Daily Archives: March 2, 2008

Not surprisingly, the big Atlantic match-up between the Rangers and Flyers needed extra time to decide who would get the two points. That it required a shootout also wasn’t very startling as neither team could get the kind of opportunity … Continue reading →

Jeff Carter remains red hot as he got his second of the contest by getting to a rebound and backhanding it out of mid-air past Valiquette to tie it at four. It was off another four-on-four. Maybe the Rangers should … Continue reading →

Things kind of settled down. The Rangers got the only goal of the second from Backman. Valiquette made a couple of timely stops including getting across to stop Daniel Briere. He’s been sharp but the Flyers also missed the net … Continue reading →

Maybe Backman heard me as well as he just notched his first as a Ranger off a very nice setup by Brendan Shanahan converting a four-on-three rush by wristing one past Niittymaki. Apparently, John Stevens had seen enough of his … Continue reading →

Apparently, Tom Renney read my mind and decided to make a change in net to start the second replacing Lundqvist with Valiquette. We’ll see if the change sparks the Blueshirts. New Post

Apparently, the two teams forgot to bring their defense and goaltending as six total goals were scored in the first period at the Garden. Vaclav Prospal got his first as a Flyer just over a minute in but Marty Straka … Continue reading →

The Rangers take on the Flyers in about 20 minutes in an all important game. Philly sits one point behind the Rangers in eighth place. The Rangers are two points behind the Bruins for sixth place, and trail the Devils … Continue reading →

All season long, the Canadiens have been proving critics like myself wrong. That didn’t change one iota last night where they used a Andrei Kostistyn power play tally with 5:43 left to get past the Devils 2-1 up in Montreal, … Continue reading →