RANGERS AND THE ECHL
Ever since the Charlotte Checkers made the announcement that they were moving up to the American League from the East Coast League, the question has been who the New York Rangers would affiliate themselves with for their players at that level. Howlings…
NEWBURY COMING BACK
After arriving from Detroit in the trade that sent the popular Jordan Owens out west, Kris Newbury demonstrated that he could be a key contributor to the Hartford Wolf Pack and potentially to the NY Rangers by playing a hard, aggressive style with the…
GLASS NOT SO FRAGILE ANYMORE
Trevor Glass, who spent the better part of the season out of the lineup in Charlotte last season with a variety of health issues has apparently healed up pretty well and the Wolf Pack announced today that they have signed the 22-year old defenseman to a…
BYERS BACK…OR IS HE?
The New York Rangers announced today that they have resigned restricted free agent and last year’s Hartford Wolf Pack captain, Dane Byers. That’s the good news. The bigger question becomes where Byers, 24, plays. Byers has been mentioned several times,…
A WHALE OF A MOVE…
A lot of people have been sending us emails requesting information on our thoughts about the news that came out of Hartford yesterday from Howard Baldwin and his attempts to bring the spot light back onto Hartford hockey. Obviously the goal is to bring…
MOVES…MOVES…MOVES
It seems like déjà-vous to us, but the worst kept secret in Ranger-land was finally made official Wednesday as the team signed forward Mats Zuccarello Aasen from MODO of the Swedish Elite League. Aasen has the nickname Hobbit because he’s listed at 5’9”…
RANGERS – ISLANDERS MAKE TRADE…COULD HELL HAVE FROZEN OVER?
Perhaps the two greatest rivals in the NHL, and certainly would get a high mention in all of sport, have made a trade ending a 38 year drought between moves. The Rangers are sending a sixth round draft pick in the upcoming draft to the Islanders in…
JOHNSON TO TEAM CANADA
Sportsnet.ca is reporting that Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Chad Johnson has been added to Team Canada by General Manager Mark Messier for the upcoming IIHF World Hockey Championship. Johnson had an up and down rookie campaign for the Rangers top farm…
ODDS AND EVENS
VERSUS CHECKERS EDGED BY CYCLONES IN GAME 7 Goaltender Smith Stops 33 of 34 Shots In 2-1 Win, Helps Cincinnati To Conference Finals If they could have just reversed their trend of winning even games instead of odds, you’d be reading about the…
ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO
VERSUS CHECKERS BLANK CYCLONES TO FORCE GAME 7 Munce Earns Second Shutout Of Series In 3-0 Win Over Cincinnati The Charlotte Checkers entered Tuesday night facing elimination. One stunning performance in between the pipes by Ryan Munce and…