21
Jan
2010
Flyers 2 Rangers 0
For the second straight meeting, The Flyers shut out the Rangers in a game marred by many scrums following a fight between Philly’s Daniel Carcillo and the Rangers’ Marian Gaborik. The Blueshirts never really got any offensive momentum going and were never able to solve the Flyers’ strong forecheck. John Tortorella addresses the media following [...]
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 [...]
19
Jan
2010
New Blood?
The biggest problem for the Rangers this season has been creating offense beyond the scoring of Marian Gaborik. The team showed a flash of getting past this last game as they exploded for six goals against the Canadiens. It would be way premature to think that the club’s season long scoring woes have been solved [...]
14
Jan
2010
Senators 2 Rangers 0
In yet another contest where the Rangers could not find their offense, Henrik Lundqvist once again showed why he is this club’s “most valuable player” and in doing so, had arguably his best performance of the season but it still wasn’t enough to lift an anemic offense past a shorthanded Ottawa team playing without it’s [...]
7
Jan
2010
Thrashers 2 Rangers 1 (SO)
After a dominating effort last night versus the Stars, the Rangers came back with an uneven performance and wasted an impressive debut by Chad Johnson while losing to the Thrashers in Atlanta by the score of 2-1 in a shootout. The Rangers, who allowed almost no odd man rushes last night, were victimized over and [...]
1
Dec
2009
Penguins 5 Rangers 2
The Rangers once again tried to ride a spectacular effort by Marian Gaborik to victory and once again were unsuccessful as they fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second time in three nights 5-2 at MSG. Gaborik, who scored two goals to raise his league leading total to 21, was the only offense for [...]
24
Nov
2009
Practice Notes: Drury In, Kotalik Out?
John Tortorella announced earlier today that Chris Drury, who had missed 6 games following his concussion on Nov. 7, will return to the ice tomorrow night as the Rangers begin their road trip in Florida vs, the Panthers. Drury skated today and is expected to center Enver Lisin and Ryan Callahan. Ales Kotalik (who was [...]
24
Nov
2009
Rangers 7 Blue Jackets 4
The Rangers finally showed their fans what could be, if the team uses it’s forecheck, plays for sixty minutes and most importantly stays out of the penalty box. Last night’s 7-4 dismantling of the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets was far from a perfect performance by the struggling Blueshirts but was definitely a big step towards [...]
21
Nov
2009
Pregame Notes
The Rangers take on the Florida Panthers tonight at 7 PM. The line combinations and defensive pairings for tonight are as follows: Ales Kotalik- Vinny Prospal- Marian Gaborik Donald Brashear- Christopher Higgins- Ryan Callahan Sean Avery- Artem Anisimov- P.A. Parenteau Aaron Voros- Brian Boyle- Enver Lisin Marc Staal- Dan Girardi Michael Del Zotto- Michal Rozsival [...]
14
Nov
2009
Rangers 2 Senators 1 (Shootout)
The Rangers played only their second overtime game of the season and participated in their first shootout of the year today against Ottawa and when all was said and done P.A. Parenteau was the hero for the Blueshirts. Parenteau, who was called up for the second time this season from Hartford on Friday, beat Ottawa [...]