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The New York Rangers announced that they have assigned forward, Wojtek Wolski, and defenseman, Jeff Woywitka to the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League. Wolski has remained a healthy scratch since he played two games in the presence of Brandon Dubinsky. Woywitka has been sitting ever since the recent
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During the entire weekend of festivities, Henrik Lundqvist and Marian Gaborik were in a heated battle over the All-Star game. Marian Gaborik was saying that he would score on Lundqvist, and Lundqvist said he was going to shut him down. Of course, it was all in good fun, and only
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With just under two hours until the 2012 Skills Competition kicks off, we thought it would be a good idea to post up who will be participating in what. As if it isn't already known, the Rangers will be represented by Marian Gaborik, Carl Hagelin, Dan Girardi and
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Carl Hagelin of the New York Rangers is the latest addition to the 2012 NHL All-Star game. With the recent injuries to Adam Larsson and Adam Henrique, Carl Hagelin has been called in as a replacement for the All-Stars rookie team. I was actually surprised to see that Hagelin did
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Following the New York Rangers practice Monday morning, they were available to provide some updates on recent injuries. Probably the biggest concern was the status of Ryan McDonagh, following the devastating hit he received from Andrew Ference. Ryan McDonagh stated that he is feeling fine, and expects to be in
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New York Rangers all-star goaltender, Henrik Lundqvist has been named the assistant captain of Team Alfredsson for the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa. Both Lundqvist and Alfredsson have been really great friends, as they both came out of Sweden while playing in earlier years. As the assistant captain, Henrik
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The New York Rangers held practice today, and the noticeable players missing were Brad Richards and Michael Sauer. Last night against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Brad Richards took what appears to be a slew foot from Matt Cooke. Richards fell awkwardly on his back, and caused his head to snap back
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The New York Rangers announced today that they have recalled forward, Kris Newbury, from the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League. The recall of Newbury most likely means that both Brandon Dubinsky and Ruslan Fedotenko will remain out of the line-up for tonight's game. However, the recall
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The New York Rangers announced today that forward, Erik Christensen, has been assigned to the Connecticut Whale for a conditioning stint. Christensen has been scratched for awhile, and has not be getting any playing time what-so-ever. There was talks that both Wojtek Wolski and Christensen would be sent down just
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As the New York Rangers took the ice for their practice in Greenburgh, there was something interesting going on, on the ice. After several minutes of practicing, John Tortorella didn't like the intensity from his team and sent them back to the locker room. After Tortorella's
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According to NHL.com, with the New York Rangers' 3-2 overtime victory over the Florida Panthers, John Tortorella clinched a coaching spot in the NHL All-Star Game. From the story: The coach of the team in each conference with the best points percentage through games played on Jan. 9,
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The NHL announced earlier that New York Rangers head coach, John Tortorella has been fined $30,000 for his comments against the officiating Monday night. Prior to today's fine, John Tortorella apologized on multiple outlets, and even planned to apologize to Dennis LaRue, and Ian Walsh in person.