PENALTIES KILL WINS
VERSUS NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES (Regular Season Game 1, Away 1) New York Rangers 2, Los Angeles Kings 3 (OT) Ericsson Globe Arena – October 7, 2011 GAME SUMMARY EVENT SUMMARY Team Notes: -The…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – WADE REDDEN, YEAR TWO
BY: Bruce Berlet Despite spending a pleasant summer in picturesque Kelowna, British Columbia, with his wife and young daughter, Wade Redden experienced a bit of an unsettling offseason, proving again that money can’t buy you complete happiness. First,…
BRUCE BERLET REPORTS – MITCHELL MAKES MARK
FROM THE CREASE BY: BRUCE BERLET John Mitchell has always prided himself in being “a pretty fast skater” and proved it when he won a fastest skater competition with the Toronto Maple Leafs three years ago. “I think I actually beat the time in the NHL…
IS CALLAHAN’S NAME IN THE ENVELOPE?
BY: Bruce Berlet The New York Rangers will name Trumbull native Chris Drury’s successor as captain and two alternate captains Monday. The leading candidates are former Hartford Wolf Pack players Ryan Callahan, All-Star Marc Staal and Brandon Dubinsky and…
RANGERS GET THEIR 7TH D-MAN
From the If-It-Ain’t-Broke-Don’t-Fix-It Department, comes this news out of New York. The Rangers have resigned veteran defenseman Steve Eminger to return as the team’s seventh blueliner. Eminger had a good season with the Blueshirts logging 6 points,…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet In an extensive interview with “Puck Daddy” at Yahoo! Sports, former Hartford Whalers icon and captain Kevin Dineen discussed his new first NHL head coaching job with the Florida Panthers and his old surroundings in Hartford. Dineen will…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Great news that New Canaan native Max Pacioretty was back in a competitive environment Wednesday night more than four months after a severe concussion and fractured vertebrae ended last season for the Montreal Canadiens left wing.…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet Brad Richards met the New York media for the first time Wednesday as the newest member of the Rangers and showed why his on-ice prowess isn’t the only reason he was signed to a nine-year, front-loaded, $58.5 million contract. Richards…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet For those New York Rangers/Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale fans worrying about center Artem Anisimov not filing for arbitration on the deadline Tuesday, stop fretting. Anisimov, who played two seasons with the Wolf Pack before…
FROM THE CREASE with BRUCE BERLET
BY: Bruce Berlet The New York Rangers plucked the cream of the free agency crop, Dallas Stars center Brad Richards, via a nine-year, $60 million contract with an annual cap hit of $6.5 million. Richards will receive $24 million in the first two years and…