Author: Patrick Hoffman

Patrick covers the NHL for Inside The Rink. He has previously covered the league for The Ultimate Hockey Fan Cave, WTP Sports, Sportsnet.ca, Kukla’s Korner, Spector’s Hockey, NHL Network Radio blog, TheHockeyNews.com, The Fourth Period, Stan Fischler’s “The Fischler Report”, as well as a slew of others.

Rangers’ Quick Named a Nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Coming into this season, New York Ranger fans were not sure what to think when it came to the signing of goaltender Jonathan Quick. Last season, Quick, 38, struggled mightily. With the Los Angeles Kings, Quick was 11-13-0-4 with a 3.50 goals-against average, a .876 save percentage, with one shutout, and after being traded to […]

An Email Interview with Nick Bowins of Working in Hockey

About four months ago, I did a great email interview with Nick Bowins of Hockey Collective. I am proud to bring Nick back to talk with us about a new hockey-related venture he started called Working in Hockey. If you are serious about finding a career in hockey, this new outlet might be the perfect […]

Rangers’ Trocheck Continues to Prove His Worth

There were mixed reviews when the New York Rangers signed Vincent Trocheck to a seven-year, $39.75 million contract on July 13, 2022. On the one hand, they were getting a player who cracked the 60-point once in his career. Not exactly a player that a team should shell out a bunch of cash to. On […]

Predators Clicking on All Cylinders

For the first half of the season, it looked like the Nashville Predators were not going to make the Stanley Cup playoffs. They were struggling to put the puck in the net, were not getting timely saves, and appeared to be out of sync. Simply put, they were very un-Predator like. Fast forward to now […]

What Is There Left to Say About Rangers’ Panarin?

If you are a New York Rangers fan, you are probably running out of words to say regarding the play of forward Artemi Panarin. In the Rangers 4-3 shootout win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, March 23, at Madison Square Garden, Panarin, 32, had two goals and the game-winning goal in the shootout. […]

An Email Interview with Hockey Author Curt Solomon

It’s amazing the kind of hockey people you can be put in touch with via the Internet. I have the perfect example of this. Back in early February, I was searching for something on Patrick Roy and I came across a book called My Road Hockey Obsession by Curt Solomon. After reading a sample of […]

Lindgren’s Injury Not As Bad As the Rangers Originally Feared

When New York Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren left Sunday afternoon’s game against the New York Islanders with an injury to his left leg, many feared the worst. With Jacob Trouba already out, Rangers fans and pundits figured that Lindgren, 26, might miss significant time as the injury looked gruesome. It is not often that Lindgren […]

K’Andre Miller’s Improved Play Providing Big Boost to Rangers’ Defensive Corps

When New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba went down with an injury in early March, the team’s fans were probably nervous. They were probably worried that the team might lose some points in the standings and that their defensive play would suffer. Trouba, 30, is someone who blocks a lot of shots, plays a physical […]

Rangers’ Shesterkin Is OFFICIALLY Back

Going into this season, the New York Rangers and their fans had no reason to worry about their All-Star goaltender Igor Shesterkin. Shesterkin, 28, was coming off another strong season last year and despite losing in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs to the New Jersey Devils, he was outstanding […]

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Rangers’ Zibanejad Needs to Get In Gear

Over the last several seasons, there has always been one player on the New York Rangers that the team could count on to be their most consistent player. That player was/is Mika Zibanejad. Ever since being traded to the team by the Ottawa Senators back in July 2016, Zibanejad, 30, has done it all for […]