Blueshirts Acquire Defenseman Justin Falk

The Rangers-Wild connection continued today, with a trade of depth players between the two organizations.  It’s the seventh trade in the last eleven seasons, and third in the past two years.  New York has also signed former Wild players Derek Boogaard and Marian Gaborik over that period, keeping it a strong relationship between the clubs. This time around it was 6-5, […]

Rangers Acquire Benn Ferriero

The Rangers made a minor move today, sending center Chad Kolarik to the Penguins in exchange for right wing Benn Ferriero.  The 25 year old Massachusetts native was a seventh round draft pick of the Phoenix Coyotes back in 2006, and appeared in 92 NHL games with the San Jose Sharks over the previous three seasons after signing […]

Whale Tie Series With 3-1 Win

After dropping their first two games in Portland, the Connecticut Whale have tied up their best of seven series with the Pirates thanks to goals by Chad Kolarik, John Mitchell and the recently returned Mats Zuccarello. The Whale lead from the 16:32 mark of the first period right through the end, and allowed just a modest twenty shots on […]

Inexperienced Rangers Head Into Playoffs

The Rangers head into their Wednesday night series opener with the Washington Capitals with a big hill to climb. Of the 20 man roster that played in the final game of the season, only thirteen have played in the post season before. Of those thirteen players, only four have played more than forty post season […]