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An Epic Conclusion to Memorable First Round for Stars and Jets

On consecutive nights this past weekend, an epic first round concluded with a pair of memorable deciding Game 7’s that’ll be fondly remembered by both the Stars and Jets. It was on Saturday night that the Stars and Avalanche squared … Continue reading

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Costly Mistakes Adding Up for Rangers

Costly mistakes from Mika Zibanejad and K’Andre Miller resulted in a frustrating Rangers’ 6-3 loss to the Jets on Tuesday night. Continue reading

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July 1 FA Frenzy: Reviewing the big signings and moves around the league

On Saturday, July 1st, the NHL free agency period got underway. On Canada Day, a flurry of activity took place yesterday. It was busy. There were a lot of signings. Some players re-signed while others moved to new cities. Such … Continue reading

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HARD HITS: Leafs’ latest playoff failure leaves more questions for Toronto

After finally exercising the demons by beating the Lightning in the first round, the Maple Leafs couldn’t follow up their first playoff series win in 19 years with a successful second round. Instead, they were hardly competitive in the first … Continue reading

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Lafreniere benching the latest in a puzzling season, A look at Rangers history of drafting and developing players, Vasilevskiy outduels Shesterkin as Lightning take shootout 2-1

Leading up to what turned out to be a playoff caliber rematch in the second season meeting with the Lightning, there was plenty to unpack for the Rangers. An organization that’s clearly at a crossroads even as they end the … Continue reading

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Zibanejad’s pair lead the way in Opening Night win over Lightning, Goodrow pots one, Kravtsov leaves due to head injury on Hedman hit

There’s nothing like Opening Night. Especially when it features two of the league’s best teams on national TV. For the Rangers, it was a successful season opener. Led by Mika Zibanejad’s two goals, they defeated the Lightning 3-1 at MSG. … Continue reading

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As deadline approaches, Rangers must be careful not to go overboard

By show of hands, who had this team in second place with 79 points through 59 games? With a 37-17-5 record, the Rangers have had a splendid season. They entered Sunday tied in points with the Penguins, who take on … Continue reading

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Rangers and Penguins gave us a glimpse into potential first round series, the controversial call on Lindgren a reminder of NHL hypocrisy, it’s Miller Time with Canucks in town

Yesterday’s afternoon game was the return of the NHL on ABC. In the old 3 o’clock window that I previously mentioned from my days spent at ESPN in the trailer providing Stat paks for the production crew, the Rangers and … Continue reading

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Hockey Returns to The Garden, Rested Rangers host Bruins on ESPN Plus and local affiliates, Boston University wins Beanpot over Northeastern, Toffoli dealt to Flames, trade possibilities

Hockey actually will return to The Garden later tonight. Incredibly, the Rangers are finally playing a hockey game on Tuesday when they host the Bruins. Too bad it won’t be on MSG. UPDATE: Apparently, its one of those games where … Continue reading

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Miller’s goal with 33.7 seconds left allows disappointing Rangers to escape with win over feisty Kraken, Gallant displeased, Zibanejad stays hot

K'Andre Miller's GWG #NYR pic.twitter.com/neiWKnDM4W — Rangers on MSG (@RangersMSGN) January 30, 2022 K’Andre Miller scored with 33.7 seconds left to give the Rangers a 3-2 win over the feisty Kraken at MSG on Sunday. Despite the victory helping them … Continue reading

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