Author Archives: Derek

It’s sad to admit but the Islanders are just better than the Rangers. In many ways, it reminds me of last year’s Blueshirts who silenced critics which picked them near the bottom by working hard and coming together for a … Continue reading →

With only a few minutes from game time, I’ll make this brief as I have been busy taking care of some other holiday stuff. To say this is a must-win game would be an understatement for a struggling Ranger club … Continue reading →

New Jersey (19-13-3, 41 PTS, 1st Atlantic Divsion, 3rd Eastern Conference) vs. Pittsburgh (15-13-6, 36 PTS, 4th Atlantic Dvision, 12th Eastern Conference)7:30 PMThe SwampTV: FSN NY 2Radio: WFAN660/NHL.com/WFAN.comLast We Met: 1st of December, after an early Eric Christensen goal, Devils … Continue reading →

We left off with our top three Hart hopefuls at this juncture of the holiday season. So let’s see who are the leading candidates thus far for three other significant awards: Vezina: 1.Martin Brodeur- Take the two-time Vezina winner and … Continue reading →

Couldn’t the NHL take advantage of everybody’s feelings of cool weather and do a doubleheader on NBC X-mas day? Or even better: How about a game airing right before football. You wanna attract a crowd? Have a doubleheader beginning at … Continue reading →

Okay…I want to wish everyone who celebrates a Merry Christmas. Hope ya’ll get what your heart’s desire and enjoy what’s always a very special day along with a great time of year! That out of the way, I thought it … Continue reading →

With Christmas a couple of days away, I thought I’d post some holiday wishes for my pathetic hockey team and some other hockey ones as well: 1.A 60 minute effort at the Island Tuesday resulting in a Ranger win finally … Continue reading →

Good news for US hockey fans who love HNIC, the NHL Center Ice free preview rolls into town January 8-14, and on January 13, Hockey Day in Canada will be completely covered by Center Ice. That and another cool feature … Continue reading →

Well Atlanta won tonight, but I couldn’t tell you anything about it. MSG 2 was unavailable in my Comcast area. I would’ve had to purchase half a season of Center Ice just to watch it (Don’t ask). Parise with both … Continue reading →

If you thought the last loss to Florida was bad, boy were you in for something tonight. At least they had a two-goal lead after two periods in that one before falling apart. In the final game before the two … Continue reading →