Category: puck

This was one that came out of nowhere. That does not necessarily refer to the Rangers’ current position in the standings, but instead to the emptiness that could be felt after a second period Wednesday at the Garden in which the Bruins capitalized for three goals in a span of 4:34 to take a two-goal […]

Islanders were facing a goalie who hadn’t won an NHL game in 13 months, an opponent far outside the playoff picture, an organization that already had begun a sell-off leading into the Feb. 25 trade deadline, yet here was the message for Barry Trotz’s team: “Understand that it’s not going to come easy,” the Islanders […]

Every time the Knicks step onto the court these days, it’s clear — their strategy isn’t based on trying to win games this season. Their strategy is completely about the future. They won’t use the word, but everyone knows what they are doing. It’s called tanking. The issue of tanking has become one of the […]

Henrik Lundqvist coveted the Statue of Liberty. “When I came over for my first training camp [in 2005], I wanted to have the Statue of Liberty on the crown of my mask,” the Rangers goaltender said. “Back home [in Sweden], playing for Frolunda [Indians], I had their insignia of the Indian headdress on my crown, […]

For one brief shining moment, there was Camelot. Twenty-five years ago, Mark Messier was King Arthur, Brian Leetch, Mike Richter and Adam Graves were Knights of the Roundtable and history was made at the Garden, reverberating in the building and up the Canyon of Heroes through which the Rangers strode with glee as champions while […]

Add one more to the Islanders walking wounded. Winger Cal Clutterbuck left early in the second period and did not return during the Islanders’ 2-1 shootout win over the Devils in Newark on Thursday night. The team announced only that he would not return to the game, and when coach Barry Trotz was asked afterward […]

Cheers for the architect of the Rangers’ only Stanley Cup-winning team since 1940 washed over Neil Smith as the 1994 champions were introduced Friday night to an adoring Garden audience that 25 years later still cannot thank them enough. This was a hearty welcome back for the general manager, who has generally been an outcast […]

Click:HE 5000 “Matteau, Matteau, Matteau …” or was it Tikkanen? Longtime Rangers play-by-play man Sam Rosen could not tell from his angle which player was responsible for the decisive goal in Game 7 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals against the Devils. “Howie Rose’s call is the iconic call and one of the great calls […]

Even having Mark Messier and his fabled teammates address them in the locker room before the game couldn’t serve as enough inspiration Friday night for the Rangers. After the 1994 Stanley Cup winners honored in a 25th anniversary pregame ceremony at center ice, the Blueshirts came up empty in a 3-0 loss to the Hurricanes […]

The aura and accomplishment of what 1994 means to the Rangers and their fan base somehow may only have grown in stature over the past quarter-century. At least it sounded that way for those who broke the franchise’s 1940 hex by finally hoisting the Stanley Cup that June, and for those in attendance at the […]