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Easy As 1-2-3 for the Blueshirts in Win Over the Devils
by Patrick Hoffman on 04/27/13 at 05:00 PM ET
That is the perfect description for the New York Rangers' 4-0 shutout this afternoon at Madison Square Garden over the New Jersey Devils.
The Devils did not seem to be interested in playing a meaningless game and that showed in their loss this afternoon. The Blueshirts were able to catch the Devils out of position on all four of their goals as the team simply took advantage of a poor Devils' performance today.
For Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist, it was a relatively easy 20-save shutout. The shutout was his second of the season while the victory was his 24th of the season.
It may not be a 30-win season for the Blueshirts' 31-year-old netminder but given the way he played in the regular season, it could garner another Vezina Trophy nomination or even win. In 43 games, Lundqvist went 24-16-3 with a 2.05 GAA, a .926 save percentage and two shutouts.
The team also got strong performances out of the likes of Derek Stepan (one goal and one assist), Ryan Callahan (one goal and one assist), Rick Nash (two goals), and Brad Richards (two assists). These four players are going to have to continue their offensive production come next week in the postseason in order for this Rangers' hockey club to have success.
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Seeding On the Line for the Blueshirts
by Patrick Hoffman on 04/27/13 at 08:40 AM ET
While the New Jersey Devils might not look at this afternoon's game as a meaningful one, it will be the opposite for the New York Rangers.
The Blueshirts might have clinched a playoff spot in their 4-3 overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night but what is still to be decided is what spot the team will finish in. It is said that come playoff hockey time, the regular season does not matter but for the Rangers, they should do everything they can to get a higher seed.
As of this writing, the Rangers find themselves in the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference. That would mean that they would play the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round, which should be something the team should try and avoid given the Penguins' dangerous offensive arsenal and the way they have played the Blueshirts this season.
Should the Rangers beat the Devils, however, it will make things very interesting in terms of seeding. With a win, the Rangers would have 56 points, which would give them one more point than the New York Islanders and possibly two more points than the Ottawa Senators, who take on the Philadelphia Flyers tonight and the Boston Bruins tomorrow.
If the Rangers manage to take the sixth spot, they will end up facing the Washington Capitals. The Rangers have met the Capitals in each and every postseason they have been in since 2009, with the Rangers winning one of their three series against the Caps.
Should the Rangers finish in seventh, it could mean a series with an Original Six franchise in the Bruins or Montreal Canadiens. Coming into tonight's slate of games, the Bruins and Habs are tied with 61 points but the Bruins have a game in hand.
Tags: boston+bruins, carolina+hurricanes, montreal+canadiens, new+jersey+devils, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, philadelphia+flyers, pittsburgh+penguins, washington+capitals
A Glass Half Full Look at the Blueshirts
When it comes to New York Rangers' fans and the way they view their favorite hockey club, it is always an extreme point of view.
Either fans are in love and ecstatic about their hockey club or they absolutely despise and are fed up with their so called favorite NHL team. There is never a middle ground.
With two games remaining and just one win needed to clinch a postseason spot in the ever tight bottom portion of the Eastern Conference standings, it is time for a glass half full look. Believe it or not, there are things to like about this Blueshirts' hockey club.
For starters, the team has perhaps the best goaltender in the NHL in Henrik Lundqvist. For the last month or so, Lundqvist has been the team's best player and his statistics reflect that.
In 41 games this season, Lundqvist is 22-16-3 with a 2.08 GAA (seventh in the league), a .926 save percentage (fifth in the league) and one shutout. He is always the main reason why when the Rangers' win and night in and night out, he gives his team a chance to win a hockey game.
Tags: brad+richards, carolina+hurricanes, derek+stepan, henrik+lundqvist, new+jersey+devils, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, ryan+callahan
Where is the Rangers' Playoff Team?
That is what New York Rangers' fans must be wondering after watching their favorite team lost to the Florida Panthers by a score of 3-2.
After scoring 18 goals in three games, the Rangers' offense came up one short tonight in Florida. Panthers' goaltender Jacob Markstrom was solid in making 36 saves and him and the rest of his team was able to survive a late Rangers' power play and a late Rangers' goal by Derick Brassard.
Even though the team had 36 shots on goal, many of them were not of the quality variety. To beat a goaltender like Markstrom, a player needs to be patient and look for the holes because when it comes to Markstrom, there is plenty of room to score goals as he came into tonight's game sporting a 3.26 GAA.
One Blueshirts' forward who seemed to struggle tonight was Carl Hagelin. Hagelin seemed lost and took just two shots on goal.
The Rangers' power play was also a let down. With little time remaining in the third period, the Rangers' had the man advantage and just could not generate a quality scoring chance. Come playoff time, assuming the Rangers get in, this kind of play will be unacceptable.
Tags: carl+hagelin, carolina+hurricanes, derick+brassard, florida+panthers, jacob+markstrom, new+jersey+devils, new+york+rangers, washington+capitals, winnipeg+jets
Rangers Offense Stepping Up at the Right Time
From Patrick Hoffman at Sportsnet.ca:
It appears that after scoring 18 goals in their last three games, the Rangers' offence, without Gaborik due to his trade to the Columbus Blue Jackets, is coming together at the right time. With three straight wins and six points under their belt, the Rangers' offence is keeping things simple, getting lucky bounces and finding ways to score with the man advantage, three things that were lacking in the team's first few months of the season.
Click here for more on the Rangers' streaking offense.
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Richards Getting Hot at the Right Time for the Blueshirts
For most of this shortened season, things have not been easy for New York Rangers' forward Brad Richards.
For much of this year, Richards struggled in all areas of game whether it was on offense, on the power play, handling the puck, etc. A few times this season, Rangers' head coach John Tortorella even went as far to bench the Rangers' nine-year man.
With that said, it really is amazing how fast things can change. After picking up a goal and an assist last night in his team's 6-1 win over the Florida Panthers, Richards went out and scored his first career hat trick in helping the Blueshirts crush the Sabres by a score of 8-4.
If you are counting at home, that is four goals and an assist in the last two games. With his three goals tonight, not only is he in double digits, but he is starting to show that he is not afraid to put the puck on net.
In many games prior to these last two, Richards seemed afraid to put the puck on goal. He was clearly snake bitten and looked like he had lost confidence in his ability to put the puck in the net.
Tags: brad+richards, buffalo+sabres, carolina+hurricanes, florida+panthers, john+tortorella, new+jersey+devils, new+york+rangers
That is exactly what the New York Rangers did tonight in their 6-1 victory over the Florida Panthers at Madison Square Garden.
Coming into tonight's tilt, the Panthers were the worst team in the league. Tonight, the Rangers took advantage of that and pounded the Panthers with six goals and got strong offensive efforts from several of their players.
For starters, Mats Zuccarello is continuing to show how he has improved his game. He goes hard to the net, knows how to use his speed, gets his nose dirty and tonight, he was able to score two goals.
The club also got a strong offensive performance from Derick Brassard. Brassard had two goals and gave the team an early lead when he scored the games first goal just over three minutes into the tilt.
Rick Nash did his part in this game by picking up three points with a goal and two assists. It will be important for Nash to continue to produce as the team needs him to score in this last stretch of the season.
Tags: brad+richards, buffalo+sabres, derick+brassard, florida+panthers, henrik+lundqvist, mats+zuccarello, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, philadelphia+flyers, rick+nash, ron+rolston, winnipeg+jets
All About Second Chances For Flyers' Mason
When looking at the NHL as a whole, it is easy to see that several NHL netminders thrive when given a second chance to prove their worth.
As an example, one can point out the likes of Ray Emery (Chicago Blackhawks), Carey Price (2010-11 with the Montreal Canadiens), Craig Anderson (Ottawa Senators) and so on and so forth. One can probably name several players in this particular category.
With that said, one player who really needs a second chance the most is Philadelphia Flyers' netminder Steve Mason. Mason, who won the Calder Trophy as the league's rooke of the year in the 2008-09 season with the Columbus Blue Jackets, has struggled to find his rookie form and is now looking to do so in the "City of Brotherly Love".
Mason, 24, burst onto the NHL scene in the 2008-09 season and dominated the league. That year, Mason went 33-20-0-7 with a 2.29 GAA, a .916 save percentage and 10 shutouts in leading the Columbus Blue Jackets to their first postseason.
While Mason did not play well in that postseason, the Blue Jackets thought they had their netminder of the future. Unfortunately, the team was wrong.
Tags: carey+price, chicago+blackhawks, columbus+blue+jackets, craig+anderson, montreal+canadiens, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, philadelphia+flyers, ray+emery, sergei+bobrovsky, steve+mason
Lundqvist Belongs with the Rangers' Greats
When looking at the New York Rangers since the 1997-98 season, it is easy to see that for close to decade, there were some rough seasons.
The team went seven straight years without making the postseason, had a lot of failed free-agent signings and ended up losing the likes of Brian Leetch, Mark Messier, Mike Richter, and Adam Graves to retirement or trade. For Blueshirt fans, it was a dark period.
The names mentioned above, however, all had terrific careers despite the bad times. As a result, each went down in Rangers' lore and ended up having their number retired and hung to rafters at Madison Square Garden.
This got to me thinking on the next Ranger that will have his number hanging from the rafters at the World's Most Famous Arena. As it turned out, it did not take me too long to come up with a player.
Tags: adam+graves, brian+leetch, henrik+lundqvist, mark+messier, mike+richter, new+york+rangers
Big Week on Tap for the Blueshirts
With spring now in the air, it is certainly starting to look like playoff hockey around the NHL.
This is especially the case for the New York Rangers. This past week, the Blueshirts were extremely impressive in picking up seven out of a possible eight points in wins over the Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins (had a shootout loss to them as well) and the Carolina Hurricanes.
Watching the Rangers' this week, some familiarity was definitely present. In fact, in watching how the Rangers' played this week and looking at the performances they got out of certain players, one could even say that it felt like last season.
This past week helped catapult the Blueshirts into the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference. The team is just two points behind the sixth-seeded Ottawa Senators and is also four points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs.
There are several reasons why the Rangers have had success of late. For starters, Blueshirts' netminder Henrik Lundqvist has been absolutely fantastic. The "King" is 6-2-2 in his last 10 games, has not allowed more than two goals in those 10 games and has posted great numbers with a 1.57 GAA and a .947 save percentage in those games.
Tags: brian+boyle, carolina+hurricanes, derek+stepan, derick+brassard, henrik+lundqvist, henrik+lunqdqvist, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, pittsburgh+penguins, rick+nash, ryan+callahan, ryan+clowe, toronto+maple+leafs, winnipeg+jets
Lundqvist Steals One in Carolina For the Blueshirts
It is always said in the NHL that to win hockey games, you need good goaltending.
Tonight, New York Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist went above and beyond for his club in making 48 saves to help his team to a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. For the Blueshirts, the two points keeps them in seventh place in the Eastern Conference and two points behind the Ottawa Senators and four points behind the Toronto Maple Leafs.
While the Rangers did get goals from Derek Stepan, Ryan Callahan, Rick Nash, and Brian Boyle, this game was won by Lundqvist. Time and time again, Lundqvist was in the right position to bail out his hockey club's defensive miscue's while also being the team's best player on their penalty kill.
Lundqvist stopped 14 shots in both the first and second periods and was simply spectacular in stopping 20 of 21 shots in the third period. The Hurricanes buzzed around in the Rangers' zone all night long but because of Lundqvist's great play between the pipes, did not have too much to show for it.
After losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in a shootout last night, there was some concern regarding Lundqvist's hamstring. Lundqvist showed tonight that he is as tough as they came and went out and played not only one of the best games of this season, but perhaps in his entire career.
Tags: carolina+hurricanes, derek+stepan, henrik+lundqvist, jaromir+jagr, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, pittsburgh+penguins, rick+nash, ryan+callahan, toronto+maple+leafs
Every Point Matters for the Blueshirts
When it comes to this part of the season, every single point matters to NHL teams that are either in a playoff spot or on the outside looking in.
This is exactly the case when it comes to the New York Rangers. With six total points up for grabs between Monday and Friday, the Blueshirts probably surprised many by picking up five.
The Blueshirts picked-up their fifth point tonight in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The game was nasty and chippy at times but the team found a way to get a point out of it and got three out of a possible four points against the top team in the Eastern Conference.
This is something that the team needs to build on and run with. With newcomers Ryan Clowe, Derick Brassard and John Moore, the Rangers have some new blood in their lineup and with this new lineup, the team has picked up three important points in the standings and did so by playing hard, scoring timely goals and not doing anything stupid to take themselves out of the game.
With tonight's tie, the Rangers move into 7th place in the Eastern Conference with the New York Islanders. The team is now just four points behind the fifth and sixth place teams, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators.
Tags: carolina+hurricanes, derick+brassard, john+moore, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, pittsburgh+penguins, ryan+clowe, toronto+maple+leafs, washington+capitals
Rangers Should Lean on and Follow Callahan and Stepan
After attending last night's New York Rangers vs. Winnipeg Jets' NHL game at Madison Square Garden, it is easy to see who the real catalysts are for this Rangers' hockey club in terms of playing the game the right way.
Believe it or not, I am not talking about players such as Rick Nash (he has been great this season), Brad Richards or Marian Gaborik. While Nash is the only player that has really stepped up unlike Richards and Gaborik, even he is not doing what the players I am about to talk about are doing.
These Blueshirts are team captain Ryan Callahan and his linemate Derek Stepan. At 28 and 22 years old, respectively, these two players represent all that is right with the club as well as being a big part of the core of the franchise moving forward.
Callahan has always been an exemplary Ranger. He hustles, he blocks shots, he plays the body, he goes hard to the net and this season, has shown that he has soft hands.
Tags: brad+richards, carl+hagelin, derek+stepan, marian+gaborik, new+york+rangers, ondrej+pavelec, rick+nash, ryan+callahan, winnipeg+jets
When it comes to the New York Rangers as a franchise, we have seen many consistent themes each and every season.
One of those themes has to do with streaking. Going into Thursday night's game against the Florida Panthers, the Blueshirts have won two straight games in beating the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday night and the New Jersey Devils last night.
With the two victories, the Rangers find themselves in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with the same amount of points that the sixth place Carolina Hurricnaes and seventh place Toronto Maple Leafs have (32). What this means for the Blueshirts is that they need to keep moving forward and keep picking up two points whenever possible.
As I mentioned above though, the Blueshirts seem to run into a theme of winning a few and then losing a few. Prior to the Rangers winning two straight this week, they had dropped their last three games and were outscored 9-2 in those three tilts.
In a shortened season such as this one, the Rangers cannot afford to be up and down. Yes, the team currently holds a playoff spot but because of their extremely inconsistent play this season, they could just as easily be in the bottom seven of the Eastern Conference.
Tags: brad+richards, carl+hagelin, carolina+hurricanes, derek+stepan, florida+panthers, henrik+lundqvist, marian+gaborik, michael+del+zotto, new+jersey+devils, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, ryan+callahan, toronto+maple+leafs
Placing Some Blame on Tortorella
With the New York Rangers on a three game losing streak, many Blueshirts' fans are clamoring to have team head coach John Tortorella fired.
While it is typical for fans to overreact and make impulse decisions, it is a somewhat understandable feeling. After making it to the Eastern Conference Finals last season and getting Rick Nash during the off-season, many fans thought that the team had the makings of getting to the next level and once again being a Stanley Cup contender.
Unfortunately, these same fans have been let down. As of this writing, the team is tenth in the conference and three points out of the eighth spot. What is even worse for Rangers' fans is that the New York Islanders currently have one more point than their favorite hocckey team.
This is not the way it was supposed to be this season. The Blueshirts were supposed to be one of the best teams in both the East and the NHL and instead, are flirting with the possibility that they might not make the postseason at all.
While it is on the players to perform and produce, it is understandable that some of the blame must be placed on Tortorella. There is no doubt that while playing a defense-first system is smart, the team that Tortorella has includes several high-end forwards who might be being held back.
Tags: brad+richards, derek+stepan, glen+sather, john+tortorella, marian+gaborik, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, ryan+callahan
Another Disappointing Effort for the Blueshirts
For a team that is fighting to stay in the top eight in the Eastern Conference, the New York Rangers sure did not play with any kind of fight tonight in a 3-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets in Winnipeg.
It what has been a consistent theme this season for Blueshirts, the Rangers did not generate too many quality scoring chances, allowed too many quality scoring chances to the Jets and looked like they lacked the energy that is needed to win a hockey game.
Furthermore, Rangers' forward Marian Gaborik was denied on a penalty shot by Jets' netminder Ondrej Pavelec in the first period. Gaborik got in too close to Pavelec and ended up losing control of the puck, which was then smothered by Pavelec.
Smothered would be the perfect word to describe what the Rangers' play has been in these last two games. The club cannot find the open holes to generate quality scoring chances, cannot find good shots to get on the power play and then when they do get a scoring chance, they make the opposing netminder look like the next Patrick Roy.
This word would also describe what is happening to some of the team's top players. Guys like Gaborik, Rick Nash, and Brad Richards have been quiet in these last two games and if one of those guys is not scoring, that means trouble for the rest of the Rangers' team.
Tags: brad+richards, henrik+lundqvist, marian+gaborik, new+york+rangers, ondrej+pavelec, pittsburgh+penguins, rick+nash, ryan+callahan, winnipeg+jets
After playing a perfect road game in a 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon, the New York Rangers went out a dropped a 3-1 tilt to the Buffalo Sabres tonight in Buffalo.
The Blueshirts took a lot of penalties, could not cash in on the power play when given a gold opportunity to do so and could not find a way consistently to put the puck past Sabres' netminder Jhonas Enroth. Put these three things together and more often than not, the Rangers will be on the losing end of a the hockey game.
Staying out of the penalty box seemed to be a tough thing for the Rangers to do tonight. The team took four penalties in the second period alone and when a team is shorthaned that much, it usually does not need to productive or winning hockey.
Despite making 32 saves, the Rangers made Enroth look like Patrick Roy. For Enroth, this was his first win since 2011 and the Blueshirts made sure to put plenty of pucks at his chest or in other areas that were easy for Enroth to control the puck.
Lastly, the Sabres were able to shut down Rangers' forward Rick Nash and his 10-game point streak. Not only did Nash not score a point in this game, but he was also a -2.
Tags: buffalo+sabres, jhonas+enroth, new+york+rangers, patrick+roy, rick+nash, toronto+maple+leafs, washington+capitals, winnipeg+jets
The Perfect Road Game
That is exactly what the New York Rangers played this afternoon in their 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals.
The Blueshirts got timely goal scoring, played solid on defense, got a great game from back-up netminder Martin Biron, and did a good job at killing penalties when they needed it the most. With the exception of the first ten minutes of the game in which they looked like they were asleep, this was by far and away the best Rangers' road game of the season.
It was nice to see Rangers' forward Brian Boyle come through with his first goal of the season in the second period on a delayed penalty. On the goal, he showed patience with the puck, got into good position and showed why guys should not be afraid to put the puck on net. Hopefully, this goal will get him going.
The club also got another excellent game from Rick Nash. Nash used his size, helped create two goals and was responsible in his own end.
Another big factor in this tilt was the play of Biron. Biron was sharp in making 28 saves and did his job by keeping his team in the game, giving his club a chance to win, and stopping the pucks that he should stop.
Tags: brad+richards, brian+boyle, buffalo+sabres, carolina+hurricanes, martin+biron, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, pittsburgh+penguins, rick+nash, toronto+maple+leafs, washington+capitals, winnipeg+jets
Keep it Rolling
That is what the New York Rangers hope to do tonight on Long Island when they take on the New York Islanders.
The Blueshirts have won three straight games and have done so with timely goal scoring, solid defense and great goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist. Tonight against the Islanders, the Rangers will need those same three things to pick-up their fourth straight win.
The team will look to continue its winning streak without one of their best players, Marc Staal. In the team's 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, Staal took a puck just above his right eye in what was one of the most scariest puck-to-the-eye occurances in the sport. The Daily News reported that Staal will make a full recovery but is now out indefinitely.
Due to Staal's injury, the Rangers went out and claimed defenseman Roman Hamrlik off waivers. Hamrlik, 38, can hopefully add some offense to the team's blue line while also providing smart and solid defense in the team's own zone
Tags: henrik+lundqvist, marc+staal, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, philadelphia+flyers, roman+hamrlik
Nash Needs to Lead Rangers' Offense
On Thursday night in their 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, the New York Rangers fired 42 shots on goal and created offense by not being afraid to go to the net, by not being afraid to put pucks on net and lastly, by following the lead of one of their own players.
That player was power forward Rick Nash. Besides getting on the scoresheet with two points on one goal and one assist, Nash had a game-high 12 shots on goal and was a force all over the ice.
Nash created offense by driving through the Lightning defense, by going to the dirty areas where goals are scored, by using his quick and smooth stickhandling skills and by using his size. The rest of the team followed suit and it resulted in a victory.
While the team also has the likes of Brad Richards, Marian Gaborik, Carl Hagelin, and Ryan Callahan, it is Nash's offense that the team needs to follow. Nash creates scoring opportunities by not getting too fancy and by keeping the game simple, something the Rangers have struggled with this season.
Tags: biffalo+sabres, brad+richards, carl+hagelin, marian+gaborik, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, ryan+callahan, tampa+bay+lightning
Returing from a unpsecified injury after missing the last four games, New York Rangers' forward Rick Nash showed how much of a difference he can make when he is in the lineup.
In the last four games, all losses for the Blueshirts, the team's offense was quite stagnant. There were not enough pucks thrown on net, there was no creativity, there was no movement and there was not enough being done to generate quality scoring chances.
Insert Nash back into the lineup and the Blueshirts become a different hockey club as Nash creates offense in a variety of ways. Tonight in the team's 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, Nash got open for breakaways, made terrific moves with the puck to generate quality scoring chances, helped set up a goal, scored a highlight goal in the third period and was not afraid to put pucks on net whether it was from the outside, down by the crease or in the slot.
With Nash going hard and doing everything he can to generate offense, the rest of the team seemed to follow suit. In the first period, the Rangers tied a season high with 20 shots while allowing just three.
Then in the second period, the Blueshirts continued to pile on the shots and wound up outshooting the Lightning 15-8. If you are keeping track, the team outshot the Lightning 35-11 through two periods.
Tags: buffalo+sabres, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, tampa+bay+lightning
After winning the Atlantic Division, finishing first in the Eastern Conference and coming to within two wins of making it to the Stanley Cup Final since 1994, the New York Rangers came into this season as Stanley Cup contenders.
Throw in the fact that they had a Vezina Trophy winning goaltender between the pipes, traded for power forward Rick Nash and had the same defensive corps. the Blueshirts were in more than good position to win a Cup this year.
Unfortunately, nothing good has come from any of the above mentioned things for the Blueshirts this year. After losing 4-3 at Madison Square Garden tonight to the Winnipeg Jets, the team finds themselves in 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Sure, the Rangers are just one point out of the eighth spot but based on the way the team has played over the last week and a half, it certainly does not seem that way, right?
Tonight's game was a perfectly winnable situation for the Rangers, despite being depleted with injuries. With that said, the team's offense was not there until it mattered and when the team cut the lead to 3-2 in the third period, Rangers' masked man Henrik Lundqvist allowed an untimely bad goal to Jets' forward Evander Kane.
Another momentum killer for the Rangers came in the second period. The team, in particular Ryan Callahan, did a terrific job of killing off a Brian Boyle penalty and then a few minutes later, former Ranger Olli Jokinen scored to give the Jets a 3-1 lead.
Tags: evander+kane, henrik+lundqvist, michael+del+zotto, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, ryan+mcdonagh, winnipeg+jets
Figuring Out New Ways to Win
More than a quarter past the season already, this is something that the New York Rangers need to do if they want to get into the postseason.
Tonight, the Blueshirts are in Montreal to take on the Canadiens. These two clubs met on Tuesday night in what was more of a chess match than a hockey game and the Canadiens escaped Madison Square Garden with a 3-1 victory.
There is no doubt that every point matters in this kind of season but the Rangers need to try and find ways to get two rather than one. While the team was able to get one point in their Thursday night 3-2 shootout loss to the Senators, it really did not help then standings wise.
Coming into tonight's tilt, the team is eighth in the East with 18 points, but just one point ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers. The Rangers are also 5-3-2 in their last 10 and while that is not terrible, it is not the play of a Stanley Cup contender.
With all of this in mind, Rangers' head coach John Tortorella must find different ways to get this hockey team going. Sure, they can get solid defense and excellent goaltending on a nightly basis but right now, it is not winning hockey games on a consistent basis.
Tags: christian+thomas, john+tortorella, martin+biron, montreal+canadiens, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, philadelphia+flyers, tampa+bay+lightning
More Offense
If the New York Rangers want to have any kind of chance to both get into the postseason and go far in them, they will need a lot more offense.
In Tuesday night's 3-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, the Blueshirts probably had one of their worst offensive performances. There was no sustained pressure, not enough pucks thrown at Canadiens' netminder Carey Price and not enough flow to their game.
Things will not get any easier tonight as the team takes on the Ottawa Senators in Ottawa without one of their key offensive cogs, Rick Nash. Nash is out with an undisclosed injury and for Rangers' head coach John Tortorella, that means some serious creativity is going to be needed to come up with balanced offensive lines.
For whatever reason, scoring goals on a consistent basis has been a problem for the Rangers over the last few seasons. You can play great defense and get solid goaltending but without scoring goals, it will mean nothing and all go to waste.
Tags: carey+price, john+tortorella, montreal+canadiens, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, rick+nash
Tough Test on Tap Tonight for the Blueshirts
Past the quarter mark of the season, every game from here on out is going to get tougher and tougher as the league inches towards the Stanley Cup Playoiffs.
Tonight at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers will have a tough test of their own when they take on the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens are currently 10-4-1 and find themselves atop the Northeast Division and one point behind the Eastern Conference leading Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Canadiens also come into tonight's game having won four straight. In those four games, the Canadiens have outscored their opponents 12-4 and have picked-up two shutouts in the process.
At the other end of the ice, the Blueshirts are not doing too shabby either. The club is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games and while they currently sit in the eighth spot in the East, they are not that far behind the fifth place Boston Bruins.
The Rangers are coming off a 2-1 win over the visiting Washington Capitals on Sunday night. The Blueshirts got terrific goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist, great play out of Carl Hagelin and a clutch power play goal in the third period by Derek Stepan.
The game might have been one of the Rangers' best efforts of the season. They threw plenty of pucks on net, did not take many stupid penalties, were perfect on the penalty kill and did all the little things a hockey team needs to do in order to win games.
Tags: boston+bruins, carl+hagelin, carolina+hurricanes, derek+stepan, henrik+lundqvist, montreal+canadiens, new+york+rangers, pittsburgh+penguins, washington+capitals
Lundqvist Keeps Capitals at Bay in 2-1 Win
After getting off to a somewhat slow start, it appears that New York Rangers' starting goaltender Henrik Lundqvist is back to being himself between the pipes for his hockey club.
This was extremely evident tonight in the Rangers' 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden. Lundqvist stopped 27 of 28 shots and picked-up his fourth straight win as he improves his record to 7-5 on the season.
Lundqvist was especially terrific in the third period as the Capitals beared down in the third period. The Capitals fired 11 shots at Lundqvist but the 30-year-old netminder stopped them all.
Before Lundqvist got on a roll in this game, it looked like the Rangers were going to blow the Capitals out of the water. The team outshot the Capitals 20-8 in the first period and yet, the club went into the second period down 1-0 thanks to the outstanding play of Capitals' netminder Braden Holtby.
That all changed when streaking Rangers' forward Carl Hagelin scored on a deflection to tie the game at one apiece. For Hagelin, it was his fifth goal in his last four games.
Tags: brad+richards, braden+holtby, carl+hagelin, derek+stepan, henrik+lundqvist, michael+del+zotto, montreal+canadiens, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, washington+capitals
This seems to be a consistent theme for the New York Rangers this season, eh?
Tonight, the Blueshirts will take on the Washington Capitals at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals come into MSG on a three-game winning streak while the Rangers are coming off a 4-3 shootout loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday night at MSG.
Defensively, the Blueshirts will need to be at their absolute best tonight. This means no turnovers, blocking lots of shots, clearing the front of the net out for Henrik Lundqvist and being smart with the puck.
Speaking of Lundqvist, the team will also need him to be at his best. With a lineup that has Alex Ovechkin (five goals), Nicklas Backstrom (four goals), Troy Brouwer (seven goals), Mike Ribeiro (five goals) and Joel Ward (five goals), Lundqvist will have to stop lots of offensive weapons tonight.
As a team, the Rangers need to be clicking on all areas. When they get a lead, they need to hold onto it. The team needs to make better line changes and not take too many men on the ice penalties and lastly, the team's power play needs to start producing.
Tags: alex+ovechkin, henrik+lundqvist, joel+ward, mike+ribeiro, montreal+canadiens, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, nicklas+backstrom, ottawa+senators, troy+brouwer, washington+capitals
Rangers Send Kreider Down to AHL
For New York Rangers' youngster Chris Kreider, this was a long time coming.
Kreider, who has struggled with the big club this season so far, was sent down to the Connecticut Whale so that he could get some playing time. The 22-year-old winger played with the Whale while waiting for the NHL lockout to end and struggled a bit there as well.
The key for the Rangers' coaching staff and organization as a whole is to be patient. When Kreider burst onto the scene in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season, he was already coming in on a high due to winning a National Championship with Boston College and being called up to the NHL just several days later.
For Kreider, it is important for him to find his game. His game consists of speed, a great shot, an ability to get pucks to the net and someone who is responsible on both ends of the ice.
Rangers' head coach John Tortorella knows this. Tortorella also knows that some day soon, Kreider is going to be an integral part of the Rangers' organization.
Tags: boston+college, chris+kreider, connecticut+whale, john+tortorella, new+york+rangers
Seven Minutes of Poor Play leads to 4-3 Shootout loss for Blueshirts
Had it not been for a terrible span of seven minutes in the second period, the New York Rangers may have never lost 4-3 to the New York Islanders in a shootout at Madison Square Garden.
After going up 2-0 in the first period, the Rangers stopped skating and allowed the Islanders to skate all over them for the first seven minutes. The result was three quick goals and the loss of a lead that the team should have built on.
The Rangers were able to tie the game at three when Carl Hagelin knocked a loose puck in the crease past Islanders' netminder Evgeni Nabokov. Unfortunately for the Blueshirts, the team was unable to get another one and the Islanders' first two shooters in the shootout did all the rest to spoil the Rangers' three game winning streak.
As always, the Rangers' power play struggled tonight. Yes, the team did manage to get one goal with the man advantage but other than that, they struggled to get pucks on the net, move the puck cleanly and even find good lanes to get a shot on Nabokov.
As I mentioned in my blog a little while ago, Brad Richards was just one of the reasons why the team could not do much on the man advantage tonight. His poor play on the power play actually caused team head coach John Tortorella to bench him for much of the third period.
Tags: brad+boyes, brad+richards, carl+hagelin, evgeni+nabokov, henrik+lundqvist, john+tortorella, martin+biron, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, washington+capitals
Brad Richards A Side Story in tonight's Rangers vs. Islanders' Game
While the game at Madison Square Garden between the New York Rangers and New York Islanders has yet to be settled, one interesting development has been the benching of Rangers' forward Brad Richards.
It was easy to see that Richards has had trouble tonight, both on even strength and on the power play. For Rangers' head coach John Tortorella, however, the main concern has to be Richards' poor performance on the power play.
Richards has not looked confident with the puck, was slow skating the puck out of his own zone and in general, has just had a tough time moving the puck. One could probably credit the Islanders' aggresive play on the penalty kill but it has been like this for Richards and the rest of the club's power play all season long.
There is no doubt that when Richards is at his best, he is one that creates offense by not being afraid to shoot the puck and being able to find the open lanes with his pin-point passing. This season, and even parts of last season, Richards has had trouble doing both when the team has the man advantage.
Obviously, the blame should not be placed solely on Richards's shoulders but as the team's supposed power play quarterback, he needs to get it going in order for this team to have success moving forward with the man advantage.
Tags: brad+richards, john+tortorella, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers
Building on a Win Streak
That is officially what the New York Rangers have and what they will look to do tonight against a struggling New York Islanders' hockey club at Madison Square Garden.
After beating the Boston Bruins 4-3 in a shootout at the TD Garden on Tuesday night, the Rangers have now won three straight games and are starting to find ways to gain traction in an extremely competitive Eastern Conference. The Rangers currently find themselves in the eighth spot in the Conference with 14 points, which puts them five behind the leading New Jersey Devils.
At the other end of the spectrum, the club is also just one point of the ninth spot. With such a shortened schedule, each Conference is a lot more competitive than it usually is, which is pretty amazing considering how tight each Conference is every season.
This is why it is important for the New York Rangers to continue building on this winning streak. Every point matters and in the end, the eight teams with the most points in the East make the playoffs and with the roster the Blueshirts have, they should be one of those eight teams that gets to play for the Cup in May and June.
While I did not get to see the game on Tuesday night (I had a hockey game of my own to play in), it was nice to see Rangers' forward Carl Hagelin score again. After struggling out of the gate to start the season, Hagelin now has six points (four goals and two assists) and is starting to play with a lot of confidence.
Tags: boston+bruins, carl+hagelin, henrik+lundqvist, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers
Three in a Row
That is what the New York Rangers will be looking for tonight in terms of wins when they take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.
This will be the final regular season game this year between these two teams. The series is currently split and one game apiece with tonight being the grudge match.
The Blueshirts are coming off two games in which they have had no trouble finding the back of the net. In fact, in the last two games combined, the Blueshirts have scored nine goals, with most of them coming during even strength play.
Speaking of the team's last two games, the club's defense and goaltending have been stellar. The team has allowed just two goals in that span and starting netminder Henrik Lundqvist is starting to look more like the Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender that he was last season.
Tags: boston+bruins, henrik+lundqvist, new+york+rangers
Big on Even Strength
This is the perfect way to describe tonight's New York Rangers' win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
All goals were even strength as the Blueshirts got even two goals from Carl Hagelin (two goals and one assist) a goal from team captain Ryan Callahan, a goal by fourth liner Arron Asham (his first as a Ranger) and power forward Rick Nash (one goal and one assist) to lead the Rangers to a 5-1 victory at Madison Square Garden. With the win, the Blueshirts moved over the .500, albeit one game, mark for the first time this season.
The Rangers essentially won this game in the first period. Hagelin scored 31 seconds into the game and Callahan scored with just over five minutes to go in the period to put the Rangers up by a score of 2-0 going into the second.
In that first period, the Rangers were all over the Lightning in the offensive zone. The team got to loose pucks and were not afraid to put it on net as the team fired 15 shots on Lightning netminder Mathieu Garon, who ended up being pulled after Hagelin notched his second of the night about ten minutes into the second period.
That second period was quite interesting as a Rangers' error at their own bench allowed Lightning forward Vincent Lecavalier to score his team's only goal. On the play, the Blueshirts had trouble making a line change and ended up getting caught shorhanded in their own zone. Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist (19 saves) made two great saves prior to the goal but Lecavalier was able to sneak one in just under Lundqvist's outstretched left arm.
Tags: arron+asham, boston+bruins, carl+hagelin, henrik+lundqvist, john+tortorella, mathieu+garon, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, ryan+callahan, tampa+bay+lightning, vincent+lecavalier
Trying to Build Consistency
That is something the New York Rangers will look to do tonight when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning.
On Thursday night against the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden, the Blueshirts skated away with a 4-1 victory. The team got terrific performances out of J.T. Miller, Chris Kreider, Ryan McDonagh and Henrik Lundqvist and did everything else they needed to do to win a hockey game.
For the Rangers to get all parts of their game going, the team's power play must start clicking. More often than not, the Rangers have been given ample opportunitites to build on their momentum by scoring a goal with the man advantage and more often than not, the Rangers come out of it goal-less.
When one thinks about it, it does not make any sense that the Rangers are not producing on the power play. The team has the talent, the shooters, the guys to go to the front of the net and the point men to get the puck to the net.
Tags: chris+kreider, henrik+lundqvist, j.t.+miller, john+tortorella, marian+gaborik, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, rick+nash, ryan+mcdonagh, tampa+bay+lightning
Rangers' Young Trio Come Through in Win Over the Islanders
For the New York Rangers ot have success the rest of the way, they are going to need contributions up and down the lineup.
In a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden tonight, Blueshirts' youngsters J.T. Miller (two goals), Ryan McDonagh (one goal and one assist) and Chris Kreider (one assist) all had big games for their team. The trio produced, played well on both sides of the ice and showed head coach John Tortorella that they are here to stay (mainly Miller and Kreider).
In just his second career NHL game, Miller notched his first two NHL goals. His first one came in the first period as Miller used his hustle, great footwork and patience with the puck to beat Islanders' goaltender Evegni Nabokov.
The second one was a beauty that came on the power play (Yes, you read that right). McDonagh made a great pass from just over his own blue and hit Miller cutting towards the offensive zone blue line and Miller beat Nabokov on a partial breakaway.
Tags: chris+kreider, evgeni+nabokov, j.t.+miller, john+tortorella, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, ryan+callahan, ryan+mcdonagh, tampa+bay+lightning
Power Play Must Start Working for the Blueshirts
When it comes to winning in the National Hockey League, a team's performance on special teams plays an integral role in winning and losing hockey games.
For the New York Rangers, the power play has been a detriment to the hockey club. The team cannot seem to put the puck in the net, is too often looking for the perfect play and is failing at key times in a hockey game.
Tonight against the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers will try and do everything they can to change that. At 3 for 35 with the man advantage and with a 4-5 record through nine games this season, the team simplay cannot afford not to have a power play that works.
When looking at the power play, it is easy to see why it is not working. For starters, the Blueshirts are not getting enough quality scoring chances. Too often, the team is looking for the perfect play with the perfect pass and more often than not, that will not lead to a power play goal.
Tags: new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers
Clarkson, Brodeur Beat Blueshirts 3-1
For the New York Rangers, tonight must have seemed familiar as the team was beaten by the strong performances of New Jersey Devils' forward David Clarkson and netminder Martin Brodeur in a 3-1 loss.
Clarkson continues to show that last year was not a fluke as he picked up his sixth and seventh goal of the year by doing something the Rangers have not done often enough this season and that's being in the right position in the slot. On both goals, Clarkson was left open in front of Rangers' netminder Henrik Lundqvist and he made them pay for it.
The Blueshirts also ran into the hot goaltending of Brodeur. Brodeur, who stopped 24 or 25 shots on the night, made several great saves in the first period to keep the Rangers off the board and then made a terrific glove save on Blueshirts' forward Carl Hagelin in the third period to help preserve the victory.
The loss puts the Rangers at 4-5 this season and also shows just how inconsistent the club really is. The team continued to struggle on the power play, played careless defense in front of Lundqvist and did not get the offense they need to win a hockey game.
Tags: brad+richards, carl+hagelin, david+clarkson, henrik+lundqvist, marian+gaborik, martin+brodeur, new+jersey+devils, new+york+islanders, new+york+rangers, rick+nash
Rangers Looking to be More Than Solid at The Rock
The last time the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils squared off, the Devils scored in overtime to advance to the Stanley Cup Final, where they would lose in six games to the Los Angeles Kings.
Fast forward close to nine months later and things are very different. Both teams are in the midst of a 48-game schedule, both teams have new faces and both clubs are not quite sure where they fit in just yet in the ever competitive Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference and are meeting tonight at the Prudential Center.
The Blueshirts are coming off a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in what was one of their best performances of the season. The team played tight defense, got the scoring they needed and got a big game out of their back-up goaltender Martin Biron.
The team will look to do the same tonight, this time with different faces in the lineup. For starters, Rangers' highly-touted prospect J.T. Miller was called up from the Connecticut Whale and will more than likely utilize him in their upcoming games.
Tags: connecticut+whale, darroll+powe, j.t.+miller, los+angeles+kings, martin+biron, mike+rupp, new+jersey+devils, new+york+rangers, nick+palmieri, tampa+bay+lightning
Stability and Consistency Lead Rangers to Victory
When it comes to winning a hockey game in the NHL, teams must be consistent in their play and have some stability whether it is with their offense, defense or goaltending.
Tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the New York Rangers got the stability in goal they needed from back-up Martin Biron (30 saves) and consistently put pucks on net in a 3-2 victory in Tampa Bay for their first road victory of the season.. Considering that the Lightning were the best team in the Eastern Conference coming into this game and were putting pucks in the net left and right, it was an impressive victory for the Blueshirts.
In his first start of the season, Biron was exactly what he needed to be for the Rangers. He made the big saves when he needed to, slowed down the play when his team needed a breather and have the Rangers the kind of goaltending they needed against a very good Lightning hockey club.
On offense, Rangers' forward Derek Stepan scored his first goal of the season to knot the game up at 1-1 in the second period. For Stepan, it was a much needed goal as he had not scored since Game 6 against the Ottawa Senators in last year's first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The team also got an absolutely great goal from Rick Nash. On the play, Nash used his size and terrific puck-handling abilities to blow by Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman and beat Lightning netminder Mathieu Garon to give the team a 2-1 lead.
Tags: adam+henrique, carl+hagelin, derek+stepan, martin+biron, new+jersey+devils, new+york+rangers, ottawa+senators, rick+nash, tampa+bay+lightning, taylor+pyatt
Not Going to be Easy
Update: According to Rangers' beat writer Steve Zipay, it appears that Rangers' back-up goaltender Martin Biron will make his first start of the season tonight.
That will certainly be the case tonight for the New York Rangers when they take on the Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa.
The Blueshirts are coming off one of their worst performances of this young season. On Thursday night at Madison Square Garden against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Rangers were kept quiet offensively, took another careless too many men on the ice penalty and lacked the energy that is needed to be competitive in a hockey game.
At the other end of the ice, the Lightning are just the opposite. The team is scoring goals like crazy (beat the Winnipeg Jets 8-3 last night), cashing in on the power play and at the time of this writing, is the top team in the Eastern Conference with a 6-1 record, having won five straight games.
For the Rangers to start winning hockey games, their offense is going to need to step up in a big way. Besides the line of Marian Gaborik, Brad Richards, and Rick Nash, the team's forwards have been very quiet.
The team needs the likes of Derek Stepan and Carl Hagelin to start putting the puck in the net. These two players have not played badly but they are not finding themselves on the scoresheet, which could become a problem as this season goes further.
Tags: brad+richards, carl+hagelin, derek+stepan, marian+gaborik, new+york+rangers, pittsburgh+penguins, rick+nash, tampa+bay+lightning, winnipeg+jets
Rangers Hang On to Beat the Flyers
The New York Rangers survived a frantic third period to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers tonight by a score of 2-1 at Madison Square Garden.
The way the Blueshirts played tonight is exactly the kind of style that won the team many games last season. They got some timely scoring from defenseman Michael Del Zotto and team captain Ryan Callahan before relying on their penalty killing and team defense to win a hockey game.
Last season, the Blueshirts frustrated many opponents by playing this way and it was evident tonight that the Flyers got frustrated in the latter half of the second period and throughout the third period. Late in the second period, the Rangers killed off a 5-on-3 advantage and in the third period, the team seemed to either get in the way of every Flyers' shot or pass or get the goaltending they needed from Henrik Lundqvist (26 saves on 27 shots).
Another positive for the Rangers was the play of Del Zotto. With a goal and an assist tonight, Del Zotto now has six points (2 goals and 4 assists) in six games. Yes, he still needs to work on his play in his own zone but Del Zotto is certainly taking steps in the right direction.
Rangers' speedster Carl Hagelin also had a great game for his hockey club. He forechecked, he created scoring opportunities with his speed and was all over the ice. He might not have any points yet but his efforts definitely have not gone unnoticed.
Tags: carl+hagelin, henrik+lundqvist, max+talbot, michael+del+zotto, new+york+rangers, philadelphia+flyers, pittsburgh+penguins, ryan+callahan
60-Minute Hockey
For the first time this season, that is exactly what the New York Rangers played in their 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Madison Square Garden last night.
The team dominated in all facets of the game and did all the little things to win a hockey game. This style of hockey is what made the Blueshirts so successful last season and last night against the Leafs, it was the perfect blueprint for a win.
The Rangers once again got another great performance from Marian Gaborik. With two goals and two assists for four points, Gaborik is now fifth in the league in scoring with nine points (5 goals and 4 assists) and has eight points in his last three games.
The team also got some offense from its blue line last night. Marc Staal scored the game-tying goal in the third period for his first goal of the season and took the shot from the point that was deflected by Gaborik for the game winning goal while defenseman Michael Del Zotto added two assists.
Tags: brad+richards, james+reimer, marc+staal, marian+gaborik, michael+del+zotto, new+york+rangers, philadelphia+flyers, rick+nash, toronto+maple+leafs
Finding Consistency
This is what the New York Rangers will try to do tonight when they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Madison Square Garden.
At 1-3 through four games, it is easy to see that the Blueshirts have not found the things that made them so successful last season on a consistent basis. In fact, there have only been glimpses of the team's tight defense, great goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist and the ability to score big goals at important times.
This is obviously a much different kind of year for the Rangers than last seaason. Every game is important, there is not as much time to practice/work on things, there are many games in a given week and the team has only been together for a few weeks now.
With that said, and this is something that I mentioned in my previous blog, the team cannot afford to make these kinds of excuses this season. The way the game is played has not changed, the team pretty much has the same roster as it did last season and the goal is always the same, which is to get to the postseason and win the Stanley Cup.
Tags: new+york+rangers, toronto+maple+leafs
Getting Used to Back-to-Back
With a shortened season and condensed schedule, this is something that the New York Rangers need to get used to quickly to avoid performances like tonight in Philadelphia.
After beating the Boston Bruins last night by a score of 4-3 in overtime, the Rangers were flat in the first two periods and it cost them in a 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Not enough offense, too much time in their own zone and untimely penalty caused the Blueshirts problems and ultimately, the hockey game.
Going into this game, everyone knew that the Flyers were a desparate hockey club. The club was off to an 0-3 start, they have a bunch of guys that are hurt and were having trouble putting the puck in the net.
While the Flyers did not exactly light up the scoreboard, they did generate a ton of scoring chances, did a good job controlling the puck and limited the Blueshirts' scoring opportunities. The Flyers also did a good job of slowing day what was already a tired hockey club in the Rangers.
What the Flyers also did was kill a big 5-on-3 Rangers' power play in the third period. The Rangers were not able to get many pucks on net, spent too much time setting up at the perimeter of the zone and towards the end of the power play, they let the Flyers control the puck for way too long.
Tags: boston+bruins, brad+richards, henrik+lundqvist, marian+gaborik, new+york+rangers, philadelphia+flyers, rick+nash, taylor+pyatt, toronto+maple+leafs
Gaborik's Hat Trick Lifts Blueshirts to OT Victory
Sometimes, someone just needs to step up and put the puck in the net to help his club win a hockey game.
Tonight against the Boston Bruins, it was New York Rangers' forward Marian Gaborik who scored an overtime goal to give himself a hat trick (14th of his career) and more importantly, his team, a 4-3 victory. These were two points that Rangers' badly needed and Gaborik made it happen.
In overtime, Bruins' defenseman Andrew Ference struggled with a bouncing puck at that point and once Gaborik saw that, he got the puck and took off for the races. He went in on Bruins' netminder Tuukka Rask and was stopped on the first shot but was able to bat the rebound down and into the net to give his team their first win of the season.
Coming into tonight's tilt, Gaborik had been quiet offensively. He had not generated that many scoring chances, did not have too many shots on goal and just did not look like the Gaborik from last season.
Gaborik changed that persona tonight and fueled the team offensively from the get go. One main reason for that could be because he was placed on a line with Rick Nash and Brad Richards.
Tags: andrew+ference, boston+bruins, brad+richards, derek+stepan, henrik+lundqvist, marian+gaborik, new+york+rangers, philadelphia+flyers, rick+nash, taylor+pyatt, toronto+maple+leafs, tuukka+rask
Time To Turn Things Around
After an 0-2 start to the 48-game season, this is something that the New York Rangers need to do beginning tonight with their tilt against the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden.
The Blueshirts are coming off two games in which they did not play well defensively, took some bad penalties and did not get the offense they need from guys other than Brad Richards and Rick Nash. Put these three things together and it spells disaster for the New York Rangers.
Tonight, they take on a 2-0 Bruins hockey club, with one of those wins coming against the Blueshirts this past Saturday night in Boston at the TD Garden. In the team's, the Rangers were badly outplayed and left their netminder, Henrik Lundqvist (31 saves on 34 shots), out to dry.
With the roster that the Rangers have, there is no reason to believe that this will be a long losing streak. The team does have guys that can put the puck in the net, does have one of the best defensive corps in the league and also has one of the best goaltending tandems in the NHL.
With that said, however, there is still some work to be done. For starters, the Rangers need to do a much better job in front of their goaltender. Too often on Saturday and Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins, both Lundqvist and back-up netminder Martin Biron were hung out to dry as the opposition looked for rebounds or got into great position on top of the crease or in the slot.
Tags: boston+bruins, brad+richards, henrik+lundqvist, new+york+rangers, pittsburgh+penguins, rick+nash
Not Putting It Together
Through the first two games of the season, this seems to be the problem for the New York Rangers.
After losing to the Boston Bruins last night at the TD Garden by a score of 3-1, the Blueshirts were once again a step behind, this time tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden. The Blueshirts lost their second straight game to go 0-2 after losing by a score of 6-3.
Once Rangers' captain Ryan Callahan tied the score up at 1-1 with a power play goal in the first period, things seemed to fall apart for the Blueshirts. They allowed two more goals in the first period to go down 3-1 and then at one point in the third period, the team was down 5-1 before Taylor Pyatt put one in for the Rangers to make it 5-2.
Meanwhile, for the second straight game, the Penguins got the offense they needed to win a hockey game. The team got goals from James Neal (2), Tyler Kennedy, Matt Niskanen, Pascal Dupuis and Kris Letang while getting good enough goaltending from Tomas Vokoun (30 saves on 33 shots).
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Quiet On the Offensive Front
With a somewhat revamped offense and Rick Nash in the lineup, the New York Rangers' offense was quiet in their season opening 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins.
Obviously, it was the first game and players still have to get used to each other, but nevertheless, the Blueshirts did not generate enough offensive pressure. While the Bruins' defensemen are big and do a good job of blocking shots, the Rangers did not do nearly enough to get the puck on Bruins' goaltender Tuukka Rask (just 20 shots on goal) nor did they create enough traffic in front of Rask to bother the Bruins' netminder..
What is somewhat worrisome, even though it was just the first game, the offense also looked lost. The club lacked finish, did not know when and where to put the puck on net from and did not generate the quality scoring chances that are needed to score in the NHL.
For the Rangers, believe it or not, this is nothing different. Many nights last season, the team relied on the goaltending of Henrik Lundqvist to keep them in the game long enough for their offense to may be score one or two goals.
Tonight, that simply did not work. The team took three penalties within a span of nine minutes in the first period and while they killed them off thanks to Lundqvist and his defense, the Bruins would manage to find the back of the net with just over six minutes to go in the period thanks to Milan Lucic.
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Here we are folks. About two and a half months after the season was suppossed to begin, the New York Rangers will open up their regular season tomorrow night in Boston with a tilt against the Boston Bruins.
For the Blueshirts, this game has been a long time coming. It marks the debut of Rick Nash and what will hopefully be a more dynamic offense both in even strength situations, and on the power play.
The game also represents the start of what some predict will be a great 48-game season for the Blueshirts. While it is too early to start talking about hockey's Holy Grail, it is definitely something that the Rangers should be able to contend for this year.
The Rangers were 3-1 last season against the Bruins. The Blueshirts outscored the B's by a 11-7 margin and in those games, got great goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist, who had a memorable 40-save shutout in Boston back on February 14.
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This is exactly how New York Rangers' fans should approach the upcoming 48-game shortened NHL season.
Last season, the Blueshirts shocked many and were one of the best teams in the entire league last season. They did it with great goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist, great defense, and a committment by the whole team to play well on both sides of the puck.
Considering that the team's coach, John Tortorella, is still in place, the team will more than likely use the same philosphy this season. With that said, there is reason for the team and its fans to believe that this season could end up being a very special season on Broadway.
For starters, the team now has a balanced offense. With newcomer Rick Nash now in the fold, the Blueshirts now have two snipers in their arsenal with the likes of Nash and Marian Gaborik to go along with the likes of Brad Richards, Ryan Callahan, Derek Stepan, Carl Hagelin, and others.
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Shojo Beat Discussion with Anna, Lori and Laura
September 18, 2012 by Anna N 5 Comments
Anna: For this discussion post for the Shojo Beat Manga Moveable Feast, I'm welcoming Laura from Heart of Manga and Lori from Manga Xanadu. Join us as we talk about Shojo Beat, the manga imprint (and sadly departed magazine) that has produced a wide variety of female-centric manga for discerning readers. I thought I would kick off the discussion by asking what everybody's favorite Shojo Beat titles are?
Favorite Shojo Beat Titles
Laura: That's a tough one because there are several I love! Hana-Kimi was my first manga I totally loved, so I guess now that it's going through reprints I can count it. Skip Beat! would be my all-time favorite, with Kimi ni Todoke and Dengeki Daisy close behind.
Anna: It is tough because Shojo Beat puts out so many titles that often my favorite is whatever I've read most recently! But I'll agree with you about Hana-Kimi being fabulous. I think Nana is a classic work, and of the titles currently being released I love Story of Saiunkoku and Dengeki Daisy.
Lori: I'm with you Anna, often my favorites are whatever I've read recently. Nana would have to be on my all time favorite though, as it was one of the titles that got me reading shojo seriously. The new release of Hana-Kimi has introduced me to that series, and I was love with it in an instant! I adore Story of Saiunkoku and Kimi ni Todoke, and really enjoy Dengeki Daisy as well. I'd add Beauty Pop and The Earl and the Fairy is starting to climb up the list as well! It's really hard to limit the list since so many of them seem to strike a chord with me.
What Shojo Beat Title Would We All Avoid?
Anna: Are there any Shojo Beat titles that you feel less enthusiastic about? Generally a large stack of my reading list is Shojo Beat, but I have to admit I've never felt the urge to go back and reread Absolute Boyfriend, even though I love Yuu Watase's other works.
Lori: There have definitely been titles I didn't care for. I didn't care to read Absolute Boyfriend, Crimson Hero, or Baby and Me when they were serialized in Shojo Beat magazine, and even less about them in collected books. I know this will probably get me some heat, but I didn't care for Gentleman's Alliance Cross or Vampire Knight. There was way too much melodrama in them for my tastes. Recently, I've tried Ai Ore and Black Bird. While both have had elements I liked, the overall "icky-ness" I felt from them keep me from following them regularly.
Laura: Hmmm. Must be something about Absolute Boyfriend. Hehe. Of all Shojo Beat titles I've read and reviewed, and I have covered a major chunk of the list, Absolute Boyfriend was the only one I have rated as "don't bother reading." I hated it. I think Hot Gimmick comes in second. While I liked the tension in the first few volumes of Black Bird, it really started to go sour in later volumes. Oh, and I could never get through Haruka:Beyond the Stream of Time because it felt too much like a Fushigi Yugi knock-off.
Lori: I couldn't get through the one preview chapter of Hot Gimmick that was printed in Shojo Beat. So not a title for me. I liked Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time though. I hadn't read any of Fushigi Yugi then, though I'm not sure it would have made a difference to me. I like the "Neo Romances" that include Haruka and also La Corda d' Oro. I have a weak spot for bishonen.
Anna: Ah, I'm planning on covering Gentlemen's Alliance Cross and Vampire Knight for the manga moveable feast! Something about all the pretty art and melodrama appeals to my inner 13 year old! I do genuinely like Hot Gimmick because it is so much of a soap opera. I found that the later (second series) volumes of Ai Ore are almost an entirely different series, much more comedic and less icky. Are there any Shojo Beat titles that you think haven't gotten the attention they deserved?
Underappreciated Shojo Beat Titles
Laura: Definitely some of the more historical series. I think Kaze Hikaru is a gem that not many know about. I discovered it last year and fell in love with the characters. Of course I seem to be partial to the "girl hiding as a boy" titles. Saiunkoku has a strong female protagonist that I would love for everyone to read about, but it doesn't seem as popular as other series. I also think Yurara and Rasetsu aren't as popular as they should with the supernatural elements that seem to be a huge fad in the past few years.
Anna: I LOVE Kaze Hikaru. I came around to it slowly, because I read the first few chapters in Shojo Beat magazine, enjoyed it but was underwhelmed, and then after I checked the first few volumes from the library I decided I had to collect the whole series.
Lori: Like you Anna, I started reading Kaze Hikaru in Shojo Beat, and felt just as underwhelmed. I've since read subsequent volumes but haven't be captivated by it as a lot of others have. I've liked what I've read, but haven't loved it. And I completely agree with you Laura about Yurara and Rasetsu. They have a good balance of strong female lead, comedy, and drama as well as the supernatural hook. Another historical series that didn't get the attention it deserved is Red River. That title is almost crack-tastic in the way it can grab you and suck you into an exciting story and steamy romance!
Laura: I'm right with you on Red River, Lori. Although it's a pre-Shojo Beat imprint title, it's one of the first few manga series I read and loved and collected all 28 volumes. It definitely deserves an omnibus reprint and some hype like some of the other earlier series have been getting.
Anna: I'm slowly collecting Red River, because I didn't read it as it was coming out. One of these days I'm going to go on a Red River binge! But we should swing back to the Shojo Beat imprint. Do you think that the magazine's cancellation had much of an effect on the series that you try or your buying habits?
Shojo Beat Magazine and Buying Habits
Lori: It definitely did for me. I didn't intend to subscribe to Shojo Beat. My one-month-old subscription to Animerica became a Shojo Beat sub, but after reading a few issues I kept it. Shojo Beat is what got me to read shojo manga, where before I scorned most "girly" or romance titles. I wouldn't be the fan I am today without it, and wouldn't have tried half the titles I did. I really miss the previews and spotlights that the magazine did. It not only helped me find new titles, but helped to convince me to check out older titles that I had missed.
Laura: I think the magazine is one of the reasons Shojo Beat thrived while other companies were struggling. I didn't realize what was being published because I hardly saw ads for other companies. I think the magazine had a big influence over what I read, whether I realized it or not at the time. It was a great way to try out series and see how they fared.
Anna: I didn't subscribe to the magazine, although I'd often buy it on the newsstand when I could find it. I agree that it was a great way of exposing readers to series that they wouldn't normally try. The imprint seems to be doing fine without the magazine, as many Shojo Beat titles seem to be winding up on the NYT manga bestsellers list. What do you think of the more recent Shojo Beat series?
Laura: A Devil and Her Love Song, The Earl and the Fairy, and Jiu Jiu are the ones from this year. I really like The Earl and the Fairy with the supernatural and historical elements. The writing and art is great. A Devil and Her Love Song is a slice of life with a couple of really cute bishies. I like Maria Kawai as a character, and I find her approach to situations interesting. I'm not really sold on Jiu Jiu yet. In my review I stated that it was a little too icky for me in the sense that the wolf pups seem to be trying to ravish the main character.
Going back a little further, there are two series from last year I rather enjoy. Dawn of the Arcana is great. There's fantasy and magic, with serious romantic tension. I also like The Legend of Princess Sakura with Tanemura's gorgeously detailed art. Oresama Teacher is okay. It has great elements of humor and a quirky protagonist, but it's not my favorite. Then there's Ai Ore! I kind of have a love/hate relationship with that one. I like reading Shinjo's smutty stuff, because she's great at it. However I just can't like the androgynous characters from Ai Ore! It's often hard to watch. I have to laugh at it.
Lori: From this year, like Laura I loved The Earl and the Fairy, and I've just read A Devil and Her Love Song. I will be getting more of that series. Jiu Jiu I need at least another volume or two before I decide. I want to see where the series is going. The scene with Snow was a little weird, but I don't see it becoming a usual thing. At least I hope not. Going back to last year, The Legend of Princess Sakura was the first Tanemura title I read that I really liked and have picked up subsequent volumes. I have the first two volumes of Dawn of Arcana, but haven't read them yet. Oresama Teacher has been very hit or miss with me. I like Mayufu and Hagasawa, but just couldn't stand Takaomi. I really didn't like Ai Ore!. It was all the smutty stuff that turned me away actually, rather than the androgynous characters as I thought would.
Anna: I have a lot of fondness for Oresama Teacher, just because it is the only purely goofy shojo comedy series that I never find boring. I think that Mayu Shinjo is a national treasure for her smut-writing abilities, and while I didn't care as much for the first few volumes of Ai Ore!, the later volumes tend to lean more towards the comedic instead of smutty. That being said, I'm looking forward to her upcoming series Demon Love Spell in the hopes it will be more like Sensual Phrase than Ai Ore!
Shojo Beat License Requests
Laura: What titles would you like to see Viz license?
Lori: Not an easy question, but off the top of my head, I'd like the sequel to St. Dragon Girl, St. Dragon Girl Miracle. And there are two titles from Kaori Yuki that I would love to read; the one volume Bloodhound about a girl and a host club vampire, and Ludwig Revolution, a Yuki take on fairy tales. There is a sequel to Ludwig Revolution, Ludwig Fantasia that seems just started last year, so I'll add that after we get the first series.
Anna: I am really bad about license requests because the titles I want most have nothing to do with economic reality. I loved the non-Shojo Beat title Basara, and I would like to be able to read another of Yumi Tamura's series like 7 Seeds, a look at a hazardous post-apocalyptic world inhabited only by a few humans. Since that is extremely unlikely to happen, I'd just like to see more titles aimed at older readers that straddle the line between shojo and josei like Nana.
Laura: Okay, Bloodhound sounds like fun supernatural story with vampires. I could go for that as well as the sequel to St. Dragon Girl. I think for Shojo Beat I'd like to see Ao Haru Ride by Io Sakisaka get licensed. That's the same author as Strobe Edge that's coming out here in the next month or so. I really would like to read Love So Life by Kaede Kouchi, but she is a fairly new mangaka. Hoshi wa Uta, or Twinkle Stars by Natsuki Takaya of Fruits Basket is another one. Akatsuki no Yona is a fantasy adventure series by Mizuho Kusanagi of Mugen Spiral/NG Life that I'd like to read as well. For josei I'd have to request Hapi Mari by Maki Enouji. I could keep going but that's enough for now.
Anna: Thanks for joining me for this discussion, Laura and Lori!
Tuesday Morning Shojo Beat Posts
September 18, 2012 by Anna N Leave a Comment
Today we have a great look at the paranormal romance series Yurara from Anna at Tokyo Jupiter, Yurara and the Problems of a Supernatural Love Polygon. Anna writes "In this shojo series, the relationships are further complicated because the two boys, Yako and Mei, are competing for the love of Yurara, their classmate and Yurara, the guardian spirit that possesses and protects her. It's stories such as these that are the reason why I can't ever give up shojo manga. As if teenage love wasn't complicated enough without adding a ghost into the mix."
Lissa at Kuriosity takes a look at the fourth volume of the quirky series A Devil and Her Love Song, saying "What I loved most about the change in people's attitudes here (aside from the huge relief it was to see Maria get some widespread support) was how it's slowly begun to showcase individuals in the class who've never had a voice, or even a name, before. Just looking at the back cover of this volume introduces us to a whole new group of people with unique designs, personalities and roles in the class."
Over at OrganizationASG, Justin asks what Shojo Beat manga he should start reading?
I'm giving away a copy of Shojo Beat title Ai Ore Volume 1!
That's it for this morning! Remember if you have older posts that you would like included in the Shojo Beat Manga Moveable feast archive, send them my way.
Shojo Beat Monday Morning Round-up
September 17, 2012 by Anna N 1 Comment
To kick off the Shojo Beat Manga Moveable Feast on Manga Report, I decided to see exactly how many volumes I have in this Wall of Shojo Beat post. I am still in the process of trying to get all those books back on the shelves!
Starting the feast week on a Sunday means it might be a little light on posts, but I over at Matt Talks About Manga, Matt is trying out the melodrama Sand Chronicles. He ends up concluding that the third shojo manga that he's read is "a conventional and forgettable romance that didn't do much for me beyond providing a few laughs."
Lissa over at Kuriosity has better luck with Otomen Volume 13, a series that she thought was starting to get lackluster, but was reinvigorated by the volume's sudden focus on Ryo: "When I read the synopsis for volume thirteen however, I felt excited. Ryo and Asuka facing off against each other in judo? Cool! What I got was both what I expected and not at the same time. This volume has the longest focus on Ryo I recall since the series began. It provides a better look at her as a character and springs forward her relationship with Asuka more than I ever honestly thought would be possible."
Monday morning brings a bunch of posts for the feast! Lori at Manga Xanadu looks at the first five volumes of St. Dragon Girl, concluding "St. Dragon Girl is a fairly light and fun romance. Matsumoto's artwork is beautiful to look at (especially the dragons), and she uses a lot of great Chinese costuming, making the series another plus in my book. There is next to no drama, and the comedy is well-timed with the more serious moments."
Ash at Experiments in Manga offers quick takes on Shojo Beat manga and anime, covering Dengeki Daisy, Library Wars, Otomen, and Honey and Clover
I start out the week by looking at my most anticipated Shojo Beat volume, Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden volume 10.
Wall of Shojo Beat
For Day 1 of the Manga Moveable Feast, I decided to determine how many volumes of Shojo Beat manga I have by pulling everything off the shelves and stacking them up!
I figured this would have an added benefit of helping me consolidate series when I put everything back, as I am not terribly organized when it comes to my personal library. One of the things that struck me when I was pulling volumes was how many series I had that predated the imprint, and are thus not included in this photo. Hana Kimi is currently being reprinted under the Shojo Beat line, so I could have pulled that. Other great pre-Shojo Beat series also include Boys Over Flowers and Kare First Love. I've sold off some series I thought I wouldn't read again, and I have some volumes of manga in storage, so the total for the Shojo Beat manga I have readily available in my house is in the 200+ volumes range which is actually much less than I thought!
How many Shojo Beat volumes do you have?
Call for Participation: Shojo Beat Manga Moveable Feast
September 1, 2012 by Anna N 7 Comments
I'm excited to host a Manga Moveable Feast focusing on Shojo Beat from September 16th-22nd. I have a ton of manga in my house, but I probably have more Shojo Beat manga than any other imprint from a particular publisher. Take a look at the Shojo Beat series listing on Viz Media if you aren't sure which series are included in the Shojo Beat imprint. Since this is a very large group of manga to draw from, I'm going to include some possible ideas for posts:
Old School Shojo Beat: The imprint has been around for a few years, and there may be some series that you've missed. Check out older Shojo Beat titles like Crimson Hero, Absolute Boyfriend, Baby and Me, or Full Moon.
Current Shojo Beat Reviews: Review currently releasing series like Oresama Teacher, Dengeki Daisy, Dawn of the Arcana, or Kamisama Kiss.
Shojo Beat Authors: Some authors have multiple series published under the Shojo Beat imprint. How about a post about Yuu Watase, Matsuri Hino, Miki Aihara, or Arina Tanemura
Most Criminally Overlooked Shojo Beat title: Not all series end up on the New York Times Manga Bestseller's list. Why not write an appreciation post (Kaze Hikaru) for a manga (Kaze Hikaru) that doesn't get the hype it deserves (Kaze Hikaru). (This could be a series other than Kaze Hikaru, I'm just very partial to it.)
Shojo Beat Mangazine Nostalgia post: Dig up your copies of Shojo Beat magazine and flip through them, remembering the days when we actually had a print magazine devoted to shojo manga.
As for what I'm planning myself, aside from the usual MMF hosting duties I might do a round-up post focusing on some of the fun two volume Shojo Beat series, as well as full reviews of some of the Arina Tanemura manga that I've been hoarding but haven't reviewed yet. If anyone would want to join in on a Shojo Beat discussion post during the week, please let me know and I will put that together. If you would like to participate but don't have your own blog, let me know and I can host your post.
Submissions can be sent to me at anna@mangareport.com
Twitter hashtag for this feast is #shojobeatmmf
Archive page for the feast is here: http://mangareport.com/mmf-shojo-beat/
I'm looking forward to the feast later this month, and I hope you are too!

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In the game, the brother who'd slept with the heaviest woman won the respect of his fraternity brothers (Image via Fox News)
College /// News & Politics x February 10, 2018
Sex Contest Lands Cornell Fraternity 2 Years' Probation
After comparing the weights of the women they've slept with, members of Zeta Beta Tau who participated in the 'Pig Roast' will undergo counseling and more.
By Gabriella Evans, Northern Arizona University
A sex contest among the fraternity brothers of Zeta Beta Tau at Cornell University has landed them two years of probation, as well as sexual-awareness education.
The fraternity brothers who participated in the sex contest competed with one another by comparing the weights of the women they slept with.
The objective of the competition was to sleep with the woman who weighed the most by sleeping with as many women as they could. The Cornell Daily Sun reported that the competition took place in 2017 and the chapter was confronted about its members' activities in December.
Ariana Grande's 'Positions' Explores Love, Sex and Vulnerability
In a statement on Wednesday posted on Facebook, Zeta Beta Tau chapter apologized for the actions of the Cornell University brothers:
" … the brothers of the Kappa Chapter of Zeta Beta Tau would like to first and foremost express our mutual disgust along with those who feel hurt or victimized," the chapter wrote. "Your feelings are legitimate and appropriate reactions to something of this nature."
In the letter of apology, the chapter explained that the Zeta Beta Tau brotherhood was not aware of the sex contest and did not sponsor the events or contests among the Cornell brothers.
According to the Cornell Daily Sun article, in addition to sexual-awareness events, the Cornell brothers will need to have a facility check, work with an adviser and begin a "transition program and have monthly meetings about progress updates."
In their statement, the chapter explained that it would be conducting its own review of its members and whether or not they meet the membership requirements.
It's Plain and Simple: Intersex Discrimination Is Sexist, Not 'Intersexist'
"We are committed to demonstrating through our actions that this inexcusable behavior will not be tolerated, and as such, we will take the necessary steps to ensure we retain the ideals and values of our brotherhood, specifically Social Responsibility and Integrity."
These steps will not only result in close observations of the Cornell brothers' activities, but it will require that education and an explanation of the values of the chapter overall be explained to every member who participated.
The Kappa brothers at Cornell ended their statement with the following: "It is our aim to continually be in alignment with the priorities and values of the Kappa Chapter of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity in order to meet the high standards set by the ZBT International Headquarters, the Cornell Community, and our peers across the country."
How to Supplement Your Sex Education, and Why You Should
Whether or not the efforts of the brothers at Cornell and the counseling they will undertake will successfully transition the behavior of the brothers for the long-term is yet to be seen.
The ability of a counselor to oversee the brothers' activities and the close observation that the brothers will experience as they work with the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life is planned to successfully reform the mindset of the group and educate them about why their behavior was not appropriate.
We Need To Talk About Female Sexual Dysfunction
The Interfraternity Conference Enforces New Rule: No Hard Alcohol!
5 Things to Know Before Having Sex for the First Time
Is Greek Life Right for You? The Pros and Cons of the Rush Process
Uproarious and Sexually Explicit, 'Call Her Daddy' Needs to Be in Your Pod Rotation
College /// Thoughts
The Greek Life System of the Deep South Needs to Die Off
On New York Subways, Officials Find a Women's Health Campaign 'Inappropriate'
College /// Culture
Is a Friends with Benefits Relationship Right For You?
We Need To Stop Stigmatizing the Use of Sex Toys During Sex
How Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Change Hookup Culture?
Greek Life Is Hastening the Demise of the On-Campus School Year
'365 Days' Misunderstands the Role of Consent Within BDSM


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George Williams Hotel
The YMCA believe that long-term social impact only comes from working in a community consistently over a period of time. To help ensure its social impact programs are enduring, the YMCA owns and operates the George Williams Hotel and manages Old Petrie Town markets, incorporating the Heritage Hotel function centre.
Staying at the George Williams Hotel or holding a wedding or function at the Heritage Hotel function centre directly supports the YMCA's work with the disadvantaged members of our community.


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- 殘編 (Tanya Hsu) on 五月 15, 2012.
Matching nails with lipstick – most stores carry matching nail polish with lipsticks now.
Make sure to moisturize before applying lipstick to avoid cracking.
"Brows are sisters not twins!!" – Your eyes are never symmetrical, therefore your brows shouldn't be symmetrical as well, they should contour the shape of the eye that they are framing.
Get a professional to do it the first time! It will be much more easier to maintain on your own afterwards.
A look that is not appreciated by everyone, but its IN!
The tip is to apply 3-4 colors on the face.
The model is wearing a bold pink lipstick, pink blushes, and 3 different shades of blue on her eyes.
Doesn't necessarily has to be black. You could use anything that offsets the natural color such as blue, gray, indigo, etc.
Tools: pencil /liquid. If you use a pencil liner and you are trying to graduate to a liquid liner, you can start by sketching over your pencil liner with a liquid liner. Do dashes instead of one stroke.
Anyone with any feature can have this look. Yet you have to wear make up to embrace this look.
The tip is to focus on the skin. Taking care of your skin condition is very important for this look. Exfoliate a few times a week and use primer before you start "painting". Always cleanse properly before you go to sleep. Use tinted moisturizers and concealers. Be careful not to use a color that is too light for you to avoid the Kardashian – reversed raccoon look, which is fine but just not for this trend. Don't go crazy with powder, the point is to keep it natural. Make sure all the colors match your skintone. Use a pink – blush lipstick or simply a lip gloss to add a hint of color.
How to choose the right color for your foundation?
Try it on your jaw line to get a marriage between the color of your neck and your face. Let the product sit a while on your face when testing it out because the reaction may vary due to different levels of alkalinity/acidity of the skin. When the foundation "disappears" on your skin after 10-15 minutes then you know you have found the right one. Use concealer ONLY on areas that are necessary to avoid creasing (esp. outer portion of the eye). Use a brush/sponge instead of fingertips; a patting motion instead of wiping.
Use pastel colors. Focus on the eyes or lips.
* Make sure to keep your receipts because most make up company accept returns/exchange.
Embrace the trends and try them out!


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Home Office Employees: Why It's Great To Be a Primerican
At Primerica, field representatives have the support of a skilled and committed Home Office team of more than 1,700 employees who are dedicated to helping more Main Street families become financially independent every day.*
The Home Office team is one of the most committed groups of people in business today. They work in executive leadership, marketing, communications, technology, life operations, legal and compliance, and training and development — areas where they are totally focused on serving the needs of the sales force, and they love their jobs!
The Bureau of Labor Statistics latest report states the average length of an employee's tenure at one job is less than five years. Not at Primerica. The average length of employment of a Home Office worker? Almost 14 years!
So, why is it so great to be a Primerican? Here's what one Home Office employee had to say:
Meet Jason …
For accountant Jason Wilmot, the company culture at the Home Office is one of the greater perks about working at Primerica.
"The best thing about working at Primerica is, undoubtedly, the people," he says. "Everyone I have had an opportunity to interact with has made my experience here so incredible. With so many smiling faces and positive attitudes, it's the people that make our company culture what it is and it's second to none!"
Wilmot has worked for the company since 2011.
*Primerica Representatives are independent contractors and are not employees of Primerica.


The 'Peninsular' suburb, bounded by the Swan River for some two thirds of its boundaries and offering a wealth of wooded scenic parklands. 'Inter-war' homes up to modern day mansions typifies the architectural design of many homes in Dalkeith. In the 1940's, homes with circular and angular elements, curved porches, decorative panels, wrought iron balustrades and limestone base built, encapsulating the wealth and prestige in the area. The Californian style bungalow was also one of the most common style to emerge during the period.
The intense settlement of the Inter-war period has resulted in extensive property development in the area. Just a few features of the locality are Yacht and Rowing Clubs, nearby Matilda Bay and Kings Park, the expansive Sir Charles Gardiner Medical Complex, University of WA and just a short drive east to Perth and west to North Cottesloe Beach.
One of the many facilities available in the prestigious suburb of Dalkeith is the Point Resolution bush and parklands reserve and beautiful 'White Beach' the widest strip of white sandy beach north of the River coupled with the numerous other very picturesque and peaceful surrounds of Dalkeith. Arguably the closest prestige single residential suburb to Perth, just some 7 kilometers along the River with Kings Park one side and the Swan the other. (Only one 'T' junction with traffic lights between Dalkeith and the Perth City.) A journey of about 8 minutes, hence the suburbs immense popularity with Business, Professional and Corporate Executives.


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Convicted sex offender served his time, neighbors concerned over release
A convicted sex offender who has served his time may soon be living in East Palo Alto. The state is proposing to move him into a home at the corner of Beech Street and Clarke Avenue.
Two suspects arrested in deadly 2020 East Palo Alto shooting
Police have arrested two suspects in the January 2020 fatal shooting of a 28-year-old Hayward man in East Palo Alto.
26-year-old Redwood City man killed in East Palo Alto shooting
A 26-year-old Redwood City man died in a shooting Tuesday night in East Palo Alto, according to police.
California Senator Josh Becker to speak at 'No on Recall' rally in East Palo Alto
California State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, and other Peninsula elected officials will speak at a noon rally in East Palo Alto Saturday urging a "no" vote on the recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
East Palo Alto police arrest man suspected of killing woman during argument
Police in East Palo Alto on Friday arrested a man in connection with the death of a woman that reportedly occurred during an argument between the two.
Task force seizes 1 ton of illegal fireworks in Menlo Park and East Palo Alto
Officials in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park have teamed up with a fireworks task force. So far in 2021, they've seized around 2,000 pounds of illegal fireworks.
Law enforcement seizes around 1 ton of illegal fireworks in Menlo Park and East Palo Alto
Officials in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park have teamed up with a fireworks task force. So far, they've seized around 2,000 pounds of illegal fireworks. KTVU's Ann Rubin reports.
East Palo Alto City Council considering implications of proposed office space development
East Palo Alto councilmembers on Tuesday reviewed and appeared to welcome the 1990 Bay Road "The Landing" project, which proposes developing office spaces at a 17.8-acre site at the end of Bay Road near Cooley Landing.
Vaccine site available to East Palo Alto residents starting Friday
All East Palo Alto residents 18 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a permanent clinic starting Friday.
Mother, daughter hospitalized with burns after East Palo Alto house fire
A two-alarm residential fire in East Palo Alto on Thursday morning sent a mother and a daughter to the hospital and displaced 11 people.
3 men arrested in East Palo Alto on weapons, robbery charges
The arrests on Monday were made after a months-long investigation into the suspects' alleged possession of high-powered rifles and high-capacity magazines.
East Palo Alto police investigating homicide at Martin Luther King park
At about 10:15 a.m., police officers were dispatched to the 400 block of a Daisy lane on a report of a deceased person at Martin Luther King Park.
East Palo Alto officials concerned about city's COVID-19 positivity rate
City Manager Jaime Fontes outlined reasons why East Palo Alto is disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and how the city is responding.
New section of Bay Trail opens next week in East Palo Alto
The section is located between University Avenue and the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
Former member of Peninsula Boys & Girls Club turned chef returns to feed community
The Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula are giving back to the community, with the help of a former club member.
Protesters hit the streets in East Palo Alto
The noon protest started at Jack Farrell Park and will march to Bell Street Park.
Free East Palo Alto COVID-19 testing site to stay open additional two days
The site was originally scheduled to be open Friday and Saturday only.
2-day COVID-19 testing site to open in East Palo Alto
A coronavirus testing site will open for two days next week in East Palo Alto, city officials said Thursday.
East Palo Alto city leaders want to turn University Avenue into a toll road to curb commute traffic
It's an idea that would take study as well as input at the state level.