FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
Sounds like the Connecticut Whale made a good move today signing center Max Campbell to an AHL contract. Jess Rubenstein of Prospect Park called Campbell “the comeback kid who rebuilt his entire game” at Western Michigan University and should have been…
TIME TO STEP UP
(Howlings is glad to welcome Micki Peroni who will be adding his thoughts on things he sees in the Rangers’ universe from time to time.) BY: Micki Peroni The past six years have been an emotional roller coaster ride for the Rangers, and their fans…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By: Bruce Berlet Former Hartford Wolf Pack center Jarkko Immonen was at his best in the World Hockey Championships and a major reason that Finland won the gold medal for only the second time. Immonen scored his tournament-leading ninth goal to start…
FROM THE CREASE – SEASON IN REVIEW with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet HARTFORD, CT – With the sting of another first-round playoff elimination fresh in everyone’s mind, it can be difficult to find positives in even the most trying of seasons. But New York Rangers assistant coach/assistant general manager…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
By Bruce Berlet Anticipation. Instincts. Timing. Guts. In some ways, blocking shots in hockey is even more dangerous than goaltending. Neither is for the faint of heart, but at least a goalie has plenty of padding and a facemask. But a willingness to…
WIN TO GET IN – WON AND IT’S DONE
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES AND QUOTES April 9, 2011 – New York Rangers 5, New Jersey Devils 2 (Game No. 82, Home No. 41)
THIS HURTS…
I guess that whole, “We want Zuke to play down there” thing got changed when the Rangers showed that without Ryan Callahan they don’t have any offensive spark. Zuccarello is obviously being brought up to play more than just 7 minutes. “The Norwegian…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet After two deflating seasons on Broadway fraught with boos and negative press, no one could have blamed Wade Redden for exiting the NHL stage left for more pleasant endeavors like the impending birth of his first child. But chats with…
FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet
By Bruce Berlet Connecticut Whale rookie goalie Cam Talbot paid defenseman Pavel Valentenko quite the compliment Sunday. “He blocks shots so well it’s like having three goalies,” Talbot said after watching Valentenko doing plenty of just such dirty work…
BIG THIRD LEADS RANGERS PAST PENGUINS
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES March 20, 2011 – New York Rangers 5, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (Game No. 73, Away No. 37) * The Rangers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2, today at CONSOL Energy Center to improve to 39-30-4 overall,…