Earlier this year, after the Minnesota Wild bought out Mark Parrish’s contract, he said that he wasn’t too worried about finding a team to play for. But when the offers did not come as fast as he was hoping for, he was starting to worry about not playing this fall.
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The Bruins tried to ruin a banner-raising night at the Xcel Energy Center when Phil Kessel scored first with a nice wrist shot past goalie Niklas Backstrom, but thanks to the new additions, Minnesota rallied and took the home opener 4-3.
Over the course of the past 82 years, many wonderful hockey players have pulled the storied Rangers jersey over their heads and skated out onto the ice at Madison Square Garden. But none were as great a Ranger as #2, Brian Leetch.
We had a great lineup this week, headlined by Team USA head coach John Hynes, Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock, Inside Hockey's Brad Kurtzberg, and Kyle Woodlief of the Red Line Report. Click here to access the MP3's.
The new old Rangers opened camp at the team’s training facility in Greenburgh, NY, with some promising rookies, a few transplanted bodies, a couple of big names and a slew of expectations.
Defenseman Bryan Berard will attempt to revive his NHL career back where it began. The 30-year-old native of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, has accepted an invitation to training camp with the New York Islanders.
The Islanders wasted little time showing how highly they think of newly-signed forward Bill Guerin. During Monday's press conference to introduce the four newest Islanders, they announced that he had been named as the team’s new captain.
The New York Islanders have signed veteran forward Bill Guerin to a two-year, $9 million contract and center Mike Comrie to a one-year, 3.375 million deal, good moves that help make up for the losses of Ryan Smyth and Jason Blake.
