Fill ‘er up
For Rangers fans it has truly been a glass half empty, or has it been a glass half full season so far? On the full side, third in the conference and five points back of the Florida Panthers for second overall, and home ice advantage for the first two rounds of the playoffs. Catching the scorching Washington Capitals won’t happen, the […]
Former Ranger Lacroix To Be Named Assistant
The Rangers have never had three assistant coaches before, unless you count goaltending coach Benoit Allaire, in which case the Rangers have never had four before. In fact under John Tortorella there was really only one assistant, and that was Mike Sullivan, although Jim Schoenfeld pitched in from time to time. Per Larry Brooks on Twitter, that is […]
14,645
The last time the Rangers and Bruins met in the playoffs was April 10th, 1973, or to put it another way, it will have been 14,645 days. Richard Nixon was in the whitehouse, and the Sears Tower wouldn’t be completed within the month. Not a single current Ranger was born when the two teams last […]
Sullivan Announced As Assistant
It took an extra five months, but John Tortorella finally gets his man. Mike Sullivan will join the Rangers as an Assistant Coach after finishing out his contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Sullivan served as an assistant under Tortorella in Tampa, and stayed with the team through last season. When Tortorella was hired last February, the […]