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Dylan McIlrath becoming an all-time Rangers fan favorite fighter
Dylan McIlrath, the controversial 10th overall selection in the 2010 Entry Draft, had a reputation that preceded him to Broadway. Known as “The Undertaker,” from the moment he fought Calgary’s...
Rangers' key defenseman exits after suffering another injury
The Rangers could be without vital defenseman Kevin Klein again. The blueliner left Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss to the Devils at Prudential Center in Newark after he was slashed on...
God-playing NHL refs turn playoffs into petty revenge game
Everyone around the NHL seemingly nodded their heads in unison, knowing and accepting that what Brandon Prust said crossed a line and he would be punished for it on the...
NHL pest on hit list after calling out ref for insulting him
MONTREAL — Montreal forward Brandon Prust said referee Brad Watson insulted him repeatedly in the first period after a roughing penalty in the Canadiens’ 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay on...
Hockey goon's devotion to fights degrades sport -- and his brain
So here’s something I’m not really supposed to say: I like Brandon Prust. When he was with the Rangers, he was always a nice guy to be around. He was...
Derek Stepan, Brandon Prust bury hatchet after broken jaw
The Garden crowd roared to life nearly every time Brandon Prust touched the puck on Thursday, loudly booing the Canadiens forward who broke Derek Stepan’s jaw with a late hit...
Ranger who returned after wife died sends team to Stanley Cup
Dominic Moore, for better or worse, has been best known as the veteran Rangers center who tragically lost his 32-year-old wife, Katie, to liver cancer in January 2013. Now Moore...
Ex-Ranger Prust back to bear brunt of Garden boos
The Eastern Conference finals haven’t lacked for drama — or edginess. Thursday’s return of Brandon Prust likely will only add to that when the Rangers and Canadiens show up at...
In heat of Stanley Cup chase, friendships on hold
The texts between fast friends Brian Boyle and Brandon Prust ceased over a week ago, before the start of the Rangers-Canadiens Eastern Conference finals. “Too much at stake,” Boyle said...
Prust unfazed by Garden jeers: 'They’re not my fans anymore'
In an instant, Brandon Prust went from former Garden favorite to public enemy No. 1. And he’s OK with that. Prust’s late hit on Derek Stepan in Montreal’s overtime win...
Vigneault: Carcillo’s future in NHL ‘might be very tough’
Alain Vigneault is so adamantly against how the referees treated the situation early in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals that he thinks it’s going to adversely affect the...
Montreal: We Habs no problem with Prust's hit
So here were the Canadiens, standing on small podiums in a conference room in a midtown hotel on Friday afternoon, all saying they thought the hit from Brandon Prust on...
NHL's response to jaw-breaking hit was far too soft
Two games. This is the uh, price, of an eye for eye in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Two games. This is the woeful response of the NHL to an act...
Prust gets 2 games for breaking Stepan's jaw as Vigneault vents
Two suspensions, another injury, a war of words and … suddenly, this has become a series. Friday was a day off the ice for both the Rangers and Canadiens in...
Rangers' Carcillo gets 10-game ban
The NHL’s wheel of justice is spinning Friday as the league issued a lengthy suspension to the Rangers' Dan Carcillo and was set to address separate charges pending against the...
Ex-Ranger Brandon Prust's hit on Derek Stepan heats up series
Brandon Prust can forget about ever getting back on Celebrity Row to watch his beloved Knicks play at the Garden. Maybe the one-time popular Ranger, who won the club’s 2010-11...
Rangers' Carcillo faces possible ban over scuffle with referee
And in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final, the Canadiens finally decided to test the Rangers’ whistle-to-whistle mantra of patience and zero retaliation. Down 2-0 in the series and...
Rangers aren't the same since Brandon Prust bolted
Intellectually and economically, there wasn’t any doubt then and there isn’t any doubt now the Rangers took the prudent course of action on July 1, 2012, when they did not...