Rangers Beat Kings 3-1 As Quick Scores On Himself
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The return of Callahan's inspirational and wholehearted play couldn't come at a more important time. New York's preseason slump carried into Thursday's regular-season opener as it lost to the Coyotes, 4-1.
Radim Vrbata scored three goals, Mike Smith stopped 23 shots, and the Coyotes opened their first season with an owner in four years by routing the Rangers 4-1 on Thursday night.
J.T. Miller wasn't supposed to be on the plane when the Rangers headed west to Phoenix to embark on a nine-game road trip to open their 2013-14 regular season campaign. Score one for perseverance.
New York begins its first season under coach Alain Vigneault with the opener of a nine-game trip Thursday night at Phoenix. Renovations at Madison Square Garden will force the club to wait until Oct. 28 for its home opener.
The New York Rangers are going to face a major handicap this year. They are not going to be able to follow the NHL's prescribed formula for securing a playoff spot and one of the top seeds in Stanley Cup playoffs.
"It kills me, it kills me," Tortorella told TSN. "That kid there ... that kid there, I grew up with him. I learned a lot from him in Tampa. We grew up together in Tampa. I don't know where (the relationship) went."
Before saying goodbye, Craig gave Boyle the okay to punch Boomer in the face if he gets out of line at a game - which is sure to happen.
The new NHL comes to life when the puck drops on Tuesday night. Four brand spanking new divisions (some with geographically confusing names) will be introduced. From there, it should be chaos as usual.
The NHL used to be about one thing and one thing only: hockey. The NHL is now no longer about hockey; it's about pretty much everything but hockey as I knew it.
Chris Kreider and Marek Hrivik were among seven players sent down to the AHL by the Rangers.
The Rangers dropped four consecutive games to close out a tough preseason.
The Rangers have locked up a key piece of their present and future.
So begins hockey's version of "Trading Places." Two opposite personalities in Vigneault and Tortorella are thrown directly into each other's former worlds.
Preseason hockey? Normally a supreme waste of time, but not in this case. The Rangers are on a long preseason road trip and they will be facing the Vancouver Canucks in the great Pacific Northwest. And you know what that means. Torts.
