Jim Cerny
Jim Cerny has covered the National Hockey League for more than two decades. He has handled play by play duties for the New York Islanders, hosted the NHL Live talk show, been a hockey writer for The New York Times, and spent the previous nine years as the Digital Content Producer for the New York Rangers offical team web sites and social media accounts.
Author's Posts
Stakes and Expectations Rise for the Rangers
April 23rd, 2017 The Rangers entered the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs as a wild card, both literally and figuratively. They were the fourth seed in the Metropolitan Division, and the first wild card in the Eastern Conference. That's the literal meaning. A look at their lackluster final quarter of the season, Henrik Lundqvist's inconsistent play...
Best and Worst Backup Plans in Stanley Cup Playoffs
April 14th, 2017 For the second consecutive spring, the Pittsburgh Penguins moved to Plan B before Plan A ever had a chance to materialize Wednesday night before their playoff opener against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Starting goaltender Matt Murray, Plan A, suffered a lower body injury in pregame warmups, forcing the Penguins to start Marc-Andre...
Lundqvist, Rangers Fire First Playoff Salvo
April 13th, 2017 "Expect the unexpected". Those were the first words Tanner Glass said to the media following the Rangers impressive 2-0 Game One victory over the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday night. Likely, no other words spoken post game by Glass or his teammates or his coach summed things up better because the Rangers bucked recent -- and not so...
Not Too Long a Weight; Isles Pick Doug
April 12th, 2017 Three days ago, Doug Weight used the following words to describe his tenure as interim head coach of the New York Islanders this season: "exhilarating, challenging, fun, very fortunate." What he didn't say was whether he wanted the full-time gig itself. After meeting face to face with Islanders GM Garth Snow and team ownership,...
This Year's Best and Worst In-Season Acquisitions
April 4th, 2017 With one week remaining in the 2016-17 regular season, 64 players appeared in at least one game for multiple teams this season, some as waiver-wire acquisitions, others through in-season trades. Far and away, the biggest name to have switched clubs during the season is Kevin Shattenkirk, the Capitals defenseman acquired at the trade...
The Gang's All Back; Now What for the Rangers?
March 27th, 2017 Dan Girardi returned to the lineup after a 12-game absence on Saturday. One night later, Henrik Lundqvist (eight games) and Kevin Klein (14 games) also were back in the lineup. For the first time in a long time, the New York Rangers are complete. Now what? The Rangers have six games remaining on their regular season schedule,...