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On Friday afternoon, Islanders coach Barry Trotz was reveling in telling stories about old minor league hockey rinks, because that’s what you do when you’re killing time in the bowels of a minor league rink. And truth be told, that is what this “refurbished” Nassau Coliseum is as it prepared to host the Islanders’ return […]

Click:06SC 6kA MONTREAL — Ron Harris was effective at it for the Emile Francis Rangers, Jason Strudwick did a nice job of it playing for Tom Renney, and Stu Bickel had his moments when John Tortorella moved him up from the blue line to fill in at right wing. Add Brendan Smith to the franchise’s […]

MONTREAL — It is on Vinni Lettieri to cram the 20-minute experience he received per night with the AHL Wolf Pack into the perhaps 10-minute ride he can expect most nights with the Rangers. Unless, of course, the winger can earn more time from David Quinn by being productive as a fourth-line winger and on […]

The Islanders once again have a home-ice advantage. In their return to the Coliseum to play their first meaningful game since the 2015-16 playoffs, the Islanders scored three unanswered goals and beat the Blue Jackets, 3-2, on Saturday night. The chants from the fans started in the parking lot in the morning and were still […]

MONTREAL — Not for a moment is this a road thing. Rather this is a Rangers’ thing, the team having lost four of its past five in regulation following another substandard performance in Saturday’s 5-2 defeat to the Canadiens. “We weren’t playing that great at home before we started with these road games,” said Chris […]

Another extra period, another crusher for the Devils. Mark Scheifele scored his second goal of the game at 4:43 of overtime, and the Jets beat the Devils, 4-3, Saturday night at Prudential Center in Newark. It was the Devils’ fifth straight loss — three of them in overtime. The Devils last won on Nov. 21, […]

The feelings of these sights and sounds cannot be replicated. No, the Coliseum never was the nicest venue. No, it wasn’t in the most desirable locale. No, it wasn’t always packed the way most want to remember it. But it uniquely belonged to one of the fiercest fan bases in sports, a small contingent of […]

The night belongs to Vic Hadfield, the guy who led the charge over the glass at the old Garden in 1965 when his general manager, Emile Francis, was at risk scuffling with a fan after the Cat had challenged a goal judge named Arthur Reichert for turning on the red light. “I had to go,” […]

MONTREAL — When Vic Hadfield is celebrated before Sunday’s match at the Garden against the Jets, his No. 11 will be raised to the Garden pinwheel ceiling. Who’s No. 11? “Mark’s No. 11,” as Hadfield referred to it at one point during a long and winding conversation with The Post last Thursday. “As badly as […]

There is no reason for Henrik Lundqvist to pull punches. So the Rangers goalie did not sugarcoat anything, didn’t try to build up his young teammates into believing they were any bit better than they really were. He told it exactly how almost everyone else saw it, that his Blueshirts were manhandled in a 4-3 […]