All Entries Tagged With: "New York Ranger"
Holtby Halts Rangers, Caps Take Game 1
The Stanley Cup playoffs didn’t start the way that the Rangers had hoped as they dropped game 1 to Braden Holtby in Washington last night. The Rangers got off to a slow start to the game, when just 34 seconds in they committed a bench minor and gave the Capitals their first of five powerplays on [...]
TiqIQ Series Preview: Rangers vs. Capitals
by Richie Katz, TiqIQ To begin the shortened NHL season, The Washington Capitals won only two of their first 11 games. The playoffs seemed to be out of the question. That is until someone turned the switch on Alex Ovechkin. In the month of April alone, he scored 14 goals in 13 games. Eventually outdueling [...]
Playoff Series Preview (3) Washington Capitals vs (6) New York Rangers
Let’s start with the series that we all are paying very close attention to. A look at the Capitals- The Capitals started this shortened season on a rough note as they sat at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, but dating back to March 21st the Capitals are 15-2-2. Alex Ovechkin has seem to have found his [...]
Game 1 Preview: New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Rangers will face-off against the Washington Capitals tonight at Verizon Center (7:30 p.m. — TV: MSG Network; Radio: ESPN 98.7), in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal matchup. On Saturday, the Blueshirts defeated the New Jersey Devils, 4-0, in their regular season finale. New York posted a record of 10-3-1 in [...]
The (Over)Hype of Chris Kreider
When we first heard over the course of the past few years that Glen Sather absolutely refused to include coveted Rangers prospect at the time, Chris Kreider, in any kind of deal, Rangers fans exploded with elation thinking that Kreider was part of New York’s future – and rightly so. Kreider fit the mold of [...]
Evan’s Rangers Regular Season Ending Observations and Round One Prediction
The abbreviated 2012-2013 National Hockey League regular season has ended and the Stanley Cup playoffs are upon us. We here at NYRNation.net are glad you are along for the playoff ride. Check back here daily for constant updates on the New York Rangers as they try to get that awful taste of “1994” out of [...]
Evan Cohen: 5 Questions and 5 Games
Going into tonight’s gigantic matchup with the Buffalo Sabres at the First Niagara Center in upstate New York, the New York Rangers have five games left to maintain a spot in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. Right now, the Rangers sit in 8th place with five games remaining. They currently hold the tie-breaker over the [...]
Like Rest Of Team, Rangers’ Coaching Staff Falling Short Of Expectations
With the New York Rangers’ playoff hopes hanging on by the thinnest of threads, I feel as if this is a necessary time to delve into what I think has been the Rangers’ biggest problem this season: their coaching staff. A year after finishing as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference during the [...]
5 Goals: A Look Back at an Extraordinary Performance 20 years ago
Friday April 9th, 1993; with the New York Rangers season hanging in the balance, I decided it was my duty as a Rangers fan, like a Captain, to be on board if and when the ship goes down. I was a senior in high school and convinced a friend of mine to join me at Madison [...]
Renee & Sheri: NYR – It’s Alive!
NYR: It’s Alive! Muahhaha Questionable right? We thought the New York Rangers had died too. But some life has been revived in the boys in blue! Since trading Marian Gaborik this past Wednesday, the Rangers are 2-0-1 as they vie feverishly for a playoff position. With Gaborik’s exit, cue Brassard, Zuccarello & Clowe’s entrance to [...]
