15
Oct
2010
Game Preview: No Place Like Home
The Rangers take the ice tonight at Madison Square Garden for their home opener against the red-hot Toronto Maple Leafs. Captain Chris Drury and Matt Gilroy will make their season debuts. The line combinations and defensive pairings will be: Marian Gaborik-Chris Drury-Alex Frolov Brandon Dubinsky-Artem Anisimov-Ryan Callahan Sean Avery-Derek Stepan-Ruslan Fedotenko Derek Boogard-Brian Boyle-Brandon Prust [...]
17
Oct
2009
Rangers 4 Maple Leafs 1
“It’s Deja Vu all over again” said Yogi Berra famously and tonight the Rangers must have felt that way as they outplayed an over matched Toronto Maple Leafs squad for second time this week en route to their seventh straight victory. The Leafs battled early and showed some fight but couldn’t solve Henrik Lundqvist on [...]
12
Oct
2009
Rangers 7 Maple Leafs 2
In their most impressive performance so far this young season, The Rangers employed a stifling first period forecheck to jump out to an early lead and a dominating third period to absolutely hammer the visting Maple Leafs 7-2 at the Garden. The Blueshirts fifth straight victory has the club now sitting alone atop the eastern [...]
29
Sep
2009
Season Preview Part 2: Moving Forward
After an offseason for the Blueshirts that was defined by wholesale changes up front, the team is returning only 5 forwards (Dubinsky, Callahan, Chris Drury, Sean Avery and Aaron Voros) who played significant minutes for the Rangers last season. In an attempt to bolster the team’s ability to score goals at even strength and on special teams, the [...]
1
Jul
2009
Free Agency Day 1: The Gift of GAB
After making only a tiny ripple during the first few hours with their signing of tough guy/cheap shot artist/scourge of Ranger fans Donald Brashear to a 2 year 2.8 million dollar pact, The Rangers made the big splash in the free agency pool that everyone had been waiting for later in the day when the [...]