| By: Fish
The season opened with Darren Langdon
getting the game winner in Carolina and then Alexei Kovalev scored his
second career hattrick against the Rangers back in January.
Just another example of a former Ranger coming back to bite his
team. But perhaps these were the exceptions rather than the rule,
after all what other former Ranger has done what Kovalev has done?
Forty two former Rangers players and
draftees have played against New York this season in a total eighty six
games. Nineteen of those players have had points against their
former team, nine having scored goals, and three of those nine scoring two
or more goals. Not exactly mind-blowing numbers...
And who do you think has had the most
success against the Rangers this season? If you answered Kovalev
you'd be close, but in actual fact Ulf Dahlen of the Washington Capitals
edges the Penguins winger with a total of 6 points (2G, 4A) to Kovalev's 5
(3G, 2A). Still Alexei has two more opportunities to move into the
lead, and chances are that he'll do it.
The surprising Adam Graves rounds out the
top three with 3 points (1G, 2A) and one wonders how he would do if he
played New York more than the regulation two times for a Western
Conference teams. Other honorable mentions include Ray Ferarro with
2 goals and the defensive foursome of Johnsson, Miller, Pattrick and Zubov
who each have 2 points (1G, 1A except for Zubov 2A).
Less of a surprise is Eric Cairns 60
penalty minutes in only four games against his former club (do you think
the chicken dance had anything to do with it?). Stan Neckar leads
the former Rangers in +/- with a healthy +3 on a Tampa Bay team that has
struggled at times. Add in game winners by Langdon, Kovalev
and Johnsson and you have pretty much the extent of the damage that former
Blueshirts have caused.
As you can see, with the exception of a
couple of players there has been little to fear from former team
mates. While Kovalev looks like the real deal, Dahlen's stats have
certainly been helped by the fact that he played on a line with Jaromir
Jagr not to mention that he's also a -3 against his former team. Ray
Ferraro too is a -3 and both his goals came in losing efforts and is
joined by fellow Thrasher Chris Tamer to lead the former Rangers with the
worst +/-.
So next time you here the media hyping up a
meeting between a player and their former team...take it for what it's
worth, a way to promote the game and get you the viewer to watch.
| Name |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
+/- |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
SOG |
| Ulf
Dahlen |
4 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
-3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
| Alexei
Kovalev |
3 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
| Adam
Graves |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| Ray
Ferraro |
3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
-3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Kim
Johnsson |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
| Aren
Miller |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| James
Patrick |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Mike
Eastwood |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Sergei
Zubov |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Jan
Hlavac |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Darren
Langdon |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Eric
Cairns |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Tie
Domi |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Valeri
Kamensky |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Mike
Keane |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Ian
Laperriere |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Todd
Marchant |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Mathieu
Schneider |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Doug
Weight |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Eric
Boulton |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Brad
Brown |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Zdeno
Ciger |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Rob
Dimaio |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Colin
Forbes |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Todd
Harvey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Mike
Knuble |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Grant
Ledyard |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Stephane
Matteau |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Stan
Neckar |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Sergei
Nemchinov |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Mattias
Norstrom |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rich
Pilon |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Stephane
Quintal |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Luc
Robitaille |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Kevin
Stevens |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| PJ
Stock |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Niklas
Sundstrom |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Chris
Tamer |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Tim
Taylor |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Pat
Verbeek |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Rob
Zamuner |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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