NEWARK, NJ – There is nothing like a hockey team on a roll. When everything is clicking on offense and defense, the goalie is absolutely confident and the coach trusts his team to go out and just play, the results can be magical.
A spark of that magic was visible in Saturday afternoon’s 7-2 win by [...]

NEW YORK – Scott Gomez is not known for his shot. In fact, it’s so soft and unusual, Ranger goalie Henrik Lundqvist coined him with the name “Mr. Muffin”.
“His shot, it’s not the hardest shot,” Lundqvist said. “It’s kind of tricky. That’s Mr. Muffin.”
Yet, Mr. Muffin was all the Rangers needed as Gomez was able [...]

BRIDGEPORT, CT – Jamie’s Fraser’s goal with 20 seconds remaining in overtime, gave the Sound Tigers 3-2 victory over the Norfolk Admirals tonight at Arena at Harbor Yard.  Sean Bentivoglio opened the scoring in the first period but the Admirals countered with two tallies, both from Brandon Segal.  In the third, Ben Walter tied the [...]

If Michel Therrien can get fired, so can Tom Renney.
This is just the way the sports business goes these days as Therrien took the fall for the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins, after leading his team to the Stanley Cup finals last season.
“I owe it to the franchise and the organization to take the steps necessary that [...]

HARTFORD, CT – Wolf Pack defenseman Corey Potter had never had two goals in a game as a pro — until Friday night.
Potter scored twice in 73 seconds early in the second period and later assisted on Patrick Rissmiller’s goal as the Hartford Wolf Pack beat the Lake Erie Monsters 6-2 before 3,815 at the [...]

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 [...]

LOWELL, MA – Patrick Maroon’s goal in the ninth round of the shootout clinched the Philadelphia Phantoms’ 2-1 win over the Lowell Devils on Wednesday at the Tsongas Arena.
After the two teams skated to a 1-1 tie through regulation, the five-minute over time period would not be enough to decide the contest.  Jared Ross put [...]

NEWARK, NJ – All it took was a lead.
Bobby Holik scored eights minutes into the second period and Zach Parise added a power play goal 1:27 later, giving the New Jersey Devils a lead the New York Rangers could not over come.
The Devils won 3-0, and goaltender Scott Clemmensen earned his first shutout this season [...]

Philadelphia, PA – The offensive struggles for the Sound Tigers continued today as the Philadelphia Phantoms used David Laliberte’s third period goal to beat the Sound Tigers 2-1.  Jamie Fraser scored his fourth goal of the season for the Sound Tigers while Nathan Lawson made 27 saves in a losing effort.  Scott Munroe held his [...]

NEWARK, NJ – Home cooking is not sitting well with the New Jersey Devils.
In what could only be described as a “chippy” game, with six penalties in the first 10 minutes, the Devils lost to the Los Angeles Kings, 3-1, for the second home game in a row.
Head coach Brent Sutter was cryptic after the [...]