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- Here's the problem I'm running into as I start these notes: I can't criticize the reason the New York Rangers lost Game 5. It was Henrik Lundqvist. Two very soft goals in the first period to put the Rangers into a 3-0 hole
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An old English teacher of mine who I'm still very close with used to have a sign above his blackboard. That sign said: You Have To Want It. The first day of class he asked why the human race loved sports so much. No one had a good
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The New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils will face off tonight in Game 5 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals. It's the third time in as many series the Rangers have walked into Madison Square Garden tied 2-2 with the opposition. They're 1-1 in Game
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- Game 4 is a perfect example of what happens when the New York Rangers come out skating in sand and Henrik Lundqvist isn't a superhuman. It's a bad combination, and it came back to bite the Rangers Monday. - Here is one of the most
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NOTE: I am not saying all hope is lost. I am still confident that this team will win the series and will win game 5. The New York Rangers once again blew a chance to take a commanding series lead last night, losing to the New Jersey Devils 4-1 in
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The New York Rangers have an opportunity to take a strange hold of this series again ... again. After a 3-0 victory Saturday afternoon in Game 3, the Rangers will try to walk out of the Rock with a victory in Game 4 along with a convincing 3-1 lead in this
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- It's games like this that really make you realize just how many different players have stepped up for the New York Rangers throughout these playoffs and the regular season. First, Henrik Lundqvist and Ryan McDonagh are the two most important Rangers on the ice in the first
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For the third straight series the New York Rangers will walk into a Game 3 tied 1-1 despite winning Game 1. The Rangers got outworked, out-hustled and were pushed around by the New Jersey Devils. They were a team that looked not just tired but exhausted. Hopefully that changed with
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You might be surprised to know that New York Rangers' sniper Marian Gaborik and superstar rookie Chris Kreider are tied with four postseason goals each. Then again, you might not be so surprised. I've been a big defender of Gaborik's game through the first two
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The New York Rangers didn't have the greatest of games, despite scoring two goals in the second period and holding a 2-1 lead. The Rangers just looked dead tired the last two games, but they did find a way to come out with a win in Game One.
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- What a strange game. That's probably the best way to put it. I've never seen so many broken sticks, fanned passes and shots, players falling down and bouncing pucks in my life. The ice was atrocious, and it hurt both teams Wednesday night. - With
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The New York Rangers have had a negative trend the past two playoff series; they have lost the second game after taking a 1-0 series lead. Not only has it killed momentum, but it's also helped force both series to a seventh and final game. So it'