B R O A D W A Y***B L U E S H I R T S

xavier mcdaniel

this was exactly what they needed, had they won 5-3 or 6-4, they'd be fooling themselves into thinking they're turning the corner. we know they can score goals but we still don't know how they are defensively consistently but this is a small step. That being said, before I get excited perform this way five out of every six games or something along those lines.

Bathgate66

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

this was exactly what they needed, had they won 5-3 or 6-4, they'd be fooling themselves into thinking they're turning the corner. we know they can score goals but we still don't know how they are defensively consistently but this is a small step. That being said, before I get excited perform this way five out of every six games or something along those lines.

and do it against anoher opponent, maybe a team thats not last in not only the conference but the entire league, or a team with 9 straight losses.
:rolleyes:

xavier mcdaniel

right, do it against the red wings a week from monday. that's one game that comes to mind.

NY PJ1

MISSED the game out w/ my neices

like u said bathy great to see the 4th line play good
and get rewarded

jagr looked awesome i hear ,, good


gotta start rolling ,, now or never




LET'S GO RANGER'S!!

xavier mcdaniel

saw this on yahoo:

Hall of Fame goalie Worsley dies
January 28, 2007

MONTREAL (AP) -- Gump Worsley, the Hall of Fame goalie who didn't wear a mask until the final season of his 21-year NHL career, has died. He was 77.

Worsley, who died at his home in Beloeil, had a heart attack Monday, The Montreal Gazette said Saturday night.

Born Lorne John Worsley in Montreal in 1929, he was tagged with the "Gump" moniker as a child because his hair stuck up like Andy Gump, the comic strip character.

The 5-foot-7 Worsley began his NHL career in 1952-53, winning the Calder Trophy as the rookie of the year with the New York Rangers. He helped his hometown Montreal Canadiens win four Stanley Cup titles in a five-year span and finished his career with the Minnesota North Stars in 1973-74 -- playing only his final six games with a mask.

"He was a terrific goaltender," former North Stars teammate Lou Nanne said. "If I could pick any goalie to win a big game, it would be Gump."

Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1980, Worsley was 335-352-150 with a 2.88 goals-against average and 43 shutouts in 861 regular-season games. In the playoffs, he was 40-26 with a 2.78 GAA and five shutouts.

"He was one of the first real characters in the NHL," Nanne said. "He had a lot of personality and really showed the human side of the game. He didn't look like an athlete and smoked like a chimney between periods, but he was terrific when he put the pads on."

Acquired by Montreal from the Rangers in a 1963 trade that sent fellow Hall of Fame goalie Jacques Plante to New York, Worsley won 29 of 36 playoff games in helping lead the Canadiens to Stanley Cup titles in 1965, '66, '68 and '69.

Worsley won the Vezina Trophy in 1966 and 1968 as the NHL's top goalie, was a first-team All-Star in 1968 and played in the All-Star game in 1961, '62, '65 and '72. He holds the NHL record for career losses.

Bathgate66

From the days of the 6 team NHL - Montreal, Toronto, New York, Boston, Detroit and Chicago - when goalies didn't wear masks.

Hall of Fame Goalie Worsley Dies at 77
By Associated Press



MONTREAL - Gump Worsley, the Hall of Fame goalie who didn't wear a mask until the final season of his 21-year NHL career, has died. He was 77.

Worsley, who died at his home in Beloeil, had a heart attack Monday, The Montreal Gazette said Saturday night.

Born Lorne John Worsley in Montreal in 1929, he was tagged with the "Gump" moniker as a child because his hair stuck up like Andy Gump, the comic strip character.

The 5-foot-7 Worsley began his NHL career in 1952-53, winning the Calder Trophy as the rookie of the year with the New York Rangers. He helped his hometown Montreal Canadiens win four Stanley Cup titles in a five-year span and finished his career with the Minnesota North Stars in 1973-74 _ playing only his final six games with a mask.

"He was a terrific goaltender," former North Stars teammate Lou Nanne said. "If I could pick any goalie to win a big game, it would be Gump."

Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1980, Worsley was 335-352-150 with a 2.88 goals-against average and 43 shutouts in 861 regular-season games. In the playoffs, he was 40-26 with a 2.78 GAA and five shutouts.

"He was one of the first real characters in the NHL," Nanne said. "He had a lot of personality and really showed the human side of the game. He didn't look like an athlete and smoked like a chimney between periods, but he was terrific when he put the pads on."

Acquired by Montreal from the Rangers in a 1963 trade that sent fellow Hall of Fame goalie Jacques Plante to New York, Worsley won 29 of 36 playoff games in helping lead the Canadiens to Stanley Cup titles in 1965, '66, '68 and '69.

Worsley won the Vezina Trophy in 1966 and 1968 as the NHL's top goalie, was a first-team All-Star in 1968 and played in the All-Star game in 1961, '62, '65 and '72. He holds the NHL record for career losses.

Bathgate66

whoops


sorry X - man



didnt mean to add an echo in here

:eek:

xavier mcdaniel

it's all good, i don't think the double-posting police come in this thread..

Bathgate66

Blueshirt Bulletin

January 28, 2007

Jagr Leads the Way [Links Added 1:15 PM]

In his first game after saying that he needed to carry the Rangers to victory, Jaromir Jagr demonstrated resoundingly that he intends to back up his words on the ice. And not just by scoring goals. Jagr backchecked, forechecked, bodychecked -- he shadowed Peter Forsberg and drew a penalty from him. And oh yeah -- he scored a goal too, one of two Ranger goals in a too-narrow 2-1 win in Philadelphia. Yes, these were the lowly Flyers (don't you just love that?), but with almost all their injured players back in action, including Forsberg, and with Robert Esche holding the Rangers at bay in the Philadelphia net, this game was not a gimme.

Neither was it as good a result as one would think out of a much needed win. In keeping with our assessment heading into the game, the result was "not bad" -- a win, yes, but one marred by another day of failure on the power play, which had a chance to make this a blow-out in the first period, and by the continuing futility of Brendan Shanahan, who hit the goal post twice and fanned on a slam dunk back door set-up, and (as we were worried about) by too much credit being given to marginal players, like Jason Krog, who scored the game winner on a hard working shift by him and his linemates, Adam Hall and Ryan Hollweg.

Good would have been the Rangers converting on one or two of the four full power plays they got in the first period to ignite a blow-out -- though to be fair, after the first advantage fizzled like too many others of late, the rest generated a lot of good action, just no goals. Good would have been Shanahan converting one or two of his golden scoring opportunities to get himself off the schneid -- what happened to the lightning quickness, uncanny timing, and supreme accuracy of his shots that had us shaking our heads in disbelief earlier this season? Good would have been Jagr converting more of his chances too. Good would have been the Rangers standing up for each other more than they did when the Flyers picked up the physical play.

But for now, not bad is good enough.

Game reports in the Daily News, Newsday, Post, AP, and SNY, with more from the Post on the Rangers' fourth line. Philly area reports here, here, here, and here. Sunday columns -- Larry Brooks in the Post on the NHLPA, Sherry Ross in the News on the MVP race and goalie equipment, Steve Zipay in Newsday on the league's TV exposure. We've got a midseason review from SNY, and an article on Lyon Messier from the Edmonton Journal. Petr Nedved has been scratched by his second NHL team this season for his poor play. Ryan Callahan led the Wolf Pack to an OT win with a hat trick (see Mitch Beck's account below). More on Cally from his hometown paper. Read about Gump Worsley here.

Bathgate66

Worsley's physique moved Rangers coach Phil Watson to tell him, "You can't play goal with a beer belly." Worsley shot back: "I'm strictly a rye man."


god bless

NY PJ1

RIP GUMP



we got the skanky bostonians tonight

hopefully they will all be drunk on the ice like their fans


LET'S GO RANGER'S!!

bostonlou

so let me get this straight... this thread is 51 pages long and only 3 people post here

with bathgate having 94% of the posts?



and you wonder why hockey sucks



HERE WE GO BROOOINS................HERE WE GO!!!!


HERE WE GO BROOOINS................HERE WE GO!!!!

NY PJ1

bostonlou wrote:

so let me get this straight... this thread is 51 pages long and only 3 people post here

with bathgate having 94% of the posts?



and you wonder why hockey sucks



HERE WE GO BROOOINS................HERE WE GO!!!!


HERE WE GO BROOOINS................HERE WE GO!!!!

more than 3 people ,, i think your percentage is wrong ,,although bathy does have the most by far , and your off by 85 pages
and yes not many care about the sport in the U.S ( their loss)

its 10am beer time in boston enjoy lol

moster78

Sorry I've been out of it lately fellas. No time to post lately! New job, new girl take up all of my time! I'm lucky if I have to time to watch a game on TV lately! Here's to hoping they build on the Philly win and start to turn things around!

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!

NY PJ1

moster78 wrote:

Sorry I've been out of it lately fellas. No time to post lately! New job, new girl take up all of my time! I'm lucky if I have to time to watch a game on TV lately! Here's to hoping they build on the Philly win and start to turn things around!

LETS GO RANGERS!!!!

hey dude good to see ya

its been awhile ,, good luck w/ the job and girl

LET'S GO RANGER'S!!

moster78

NY PJ1 wrote:

hey dude good to see ya

its been awhile ,, good luck w/ the job and girl

LET'S GO RANGER'S!!

Thanks, man! I've been lurking, just no time to post!

Bathgate66

bostonlou wrote:

so let me get this straight... this thread is 51 pages long and only 3 people post here

with bathgate having 94% of the posts?



and you wonder why hockey sucks



HERE WE GO BROOOINS................HERE WE GO!!!!


HERE WE GO BROOOINS................HERE WE GO!!!!

OKAY.

not everyone knows about the display setting s for the page thing- yes- its 51 pages.


Yes, I probably am up near high 80 % range, but someone has to keep it going .

Only someone who doesnt have a clue would say " hockey sucks ".

Conversely, we all here know that :

1 ) it is the coolest game on earth .


2 ) even with joe thornton , ( oh wait they traded away their all star-captain )-- the Bruins don't ( or wouldn't ) have a snowballs chance in hell in beating the NYRs tonight . Yeah- even in Boston , you will see that crystal clearly later tonight .



dont let his post throw you all off your game , Blueshirt Fans , bostonlou just gets jealous when other people have high thread counts .




[size=+3] - _/ Lets Go Rangers \_ - [/size]

Bathgate66

wow that rhymes



Although the Bruins have only four fewer points than the Rangers, they have really struggled of late, losing nine of their last 12 games. They are only 2-3-0 since the loss at The Garden and have been outscored 20-10 in those games. In their last two outings, a home-and-home series with Ottawa interrupted by the All-Star break, the B's were outscored 6-1 and endured a scoreless stretch of 115:06, which finally ended with Glen Murray's third-period goal at Scotiabank Place on Saturday.

Boston ranks 29th out of 30 teams in overall defense and the only team below them is the Flyers squad that fell to the Rangers on Saturday. The primary difference between the B's and Flyers, however, is Boston's ability to score goals. The Bruins rank 18th in the league in goals per game .

Bathgate66

Vegas Odds

xavier mcdaniel

awesome win tonight, two goals from prucha and three assists from Ortmeyer. That's 2-for-2 since the break. Granted the Bruins and Flyers aren't that great, but four points is four points.