NEW YORK – For the playoffs, the game day staff at Madison Square Garden chose the new U2 song “Magnificent” as the Rangers introductory tune when the team takes to the ice.
Although the Fab Irish Four didn’t have Henrik Lundqvist in mind when they wrote the song, after watching his play, they may have to [...]

It’s not their goalie but rather the one at the other end who’s making life difficult for the Capitals. Even a goalie change couldn’t prevent the obvious in this series. That the Rangers boast the superior netminder which was yet again on display.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 35 shots allowing Ryan Callahan’s first period tally to [...]

NEW YORK – The New York Rangers struggles continued as the team lost an important game to the Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden Thursday night. Despite outshooting the visitors 41-22 and taking a 1-0 lead into the final nine minutes of the game, the Rangers came up 2-1 losers in a game they could [...]

UNIONDALE, NY- Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are two of the NHL’s best players. Jeff Tambellini and Frans Nielsen have a combined four goals in 70 games entering yesterday.
But the Islanders duo out-played its Pittsburgh counterparts in the clutch Monday afternoon, with both struggling youngsters beating Marc-Andre Fleury in the shootout while Joey MacDonald stymied [...]

MANCHESTER, NH -  Hartford Wolf Pack leading point-scorer P.A. Parenteau had a goal and two assists, and Matt Zaba made 33 saves, as the Wolf Pack equaled a season high with their third straight victory Saturday, defeating the Manchester Monarchs 4-3 in Manchester.
The win kept the Wolf Pack (25-18-2-3, 55 points) tied with Providence for [...]

NEW YORK – Take a closer look at Stephen Valiquette’s helmet, you can see it adorned with the eyes and mask of the superhero Spider-man.
He said he first did it as a promotion for the Marvel Comics – Spider-man is from New York -but then as he visited some hockey camps, the children attending complimented [...]

PORTLAND, ME -  The Hartford Wolf Pack’s line of P.A. Parenteau, Artem Anisimov and Brodie Dupont continued to sizzle in a holiday matinee game at the Cumberland County Civic Center Monday, combining for two second-period goals that keyed a 3-1 Wolf Pack win over the Portland Pirates.
The triumph lifted the Wolf Pack past the Pirates and the [...]

UNIONDALE, NY – Fans walking in the frigid air outside Nassau Coliseum saw the unintentionally ironic banner that read “we’re all Islanders.” Two days prior, the club generated news by agreeing to play a preseason game next season in Kansas City, which could be a potential relocation spot for the franchise.
The marketing slogan also provided [...]

UNIONDALE, NY – Maybe we should call these the “Dog Days of Winter.” It’s a time where the hockey season grinds down even the best of players. And that, of course, includes Henrik Lundqvist. For some reason, the holidays haven’t been kind to the Rangers’ franchise goalie. Last month, Lundqvist went 4-5-1 with an un-Henrik-like 3.74 goals against average.

UNIONDALE, NY- A groin injury forced an Islanders goaltender off the ice and into the trainers’ room.
Rick DiPietro’s groin, knee and hip injuries have made that sentence a familiar refrain. But it was Joey MacDonald who had to exit the Nassau Coliseum ice just 5:01 into Tuesday night’s game against the Rangers with a sprained [...]