“Maybe you wanna give me kisses sweet
But for only one night with no repeat
Maybe you’ll go away and never call
And a taste of honey is worse than none at all
In that case I don’t want no part
That would only break my heart
But if you feel like loving me
If you’ve got the notion
I second that emotion”
-Smokey [...]

The  NHL season consists of four score plus 2 games. For two local teams, one score of those games are in the books. The journey to twenty has been surprising and unsettling, especially for the Rangers and their fans.
The New York Islanders have certainly been on a roll lately. First round draft choice John Tavares has come [...]

This evening’s Ranger Fan Forum at the Manhattan Center was far different from the forums last year that featured a smirking, wisecracking Scott Gomez jumping in on everyone’s questions. This time around there was still some good natured kidding among the boys. But for the most part, they answered the fans questions and showed what charming [...]

Don’t you love farce?
My fault I fear.
I thought that you’d want what I want.
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don’t bother, they’re here
- A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim
The Rangers ended their Western Canadian roadtrip last night going 1-2 in three games.  While taking 2 points in 6 may be regretable, what really [...]

one isn’t there to see it, does it still count?  
As is my custom, I go skating on Wednesday night. When I left my car, the score was tied at 1-1. The Islanders were about to go on the powerplay. In the time it took for me to walk fifty feet from the parking lot into the rink, [...]

One Minute. Sixty Seconds. So little time. But too much time to silently honor The Big Whistle, Bill Chadwick upon his passing.
There I was considering wearing a black arm band to the Garden last night and the powers that be at MSG decided that one of the seminal forces and voices in the NHL did not deserve to [...]

Someone needs to send John Tortorella a memo and sling his own words back at him. Smart move to bench Dubinsky and Higgins in the third period but give Captain Minus 19.5 minutes of ice time in this game. Yes, the turnover by Dubinsky was terrible. But he didn’t deserve to be benched for the entire game. The Rangers [...]

Rather then post the highly objectionable lyrics of this “song” by one Young Jeezy, I am using it’s title tonight because the New Jersey Devils trapped and the Rangers died. So far this season, John Tortorella’s “safe is death” system of hockey has entertained the Garden Faithful and has so far brought the Rangers a modicum of [...]

While the Rangers can hold their heads high after defeating the Leafs 4-1 in Toronto tonight , they did so by keeping their heads up. Winning their seventh straight game wasn’t exactly a walk in the park. The Maple Leafs are a desperate team and were looking to continue their intimidation of the Rangers by running Henrik Lundqvist. [...]

Apparently it’s open season on Henrik Lundqvist. If I were Benoir Allaire I’d be searching for old videos of Billy Smith. Henrik needs  to school up on the fine art of lumberjack goaltending. If Henrik sees an oppostion player taking a run at him, he should make horizontal with his stick. Let the player trying to run him  take [...]