Steve Valiquette News

The Wolf Pack used three first-period goals to top the Toronto Marlies 6-1 Friday night in front of 2,621 at the XL Center .

GREENBURGH, N.Y. a ' Despite living in Western Canada, Terry Johnson was once a rabid Islanders supporter.

Dale Weise scored the game-winning goal 1:15 into overtime and Brodie Dupont added two assists as the Hartford Wolf Pack defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2-1 in overtime before 5,752 fans at the XL Center on Saturday night.

The Rangers ' woes continued on Saturday at Madison Square Garden with a 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres , who were playing their third game in four nights.

Credit a confluence of circumstances for the Hershey Bears' thrashing of the Hartford Wolf Pack Sunday evening.

Florida defenseman Keith Ballard apologized for accidentally hitting teammate Tomas Vokoun with his stick after Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk scored Monday night to give the Thrashers a one-goal lead.

More pucks have been getting past New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist in the team's slump.

Henrik Lundqvist stared down the length of the rink Saturday night and saw an opposing goaltender who is leading the league in all the big goaltending stats, and one who Lundqvist may very well see again come Olympics time in Vancouver .

The twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin had a hand in three first-period goals, and Roberto Luongo made 27 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Devils , 5-2, in Newark on Wednesday night.

The New York Rangers sent goaltender Steve Valiquette to Hartford of the American Hockey League, the club announced on Thursday.

The New York Rangers placed backup goaltender Steve Valiquette on waivers in a surprising move on Wednesday, replacing their former backup with Chad Johnson from the Hartford Wolf Pack.

Steve Valiquette's poor play nets trip to Hartford as Rangers search for backup plan.

After the Rangers were routed in Tampa on Friday but before they were routed in Pittsburgh on Saturday, John Tortorella suggested that it was past time for the locker room to "take ownership" of the inconsistency that has marked the past six weeks.

John Tortorella tried to put his first game against his former team behind him in a hurry Friday night.

The Rangers' response, coming off their worst game of the season, was more of the same.

Sidney Crosby had his fourth career hat trick and added two assists for his second five-point game and the Pittsburgh Penguins won for the fourth time in five games, 8-3 over the New York Rangers on Saturday night.

Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers.

The New York Rangers will try to bounce back from a decisive loss when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight at Mellon Arena in the opener of a home-and-home series between these Atlantic Division rivals.

Mike Smith stopped 26 shots to help the Tampa Bay Lightning rout the New York Rangers, 5-1, at St.

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