Category: In Review

  • Rangers 4, Canes 3

    On a mid-spring afternoon in New York City, the NHL began the second round of its 2024 Stanley Cup tournament, pitting the local blueshirted Rangers against the southerners in white from North Carolina. While fans remain bemused as to why the best regular season team would be playing the third…

  • Rangers Second Round Nears!

    In a little over 24 hours, the puck will drop on the second round of the 2024 NHL playoffs, featuring a tilt between our NY Rangers and those Carolina Hurricanes. I’ve lost track of whatever cute name they use down there to describe their team, maybe Don Cherry knows? TV…

  • Rangers 4, Capitals 2

    Rangers 4, Capitals 2

    In a nationally televised Sunday night playoff elimination game against the Capitals, the Rangers did just enough at the right moments to leave Washington with a victory and arrange for tee times for the Capitals. The Rangers will now move on, at some point, to a second round matchup against…

  • Rangers 3, Capitals 1

    On a mild spring evening in our nation’s capitol, the Rangers encountered a Capitals team that looked as if some of the players were ranking members in the House and Senate. After trailing very briefly at the start of the game, the Rangers never looked back. Carlson (1) got the…

  • Rangers 4, Capitals 3

    The Rangers and Caps played an entertaining hockey game that embodies what most fans would call “playoff hockey”. There was something for everyone here – skillful snipes, dirty goals from in front, physicality not just in the corners but all over the ice. Even the officiating, shoddy as it was,…

  • Rangers 4, Capitals 1

    The Rangers needed to get out of the gate early in this series lest they give Washington any hope. With the considerable help of the fourth line, that goal was achieved. Scoring started early in the second period with a goal by future all-star Rempe (1) at 04:17 from the…