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Edmonton Oilers center Gilbert Brule , left, checks New York Rangers defenseman Matt Gilroy into the boards during the first period.

Tom Renney would have liked to chat with a number of his former players after either the Rangers' practice on Wednesday or yesterday's morning skate, but the one-time Blueshirts' coach, who was dismissed last winter following a four-season run in which he played a primary role in restoring pride in and credibility to the program, didn't think it ...

The Rangers are among the handful of NHL teams watching Peter Forsberg very closely when the 36-year-old free-agent center tests his chronically injured right foot in the Karjala Cup tournament that opens today in Sweden and will conclude over the weekend in Finland, The Post has learned.

Straight-talking Rangers coach John Tortorella could add a spark to his team's one-sided rivalry against the Islanders .

UNIONDALE, N.Y. a ' His current team faced the Islanders on Monday night but Oilers associate coach Tom Renney had no trouble thinking ahead to Thursdaya TMs game against his former squad.

Quite a few Edmontonians, if you are Peter Pocklington. Some of the city's most upstanding citizens confirm Glen Sather contacted a number of Edmontonians to raise cash for legal fees for the former Edmonton Oilers owner.

Luc Robitaille believed in himself at a time when no one else really gave him much of a shot.

Marian Gaborik was held out of practice on Tuesday as the New York Rangers forward deals with an undisclosed injury he suffered after colliding with a player in the Monday's 5-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes, ESPN.com reports.

It's the toughest position to play in the NHL. So why are the Islanders and Rangers playing games with their defense? The Isles started down this road in April, when they were in the hunt for Matt Gilroy but lost out in the open bidding process to the Rangers.

Hot on the heels of the report the New York Rangers offered Chris Chelios a spot on their AHL team , right around the time they offered Mathieu Dandenault an AHL tryout , there's only one logical conclusion to be drawn: the Rangers are trying to rebuild the Cup-winning 2001-02 Red Wings.

Rangers GM Glen Sather recently offered Chris Chelios an AHL contract to play in Hartford, but the veteran free agent defenseman rejected that offer to sign a deal with the Chicago Wolves in order to be closer to his family, The Post has learned.

Wayne Gretzky was enshrined outside Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, yet there is a distance in his relationship with the Oilers.

DOMINIK Hasek is on the Czech Republic's preliminary list of players for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

"The '94 Cup in New York was very special in a lot of ways; obviously for what it did for the people here in New York, the lifelong Ranger fans and the organization, but I think it really captured a lot for hockey in the USA as well." -- Mark Messier For the first 30 and a half years of his life, Mark Messier had a better shot of winning the ...

If Wade Redden looks like a different player in his second season with the Rangers, and he does, much of the improvement can be credited to the fact that he is now playing in a system that maximizes his skills as a skater and puck mover while minimizing his deficiencies in defensive zone coverage and reading the rush.

In an interview published over the weekend in the Russian daily Sport Den za Dnem, defenseman Alexei Semenov made his first public statement on his sudden departure from the Rangers before the season opener on Oct.

The script was expected to go like this: the Rangers would score often against winless Toronto and between goals, fans would sit back and enjoy the main event slugfest between the Maple Leafs ' Colton Orr and the Rangers' Donald Brashear.

Edmonton Oilers right-winger Glenn Anderson, who was part of five Stanley Cup celebrations here with his reckless, drive-to-the-net style, finally scored enough votes Tuesday to get elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

John Tortorella was looking for a few good men to step up during training camp and compete for the two vacant alternate captain positions.

Mark Messier's eyes light up as he talks about the progress his 19-year-old son Lyon is making, playing on the blue-line for the junior Texas Tornado in the North American Hockey League.