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 [...]
11
Oct
2010
Islanders 6 Rangers 4: New Season, Same Mistakes
Repeat after me: The sky is NOT falling, the sky is NOT falling. It is way too early in the season to sound the alarms and begin worrying. This team is obviously better than last year’s squad. The power play looks good, the effort is there and the goals are coming in bunches but unfortunately, [...]
8
Apr
2010
19
Mar
2010
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
18
Jan
2010
Rangers 6 Canadiens 2
Highlights of the Rangers impressive 6-2 victory over the Canadiens at MSG. John Tortorella speaks to reporters following the win. Here are some quotes from the team after the game: Ryan Callahan: “It’s a big character game for us, not only to score six goals but to come back from a 2-0 deficit at home [...]
6
Jan
2010
Rangers 5 Stars 2
The Rangers improved their record to 7-1-2 over their last 10 games with a hard fought 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars tonight at MSG. Sean Avery, who played one of his best games as a Ranger versus his former club, had 4 points and was involved all over the ice. The Rangers used big [...]
4
Jan
2010
Rangers 3 Bruins 2
In a game that saw the Rangers blow a two goal lead late after dominating most of the matchup, Christopher Higgins rescued the Blueshirts with a huge tally with just over a minute left to give them a 3-2 win tonight at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers are now 6-1-2 in their last 9 games. [...]