New York Rangers

It has been a busy 32 hours for the New York Rangers as it has been for every team in the NHL. Unlike other sports, the NHL trade deadline always brings action, deals, and fireworks. The Fireworks for the Rangers not only included burning up the phone lines and making two trades, but then going out and thrashing the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, 6-1...

History tells you that defense wins championships. This is true in most sports most of the time. Nothing is absolute of course but this blue print is usually on the mark. However you do have to score to win and for the New York rangers, a team with Stanley Cup hopes scoring has been a major problem this year...

The gruesome injury to Rangers defensemen Marc Staal has brought back the visor debate. Should they or shouldn't they be mandatory? Staal got hit right in the eye by a deflected puck in the tail end of the Rangers 4-2 victory over the Flyers on Tuesday night...

What was an inspiring 4-2 victory over the hated Philadelphia Flyers isn't such a feel good moment for the NY Rangers. That's because late in the contest defensemen  Marc Staal was hit what looked like flush in the eye off a deflected puck in front of the Rangers goal and crumpled to the ice in obvious pain...

Hey, did you hear? The Rangers are terrible and they have been disqualified from the NHL playoffs. Not only that but John Tortorella should be fired now and trades should be made to shake this team up. Yes, all that has been gleaned from the first 17 games...

A season long 6 game road trip is not starting out well for the Albany Devils. 1st a loss in Providence followed by a defeat in Portland, Maine. A shutout loss in fact losing to the Pirates 2-0. The Pirates lead the Atlantic division...

No NHL team can afford a big injury with a shortened season and somewhat condensed schedule. However the NY Rangers will have to get through at least the next 2 weeks without their captain Ryan Callahan. Callahan was injured in the last Rangers game, a 2-1 win over the Flyers...

What should you be expecting from the Rangers? Read on and find out.

In hockey vernacular they call it stealing a win. Friday night at the Times Union Center the Connecticut Whale played the part of thief! Out shot by a nearly 3-1 margin, 44-15, the Whale managed an overtime shootout victory 2-1 over the Albany Devils...

Maybe it is something about a winning streak or being adverse to winning two straight. If so, the Devils need not worry. They didn't win their second straight, getting shutout in Hershey 3-0 Saturday night. Hershey is led in goal by one of last year's NHL playoff heroes, goaltender Braden Holtby who spearheaded the Washington Capitals strong playoff win that led to a seven game upset over the prev

Schedules can be funny things. You can go a few days without playing, then all of a sudden the schedule seems so busy there is little time for a practice. The Devils have faced both at this early juncture. The Devils were off for 4 days after winning at Worcester on Saturday...

The Connecticut Whale came to Albany winless. The home town Devils came into the game Wednesday night without a win at home. Now only the Devs skid remains. The Whale beached the Devils 5-2, scoring all 5 goals in the 2nd and 3rd periods...