Possible Milestones This Season
With the season opener set for tonight in Washington, several Rangers look to hit new milestones this season, frontlined by the longest tenured Chris Kreider. With his inclusion in the line-up tonight, Kreider looks to be just the 40th player to appear in 10 different regular season contests. He is still some ways back of Rod Gilbert‘s […]
Goodbye Mr Ranger
Rod Gilbert‘s Ranger career was almost derailed before it even began. The 1959-60 OHA season was coming to an end, and Gilbert had received word he was an emergency call-up for the New York Rangers, but when he tripped over some debris in the season’s final game and crashed into the boards, all considerations for […]
Rangers Debuts And Milestones
There will be at least five new Rangers tonight, with the debuts of Kevin Shattenkirk, Filip Chytil, Paul Carey, Anthony DeAngelo and David Desharnais. Backup goaltender Ondrej Pavelec is also dressing, but would not be expected to see the ice unless the game situation dictates it. Together the five players will represent the 1031st, 1032nd, 1033rd, 1034th and 1035th players to dress for […]
Alumni Game Roster Announced
by Jamy Baron During this past week, the Philadelphia Flyers unveiled their jerseys for the Winter Classic. Ranger fans were getting restless waiting for an announcement from the Rangers. The Rangers released a statement via their Facebook page that they will be unveiling their jerseys this coming Monday at 4PM EST. While that is very […]
Richter Hangs Them Up
It is a day that Mike Richter has done everything to avoid, but this was one injury that even he couldn’t overcome. Tomorrow, the most successful goaltender in Rangers franchise history will announce that he will retire due to the lingering effects of consecutive concussions suffered in the previous two regular seasons. It’s a sad […]