Tanner Fritz was just about to leave the rink in Bridgeport Monday when AHL coach Brent Thompson asked him to stop by his office. Thompson had some news to deliver to the 26-year-old forward: he was getting the call up to the Islanders. “I just had a weird jitter feeling in my stomach that I […]
Read MoreThis game was so important to Jesper Fast that he had it targeted on his calendar, just ahead of the schedule first assumed for the quadriceps injury he sustained Dec. 21. But Fast was able to rejoin his Rangers for their dramatic 3-2 overtime win Monday over the Sabres in the 10th annual Winter Classic […]
Read MoreOn a day when Doug Weight said he wanted to see “some emotion and some fight” from his team when it fell behind — after a 5-8-2 December — the Islanders only sank deeper into their slump. They came back from one deficit but lacked any further punches in a 5-1 loss Tuesday night to […]
Read MoreNow that all the pomp and circumstance has passed, now that the omnipresent documentary cameras have left, now that the focus is back indoors, the Rangers have work to do. A day later, the Blueshirts were still reveling somewhat in the glow of the Winter Classic, a terrifically staged drama that resulted in a 3-2 […]
Read MoreIt was a move that Alain Vigneault called “subtle,” but one he hoped would pay big dividends. The Rangers coach made a slight adjustment to his lines at practice Tuesday, flipping Rick Nash and J.T. Miller on the top two units just one day after the Blueshirts beat the Sabres, 3-2 in overtime, during the […]
Read MoreST. LOUIS — Carter Hutton felt relaxed and in control. The Blues goalie stopped 24 shots through overtime and both attempts he faced in the shootout to help St. Louis to a 3-2 win Tuesday night over the Devils. “Some nights the (puck) looks like a BB and some nights it looks like a beach […]
Read MoreWell this sure was a big, fat nothing burger from the Rangers, who never gave themselves much of a chance in what became a 5-2 defeat (bloated by a pair of empty-netters) to the Blackhawks at the Garden on Wednesday. The Blueshirts rarely possessed the puck while getting out-attempted 30-11 at even strength in the […]
Read MoreIt seems that in absence, Alain Vigneault’s heart grew fonder. The Rangers coach’s love for winger Jesper Fast somehow found a way to increase during his three-game absence because of a quadriceps injury, which ended when he unexpectedly returned Monday for the Winter Classic at Citi Field. Fast was supposed to miss two-to-three weeks with […]
Read MoreClick:reaction flywheel It might have been a reason, but the Rangers weren’t using it as an excuse. In the aftermath of their dramatic performance in the outdoor Winter Classic on New Year’s Day at Citi Field, the Blueshirts returned to playing hockey indoors with a dud of a performance, an empty-net abetted 5-2 loss to […]
Read MoreThe Islanders announced a contract extension Thursday, just not the one fans have been anxiously awaiting. The club locked up Scott Mayfield for five years with an average annual value of $1.45 million. The 25-year-old defenseman was playing in the final season of a two-year deal worth an average of $625,000 per year and could […]
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