CLOSE OUT SPECIALS
VERSUS “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” As cliché as that phrase might sound, and it’s been used too often, it truly is the best phrase to sum up the entire New York Rangers organization 2009-2010 campaigns in both…
“I’M NOT DEAD!”
VERSUS Early in the film, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” a worker is collecting dead bodies. The Eric Idle, as the Cart-master is clanging a cow bell and shouting, “Bring out your dead!” [clang] “Bring out your dead!” With that, John…
CAN’T WIN’EM ALL…BUT THEY SURE TRIED!
VERSUS WIN STREAK SNAPPED AT EIGHT AS CHECKERS FALL TO FLORIDA Munce Stops 49 Shots In Last Ever Regulation Meeting Between Division Rivals In Charlotte The Charlotte Checkers battled back in the third period from a two-goal deficit but…
HOLT DEFENDS NET AND SCORES
It’s always great to hear good things happening to good people. Congratulations are in order for one-time New York Ranger, Hartford Wolf Pack and Charlotte Checkers netminder Chris Holt who accomplished a feat that only nine other netminders in the…
RUNNING ON EMPTY
VERSUS Wednesday night, the Hartford Wolf Pack dropped a game they REALLY needed to win to the first place Sharks 6-4 at the DCU Center in Worcester. The loss brings them one step further away from seeing their AHL record thirteenth consecutive…
HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL
VERSUS Everyone will get asked at some point in their life if they see a glass of a liquid as half-empty or half-full.” Your answer is supposed to dictate if you see life as an optimist or a pessimist. That philosophical challenge also sums up…
0-for-3
VERSUS It was not a good night for any of the New York Ranger’s teams or affiliates. First the Rangers lost to the Alex Ovechkin led Washington Capitals 2-0 while in Toledo the Charlotte Checkers came back from a two goal deficit, then blew one…
WOLF PACK SPEAK
It has been an eventful 24 hours to say the least for the Hartford Wolf Pack. At the trade deadline, the Rangers organization traded versatile forward Jordan Owens to the Detroit Red Wings who sent Grand Rapids Griffins center Kris Newbury back to the…
THREE STRAIGHT
VERSUS CHECKERS DOWNED BY CYCLONES 5-3 strong>Charlotte Outshoots Cincinnati 34-15, Comes Out Empty-Handed The Charlotte Checkers badly outshot the Cincinnati Cyclones 34-15 but unable to walk away with the win as they were downed,…
WIIKMAN FOR ERIKSSON
The second move by the Rangers/Wolf Pack saw Miika Wiikman heading out to Rangers West as Don Maloney took yet another of the players he brought over here and sent back another defenseman in Anders Eriksson. The 35-year old defenseman has been in Wolf…