NEW YORK – In football, it’s called a trap game – a match where a team overlooks its inferior opponent.
Yet, when it comes to the Minnesota Wild, it’s always a trap game, as Jacques Lemaire’s system slows down the attacking opponents almost to a crawl.
In the end though, the Blueshirts didn’t get trapped, coming out [...]

NEW YORK – The New York Rangers turned in another impressive performance at Madison Square Garden Saturday night, beating the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 in a game that was only in doubt in the final minute. The Rangers entered the third period with a 4-1 lead after scoring three times in the second but found themselves [...]

NEW YORK – With the way Sean Avery is playing, maybe everyone on the Rangers should go through the NHL mandated Anger Management sessions.
Because the grating left wing keeps on scoring and making a difference for the Blueshirts. This time with two goals in the Rangers 4-1 win over the Flyers to salvage the back [...]

John Tortorella wasn’t happy. If you tuned in here earlier, neither was I, nor should any other Ranger fan who watched that first period disgrace.
Apparently, it’s not the same old song anymore. The fiery Tortorella benched Nikolai Zherdev for the rest of the game getting the rest of his team’s attention. The fire was lit [...]

Sometimes, you run on empty. That’s precisely what happened to the Rangers and myself a little earlier following a disappointing 3-0 shutout loss to suddenly fire storming hot Carolina.
Something had to give as both Eastern foes entered riding three-game win streaks. Unfortunately, it was the Hurricanes who were a little more focused and better disciplined [...]

UNIONDALE, NY – The Rangers entered last night’s match against the Islanders determined to get another win for new coach john Tortorella. The Islanders, on the other hand, just wanted to put a hurting on Sean Avery.
The much maligned wing made his return to the NHL last night and the Isles, who were playing a [...]

NEW YORK – The New York Rangers long dormant attack came alive at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, as the Blueshirts trounced the Colorado Avalanche 6-1.
In a game that was all but decided after 15 minutes, a half dozen different Rangers scored in the team’s first six goal performance of the season. Scott Gomez [...]

NEW YORK – John Tortorella didn’t come in with some magic goal scoring serum. And the last time we checked, there haven’t been any miracles to his credit.
Tortorella is just a hockey coach – a good one – but not someone who can turn around the Rangers over night.
Because of that the first two game [...]

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 [...]

The effort was certainly there. But the finishing still was lacking in the Rangers’ 2-1 shootout loss to the Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre in new coach John Tortorella’s debut.
Old habits die hard. There’s a reason the former Lightning coach took over the NHL’s worst offensive team and it was on display again despite [...]