When Marian Gaborik was benched earlier this week by New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella, the message was clear – play better. Gaborik responded to the benching by chipping in four goals and adding an assist in Wednesday night’s…
Things are getting bad, and quick, for Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. Losers of their past five games, the Caps looked to rebound against the New York Rangers tonight. Unfortunately, it was only the Rangers who came to play…
Sean Avery found his way back into the limelight again yesterday evening after dropping Edmonton Oilers defenseman Ladislav Smid with one punch during a fight during the Rangers/Oilers match up. But with nearly 24 hours to cool off, Oilers players…
Forward Nikolai Zherdev has been signed by the Philadelphia Flyers for the upcoming year. Will he produce or will he flop? Here’s my take and why. Zherdev played last season over in Russia and posted 39 points in 52 games.…
One of the beauties of the great game of hockey is that the home team is able to celebrate with a horn and song. You don’t see this in basketball because they simply score too much. You see it at college…
Reports circulating around the internet claim that Finnish center Olli Jokinen is close to signing a deal with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. While Dinamo Minsk is yet to comment on the situation, Jokinen’s agent, Todd Diamond, vehemently…
This past Friday, NHL.com posted a great article recapping the 2009 Prospect Tournament, which was held September 6-10 in Traverse City, Mich. Now in it’s 12th year, the Prospect Tournament has become a great way for coaches and general managers…
Hockey World Blog is happy to inform the readers that EB will be attending the 2009 Prospects Tournament in Traverse City Michigan. The tournament will showcase first rounders and top prospects from Carolina Hurricanes, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings,…
The New York Rangers made several bold off-season moves that could only be taken to mean “We want the Cup and we’d prefer it sooner rather than later.” By shipping off highly paid, underachieving forward Scott Gomez to Montreal, the…
The New York Post has reported that the New York Rangers have agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent Vaclav Prospal to a one year deal worth $1.1 million. The 34-year old left wing was bought out by the Tampa…