Erik Christensen

21 Oct 2010
Rangers 2 Leafs 1: Block Party

Rangers 2 Leafs 1: Block Party

The Rangers played their best game since the season opening win in Buffalo and blocked an incredible 30 shots tonight as Martin Biron backstopped them to a 2-1 victory over the Leafs at the Air Canada Centre. Without Marian Gaborik and Chris Drury, who were both injured the last time these two teams met, the [...]

9 Oct 2010
Rangers 6 Sabres 3

Rangers 6 Sabres 3

“The Real Deal” Derek Stepan scores a hat trick in his first NHL game to lead the Rangers to a 6-3 victory over Buffalo.

13 Apr 2010

Rangers Offseason Plan : 3 Simple Calls

Let’s start by saying what everyone knows: this team is FLAWED. It was built with no real direction and couldn’t help but fail with this collection of spare parts, playing out of position, and expected to excel. The fact that this club even sniffed the postseason is testament to the incredible talent of franchise cornerstone Henrik Lundqvist and an inspired first season on Broadway by sniper extraordinaire Marian Gaborik. Even with the huge holes that management could never fill despite making in-season moves and numerous call-ups from the minors, the team still strung together an impressive first month of the season and an exciting last few weeks to make a serious run at the final playoff spot. This team is not in need of a total rebuild and there shouldn’t be close to the wholesale turnover we saw at the end of last season but there are a few moves that GM Glen Sather must make if this team is going to make it back to the playoffs and actually be expected to make noise once it does.

25 Mar 2010
Chris Drury celebrates his goal with :17 secs left to force OT.

Rangers 4 Devils 3 (SO)

In another must-win situation for the Blueshirts (let’s face it, every game is must-win from here on out), Henrik Lundqvist had one of his best performances of the season and “Captain Clutch” Chris Drury scored what might have been his biggest goal as a member of the Rangers, leading the team to a huge come [...]

19 Mar 2010
Marian Gaborik had a goal and 2 assists but it wasn't enough as the Rangers fell 4-3 to St. Louis

Blues 4 Rangers 3

The Rangers missed another golden opportunity to gain ground on the eighth place Boston Bruins as they lost a heartbreaker to the visiting St. Louis Blues 4-3 at the Garden. St. Louis’ Paul Kariya scored his 400th career goal to give the Blues the victory in a contest where the Rangers just couldn’t find a [...]

10 Mar 2010
Erik Christensen provided a highlight goal on an otherwise disappointing night.

Devils 6 Rangers 3

On a night when the Rangers found their offense, they completely forgot how to play defense. Leaving their franchise netminder Henrik Lundqvist on an island for most of the first two periods, the Rangers fell to the Devils 6-3 and moved closer to missing the postseason in the process. Thumbs Up- Michael Del Zotto was [...]

2 Mar 2010
Ryan Callahan scored twice to lead the Rangers to a 4-1 win.

Rangers 4 Senators 1

The Rangers began their post Olympic push for the playoffs, minus injured stars Marian Gaborik and Michael Del Zotto, by disposing of the Ottawa Senators 4-1 at Scotia Bank Place tonight. After falling behind 1-0, the Blueshirts roared back with a 4 goal second period keyed by Ryan Callahan, who scored twice. Henrik Lundqvist was [...]

15 Feb 2010

Rangers 5 Lightning 2

Erik Christensen netted 2 goals to lead the Rangers to a 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay at the Garden.

26 Jan 2010

Practice Notes: Kotalik Back, Power Play Struggles Continue

After the Rangers failed to score once again during 4 opportunities last night in a 4-2 loss to the Penguins, John Tortorella spent most of practice today working on his beleaguered unit’s need for more motion and creativity while getting bodies to the front of the net. To bolster the attack, Ales Kotalik, who had [...]

19 Jan 2010
Aaron Voros joins the party with his first goal of the season.

Rangers 8 Lightning 2

All the Rangers coaches were hoping for following their impressive 6-2 win over the Canadiens on Sunday was a repeat of the effort the team gave during that victory. Not only did they receive the same effort but the players took it to another level as they jumped on the Lightning early and controlled play [...]