There were no miracle blockbusters for the New York Rangers at yesterday’s trade deadline. And there were no magic elixirs, either.
There were just a couple of solid trades designed to make the Blueshirts a better team, and ones that allow the club a chance compete in the playoffs.
“What we were really trying to do was [...]

ALBANY, NY – Rod Pelley scored the game-winning goal early in the third period as the Lowell Devils beat the Albany River Rats 7-4 on Saturday night at the Times Union Center.
The River Rats scored the first goal of the game off of the opening faceoff when left wing Joe Jensen sped into the offensive [...]

BRIDGEPORT, CT – For the second straight game, Sound Tigers’ goalie Tobias Stephan faced 22 shots while making 21 saves to back-stop the Sound Tigers to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phantoms.  Tomas Marcinko scored his fourth goal of the game and Chris Lee and Kurtis McLean both tallied power-play goals in the second [...]

HARTFORD, CT -  The Manitoba Moose took advantage of a late major penalty on Wolf Pack rookie wing Devin DiDiomete to score two goals and a 4-2 victory before 2,127 at the XL Center Wednesday night.
With 4:17 left, referee Terry Koharski assessed DiDiomete five minutes for interfering with Moose defenseman Zack FitzGerald, who needed about [...]

SPRINGFIELD, MA -  The Hartford Wolf Pack tied a franchise record with two shorthanded goals Saturday at the MassMutual Center and defeated the Springfield Falcons 3-2, despite being outshot 37-16.  The 16 shots tied a Wolf Pack record for fewest in a game.
Vladimir Denisov and Brodie Dupont scored shorthanded markers for the Wolf Pack in the [...]

There’s nothing wrong with the Rangers fifth place spot in the East right now. Many teams are able to advance in the playoffs from the middle of the pack.
It’s the brand of hockey the Blueshirts are performing that has raises the alarm. Right now, they are a pure vanilla team, which has trouble playing, as [...]

CHARLESTON, S.C- The Checkers had a lead going into the third period but relinquished their advantage and lost to the South Carolina Stingrays by a score of 5-4.
The Checkers got the scoring started in the first period when forward Michel Leveille tipped a Kenny Smith point shot past Stingrays netminder Jeremy Duchesne at 4:19 giving [...]

Tom Renney has been looking for some roster flexibility. Now he has it. Two days after the Rangers waived extra forward Dan Fritche, Rangers general manager Glen Sather shipped the Ohio native to Minnesota for defenseman Erik Reitz.

PORTLAND, ME – Mark Mancari’s power-play in the second period was all the Portland Pirates would need as Jhonas Enroth stopped all 29 Sound Tigers shots to earn his third shutout of the season and give the Pirates a 1-0 victory.  Sound Tigers’ net-minder, Nathan Lawson, was named the second star of the game stopping [...]

NEWARK, NJ – Five was the number of the evening for the New Jersey Devils Wednesday night, when they faced the Montreal Canadiens. Five players notched two points in the Devils’ fifth straight win, a 5-2 success that solidified New Jersey as tops in the Atlantic Division at the All-Star Break.