Staal, Lidstrom To Pick NHL All-Star Squads
The NHL's All-Star teams will be selected by Eric Staal and Nicklas Lidstrom. They have been appointed captains for the Jan. 30 game in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will lead teams carrying their names.
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The NHL's All-Star teams will be selected by Eric Staal and Nicklas Lidstrom. They have been appointed captains for the Jan. 30 game in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will lead teams carrying their names.
Ville Leino had a goal and assist in the first period, and Mike Richards added a short-handed tally in the second for the road-tested Philadelphia Flyers, who held on for a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night.
Danny Briere's scoring surge has helped the Philadelphia Flyers maintain their slim lead in the Eastern Conference. The New York Rangers are trying to capitalize on a chance to gain ground on their Atlantic Division rivals.
Roman Hamrlik and Tomas Plekanec had power-play goals, and the Montreal Canadiens scored three times in a span of 2:46 in the first period to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday night.
Wojtek Wolski came close to delivering the tying goal against the Montreal Canadiens in his New York Rangers debut earlier this week, but he just missed and his new team lost. Wolski gets another shot at Montreal on Saturday night.
Wojtek Wolski scored his first goal as a Ranger, Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves and New York beat Vancouver 1-0 on Thursday night to end the Canucks' 17-game unbeaten streak in regulation time.
Looking for their fifth straight victory over the Rangers, the league-leading Canucks continue a five-game road trip Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
Brian Monzo, producer for WFAN and hockey writer for WFAN.com, joined Neil Keefe to talk about the Rangers and their position in the East with the All-Star break approaching.
Here are five things that I thought about at length during and following Tuesday night's 2-1 loss to the Canadiens.
Jaroslav Spacek scored the tying goal in the second period and Benoit Pouliot put Montreal ahead for good in the third as the Canadiens beat New York 2-1 on Tuesday night.
The NHL announced the additional 36 All-Stars and 12 Rookies who will join fan-voted top six, including the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist and Marc Staal.
Wojtek Wolski is expected to make his debut with the surging Rangers when they face the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night in the first of two meetings in five days.
The Rangers were able to move Michal Rozsival and his $5 million cap hit the next two seasons to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for 24-year-old forward Wojtek Wolski. So what does this mean?
One day after finding out left wing Alex Frolov is out for the season, the Rangers acquired left wing Wojtek Wolski from the Phoenix Coyotes for Michal Rozsival.
Rangers forward Alex Frolov's first season in New York is over because of a significant injury to his right knee.
