UNIONDALE, NY—Just five points separated the Islanders from the Eastern Conference’s eighth spot heading into Wednesday.
Islanders general manager Garth Snow said he considers his team still in the playoff race. But the GM still chose to build for the long-term rather than make a late push, trading 6-6 defenseman Andy Sutton to the Ottawa Senators [...]

Anyone watching the Charlotte (17-5, 7-1)-Fordham (2-18, 0-8)  contest at the Rose Hill Gym on Saturday afternoon would have been surprised to find out that Charlotte was on top of Atlantic-10 standings and that Fordham was winless and in last place. The two clubs engaged in a competitive struggle that was tied with 1:11 remaining [...]

The Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils, 3-1, tonight at Madison Square Garden, to improve to 26-26-7 (59 pts.) overall, including a 13-14-4 (30 pts.) mark at home this season.
Trainor Communications has provided us with this sound from the game.
Henrik Lundqvist
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Marian Gaborik
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Ryan Callahan
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For how smooth and cohesive the Knicks looked in the first half, they were that disoriented and sloppy with their play in the second.
Ersan IIyasova came off the bench to score a season high 25 points and grab nine rebounds while Brandon Jennings scored 19 of his 22 points in the second half to lead [...]

New York – Is it possible that New York area basketball fans just might get to follow hometown teams that can approach respectability this season?
With their cross-river rival New Jersey Nets, winners of one consecutive game coming into the Garden for a 12 noon matinee today, the Knicks were facing a confident bunch. However, the [...]

NEW YORK – Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, the Rangers scored seven goals in tonight’s game.
And before you ask, Marian Gaborik only had two.
The Rangers finally broke out of the scoring drought with a 7-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Goal after goal, the team looked sharp, which is precisely the team [...]

UNIONDALE, NY – During the first week of the season, the New York Islanders couldn’t win a shootout.
Now, they just can’t win at all.
The look on coach Scott Gordon’s face told the story. Meeting with his team for about 15 minutes after last night’s 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks, the coach came out [...]

NEW YORK – It’s been a very long time since the Rangers crashed the nets like the did last night. And it’s been a very long time since they have been so well conditioned that they dominated the third period.
The Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t know what hit them.
So much so that the Blueshirts [...]

When Brendan Shanahan first broke into the National Hockey League with the New Jersey Devils in 1987, he probably didn’t expect to still be skating around and putting pucks in the net. Not many careers span three decades so if he does in fact retire then he can at least feel comfortable in the fact [...]

NEW YORK – Here’s the tricky math John Tortorella has to go though. How do you divide four by three?
You see, there are three spots open on defense and four very good candidates. There’s just so much room to go around.
And after tonight’s 3-2 Ranger win over the Detroit Red Wings, the decision’s are getting [...]