Playoff time. The most exciting time of the year if you’re a hockey fan, player, coach or broadcaster. Postseason hockey has become a rite of spring for the New York Rangers and The Garden Faithful. As my broadcast partner Dave Maloney so often points out, it is NOT easy to qualify for the Stanley Cup […]
I am often asked what a “typical” week is like in my world. I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to call games in all four major sports. During one 10-day stretch in October, I worked games in all four (NFL, MLB post-season, Rangers, Knicks pre-season). Every week is different. During this time of […]
I remember Oct. 5, 2005 like it was yesterday. The Rangers — who had missed the postseason for seven consecutive seasons — were in Philadelphia to open their 2005-06 campaign against the Flyers. The Blueshirts had not played in 551 days due to the lockout which wiped out the 2004-05 season. It was Dave Maloney‘s […]
There was a distinct Rangers flavor at NHL All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles. Last Friday night, the top 100 players in the 100-year history of the NHL were honored at Microsoft Theater, adjacent to Staples Center. Sixty-seven of the 76 living honorees were on hand, taking part in the largest collection of hockey superstars ever […]
“And this one will last a lifetime!” A phrase that can now be attached to TWO monumental events during the illustrious broadcast career of Sam Rosen. His game-ending call on MSG Network on June 14, 1994 as the Rangers captured their first Stanley Cup championship in 54 years, and now Sam’s inclusion in the Hockey […]
After broadcasting the first-ever NFL overtime game in London yesterday, I received multiple tweets asking if I would make it back to The Garden in time to call the New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning matchup. Considering the opening face-off took place less than six hours after the conclusion of the Washington Redskins vs. Cincinnati Bengals […]
November 16, 1926. Calvin Coolidge was President. Five days earlier, The U.S. Numbered Highway System was established. Tony Bennett was three months old. The Yankees were months away from embarking on a record-setting 1927 campaign. And the New York Rangers – led by Bill and Bun Cook, Frank Boucher and Lorne Chabot – played their first regular-season […]
@KennyAlbert While the 2015-16 Rangers season came to a disappointing end Saturday in Pittsburgh, the Blueshirt faithful should take a step back and appreciate the last five years — a Golden Era in the 90-year history of this franchise. The Rangers current core group has given their fans so many wonderful memories. Eighty-one playoff games since […]
@KennyAlbert Finally. Three-hundred and twenty-one days after another exhilarating post-season run came to a disappointing end in Game 7 against Tampa Bay … it’s playoff time! This 2015-16 Rangers team has been waiting for the post-season ever since the final horn sounded at The Garden last May 29. I’m not saying the Blueshirts “coasted” through the […]
Contrary to popular belief, it is NOT an easy task to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Prior to expansion from 21 to 30 teams, it was a different story; 16 of 21 teams (76%) made it to the spring tournament. But not now. Sixteen of 30 will play past April 10 (53.3%). That […]