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Rangers summon old face to help fix faceoff woes

The Rangers brought in reinforcements to correct their faceoff game. After losing 75.9 percent of their faceoffs in Sunday’s shootout loss to the Panthers, which dropped their faceoff win percentage...

Rangers add Stanley Cup heroes to front office

The Rangers’ front office is becoming one big alumni party. The Blueshirts announced that former players Brian Leetch and Brad Richards would join the staff as “hockey operations advisers,” starting...

Rangers get big-time offense from two surprise sources

The plan Rangers coach Alain Vigneault laid out in training camp was for three lines that score and a fourth line composed of mostly penalty killers and defensive specialists. Well,...

Would one person support this Isles' arena pipe dream?

Show me the money. Show me the money that is going to the construction of a single-team sports arena at either Willets Point or Belmont Park — or Utopia, for...

Stanley Cup final about these ex-Rangers and 5 other storylines

Someone is going to get to “change the ending.” It just won’t be with the Rangers. There are a handful of former Blueshirts about to start the Stanley Cup final,...

How a Swedish beauty's fedora became Rangers' lucky charm

The secret to the Rangers success this year? A tip of the hat.

Ex-Ranger Richards scores winner as Blackhawks blank Blueshirts

In this situation, when it seems all the focus of the Rangers’ season is being projected into the playoffs, of course it was Brad Richards that beat the Blueshirts. The...

After devising his own Rangers end, Brad Richards not 'bitter'

Things could hardly have worked out any better for Brad Richards, so why would he be bitter toward the Rangers? “I was in the lockout trying to get it solved,”...

Martin Brodeur's complicated farewell begins

There is no denying that it was weird on Thursday night watching Martin Brodeur saunter out onto the ice in Nashville decked out in Blues gear, take warmups and then...

Brad Richards and his new wife welcome a baby boy

The Former New York Ranger and his model wife married in August and welcomed their first child, Luca, on Oct. 7.

Islanders watch as free agent targets take less to play elsewhere

The Islanders have been in this situation before, so it wasn’t a terrible surprise the home-run swings they did make on the opening of free agency didn’t result in home...

Dan Boyle's Rangers-friendly deal salvages free agency Day 1

This was a pretty good day for the Rangers, who didn’t come away quite whole after the opening of the free agent market but who sure had a whole lot...

Math won't work for Rangers to add big-name center

The $6.67 million of cap space the Rangers have gained through the amnesty buyout of Brad Richards will be invested in keeping as much of the Stanley Cup finalists intact as...

Rangers buy out Brad Richards in salary-saving move

Like ripping off a Band-Aid, the Rangers did not delay their inevitable conclusion of using their final amnesty buyout on veteran center Brad Richards, making it official on Friday his...

Rangers grapple with messy decision on Brad Richards

On the day the Kings traipsed the Stanley Cup around Los Angeles for their championship parade, Brad Richards went to the Rangers practice facility and was the first player to...

Game 5 loss is likely Richards’ farewell to Rangers

LOS ANGELES — Brad Richards sat in a chair in the middle of the dressing room, pushed from his locker by the hordes of media and likely pushed from his...

Richards' Rangers truly believe they are Kings' equals

LOS ANGELES — A year ago, Brad Richards found out he was being scratched from Game 4 of the second round against the Bruins at the team dinner the night...

Slumping Brad Richards demoted to fourth-line duty

This has to feel eerily similar for Brad Richards, the Rangers veteran center who is again going through a difficult stretch of play at the most important time of the...

Time for the Rangers to step up and live another day

Mike Keenan, who coached the Rangers to the 1994 Stanley Cup title, will give Post readers his insights and opinions periodically during these finals. The coach also is appearing on...

Rangers 'have to look in the mirror' for pride to avoid sweep

The Rangers have come too far and have accomplished too much for the Stanley Cup finals to end in an ignominious sweep. They have done too much heavy lifting to...