Author Archives: Derek

A couple of statements were made by the two New York teams on this big Saturday night. Both posted impressive wins to keep pace with the Flyers and Penguins (both winners as well) and gain valuable ground on first place … Continue reading →

The New Jersey Devils have problems on Long Island. Last season it was Miro Satan that pretty much owned them Devils; especially on the shootout. So far this season, the Devils cannot figure out the team at the bottom of … Continue reading →

The first 20 are complete in Toronto and Long Island. The Rangers got first period goals from Blair Betts and Jaromir Jagr (PPG) to take a 2-0 lead into intermission. Meanwhile, the Islanders are up one on the Devils thanks … Continue reading →

It’s a very busy schedule today as usual on a hockey Saturday. Already one game of impact in the Atlantic Division went final as the Flyers got a goal and two assists from the red hot Joffrey Lupul in a … Continue reading →

** Just something I missed last night, but Nigel Dawes was in fact returned to Hartford, where he will continue to learn how to kill penalties as well. It’s too bad Renney can’t just admit that the team is better … Continue reading →

The Rangers kick off the first of a week’s worth of games against Canadian teams tonight against Toronto. The game will certainly be filled with emotion, particular revolving around everyone’s favorite pest, Sean Avery. Expect him and Darcy Tucker to … Continue reading →

The Thrashers are one game under .500 (18-19-1) with their 37 points placing them 13th in the ultracompetitive Eastern Conference. That’s one fewer than Philly, the Isles and Leafs who are all tied for 10th. It’s also two behind the … Continue reading →

Nothing overly exciting happening so far, but I wanted to report the most current events. – There will be no discipline for either Colton Orr or Sean Avery following the game against Carolina. With Avery, the incidents gets filed under … Continue reading →

I didn’t even realize it but with two more goals in a 5-3 home loss to visiting Florida, Thrasher superstar Ilya Kovalchuk now has a league-leading 31 goals in 37 games this season.That’s just awesome. I mean we’re talking a … Continue reading →

Reading the well thought out post by Lenny on last nite’s win got me thinking as well about something I forgot to include.Like he already said, I love Sean Avery and what he brings to the Rangers. Their record with … Continue reading →