All Entries Tagged With: "John Tortorella"
For The Rangers, Trouble’s A-Bruin
The New York Rangers had two days to regroup after Thursday night’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins in game one of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. Would it help? When all was said and done Sunday, the answer was decidedly no. Rookie Torey Krug has probably made the Blueshirts wish that Dennis Seidenberg, [...]
Bruins Put Five Past Lundqvist to Capture 2-0 Series Lead
BOSTON, MA – After Brad Marchand’s overtime heroics led the team to a 3-2 series-opening victory on Thursday, the Boston Bruins were back on the ice at TD Garden on Sunday afternoon for Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Semi-Final series against the New York Rangers. Backed by 35 saves from goaltender Tuukka Rask and offensive [...]
If Rangers want to win, Nash must step up
By Tom Dougherty (@todougherty) You either love or you hate John Tortorella. Rangers’ winger Carl Hagelin has to be one of those who do not like Tortorella very much right now. On Saturday, Tortorella offered his opinion on why Hagelin isn’t being used on the power play. “Because he stinks on the power play,” he [...]
Marchand’s Overtime Goal Gives Boston 3-2 Win in Game 1
BOSTON, MA – Just three nights after successfully completing a miraculous three-goal comeback in Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Boston Bruins were back on the ice on Thursday evening for the opening contest of their Eastern Conference Semi-Final series against the New York Rangers. In what was an exciting, back-and-forth contest, the Bruins [...]
GameDay: Boston, New York Set to Kick-Off Second Round Series
Teams: New York Rangers at Boston Bruins Series: Series tied, 0-0. Location: TD Garden – Boston, MA Face-Off: 7:30 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NBC Sports Network – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: N/A Tonight’s Lineups (Subject To Change): BOSTON: Marchand–Bergeron–Jagr Lucic–Krejci–Horton Peverley–Kelly–Seguin Paille–Campbell–Thornton — Chara–Hamilton Bartkowski–Boychuk Krug–McQuaid — Rask Scratches– ….. Carl Soderberg, Kaspars Daugavins, Jay Pandolfo, Aaron Johnson NEW YORK: [...]
Capital Gridlock
The Rangers opened up their 2013 Stanley Cup playoff debut by failing to stay out of the penalty box, keep Alex Ovechkin off the scoreboard and get quality goaltending, and dropped game 1 to the Washington Capitals, 3-1. Saturday afternoon brought a chance to return to Madison Square Garden either all even at one game [...]
Gone Gaby, Gone
As the clocked ticked to 3pm (ET) Wednesday, the Rangers wound up making arguably the biggest move of the day, sending struggling sniper Marian Gaborik to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Also sent was minor leaguers Steve Delisle (who returns to the Jackets after being sent to the Rangers in the Rick Nash trade) and Blake [...]
Falling To Pieces
The Rangers’ woes at the Bell Centre continued Saturday night, as Carey Price and the Montreal Canadiens shut them out 3-0. All the Habs needed was Michael Ryder’s goal 47 seconds into the first period. The loss extends their winless streak in Montreal to four straight seasons, but the immediate crisis is far greater as [...]
A Balancing Act
When Chris Kreider burst on to the scene straight from an NCAA championship with the Boston College Eagles to 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs sensation, it had fans of the New York Rangers salivating over what could be for him and the team in the 2012-13 season, whenever it got under way. Some expected him to [...]
The Rangers Midterm Report Card
The New York Rangers got the second half of their season off to a less-than spectacular start, dropping a 3-1 decision to the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday might at the First Niagara Center. It was disappointing considering the opponent and how prior to that, they had won five of six games. Overall it hasn’t been the [...]
Rangers Ride Wild Momentum Swing To Third Straight Win
Forget about Chase and Foxwoods. Tuesday night’s New York Rangers-Boston Bruins game should have been presented by Advil and Mylanta. Surely there were a lot of Rangers fans who could have used one or both of those remedies after watching what seemed like a sure win turn into an agita-inducing nailbiter. The Rangers got off [...]
Rangers Edge Bruins in Shootout Thriller at TD Garden
BOSTON, MA – After Saturday afternoon’s contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning was postponed in the aftermath of the 2013 blizzard for the ages, the Boston Bruins were back on the ice Tuesday to do battle with the New York Rangers for the final time this season. In what was undoubtedly the most exciting finish to [...]
Miller Makes His Mark
Sometimes, a little youthful exuberance goes a long way. Carl Hagelin joined the New York Rangers for their 19th game of the season on November 25th, 2011, and his speed and skill gave the team a much-needed added dimension. On April 16th, Chris Kreider made his debut (ironically enough, thanks to Hagelin’s suspension) and took [...]
Discipline, Drought Lead To Broadway Blues
The New York Rangers chose to carry last year’s “This Is New York …” campaign into the 2013 season. The sentence is typically completed with such words as “intensity” and “passion” that describe the team’s style of play. What we’ve been treated to so far is not the “New York Hockey” that Rangers fans have [...]
Opening Night Musings
No, it certainly wasn’t what we’ve come to know as quintessential New York Rangers hockey on the TD Garden ice Saturday night. We did see quintessential Boston Bruins hockey by a squad virtually the same as last season’s, and the combination was enough to send the Blueshirts home with a 3-1 defeat. A few musings: [...]
Bruins Sink Rangers in 3-1 Opening Night Victory at TD Garden
BOSTON, MA- Finally! For the first time since Wednesday April 25, NHL hockey made its triumphant return to the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. All questions of whether or not the three-month long work stoppage would affect fan support in the Hub were completely squashed as a sell-out crowd of 17, 565 packed into the city’s [...]
An Upside To A Delayed Start?
With the calendar flipped to September, this is normally an exciting time for hockey fans. Camps will soon be open, preseason games will be getting under way, and in a few weeks, the new season will commence. But as we all know, this is not a normal year. I received an email from the Rangers [...]
Hockey Independent Offseason Predictions: Does Alex Semin Have An NHL Future?
Members of the Hockey Independent crew have come together again for another series of offseason articles for your reading pleasure. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey Devils), Alex Muscat (Detroit Red Wings) and myself, Benjamin Woodward (Boston Bruins). Each of us have taken on [...]
Lundqvist Gets His Due In A Lackluster NHL Awards Show
After being the bridesmaid the first 3 times he was nominated, Henrik Lundqvist was finally crowned king of the goaltenders Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Lundqvist received 17 of 30 first place votes from the NHL’s general managers to give him his first career Vezina Trophy. It also gave the show one of its [...]
A Bittersweet End To A Surprise Season
Heading into Friday night’s game, fans and the media were talking about 1994. In a series of odd coincidences, it was the same 2 teams matching up in the Eastern Conference Finals. Like 18 years ago, the Rangers were heading into game six facing elimination. Even the date for the game six was identical – [...]
