Igor Shesterkin
Quick Proving Naysayers Wrong on Broadway
Going into the regular season, myself and many New York Rangers fans alike were worried about goaltender Jonathan Quick. Quick, 37, was coming off a preseason in which he did not play very well. Yes, the games obviously did not matter or anything like that, but the fact that he looked uncomfortable and was not […]
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What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Rangers Push Road Winning Streak To Four With 4-3 OT Win Over Canucks
I won’t lie; this one is a little hard to recap. For most of the game, it was a structured slog by two defensively sound teams with solid netminders. Then all heck (this is a family site) broke loose. When the smoke cleared, the Rangers emerged with a 4-3 victory in OT over the Canucks, […]
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Net Front Presence: NY Rangers Ride Igor, Three Goals In Second Period To Douse Flames 3-1
The NY Rangers overcame a choppy first period to score three goals in the second period en route to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames; in doing so, they won back-to-back games for the first time this season. While this was not a work of art, there were a lot of continuing positives to […]
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Shesterkin Continues to Show How Valuable He Is to the Blueshirts’ Success
It may be early on in the 2023-24 NHL campaign, but the New York Rangers do not look bad under new head coach Peter Laviolette. As of this writing (Tuesday, October 17th), the team is 2-1, thanks to wins over the Buffalo Sabres and Arizona Coyotes. They should really be 3-0, but they dropped a game […]
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Penalty Declined: Igor Stops Penalty Shot, NYR Kill Two Minute 5-On-3 In Feisty 2-1 Win Over Arizona
While not at the level of their opening night win against the Sabres, the NY Rangers shook off a frustrating loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets to defeat the pesky Arizona Coyotes 2-1 in their home opener at Madison Square Garden. It was a deceptively wild game, so let’s get into what went right (best […]
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Rangers win Easily Over the Sabres in Season Opener
Anytime a team can open their season on the road and win a hockey game is a good thing, no matter who it is against. It is even better if the team can do so in a convincing fashion. That is exactly what the New York Rangers did on Thursday night, October 12th, when they […]
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Rangers’ Quick Struggling to Find Game in Preseason
When you are a goaltender playing in preseason, all you want to do is feel the puck and get your game where it needs to be to have success in the regular season. As of this writing (Wednesday night, October 4th), New York Rangers veteran goaltender Jonathan Quick struggles to do both. Yes, it is […]
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What Is Taking So Long With Lafreniere’s Contract?
I think it’s safe to say no one envisioned it taking this long. If you were to tell me in June that not only would K’Andre Miller be signed before Lafreniere, but he still wouldn’t be signed mid-August, I’d probably come back to you now asking for the lotto numbers. Well, here we are; Lafreniere […]
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The Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Franchise Goalies
In the first round of the 2005 Entry Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected a goalie with the 21st overall pick. This goalie would go on to become the winningest goalie in franchise history, leading them to 3 Stanley Cup Finals and 1 Stanley Cup victory while also winning a Vezina Trophy and William M. […]
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Why Shesterkin Can Win The Vezina This Upcoming Season
Last year was a mixed bag for New York Rangers All-Star goaltender Igor Shesterkin. After struggling for much of the first half of the season, Shesterkin, 27, finished the regular season with a record of 37-13-0-8 with a 2.48 goals-against average, a .916 save percentage, and three shutouts. This was a far cry from the […]
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