Posts About "Ed Giacomin"
Top 3 All-Time Rangers Goalies
November 23rd, 2020 Of all the goaltenders who have played for the New York Rangers in their 90-year history, six are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, two are in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, and one, Henrik Lundqvist, is well on his way to hockey immortality. However, only four ever backstopped a Stanley Cup championship for the...
1971-72 New York Rangers: "We Did It All Except Win"
November 17th, 2020 This article was originally published in August, 2012. The New York Rangers endured one of sports' longest championship droughts, as they went fifty-four years without winning the Stanley Cup. And while the Stanley Cup finally made it to New York in 1994, the years between 1940 and 1994 didn't pass by without great moments and...
Rangers' Top 4 All Time
March 24th, 2020 The Franchise Four. The Mount Rushmore. Four players who tell the story of an organization. In this series I’ll be taking a look at the history of all 30 NHL squads. For criteria, I’m choosing one forward, defenceman, goaltender and a wild card from any position. An “Original Six” squad, there’s no shortage of sensational...
Hockey Hall of Fame Debates: Mike Richter
November 13th, 2017 He is among the best American-born goalies ever. The award for the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA men's hockey is named after him. The old school (Ed Giacomin) and new school (Henrik Lundqvist) fans may disagree, but he's arguably the best netminder in the history of the New York Rangers. Mike Richter is Hall of Fame...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Wings Whip Wobbly Habs
November 7th, 2016 The Detroit Red Wings hung the worst beating of the season on the Montreal Canadiens last night at the Olympia in Detroit. Roger Crozier made 22 saves for the shutout as the Wings hammered the Habs 6-0. In the other two National Hockey League games, a late goal by Dave Keon gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-3 tie with the New York Rangers...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: A Very Busy Hockey Weekend
October 24th, 2016 It was a very busy weekend in the fledgling 1966-67 hockey season. The National Hockey League saw a full slate of six games, While seven games were played in the American Hockey League, three in the Western Hockey League and five in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A Series. Habs, Hawks Off to Fast Starts The Stanley Cup champion...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Dissension in Beantown?
January 5th, 2016 With the Boston Bruins enduring yet another losing season with a last-place finish almost certainly assured, it seems that management and players are now at odds. Things are going from bad to worse and there is no end in sight to what is rapidly becoming a downward spiral towards oblivion. Coach Sends Players to Hotel The Toronto...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: Rangers Extend Unbeaten Streak
November 12th, 2015 The New York Rangers, who for the last two seasons have been playoff spectators and not participants, are serving notice that this year they are a team to be taken seriously. Last night against the Red Wings at the Olympia in Detroit, the Broadway Blueshirts extended their unbeaten skein to six games as they battled the Wings to a 3-3...
50 Years Ago in Hockey : NHL Opening Weekend – No Surprises
October 25th, 2015 The National Hockey League kicked off the 1965-66 regular season this weekend with five games, all of which went true to form. Although all the teams that were supposed to win did so, there were some newsworthy happenings . Leafs Blanked Twice The Toronto Maple Leafs, only one year removed from their third straight Stanley Cup victory,...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 1965-66 Preview – New York Rangers
October 23rd, 2015 The New York Rangers have a new general manager, but many of the same old problems. What they do have is hope, hope instilled by the acquisition of young players with lots of potential, and the promise of more acquisitions to come. Last season the Rangers struggled to a fifth-place finish, once again out of the Stanley Cup...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: The Coaches - Toe Blake
September 22nd, 2015 He’s back. After guiding the Montreal Canadiens to their sixth Stanley Cup under his tutelage last spring, the club’s first since 1960, rumours were rampant over the summer that coach Hector (Toe) Blake would not be returning behind the bench for the 1965-66 season. “He’ll go out on top,” they said. “He’s had enough,...
50 Years Ago in Hockey: 65-66 Goalie Preview: NY Rangers
July 24th, 2015 The New York Rangers thought they had solidified their goaltending for the foreseeable future in June of 1963 when they acquired Jacques Plante from the Montreal Canadiens in a blockbuster trade. As it turned out, Plante had a nondescript first season with the Rangers in 1963-64 and things went steadily down hill from there. Last season,...
50 Years Ago in Hockey - Rangers Acquire Goalie
May 18th, 2015 The New York Rangers yesterday made it official that they have traded four players to the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League for goalkeeper Ed Giacomin. The Rangers sent goalie Marcel Paille, defenceman Aldo Guidolin, forward Don McGregor and a player to be named later to the Reds. Giacomin, 25, is considered to be...
