Posts About "Mike Richter"

USA Hockey's Second Biggest Victory

July 4th, 2012 USA Hockey will always be linked with, and defined by, the 'Miracle on Ice' in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The unlikely victory over the Soviet Union, who had won the previous four Gold Medals, was the greatest upset in sports history. Thirty-two years later, the players from that team are idolized just as much, if not more,...

The 1996-97 New York Rangers: The Last Fine Time For New York Hockey

June 30th, 2012 Entering the summer of 1996, the New York Rangers were a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. Only two years removed from their ride down the Canyon of Heroes, the Rangers still had many of the pieces from that 1994 Stanley Cup Championship team. Just like in 1994, when Rangers' President and General Manager Neil Smith added many former...

Is It Too Early to Give Up on Ilya Bryzgalov?

February 19th, 2012 This season is proving that it makes no difference how much money the Philadelphia Flyers spend on a goaltender because by the time February comes around the orange and black are always left with the same problem – goaltending. Year after year, the local rags and sports talk "experts" complain and whine about who is in between the...

Odd streak to end with Luongo?

June 13th, 2011 Roberto Luongo came within one win of being the first #1 goaltender since 1976 to win a Stanley Cup while also wearing the number 1 on his back. Here's the article that was written when the Vancouver Canucks were up on the Boston Bruins, three games to two. Since then we've kept the jersey numbers of Stanley Cup winning goalies...

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