ISLANDERS 4, RANGERS 2 Like a mountaineer desperately trying to hoist himself to the next ledge, last night the up-and-down Islanders encountered their biggest obstacle. Similar to a boulder blocking their path, coach Doug Weight’s skaters had to somehow surmount a roaring Rangers sextet seeking its seventh straight victory. Yet, somehow, the Brooklynites got their […]
Late last summer, Jimmy Vesey was asked how to pronounce his name. “Rhymes with ‘Easy’,” he said. Which is kind of fitting, because Vesey can make it look easy, as he did in Columbus Monday when he scored the winning goal late in the third period. V-Easy sped around Blue Jackets defenseman David Savard, who […]
The Rangers are at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn tonight to take on the Islanders for the third of four meetings this season. Gone are the days when these two rivals met multiple times over the course of a season, but the rivalry lives on nonetheless. The Blueshirts were beaten 4-2 the last time these two […]
It took a mere seven years for the Rangers to win the third Stanley Cup and — like the previous National Hockey League champions — the 1939-40 edition did it with a flair and a few zany surprises added for dressing. A few of the surprises were as follows: The Blueshirts’ one — and only […]
He’s got 400 career victories now, which is just another line item on a remarkable career resume. Henrik Lundqvist is going to the Hall of Fame when all is said and done, and his No. 30 will ultimately hang from the spoked ceiling at Madison Square Garden. Lundqvist is 11th all-time at 400 wins and […]
RANGERS 3, COLUMBUS 2 It was not that long ago when the John Tortorella Marching and Chowder Society was touting his streaking Blue Jackets as a Stanley Cup Contender. That was before Tort’s team hit a wall — in hockey, commonly called a “Losing Streak” — and ever since, the Jackets have been bluer than […]
