FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Former Hartford Whalers captain and iconic right wing Kevin Dineen finally got where many thought he should have been a few years ago on Wednesday. Dineen, one of the grittiest and hard-working players in hockey history, was named coach…
OF COURSE THEY GOT HIM…HE’S A LEGACY
Maybe you’ll get the same feeling when you hear the full news on this, but when we heard the news that the New York Rangers made today in acquiring defenseman Tim Erixon, the son of one-time Ranger Jan Erixon, it just felt eerily like elements of…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet After a 15-year absence, the NHL is returning to Winnipeg, Manitoba. After weeks of denial by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and other league officials, True North Sports and Entertainment announced a conditional purchase of the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The Manny Malhotra Miracle Saga took another major positive step Saturday. And the former Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers forward had a difficult time hiding his emotions in his first media interview since a deflected puck to his…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Could there be a miracle comeback for Manny Malhotra in the Stanley Cup finals? The former Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers forward has been cleared by doctors to participate in Vancouver Canucks practice, including taking light…
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By: Bruce Berlet Talk about being way off base. Larry Brooks, longtime New York Rangers beat writer for the New York Post, rightfully took George Laraque to task in his column Sunday for saying the NHL team somehow turned their back on Derek Boogaard in…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet It seemed appropriate that rain fell as hundreds of family, friends and hockey teammates, opponents and officials filed in and out of the chapel for the private funeral of Derek Boogaard on Saturday. The New York Rangers were well…
RANGERS SIGN THOMAS – THANK GOD NOT ISAIAH
Other than the fact that Christian Thomas is the son of the well travelled Steve Thomas and that he was part of a trade that sent Michael Del Zotto and John Taveras from Oshawa to London in the OHL, we know nothing about the right winger, who was the…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet NHL general managers and coaches usually worry about their players getting injured in such special events as the Olympics and World Hockey Championships, especially when they’re goalies. Intelligent officials won’t keep players from…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet Former Hartford Wolf Pack coach Ryan McGill is looking for a job. McGill wasn’t retained by the Calgary Flames, making him the third member of the coaching staff to be let go after the team missed the playoffs for a second consecutive…