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OVERALL POINTS
Team   G   A  +/-  PPP  SHG  GWG  H   W  GAA  SV%  SO  TOT
GS     7   7   7    5   6.5   5   1   7   8    8  6.5  68

JDAS   8  3.5  4   7.5  6.5   8   5   8   2    2  2.5  57

FS     1   8   5   3.5  2.5   5   6   5   5   6.5 2.5  50

MSGU   3   2   6   1.5  2.5   5   3   5   7   6.5 6.5  48

TG     4  3.5  2   3.5  2.5   7   4   5   3    5  6.5  46

S'94   5   5   3    6   6.5  1.5  2   2   4   3.5 2.5  41

GTFM   6   6   1   7.5  6.5   3   7   2   1    1  2.5  43.5

BLUE   2   1   8   1.5  2.5  1.5  8   2   6   3.5 6.5  42.5

Team Key: JDAS = Jim Dolan's All Stars, TG = The Greeks, S'94 = Spring of '94, GTFM = GetTheFrolovMatteau, BLUE = BLUESHIRTS, FS = Fire Sather, MSGU = MS G-Unit, GS = Glen Sather

Scoring Key: G = Goals, A = Assists, +/- = +/-, PPP = Power Play Points, SHG = Shorthanded Goals, GWG = Game Winning Goal, H = Hits, W = Wins, GAA = Goals Against Average, SV% = Save Percentage, SO = Shutouts, TOT = Total Points

OVERALL STATS
Team         G  A  +/-  PPP  SHG  GWG  H  W  GAA  SV%  SO
GTFM        16 23  -8    14   1    2  85  3  3.11 .896  0

Fire Sather  8 27   6    10   0    3  77  5  2.18 .927  0

Spring '94  15 22   2    12   1    1  57  3  2.20 .923  0

Glen Sather 20 25  11    11   1    3  46  6  1.62 .939  1

The Greeks  13 21  -4    10   0    4  69  5  2.28 .925  1

MS G-Unit   11 20   7    5    0    3  61  5  1.98 .927  1

Dolan Stars 21 21   4    14   1    5  73  8  2.39 .919  0

BLUESHIRTS  10 16  12    5    0    1  86  3  2.15 .923  1

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TheNYRBlog reader Eric S. uses his connections (why don't I have them?) to get into the MSG television booth and take a pic with Boston Bruins color commentator Andy Brickley during the Rangers 5-3 come from behind victory over the Bs Monday night...


...too bad it was a Versus game and Eric couldn't get a shot with Sam.

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Rangers players Brian Boyle, Henrik Lundqvist, Derek Stepan and Brandon Dubinsky discuss the upcoming game vs. Atlanta after the team's April 6 practice.


Rangers head coach John Tortorella and defenseman Matt Gilroy discuss the decision to use Gilroy as a right wing for an April 7 game vs. Atlanta.


After the team's April 6 practice, Rangers forward Ryan Callahan and some teammates talked about Callahan's ankle injury and how it will affect the Blueshirts.

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Michael Farber at SI.com lists the 20 things to love about the NHL...

8. I like the fans in the Madison Square Garden's blue seats. Tough crowd. Smart crowd. They know the Rangers. They know the game. They know each other because so many have had the seats for so long. The small, end-arena press box at the Garden offers a unique view, but the upper press box affords stupendous eavesdropping. This is a hockey society in its grandest sense. I hope owner Jim Dolan isn't pricing out the fans in the blues.

...sorry to break the news to you Mike but Dolan is.

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In this week's addition of Fox Sports tough guy tracker last Thursday's fight filled Rangers/Islanders game makes an appearance...

6. Rangers vs. Islanders
The Islanders may have pounded the Rangers 6-2 on the scoreboard last Thursday, but the Blueshirts didn't go down without a fight, winning two of the three scraps that the division rivals took part in that night at the Coliseum.

...while the game didn't go as planned for the Rangers, it was nice to see a little of the old school hatred come through at the end of the game.

Brian Boyle getting Vorosed by the Flyers Braydon Coburn on Sunday afternoon is #3.

...skating lessons last offseason, boxing lessons this offseason.

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With a chance to help a fellow Original Sixer, the Detroit Red Wings fell flat last night and lost 3-0 to the Carolina Hurricanes. This means the Hurricanes are now just two points behind the Rangers for the eighth and final playoff spot with just two games remaining in the NHL season. The Rangers magic number to clinch remains at three.

The Rangers final two games are at home against the Thrashers (Thurs) and Devils (Sat.), while the Canes play at the Thrashers (Fri) and home vs. the Lightning (Sat.).

The 6th place Canadiens play Thursday at Ottawa and Saturday at Toronto and the 7th place Sabres play Friday vs. Flyers and Saturday at Columbus

If Carolina loses one of their last two games in regulation the Rangers will need to just take one of the last two games at least into overtime to clinch a playoff berth.

In case of a tie, the first tie-breaker is regulation wins which the Rangers and Canes both have 34. The second tie-breaker is head-to-head which Carolina won.

...i'm not sure if I'll be able to take the season coming down to the final game again. Especially against the Devils who Lemaire will have fired up to keep the Blueshirts out of the playoffs.

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Bergen Record - Rangers call on Matt Gilroy

New York Post - Blueshirts focused on making playoffs

Daily News - Injured Callahan wants in for playoffs

New York Times - Rangers Not Backing Down on Approach to Blocked Shots

Newsday - Rangers can't clinch against Thrashers

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I'm sure everyone is familiar with the NHL's "History Will Be Made" commercials (see here). Well TheNYRBlog reader @ChristopherLD has created his own version which came out amazing...



...i say it all the time. TheNYRBlog readers are by far some of the most creative and passionate people I have ever come across. If anyone else has anything similar to this be sure to e-mail it to me.

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According to the AHL transaction report, Rangers 2010 first round pick Dylan McIlrath has signed an Amateur Tryout (ATO) agreement with the CT Whale and will report to the team this week.

McIlrath will be eligible to play for the Whale in the playoffs.

...this will be awesome for his development. Wonder whose spot he will take in the lineup. Redden's?

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Andrew Gross reports that Ryan Callahan was at the practice facility today on crutches and wearing a boot on his right foot.

Steve Zipay adds that Callahan will have x-rays every week to determine progress.

Callahan on the injury...

"It (stinks)...this is a bad time of year for this to happen...and it's unfortunate that's it happened twice to me this year." Callahan said. "It's part of the game, it happens..I am sure team will respond fine & I have all the confidence in the world we'll have good run."

...nice to see Cally at practice today. Hoping the team can rally around the injury.

For those of you who feel the season is over without Callahan check out these other teams that rallied around a key injury to make playoff runs courtesy of Rick Carpiniello at the Rangers Report...

1991-92: Adam Graves breaks Mario Lemieux's hand in the second round. The Penguins fall behind the Rangers two games to one. And they rally to win that series and the next and, after Mario makes an early return, the Stanley Cup, not losing another game along the way.

1992-93: Dale Hunter cheap-shots Pierre Turgeon out of the playoffs in the first round. The depleted Islanders go on to shock the two-time defending champ Penguins without Turgeon before losing in the Eastern Conference final.

2000-01: Colorado's Peter Forsberg's spleen ruptures, requiring emergency surgery at the end of the second round. The Avalanche go on to win the Stanley Cup without Forsberg.

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