Peter Laviolette

Filip Chytil skating for the New York Rangers

Opinion: Is Rangers’ Chytil Primed for Big Season on Broadway?

New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil has had a rough go of it over the past few seasons. He has missed a lot of playing time through having four concussions, missed out on playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and also missed out on continuing to show both the Rangers and the rest of the […]

New York Rangers Invite 63 Players to Training Camp

The wait is over. The New York Rangers announced their Training Camp roster and schedule for the 2024-’25 season. Players will report on September 18 with off-ice testing. The team will hold its first on-ice session on Thursday, September 19, at the MSG Training Center in Tarrytown. Training Camp will run until Sunday, October 6, […]

ECHL: Wheeling Native Returns to the Nailers for Third Season

The Wheeling Nailers announced today they have re-signed hometown kid, Peter Laviolette III, for his third season with the Nailers. Laviolette III is the son of long-time NHL head coach and the current head coach of the New York Rangers, Peter Laviolette. Laviolette Jr. started his successful coaching career with the Nailers as Head Coach […]

ECHL: “Scariest Man in Hockey” set to return to the Heartlanders

Coralville, Iowa- On July 11, the Forward Nico Blachman and the Iowa Heartlanders agreed to a contract renewal. The 26-year-old Enforcer from Florida is representing his eighth ECHL team with the Iowa Heartlanders, previously a member of Florida, South Carolina, Allen, Savannah, and Norfolk from 2020-2023 and Kalamazoo and Adirondack before joining Iowa in 2023-24. […]

Opinion: Grading the 2024 Rangers Based on Their Performance in the Playoffs

With the Stanley Cup playoffs now in the rearview mirror for the New York Rangers, it is time to grade the team based on how they performed in the postseason. Head CoachPeter Laviolette: For all the right buttons he pressed in the regular season, he pressed a lot of wrong ones in the postseason. He was […]

Opinion: Why the Rangers Got Knocked Out of the Playoffs

Everything seemed to be in place for the New York Rangers when it came to making a run at the Stanley Cup in the 2024 postseason. They had one of the league’s top point producers in Artemi Panarin. They had one of the league’s best goaltenders in Igor Shesterkin and their special teams were more […]

Rangers Loss Reminiscent of Last Round

Game one of the Eastern Conference Finals is in the books and, for the New York Rangers, there may be some similarity in how they feel this morning to the way the Carolina Hurricanes felt after each of the first three games of their round two matchup with the Rangers. But for a bounce here […]

Opinion: Rangers Need to Make Minor Adjustments to Even Up Series with Panthers

After being shutout 3-0 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the New York Rangers need to go into Game 2 ready to pounce on the Florida Panthers, or the series could end up being a gloomy one for the Blueshirts. Now, the Rangers did not play terribly in Game 1. They got good […]

Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 Recap: New York Rangers vs. Florida Panthers

It’s only one game, but the New York Rangers will need to be better if they want to keep their Stanley Cup hopes alive. The President-trophy winners 3-0 loss to the reigning league runner-ups, Florida Panthers, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final at Madison Square Garden wasn’t as bad as the score indicated, […]

The Best Deterrent Against the Panthers’ Aggressiveness Isn’t Matt Rempe

As the New York Rangers prepare for game one of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Florida Panthers on Wednesday, they are rounding into health. That creates a bunch of different possible roster scenarios to counter the heavy play of the Panthers, particularly in the form of Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk. While many are […]