FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Veteran right wing Jeremy Williams, the Connecticut Whale’s leading goal scorer and only AHL All-Star last season, won’t be returning to Hartford. The 27-year-old Williams wasn’t offered a new contract by the parent New York Rangers and…
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 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…
RON DUGUAY SPEAKS FROM PIER 86
New York Rangers great Ron Duguay sat down with Howlings Saturday for a brief interview at Pier 86 as the Blueshirts welcomed kids to come out play hockey and meet some players. The Legendary Rod Gilbert and fan-favorite Brian Mullen were on hand in the…
HUGE TRAGEDY TO THE RANGERS
DEREK BOOGAARD DIES New York, May 13, 2011 – The New York Rangers are very saddened to announce the passing of Derek Boogaard. “Derek was an extremely kind and caring individual,” said New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen…
FIRST RANGERS TRADE OF THE OFF-SEASON
Here is your typical example of one of those, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” sort of moves by the New York Rangers, as they again traded with Don Maloney and the Not-Ready-For-Winnipeg Coyotes…or the Blueshirt’s apparent West Coast affiliate if you…
GAME SIX – NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T
VERSUS It was the common theme of the season…penalties, penalties, penalties and the price for taking too many of them finally caught up with the New York Ranger’s top farm team, the Connecticut Whale as they were defeated by the Portland Pirates 6-4 at…
LET’S GET IT ON!!! RANGERS-CAPS PREVIEW
NY RANGERS at WASHINGTON CAPITALS Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Game 1 Wednesday, Apr. 13, 7:30 p.m. Verizon Center • Washington, DC
WHALE AUDITIONS, ROUND ONE
VERSUS Ken Gernander did not win the AHL equivalent of the Jack Adams award, the Louis A.R. Pieri Award. That went, deservedly so, to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Coach John Hynes, however you can’t minimize the job that Gernander did to get his Connecticut…
RANGERS RECAP THEIR SEASON
NEW YORK RANGERS 2010-11 REGULAR SEASON RECAP New York, NY – The New York Rangers concluded the 2010-11 regular season ranked third in the Atlantic Division standings, and eighth in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 44-33-5 for 93 points. The…