Mats Zuccarello was a natural-born leader even before anointed as one with an “A” on his sweater to symbolize his status as an alternate captain for the 2017-18 season that commences Thursday at the Garden against the Avalanche. He remembers the way it was for him when he first arrived as a 23-year-old from Norway […]
Read MoreNew Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk faced off with The Post’s Steve Serby for some Q&A ahead of the Blueshirts’ season opener Thursday night. Q: What message would you want to give to Rangers fans about you and about your new team? A: The thing that I’ve known or kind of learned is that even though […]
Read MoreAnthony DeAngelo made the roster, and seemingly made the opening-night lineup. The Rangers are set to start their new 21-year-old defenseman on the right side of the third defensive pair with Marc Staal when they play their season opener Thursday night against the Avalanche at the Garden. DeAngelo is with his third NHL team in […]
Read MoreSo it begins, one more season of Rangers hockey. With Thursday night’s opener against the Avalanche at the Garden, so comes the start of another campaign with high expectations, with Henrik Lundqvist in goal, with Alain Vigneault behind the bench. Some old faces are gone, some new faces have moved in, and finally it’s time […]
Read MoreHenrik Lundqvist’s first season-opener wearing the Blueshirt is the only season-opener the then yet to be named King would spend on the bench. It was Oct. 5, 2005, 12 years to the day before the 35-year-old goaltender established a franchise record with both his 12th consecutive and 12th overall opening start Thursday at the Garden […]
Read MoreNobody wanted to call it a fourth line, and it isn’t in the traditional sense of the label. But it is certainly a spot further down the lineup for Jimmy Vesey, as the Rangers winger will begin his second NHL season Thursday night on a line with David Desharnais and Paul Carey at the Garden […]
Read MoreIslanders coach Doug Weight takes a timeout for some Q&A with The Post’s Steve Serby ahead of the team’s season opener Friday. Q: Are you driven to make the Islanders not The Other Hockey Team in New York? A: Yeah, of course. Like, the Rangers are the Rangers, right? And the Yankees are the Yankees. […]
Read MoreThere was so much hype, so much conjecture, so much unknown going into the start of this Rangers regular season that a loss to last year’s worst team in the league has to feel worse than just one defeat. It has to feel just the way Mika Zibanejad put it after he couldn’t get the […]
Read MoreFormer NHL player Jiri Hudler could stand to learn a thing or two about proper airline etiquette — at least according to a report on his in-flight behavior from Czech tabloid Blesk. According to Blesk and CBS Sports, Hudler was aboard a recent Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Prague when he asked […]
Read MoreIf the Islanders had been short on skill and long on grit in the recent past, the equation has flipped this season which starts Friday night in Columbus, Ohio, against the Blue Jackets. On the opening night roster there are talents that were not present to start last year, the likes of wingers Jordan Eberle […]
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