NEW YORK –Lately, life is much better for Scott Gomez, after his trade to the Montreal Canadiens, than it has been for the New York Rangers, the team which traded him north of the border.  The transition has been as smooth as could be expected, given that hockey is covered as fervently throughout Canada as [...]

NEW YORK – In baseball, this would have been the equivalent of Sabathia vs. Santana. Or in Tennis, this was Federer and Nadal matching wits.
There’s just something special when two greats match up for an epic battle. And 18,200 fans saw two titans in Marty Brodeur and Henrik Lundqvist face off.
“[Henrik] played phenomenal,” said forward [...]

NEW YORK – Maybe it was the Christmas spirit coming through, but more than likely, it the four-game winning streak which put John Tortorella in such a jovial mood.
Whatever it is, though, this is a different man than the one who lashed into his team last week for lack of hustle against the New York [...]

UNIONDALE, NY— Two goals in 55 seconds sent Islanders fans scurrying from the Nassau Coliseum before the third period’s final minute was complete. The exodus came after jeers greeted the Islanders leaving the ice at the second intermission after Florida scored twice off breakaways.
Dwayne Roloson was pulled after the fifth goal. The Panthers torched the [...]

NEW YORK – Make no mistke, this was a very winnable game for the New York Rangers.
Don’t just take a the word of a humble reporter, listen to The King.
“This one hurts,” said “The King” Henrik Lundqvist. “The way we played in the third, we deserved at least a tie game, if not a win. [...]

New York – The Rangers were defeated tonight by the Atlanta Thrashers, 5-3, in front of another sold-out Garden crowd of 18,300. You have to give the Ranger faithful their due, they are a loyal bunch to their team which is now 3-7-1 in their last ten games and fell to a 10-8-1 overall record.
Ilya [...]

Is it on or is it off? That’s the $64,000 question everyone is asking this morning.
A day after the Long Island Press reported Charles Wang is pulling out of the Lighthouse Project, Wang issued a statement denying the report.
“Yesterday’s report on the Lighthouse project which appeared in the Long Island Press is untrue,” Wang’s statement [...]

NEWARK, NJ – No one had ever seen anything like it.
Long after the final buzzer ended, there was a zombie-like haze amongst the players and the coaches.
How could everything change in one minute and twenty seconds? How could home-ice advantage and a raucous crowd just melt away in 80 ticks of a clock?  How did [...]

As collapses go, this wasn’t the Yankees of 2004. Nor was it the Mets of the last two seasons. But it stings just the same.
After commanding the Washington Capitals in their series, 3-1, just five days ago, the Rangers now go home early after Sergei Fedorov scored late in the third to give the Caps [...]

HARTFORD, CT – The Worcester Sharks had vowed to make life more miserable for Wolf Pack goalie Matt Zaba after his shutout in his AHL playoff debut Thursday night.
The Sharks exercised their game plan from the outset Saturday night, charging the Wolf Pack net as Zaba dodged and ducked and teammates came to his rescue.
The [...]