By Jon Gabrielle, NY Rangers correspondent From a lifetime of following hockey, one gets to hear a lot of coach speak. It comes with the territory as they say. Cliches abound and little in the way of bulletin board material is rarely uttered. Wednesday night, the New York Rangers played one of their worst games ...
By Jon Gabrielle, NY Rangers correspondent There’s an expression in horse racing and it goes something like this, “don’t go to the whip too early and too often!” The inference is that when you do use the whip, you will usually get a that little extra kick from the horse that you might need down ...
By Jon Gabrielle, Special to The Hockey Writers With 15 of the 20 skaters selected for the Team Canada roster today, playing for teams from the Western Conference in the NHL…is it possible there was a slight bias from Steve Yzerman’s management team? And of the 5 Eastern Conference players, one is Chris Pronger who ...
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent The Dallas Stars began a crucial three game homestand last night at the American Airlines Center by defeating the league-leading Chicago Blackhawks, 5-4. The fact that the game resembled the vacilatory nature of their season, was of little concern in the home team’s locker room. The back and forth affair ...
By Jon Gabrielle, Special to The Hockey Writers On Christmas day, the Russian Olympic Ice Hockey Federation unveiled their roster that will represent them at the 2010 winter games in Vancouver. And despite some pundits questioning the selection of non-NHL players, this team is widely regarded as Canada’s main obstacle to the coveted Gold Medal. Glenn ...
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent For anyone following the western conference standings the past few weeks, it can hardly escape even the most casual eye. The Columbus Blue Jackets are free falling. The Thursday before Thanksgiving on November 19th, I watched a Blue Jacket team, comfortably in playoff position, dominate the Dallas Stars, 4-1, amidst ...
By Jon Gabrielle, NY Rangers correspondent A week ago, the N.Y. Rangers sky was falling. Today, sitting in 10th place in the conference, it may still be descending upon them, but there is a hint of blue in them silver clouds. Three consecutive wins can have that effect. Even if the wins came against the Islanders, Flyers ...
By Jon Gabrielle, NY Rangers correspondent “They say the neon lights are bright…on Broadway!” If you’re too young to be familiar with George Benson’s 1978 Grammy award winning hit single, “On Broadway,” then I suggest you “google” it, “tweet” it, “you tube” it, or whatever it is this generation does, and get it. ...
By Jon Gabrielle, The Hockey Writers Moments ago a source close to the Lightning informed me that there’s a good possibilty that Jeff Halpern, the third line center for the Bolts, may be a healthy scratch tonight when Tampa visits Nashville. Apparently, there’s a “disagreement” between he and the Head Coach, Rick Tocchet. It was described ...
By Jon Gabrielle, NY Rangers correspondent For the second game in a row, the N.Y. Rangers were unable to score an even strength goal, and for the second game in row it cost them. The Atlanta Thrashers winning 3-2 in a shootout, Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Their only two goals coming ...
