Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'petrsykora'
November 6, 2007
Rangers 2 Philadelphia 0: These teams really do not like each other and it was evident early on Monday night. The gloves came off just 54 seconds into the game and another fight broke out seven minutes in. That ended the boxing portion of the evening, but both teams continued to hit hard and often in a physical contest at MSG. The Rangers dominated the first period, but would have had nothing to show......
Continue Reading "Last Night's Action: Fighting Philly"March 28, 2006
Jaromir Jagr is putting together the greatest offensive season ever by a Ranger. With one more goal and one more point, he will be the single-season leader in both of those categories. When he gets a goal the crowd erupts in chants of “MVP”. While there is no denying Jagr’s amazing season, we shouldn’t hand him the Hart Trophy just yet. That’s because Henrik Lundqvist is just as worthy a candidate as Jagr. Think about......
Continue Reading "Two For The Hart"February 9, 2006
The Rangers served notice last night that they are ready to take on the best teams in the NHL. New York totally controlled their game with league-power Ottawa, beating them 5-1. The win keeps the Rangers in first place and brings them within three points of the Senators for second place in the conference. Jaromir Jagr got things going with a power play goal during a two-man advantage. Marek Malik scored off of a deflection......
Continue Reading "Dominating"February 5, 2006
It seemed like history was going to repeat itself. Monday night the Rangers had taken a 2-0 lead only to see the Flyers score three-straight to beat them. Saturday, the Rangers took a 2-0 lead only to see the Flyers score three-straight, but that is where the pattern ended. This time, the Rangers clawed their way back and won the game 4-3 in overtime to take over first place in the Atlantic Division. Appropriately, the......
Continue Reading "Into First"January 22, 2006
It’s hard to call any game in January a “must win”, but that’s exactly what last night’s contest with the Bruins was. Against a reeling team, with the conference standings tightening up and after taking a 2-0 lead, New York had to bring home a victory. They did, but it took a shootout to get them a 3-2 victory. Maybe the Rangers starting thinking about tonight’s game against the Devils because after establishing the lead......
Continue Reading "King Henrik"January 13, 2006
It was a night to pay tribute to one of the greatest hockey players to ever lace up skates, so it was fitting that another one of the all-time greats provided the winning goal. Long after the cheers for Mark Messier had died down, Jaromir Jagr scored just 14 seconds into overtime to give the Rangers a 5-4 victory over Edmonton. Perhaps the lengthy ceremony took something out of the Rangers because they started the......
Continue Reading "One More Time"
