Tag Archives: Carter Hart

Rangers’ Effort Not Enough in Overtime Loss to Golden Knights

If the first week without Adam Fox was a test, then the New York Rangers passed with flying colors. After getting losing badly to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 29, the Rangers went 2-0-2 against quality opposition that included … Continue reading

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Devils extend & promote Fitz, Hockey Canada scandal hits the fan with McLeod and Foote being ‘given leave’

I was hoping not to have to write again before this weekend at least when the All-Star break was upon us unless some major news broke. In fact, two pieces of major news have broken in the last two days on … Continue reading

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HARD HITS: Flyers A Holiday Surprise Under Tortorella

By show of hands, who had the Philadelphia Flyers sitting in second place in the Metropolitan Division a week before Christmas? Unless you’re Gritty, the answer is probably nobody. On a football Sunday in mid-December, the rebuilding Flyers are 17-10-3 … Continue reading

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Rangers’ Top Line Comes to Life in Win Over Flyers

It was a good Thanksgiving for the New York Rangers. The day after enjoying the American holiday, they had enough left to earn a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Nov. 24. Less than two days removed from a … Continue reading

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Tkachuk and Senators ruin Kane’s Broadway debut, Rangers outplayed in third, Motte leaves game with possible head injury, Tarasenko tallies again in loss

Twenty-four hours after waiting to make his Broadway debut, Patrick Kane put on the freshly minted Blueshirt with his number 88 on it. The future Hall Of Famer played in his first game as a New York Ranger. Patrick Kane … Continue reading

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Devils’ jekyll and hyde nature leaves them stuck in limbo

If there was a more perfect prism to view the last month of Devils hockey, these last two games provided it. Considering the Devils are 14-2-1 on the road and 10-10-2 at home with eight straight losses at the Rock, … Continue reading

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Devils’ roll hits a bump in the road

I wouldn’t say the Devils’ good ship lollipop has quite sprung a leak just yet, in spite of their three-game losing streak. Perhaps if they lose again to a poor Flyers team tomorrow night staring down a gauntlet of a … Continue reading

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Kreider’s exciting overtime goal allows Shesterkin to get shutout in a great goalie duel with Hart

If you love goaltending, then tonight was your kind of hockey game. For over 64 minutes, nobody could score on either goalie. It was indeed an old fashioned goalie duel between Carter Hart and Igor Shesterkin at MSG. For most … Continue reading

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Are the Devils in crisis mode after one game?

I decided against recapping last night’s dud of a season opener, in part because I didn’t feel like a rant after the first game of the season when there’s still an element of anticipation for the home opener tomorrow, and … Continue reading

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Strome and Vatrano contribute in Ducks’ win, Kravtsov not traveling with Rangers for road trip, Hischier rules himself out for Devils opener at Flyers

There’s already plenty to cover in the first week of the new season. Thus far, only a handful of teams have played their first game. That’ll change over the next two nights. Ten games are on Thursday’s schedule. That includes … Continue reading

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