Monzo Minor: Rough Stuff And Friday's NHL Hot Five
This week took some twists and turns. Some players still don't know how to hit legally. It's time for the Friday Five.
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This week took some twists and turns. Some players still don't know how to hit legally. It's time for the Friday Five.
Up until today, when thinking about the sport of hockey one would tend to gravitate toward Boomer the big Rangers fan over Craig, who isn't a huge fan of the sport.
Dominic Moore scored the tying short-handed goal with 1:57 left in regulation and then netted the only goal in the shootout to help the Tampa Bay Lightning snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
When Craig learned that the New York Rangers played a hockey game on December 7th, 1941 - after the attacks occurred -- he told Al Dukes to reach out to Rangers historian Stan Fischler.
The new NHL realignment for 2012-13 will reintroduce old rivalries and add further emphasis on current ones. The four-conference system could also create unique Stanley Cup Finals match-ups if a semifinal-Stanley Cup draw is introduced.
Forced into realignment following Atlanta's move to Winnipeg last summer, the NHL opted for a dramatic change rather than a simple one.
The New York Times reported that if Derek Boogaard had lived, he would have likely slipped "into middle-age dementia."
Phil Kessel had two assists to add to his NHL-leading point total, and the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped the New York Rangers' five-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Monday.
Former New York Ranger and Buffalo Sabre Matthew Barnaby was charged with DWI on Sunday after refusing a breath test and driving with a sparking rim.
The New York Rangers defeated the Tampa Lightning 4-2 on Saturday night extending their winning streak to five games. Derek Stepan's two points helped secure the victory.
With the Rangers on top of their game and with the 24/7 series with the Flyers set to premiere in less than two weeks, Neil Keefe thought now seemed like a good time to have an epic email discussion with WFAN producer and hockey writer Brian Monzo.
A lot of great things happened, so it was tough to choose. It could have been the Friday Fifty.
Ryan McDonagh, Marian Gaborik and Sean Avery scored in a 4:53 span of the second period and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-3 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win.
When the buzzer sounded and the Rangers walked away with a 4-3 win, the NHL was shown that the Blueshirts are perhaps the real deal.
John Mitchell and Brad Richards scored 90 seconds apart in New York's four-goal second period, and the Rangers held on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night for their third consecutive win.
