Photo courtesy of Michael Miller The Stanley Cup Playoffs are fast approaching, and some of the league’s premiere teams are playing good enough to make long runs. This year has a been a lot different, as it is the first time since 1970 that no Canadian teams have made the […]
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Rangers Strive for Stanley Cup, Devils Rebuild as NHL Season Begins
Photo Courtesy of Lisa Gansky, Wikipedia The Rangers and Devils both head into the 2015-16 regular season with completely different outlooks. The Rangers, having been to the Stanley Cup and the Eastern Conference finals the last two years, respectively, expect to make another run for the cup this coming spring. […]
Rangers Win Presidents’ Trophy for First Time since 1994
Photo courtesy of Timmy Gunz, Flickr Creative Commons The New York Rangers are the NHL’s regular season champions as they clinched the President’s Trophy, awarded to the team that finishes the regular season with the best overall record with a 4-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. This […]
Wild Card Spots to Be Decided in Final Two Weeks of NHL Season
Photo courtesy of Jpowers65, Flickr Creative Commons The NHL regular season has entered its final two weeks as teams prepare for a final stretch that will determine the fate of their 82-game season. Teams in both the Eastern and Western Conferences are battling to claim the final wild card spot in […]
Devils Fall in Danger of Missing Third Postseason
Photo Courtesy of Bridget Samuels, Flickr Creative Commons The New Jersey Devils, arguably the best franchise in the NHL over the last 20 years, with three Stanley Cup Championships, have fallen on hard times. The team, currently at 28-28-10, is in danger of missing the postseason for the third consecutive […]
Rangers, Devils, Islanders Active at NHL Trade Deadline
Photo courtesy of Bridget Samuels, Flickr Creative Commons The NHL trade deadline just passed on Monday and the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers and New York Islanders all made some tough decisions and traded some players to potentially improve their rosters. The New York Rangers picked up defensemen Keith Yandle […]
Rangers Continue to Win Despite Injured Lundqvist
Photo courtesy of Lisa Gansky, Wikipedia The New York Rangers have been without goaltender Henrik Lundqvist for the past few weeks due to a neck injury he sustained on Jan. 31 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Lundqvist was hit in the throat with a puck during the game against the Hurricanes. He […]
New York Islanders Leading Metropolitan Division
Photo courtesy of RobTowsky, Flickr Creative Commons With two months left in the NHL regular season, the New York Islanders lead the Metropolitan Division with 71 points — just as everyone projected. Or maybe not. Last year, the Islanders finished eighth in their division and second-to-last in the Eastern Conference with […]
Former Devils Goalie Martin Brodeur Announces Retirement from NHL
Photo Courtesy of Resolute, Wikimedia New Jersey bid their farewells last April, but the rest of the NHL said goodbye to a future Hall of Famer on Thursday. After 22 seasons as one of the NHL’s elite goaltenders, Martin Brodeur announced his retirement at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, […]
Rangers Aim to Take Next Step in Upcoming NHL Season
Photo Courtesy of Matthew D Britt, Flickr Creative Commons The New York Rangers were just three wins away from bringing the Stanley Cup to New York for the first time in 20 years during last year’s Stanley Cup Final against the Los Angeles Kings. New York lost the best of […]