hockeyinsight.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Ranger fans know the drill – expect little and get less. And then there was Vinny Prospal. It’s just past the quarter pole and Vinny Prospal is on his way to a career year, but all you hear about Marion Gaborik. In 26 games, Prospal has 6 goals and 20 assists. He leads the Rangers [...]
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Rangers and former Lightning coach John Tortorella believes he has landed a winner in C Vinny Prospal, whom the Lightning turned loose before the season by buying out the final three years of his contract.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... goal Monday was his NHL-leading 21st, was named the NHL’s third star for November. Sidekick Vinny Prospal has six goals; no other Ranger has more. A dozen teams have at least two players in double-digits. The collective frost is remarkable: Ales Kotalik (one goal in the last 15 games and minus-12 overall), Chris Higgins (two in 26), Ryan Callahan (four in 27), Chris Drury (none...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... properly, never mind skating or practicing, was “really good progress.” Tortorella and Vinny Prospal, of course, are making their returns to Tampa for the first time since the club fired the coach after seven seasons, and bought out the forward late this summer just a year into his four-year, $14 million contract. Tortorella - who never met a slam-dunk story line he liked...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... the Blue Jackets, the Rangers did not have a goal scored by a player not named Marian Gaborik or Vinny Prospal. That’s a total of six goals, and Gaborik either scored or assisted on all six. Click here for more on the top stories, teams and players from Cerny’s eyes.
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Next up on left wing alongside Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik will be Christopher Higgins, who has been filling in at center as the Rangers deal with their injuries but will move up against Columbus tonight at the Garden. As discussed in earlier posts, Higgins has looked much stronger since his early-season struggles but still has only two goals in 21 games as a Ranger, though Tortorella...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Ales Kotalik’s audition with the Rangers’ top duo of Marian Gaborik and Vinny Prospal appears to be a one-and-done affair, because John Tortorella didn’t exactly care for it: “I don’t think he can play there, I don’t think he can play with the top two guys,” the coach said of the winger who will make $3 million this season and in each of the...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik scored the Rangers’ goals but also had a hand in the Panthers’ scores in game that Florida won.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Nathan Horton, Jordan Leopold and Steven Reinprecht scored goals and Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves as the streaking Florida Panthers beat the slumping New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday night. Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik scored for the Rangers, who lost for... Florida Panthers - New York Rangers - Steven Reinprecht - Jordan Leopold - National Hockey League
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... credits to the team that wins a shootout. Only the kinetic pairing of Marian Gaborik and Vinny Prospal has continued to score at a high rate, while almost everyone else has hit a slump. Gaborik has 15 goals, tied with Washington’s Alex Ovechkin for most in the league, and 27 points, second only to Anze Kopitar of Los Angeles. more
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... start feels like a long time ago. WIth this loss, the Rangers have dropped three straight at home. Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik had the goals. Gaborik has 16 goals, but the Rangers couldn't get the elusive game-tying strike. Stars 5, Devils 2: Brian Rolston scored the first and fifth goals of this game. Unfortunately for the Devils, the Stars added three in between and two more...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... one and filed out all together. “Obviously it had something to do with our play,” said Vinny Prospal. “It’s not tough to figure it out, because what we showed Tuesday (in a 3-2 loss to Washington) was unacceptable in front of our fans. That’s not how we want to play.” “I think he got his point across pretty well,” Michael Del Zotto said....
MSNBC.com: NHL (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... game gives you confidence. We've been playing good lately, and that's why we have a lot of energy."Vinny Prospal staked the Rangers to the lead with an unassisted goal at 14:11. Prospal intercepted a Florida attempt in the neutral zone and curled into the Panthers zone to fire a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot that dribbled past Vokoun's left pad.Aside from that lapse,...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Filed at 9:40 p.m. ETNEW YORK (AP) -- Nathan Horton, Jordan Leopold and Steven Reinprecht scored goals and Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves as the streaking beat the slumping 3-2 on Saturday night.Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik scored for the Rangers, who lost for the fourth time in five games.These teams are going in opposite directions. After a slow start, the Panthers have won eight of...
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... Senators, and in which the Rangers somehow managed to make one terrific play by Marian Gaborik and Vinny Prospal stand up for two points. Granted: P.A. Parenteau had a wide-open net to shoot at with about three minutes left in the third, and Christopher Higgins found the goalpost trying to jam one home from the side of the net, but for the first 55 minutes the Rangers were just about...
