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The Rangers have confirmed an earlier report that Alexei Cherepanov, their first round draft pick from 2007, died in a game played this evening in Russia.
New York Ranger prospect Alexei Cherepanov collapsed on the bench at or near the end of Omsk's Kontinental Hockey League game and died a short time later, he was 19.
Whatever doubts we may have about the quality of the Rangers' opponent this weekend, a few things were crystallized. Among them:
The Rangers will win the Cup this season. I know this because I won't be there. At least, not to chronicle it.
Andrew Gross goes off The Record to discuss all things Blueshirt, from line changes to trade rumors.
Andrew Gross goes off The Record to discuss all things Blueshirt, from line changes to trade rumors.
The Blackhawks are expected to play the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field in January in the NHL's Winter Classic, Comcast SportsNet reported Wednesday night, with an official announcement perhaps coming this week.
Over the years, a lot of people have been willing to throw up their arms in disgust at the behavior of New York Rangers left winger Sean Avery, who obviously knows something about throwing up his arms.
Over the years, a lot of people have been willing to throw up their arms in disgust at the behavior of New York Rangers left winger Sean Avery, who obviously knows something about throwing up his arms.
I guess I get why Sidney Crosby gets the benefit of the doubt. On one level, I even believe it's somewhat deserved.
I guess I get why Sidney Crosby gets the benefit of the doubt. On one level, I even believe it's somewhat deserved.
Remember when the Rangers played the Sabres in the playoffs last spring and, even though the New York TV market is about a dozen times larger, more people watched the series in Buffalo? (Look in the second item of the column I just linked to.) It's amazing but true: in every ga …
Remember when the Rangers played the Sabres in the playoffs last spring and, even though the New York TV market is about a dozen times larger, more people watched the series in Buffalo? (Look in the second item of the column I just linked to.) It's amazing but true: in every ga …
All you need to know about what happened last night in the Garden in the Rangers' 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders can be told by looking at four shots that hit the pipes instead of the net.
All you need to know about what happened last night in the Garden in the Rangers' 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders can be told by looking at four shots that hit the pipes instead of the net.
If you follow the Rangers, you're sure to have read Journal News beat writer Sam Weinman's blog, Ranger Report. Weinman is usually the one asking the questions, but we had the opportunity to turn the tables on him.
Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will be a Ranger for the next six years.
Brian Leetch's teammates from his days with the Rangers love to tell the story of a game at Tampa Bay in 1999, watching Leetch block a shot by the hardest shooter in the league, Fredrik Modin.
The NHL is working with the Yankees' high command and representatives of the city to try to play a game at Yankee Stadium next winter. While there are plenty of logistical hurdles to clear, the principals are interested.
The good news, as the Rangers prepare for their Tuesday night meeting with Tampa Bay at the Garden, is that Tom Renney's sextet is right in the midst of the playoff battle. You want more good news? The Lightning resemble a team that has been hit by a bolt or two.
The hockey police were at it again this week, fretting and fussing because of injuries sustained by Matt Cullen as a result of an open-ice check he took from Colton Orr at the Garden on Wednesday while cutting across the Rangers zone carrying the puck with his head down.
Sixty five minutes and no goals. Three All-Star shooters and no goals. If the Rangers are going to do anything this year, they will need a better output than that. Yet, the top two Ranger lines are still not clicking, not on the power play [0-6] and not at even strength.
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has acquired right wing Pierre Parenteau from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a conditional seventh round draft pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov is out for the remainder of the Canada-Russia Super Series.
Russian superstar Alexei Cherepanov is out for the remainder of the Canada-Russia Super Series.
The Columbus Blue Jackets and free agent forward Michael Peca have come to terms on a one-year contract. Don Meehan, Peca's agent, confirmed to TSN that the deal will become official pending a physical with the club within the next few days.
Michael Peca wants to jump aboard the Rangers' bandwagon. He expects to find out today whether the feeling is mutual.
An arbitrator has awarded New York Rangers centre Sean Avery a $1.9-million salary for next season. Avery, 27, was seeking $2.6-million in arbitration after scoring 48 points in 84 games last season with the Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers.
Matt Cullen, the Ranger, was an enigma from start to finish. I wish I had a dollar for every time I remarked to my colleague, John Giannone, that "I expect Cullen to break out with goals in the next game."
In the strongest Hockey Hall of Fame field in years, Mark Messier's coronation will probably be unanimous Thursday when the voting takes place in Toronto.
Tom Renney will not only get his first look on the ice Tuesday morning at Alexei Cherepanov, but the Russian first-round selection will be joined at the Rangers' prospect camp by countryman Artem Anisimov, last year's second-round pick whom the club is close to signing to a contr …
There are no doubts and there is no posturing. Brendan Shanahan yesterday unequivocally stated that he will play next season while at the same time declaring a complete lack of interest in testing the open market though he is eligible to become a free agent on July 1.
the Blueshirts are in a tough position as far as the 2007 NHL Entry Draft is shaping up. Unless the Rangers trade up into the Top 10, odds are they are not going to be in a position to draft one of the elite forwards.
Our first theme is rooted in the Rangers 2003 draft when they held the 12th overall selection. The Rangers used that pick on Dartmouth's Hugh Jessiman – passing up on 18 other players who have already made their NHL debuts.
The Ottawa Senators, a Canadian-based team in the Stanley Cup final, was awarded a goal last night after video review overtuned the referee's on-ice ruling that Daniel Alfredsson put the puck into the net with a distinct kicking motion.
Brian Leetch, widely considered the greatest Ranger and finest American-born hockey player in history, makes it official today -- the 10-time NHL All-Star, two-time Norris Trophy-winner and 1994 Conn Smythe Trophy-winner as MVP of the playoffs, capped by the Rangers' Stanley Cup …
Amazing genes and a strong work ethic demanded by Sudbury coach Mike Foligno have helped Marc Staal of the Wolves win the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the OHL's most outstanding defenceman.
Ten years after coaching the Rangers to the Eastern Conference Finals, Colin Campbell is again the toast of Broadway. Who would have believed it? Jagr with some great insight after the game:
If you're one of those conspiracy theorists, the ones who believe that the National Hockey League bends over backwards and ties itself into triple knots to bestow favour on large market teams in the playoffs because it's good for television ratings well we have three words for yo …
When Michal Rozsival's slap shot found the back of the net in the second overtime in the Rangers' 2-1 win Sunday, it not only gave the Blueshirts life in their series against the Buffalo Sabres, but it also prevented a controversy over an earlier disallowed goal by Rangers defens …
Sean Avery is trying to change the way people perceive him. No wonder. In a Hockey News poll this year, his peers voted him the NHL's most hated player.
It's back to Kari Lehtonen for game three in New York. Bob Hartley announced today after practice that he's returning to his young goalie, and expects him to play well on Tuesday in New York.
Mike Richter eventually lost his career to the same injury Islanders star Rick DiPietro is suffering through right now, and the retired Ranger offered some heady advice yesterday from one goalie to another.
Severed human legs were found washed up in two locations on the North Shore over the past two days, including on a private beach belonging to Cablevision Systems chief James Dolan, and police believe they may match a headless torso found almost a month ago across Long Island Soun …
Retired New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter has decided not to run for Congress against Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Shays, a Democratic party leader said today.
The Rangers did almost everything right last night in Atlanta. They withstood the home team's first period onslaught and even came away with a lead at the first intermission.
Nassau prosecutors opened a preliminary probe Friday into whether Islander Chris Simon committed a crime when he struck a Rangers player in the face with his hockey stick, a spokesman said.
The shift is still a blur for him, and, by his own admission, Brendan Shanahan is in new territory with the concussion he suffered last Saturday. But, he said he feels pretty good
Sports Quote of the Night: Glen Sather: "I'll tell you what, if Pittsburgh called and offered us [Sidney] Crosby tomorrow, I'd even throw in my left [testicle]."
Forty minutes into the game, it couldn't get much worse, but then it started to get better.
Do not adjust your TV set. There is nothing wrong with your picture. If you were watching Tom Renney's post-game press conference and your TV screen went white, there was nothing wrong on your end -- that was the steam coming out of the coach's ears that fogged up your screen.
On being sent to Hartford of the AHL for conditioning: "I think I was the funniest guy in the locker room. I had so much fun. I was kind of shocked the guys were so down and so ticked off at everything. I just told some young guys, 'You gotta work hard.
I'm not sure any hockey executive has ever made a roster move purely to appease us media types, and yet thanks are still in order to Dallas GM Doug Armstrong, who called up center Joel Lundqvist from Iowa just in time to face his twin brother Henrik tonight in Dallas.
The Rangers skated with the high-flying Sabres last night and came back from a two-goal deficit, as Buffalo did here three weeks ago, to force overtime.
The Rangers skated with the high-flying Sabres last night and came back from a two-goal deficit, as Buffalo did here three weeks ago, to force overtime.
night removed from an emotional comeback home win over the Devils, the Rangers played on fairly even terms with the defending Cup champion Hurricanes in Raleigh.
night removed from an emotional comeback home win over the Devils, the Rangers played on fairly even terms with the defending Cup champion Hurricanes in Raleigh.
This is not what anyone expected. The New York Rangers were given a window this season to go to the next level and possibly compete for the Stanley Cup.
This is not what anyone expected. The New York Rangers were given a window this season to go to the next level and possibly compete for the Stanley Cup.
After dropping a 4-2 decision to the Florida Panthers last night at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are now 2-4 at Madison Square Garden this season, a place they they worked hard to dominate last season with a 25-10-6 record.
After dropping a 4-2 decision to the Florida Panthers last night at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are now 2-4 at Madison Square Garden this season, a place they they worked hard to dominate last season with a 25-10-6 record.
Is it possible for a team to reach a defining moment just nine games into an 82-game season? Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider isn't the only one who thinks so.
Is it possible for a team to reach a defining moment just nine games into an 82-game season? Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider isn't the only one who thinks so.
Joe McDonald's new hockey blog hosted by NY Sportsday
Joe McDonald's new hockey blog hosted by NY Sportsday
Margaret Hurley's new hockey blog hosted by NY Sportsday
Margaret Hurley's new hockey blog hosted by NY Sportsday
After a week of resembling some other hockey team, the Blueshirts started playing Tom Renney's positional system.
New blog by Newsday sports writer Steve Zipay
New blog by Newsday sports writer Steve Zipay
After sitting out the first three games of the season, Darius Kasparaitis finally reached his boiling point.
Rangers Will Bring Cup Back To Broadway. [Or at least that's what Larry Brooks says in his quick preseason look at the league]
The Journal News beat reporters Sam Weinman and Josh Thomason share their thoughts on the Rangers and the world of hockey.
It wasnt just the hip-flexor, nor the fatigue from playing in the Olympics that hindered Henrik Lundqvist last season. The Rangers rising star goalie also suffered from migraine headaches, which he says occurred as the playoffs started.
It wasnt just the hip-flexor, nor the fatigue from playing in the Olympics that hindered Henrik Lundqvist last season. The Rangers rising star goalie also suffered from migraine headaches, which he says occurred as the playoffs started.
The door that appeared closed weeks ago is ajar again. Brian Leetch and agent Jay Grossman have spoken several times in recent weeks with the Rangers hierarchy - from Glen Sather to assistant GM Don Maloney and head coach Tom Renney.
The door that appeared closed weeks ago is ajar again. Brian Leetch and agent Jay Grossman have spoken several times in recent weeks with the Rangers hierarchy - from Glen Sather to assistant GM Don Maloney and head coach Tom Renney.
MSG Network has settled on Joe Micheletti as its top choice to be its Rangers TV analyst, The Post has learned.
MSG Network has settled on Joe Micheletti as its top choice to be its Rangers TV analyst, The Post has learned.
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that right wing Jed Ortmeyer has been diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. Ortmeyer is set to undergo further testing this week and will be out of action indefinitely.
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that right wing Jed Ortmeyer has been diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. Ortmeyer is set to undergo further testing this week and will be out of action indefinitely.
Petr Sykora has signed a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers pending a physical, TSN has learned. Sykora is undergoing an MRI on his groin today and if he passes the physical, an announcement is expected later today.
Petr Sykora has signed a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers pending a physical, TSN has learned. Sykora is undergoing an MRI on his groin today and if he passes the physical, an announcement is expected later today.
The St. Louis Blues have signed free agent forward Martin Rucinsky.
The St. Louis Blues have signed free agent forward Martin Rucinsky.
2006-07 Season schedules
Jack Birch, the team's director of hockey operations, said the Panthers have accepted an invitation from the New York Rangers to play in the first NHL-sanctioned game on the island. The exhibition game, to be played in San Juan's new 18,000-seat arena, would be played Sept. 23.
[U]nless a forward like newly signed Matt Cullen can quarterback the man advantage, the Blueshirts have a hole to fill and one they can't break the bank on.
There's a time when you cast a shadow and a time when the shadow casts you. This, more than anything, is why Brendan Shanahan left the Red Wings on Sunday and signed with the New York Rangers.
The Post has learned the 37-year-old free-agent left winger has accepted a one-year contract worth approximately $4M to join the Rangers after spurning more lucrative offers from both the Red Wings and Canadiens.
New York Rangers salary obligations for the next few seasons.
There was one player and one player alone on the free agent market worth the contractual riches of a pre-cap NHL, and that was Patrik Elias. Late last night, he listened to his heart and remained in New Jersey after hours and hours of agonizing indecision.
A Rangers-Islanders game in frosty Yankee Stadium in December or on New Year's Day? It's a possibility.
Rangers defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh pleaded guilty today [Thursday] to reduced drunk-driving and speeding charges stemming from his arrest two days after the end of the season. On May 2, Ozolinsh was charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and speeding, after he wa …
New York Rangers defenceman Sandis Ozolinsh, who spent six weeks of the season in a substance abuse program, was arrested on a drunk driving charge in White Plains, New York on Tuesday, according to various local reports.
The New York Rangers announced that an MRI today revealed that Jason Ward suffered an isolated MCL sprain and will not return for the series.
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that right wing Jed Ortmeyer has been diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. Ortmeyer is set to undergo further testing this week and will be out of action indefinitely.
[U]nless a forward like newly signed Matt Cullen can quarterback the man advantage, the Blueshirts have a hole to fill and one they can't break the bank on.