Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
from Steve Zipay of Blue Notes, Personally, I believe the Slovakian right winger isn’t playing until Sunday afternoon against Boston in the Garden, but there’s a chance he’ll dress in Minnesota, where he played eight years, on Friday night. Standing in the locker room with reporters after another practice in which he did not participate ---he was receiving treatment...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
From Steve Zipay at Blue Notes: Rangers coach John Tortorella dismissed a question about the conference standings last week, insisting that it was too early to keep track. Perhaps he’d better begin. Through 27 games, the Rangers (13-13-1) have collected 50 percent of the available points: 27. To reach the playoffs, compiling 94 points presumably will be necessary. So, the Rangers...
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Steve Zipay at Blue Notes reports that Wade Redden is out 5-to-7 days with an upper-body injury, believed to be a right shoulder injury suffered during last night's 2-1 shootout win over the Panthers.Zipay also notes that because Bobby Sanguinetti is a right-handed shot Tortorella will have to juggle with four right-handed D-men among his six. Tortorella suggested Matt Gilroy...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
from Steve Zipay of Blue Notes, Less than 24 hours after coach John Tortorella declared that Henrik Lundqvist would start the final game of this three-game trip, he reversed gears and said backup Steve Valiquette would be in the nets for his second consecutive game. “Vally is going. It’s just rest for Hank,” was all Tortorella would say, but the Rangers No. 1...
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
ESPN 30 m ago Scheduled work crewNewsdayNo lane given, UNTIL 6 AM Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers. The live game thread fizzled; …Former Atlantic High WR David Clowney making most of opportunity with New York …Palm Beach Post41 m ago Scheduled work crewNewsdayall [...]
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
From Steve Zipay at Blue Notes: P.A. Parenteau has been summoned from the Hartford Wolf Pack as a potential replacement for Marian Gaborik against the Islanders tomorrow night. Parenteau, a left wing, is the team’s leading scorer; Gaborik, who injured his right leg in a collision late in the game against the Coyotes, did not practice today. Presumably, the Rangers are being cautious...
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
15 m ago Scheduled work crewNewsdayBaldwin Rd. BLOCKING A LANE Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers. So, no switching back and forth …and more »
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Alex Pietrangelo is a big guy, especially wearing skates, so the fact that the 18-year-old defensemen is being highly touted as one of the best...While Mike Krzyzewski is better known for his role as Duke's basketball coach, front man for the 2008 gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic hoops team...Steve Zipay at Blue Notes reports that Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan and Lauri Korpikoski all...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
from Steve Zipay at Blue Notes, Accountability. Coach John Tortorella means it. Brandon Dubinsky, who held out for a week in training camp but played well early in the season on the first line, skated just 8:51 in the first two periods tonight and was benched in the third period. So was the homecoming boy, Christopher Higgins, a minus-2 in 12:44. Whether that was a wise short-term idea...
