Power, No Goals For The Rangers

    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.

  • NHL, Reebok Create Glitzy Midtown Manhattan Store

    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.

  • Rangers acquire Parenteau from Chicago

    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.

  • Sens send Emery to AHL for conditioning

    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.

  • Arena doesn't meet Newark's suite desire- NJ.com

    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.

  • Here we go again

    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.

  • McAmmond injured in Senators win

    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.

  • NHL owners move closer to changing schedule format

    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.

  • Sabres' Numminen needs heart surgery

    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.

  • NHL to announce outdoor game

    Winter, Buffalo and Penguins. It's a perfect combination for an outdoor NHL game.

  • Free billboard advice for the NHL

    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."

  • Cherepanov out for remainder of Series

    Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov is out for the remainder of the Canada-Russia Super Series.

  • Cherepanov out for remainder of Series

    Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov is out for the remainder of the Canada-Russia Super Series.

  • The Stanley Cup lands at Princeton

    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.

  • Continental Airlines opt out of arena deal

    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.

  • Peca agrees to deal with Blue Jackets

    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.

  • Arbitrator awards Avery $1.9-million

    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.

  • Look who's talking: ESPN, NHL

    The NHL and ESPN are in discussions about bringing the league's games back to ESPN2 as soon as the 2008-09 season.

  • Ex-Isle GM Milbury will join NBC's hockey team

    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?