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Gaborik Leads Rangers To First Win
NEW YORK – When John Tortorella put Marian Gaborik with Brad Richards and Rick Nash on the Rangers top line, this is what he had in mind. Well, maybe not exactly this. Marian Gaborik scored his 14th...
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Rangers Finding Their Game, But Callahan Injured
NEW YORK – It’s been 17 days since the end of the lockout allowed the Rangers to open training camp. It’s starting to become readily apparent they’ve been skating for over two weeks. Everything about...
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Tortorella’s Message Gets Through
NEW YORK – Rangers coach John Tortorella does not make empty threats. When he tells the media – and you can be sure the same message was delivered to the team – that he’s going to start benching...
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Rangers Blow Lead, Fall to Isles
NEW YORK – The way the Rangers started their rivalry game with the Islanders Thursday night at MSG, it looked like the Blueshirts were going to skate the Islanders all the way back to Uniondale. But,...
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Rangers Solve Holtby, Edge Caps 2-1
NEW YORK – Braden Holtby was making save after save – 29 of them, in fact, through 27 minutes of play. But then, finally, the Rangers found a way past the second-year Capitals netminder. It took a...
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Rangers fall to Habs in Plodding Affair at MSG
NEW YORK – Any time you allow your opponent to dictate the pace of the game, it’s not usually going to end well. The Rangers (8-6-1) allowed the Canadiens to dictate the pace – a painfully methodical,...
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Nash’s Return Spurs Rangers
NEW YORK – The Rangers looked lost in their last four games without their most skilled player. Thursday night at MSG, the Rangers (9-8-2) got their most skilled player back. Rick Nash, who had missed...
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Nash Sends Rangers to Third Straight Win
NEW YORK — Early in the season, Rick Nash was left frustrated by pucks that refused to go into the net. He – and his team – are no longer frustrated. Nash scored two third period goals – the...
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Rangers Still Searching for Consistency
NEW YORK – Maybe this is who the Rangers are. They are an inconsistent outfit incapable of scoring to the point where they can be a consistent hockey club. They certainly did not make it hard enough...
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Confidence Goes a Long Way For Rangers
NEW YORK – There’s no question it’s been an inconsistent season for the Rangers. That point can’t be argued. The question is why have they been so inconsistent? Certainly, some of their issues have...
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Rangers Eliminate Devils, Move Closer to Playoffs
NEW YORK – It was made sweeter by the fact that it knocked an arch-rival out of postseason contention. But, make no mistake: The Rangers (24-17-4, 52 pts, 8th in East), in a 4-1 win over the Devils,...
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Unlikely Scorers Send Rangers to Game 3 Win
NEW YORK – Arron Asham, Brian Boyle, Derek Stepan, and Derick Brassard all have more goals this postseason than does Rick Nash. These are the playoffs, and that’s the way it has to be. Stepan’s...
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Rangers Return To Roots, Win Game 4
NEW YORK – The Rangers returned to their roots Wednesday night. And because they did, they’re returning to Washington with their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Quarterfinal tied at two games apiece....
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Rangers Stave Off Elimination in Game 4
NEW YORK – The hardest part about coming back from a three-games-to-none series deficit is taking it one game at a time. It’s not about having to win four games in a row – the mountain seems too tall...
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Firing Tortorella About Future, Not Past
NEW YORK — Maybe we shouldn’t have been so surprised when the hammer fell on John Tortorella as suddenly as it did. Yet, when the shocking announcement was made early Wednesday afternoon, the first...
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New Face, Different Style Accompany Vigneault to Broadway
NEW YORK – It was a combination of things that saw Alain Vigneault named 35th head coach in Rangers franchise history during a glitzy press conference at Radio City Music Hall Friday morning. His...
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Vigneault’s System To Bring More Offense To New York
NEW YORK – From his use of advanced statistics, to his use of a “sleep doctor,” Alain Vigneault will leave no stone unturned in the hunt for offense, wins, and the Stanley Cup. John Tortorella, who...
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Rangers Improvements Are Coming — Slowly
NEW YORK – Wins and losses are important – that goes without saying. And if the Rangers don’t start picking up wins soon, well, it’s going to get late awfully early for first-year Rangers’ coach Alain...
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Rangers Dominate Woeful Sabres
NEW YORK – Against an overwhelmed team that looks like it’s already playing out the string, the Rangers did what they had to do in earning their first home win of the season. It’s only October, but it...
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No Timeout Needed – Rangers Roll ‘Canes
NEW YORK – It was a moment Rangers fans have seen before. The Rangers (6-7-0) started awfully slowly and lethargically in their match against scuffling Carolina (4-7-3) Saturday night at MSG. In fact,...
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