As John Amirante finished up his National Anthem - still the best in my opinion - Brandon Nolan was on the ice to start for the ‘Canes, who as some of you know is the son of Islanders coach Ted Nolan.
In his first game, on Saturday against Tampa Bay, Nolan assistsed on the Hurricanes’ first [...]

Greg Moore was sent back to Hartford today to make room for Ryan Callahan, who is expected to play against the Islanders on Thurday.
With Callahan in the lineup, the Ranger forwards will be fully healthy for the first time since the first game of the year, but also presents a problem on who gets scratched.
Marcel Hossa [...]

Now that Sean Avery was punished and Mark Messier got into the Hall, there’s a game to play.
It’s 1-1 with goals early Jamie Langenbrunner and Nigel Dawes. With Langenbrunner’s coming off a rebound in front of the net and Dawes goal should have been saved by Henrik Lundqvist.
The real question is how both Scott Gomez, playing his first game in [...]

Ok now that baseball is over, I will be getting back to this more regularly.
Same lineup as Saturday with Jason Strudwick dressing in favor of Paul Mara and skating with Marc Staal. Renney said he liked Strudwicks influence on Staal on the ice and the bench.
Also this is Henrik Lundqvist’s first game back at the [...]