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Executive Editor #NYR @4EverBlueshirts ; Managing Editor #NHL & #PWHL @Sportsnaut . 3 decades of covering puck. Writer, editor, broadcaster. Also #LFGM & #NYJets !

New York, NY
Joined August 2009
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Jim Cerny
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It's been a few years since I was last mentioned by Phil Mushnick in @nypostsports column ... So, it was cool to see "hockey savant Jim Cerny" in his latest about the Sports Phone book today! 🤣
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Jim Cerny
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Awesome to catch up with Cam Talbot. He credited Benoit Allaire for fact that 3 former #NYR goalies are here at #NHLAllStar weekend, same season @HLundqvist was inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Jim Cerny
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OFFICIAL: New gig as Senior Day Editor @NHLdotcom starts today! Really excited to be a part of this great team and for this terrific opportunity. All hockey, all the time. Works for me!
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Deja Vu for #NYR ? We'll see ... A decade ago, consider: 2012 - reached ECF 2013 - Knocked out 2nd Round Torts fired 2014 - reach Cup Final with AV Not apples to apples, but similar: 2022 - make run to ECF 2023 - out in 1st Round, GG fired 2024 - ???
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BREAKING (!) Excited to join @sportingnews as Deputy Editor-Canada! Expect even more hockey content & conversation from me here & @sn_nhl
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3 years
Some good news: former #NYR Dan Girardi will go behind bench as an assistant with Sabres after this morning's firing of Ralph Krueger as coach
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6 years
#NYR fans, you need to read this goodbye from one of the best guys I came across in my time working for the organization, Ryan McDonagh. Take a box of Kleenex with you.
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Carl Hagelin, a favorite of mine from our #NYR days, is announcing his retirement from the NHL. He said his eye injury is too severe to continue playing. Such a good, smart player. And a super guy. Wish Hagelin all the best moving forward.
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Working 10 years for #NYR I had a front row seat to @HLundqvist brilliance. Every practice/game, preseason, regular season, playoffs, Game 7's, Cup Final, trip to Europe. All of it. His work ethic, intensity, grace under the unwavering glare of being face of team stand out to me
@HLundqvist
Henrik Lundqvist
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I heard you for 15 years, it was so special in so many ways to hear you again last night🙏🏻 Thank you Ranger fans! I’ll never forget you! ❤️
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All Chris Kreider had for me on Blake Wheeler injury before stopping himself because he was getting emotional was this: "Heartbreaking" #NYR
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@JimCerny
Jim Cerny
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🚨🚨 BREAKING!! 🚨🚨 Happy to announce 2 new gigs: Executive Editor #NYR @4EverBlueshirts Managing Editor #NHL & #PWHL @Sportsnaut Writing, podcasting, editing, managing. All things puck. Come along for the ride!
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@JimCerny
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Hearing from multiple people here in Dallas that Max Pacioretty on his way to Sharks, and soon
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When I was a little kid, Rod Gilbert was a superstar forward with the #NYR . When I worked for the team, Rod was a kind, supportive, terrific friend within the organization. I am deeply saddened by his passing today. RIP Rod Gilbert
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Jim Cerny
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I mean, of course he's out there. He's Ryan Lindgren Like Dan Girardi, as tough as they come. #NYR
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Colin Stephenson
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Lindgren.
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I was very fortunate to have a front row seat for the best years of Henrik Lundqvist's career when I worked for the #NYR -- every game, every practice, home and road, trip to Europe, team events, all of it. I appreciated it and him then, and do even more now.
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Ran into this familiar face and #NYR legend at first #PWHL game in Bridgeport tonight. Great catching up with Gravey, still all class now 33 years after we first met!
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Gotta love #NYR Kreids, speaking with @NYP_Brooksie about not making All-Star Game “I never once thought about it. I mean, unless they have a skills competition for guys screening the goalie, I’m not sure what I’d contribute to that.”
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9 years
Here's a photo of Cam and Henrik from what I was describing at end of game: http://t.co/anNIqXo5da
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Jim Cerny
8 years
So I thought free agency was just about over, but now I am a FA....today was my last day with the #NYR after ten years...
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Jim Cerny
6 years
This is sad news for all #NYR fans. John Amirante simply LOVED performing the Anthem @TheGarden , especially before playoff games, waving that white towel and encouraging the Faithful to roar louder. RIP good sir.
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
6 years
It is with great sadness our Rangers family shares the loss of legendary anthem singer John Amirante, who passed away this morning at 83. Our thoughts are with his wife Ann, his children and the entire Amirante family. We will forever remember and miss John @TheGarden .
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Certainly not a hot take but this #NYR team is really freaking good. Long way to go. But, yeah. Really freaking good
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
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RANGERS WIN!!!!
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#NYR team photo ... without Blake Wheeler. I'll get coach, players reaction after their skate.
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9 years
love Henrik Lundqvist..allows a goal during power play practice, then trips Kreider as he skates by, and angrily fires puck out of his net!
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Jim Cerny
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Igor starts in goal, Rempe makes #NHL debut for #NYR Per this guy
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Jim Cerny
5 years
Loving how #NYR fans and #NJDevils fans are going back and forth with each other on social -- who is having better offseason? Hughes vs. Kakko, P.K. vs. Trouba, Gusev vs. Panarin!! Great for Metro NYC area that the rivalry is back!
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Jim Cerny
8 years
Dom Moore killed it at the dot tonight...was 12-0, did not lose a single draw
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7 years
A post game hug and conversation with Derick Brassard tonight...first time I've seen him since #NYR traded one of us and cut the other lol
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Jim Cerny
5 years
Day after Cup news: Rick Nash officially moves into #CBJ front office as special assistant to GM Jarmo Kekalainen (great person to learn from) Wishing the best to a good guy
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Jim Cerny
8 years
If u r going to the Garden tonight make sure to give a big cheer 4 good guy Derick Brassard who loved being a #NYR & had some huge moments
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Yup. Very deserved. Vincent Trocheck named 2024 Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award winner for #NYR
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9 years
Brief Henrik chant from fans at MSG as Lundqvist can not be consoled alone in right wing circle...Talbot puts arm around him
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Jim Cerny
8 years
There you go! RT @NYRangers : OFFICIAL: #NYR have agreed to terms with free agent forward Jimmy Vesey. #JVtoNYR
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Jim Cerny
5 years
Well done by #NYR for one of the more popular players ever to wear their sweater, certainly in my days covering the team or even my lifetime. Another player gone, makes you give pause and think of those fun years 2011-2015
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
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Zucc, From your first goal (an OT game winner) you captured the hearts of RangersTown and always made us smile. Your spirit. Your passion. Your extra effort. A Blueshirt through and through. Once a Ranger, always a Ranger. We thank you. ZUUUUUUUUUCC
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I say @DerekStepan21 deserves to be welcomed w/ open arms & appreciated by #NYR fans when he returns to MSG 2nite 👉
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This is some great postgame locker room stuff from #NYR last night!
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
2 months
SPEEEEEECH
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8 years
Sorry for jamming up everyone's Twitter feed..just really appreciate the support from colleagues & #NYR fans today..wish team much success..
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Jim Cerny
5 years
That is quite the good trade Jeff Gorton and the #NYR just made Quite the offseason so far too: Trouba, Fox, No. 2 pick later this week, and then who knows what come July 1
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Jim Cerny
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Lavi makes it official ... Igor gets start today, so likely Quick against Blue Jackets tomorrow #NYR can tied franchise record for longest winning streak when they face Flyers this afternoon
@4EverBlueshirts
Forever Blueshirts
3 months
#NYR aim for 10 straight wins, face upstart Flyers
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When I left the #NYR @dylan_mcilrath was the first player to reach out to me, never forget that..Best of Luck in Florida, Dylan!
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Jim Cerny
7 years
This will play well with #NYR fans, Shatty @NHLNetwork "I envisioned myself being a Ranger from the moment I stepped on the ice as a kid."
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5 months
That look when you've decided this was your last shift working at NHL dot com ... 👀
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Several #NYR including Henrik, Staal, Hagelin referred to "fired up" AV waking team up in first intermission with blistering speech
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10 years
Boarding final Flight of the season and heading home..107 games! These #NYR should have made you real proud everyone #HeartOfChampions
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Jim Cerny
7 years
Tanner Glass with a pair of helpers tonight and the crowd erupts when his name is mentioned over the PA system, same folks butchering him
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7 years
Stepan also told me that in 2nd intermission Henrik told his teammates "there is no way we are losing this one tonight"
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Jim Cerny
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The Mark Messier Guarantee Game for more than half of the contest was really the Mike Richter Is Saving Our Ass Game. Richter was unreal keeping #NYR in that game for 2 periods. Then, yeah, Messier. Was some night to be in the old Meadowlands press box.
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Rick Carpiniello
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25 years later: Mark Messier vows to win Game 6, then follows through with it. @TheAthleticNYC #NYR
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I've been lucky enough to be at nearly all of Henrik's signature games in his #NYR career.what he did tonight might just have been best ever
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10 years
Wow! Simply Wow! #NYR on to Stanley Cup Final! !
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Jim Cerny
6 years
Talking to some execs here in Dallas, consensus is that Lou and #Isles killed it yesterday with Wahlstrom and Dobson "It fell in his lap and Lou doesn't f--- up something like that"
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3 years
And as we confirmed, Gerard Gallant agrees to be the next coach of the #NYR .
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4 years
#nyr win draft lottery
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Jim Cerny
5 years
Outstanding. Love this photo of true #NYR legends tonight at MSG. RT @NYRangers : Legendary Blueshirts together for Vic Hadfield Night @TheGarden !
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2012 Winter Classic. @HLundqvist30 with Jacob Biron when we filmed a special Biron's Journal for #NYR website. One of my many great memories with Henrik and @martybiron43
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What. A. Freaking. Great. Series. Love #StanleyCupPlayoffs Resilient #NYR And a summer of kicking themselves for the Penguins
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Jim Cerny
2 years
Would you agree with me that this is the most beloved #NYR team since 2011-12? Not that the Faithful didn't love the 2014 Cup Final team or the 2015 Presidents Trophy winners, but in sheer terms of "likeability" and appreciating the group, it's been a decade really ...
@4EverBlueshirts
Forever Blueshirts
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Chris Drury proud of New York Rangers as big moves loom #NYR
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#NYR place an "A" on the sweater of Mats Zuccarello this season. Hard to believe he is 30 years-old now. Solid choice.
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Jim Cerny
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"This is pretty surreal"- Kevin Shattenkirk gets his #NYR sweater today
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#NYR get it done with Vesey right as my vacation is about to start! That's what I call timing!!
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Sopranos look continues postgame for #njdevils Nate Bastien & Nico Hischier
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Gorton admitted #NYR are "just starting" on the rebuild, even with such sweeping changes past week. "There's a lot of work here"
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6 years
I'm not saying every Cup winner has not thoroughly enjoyed celebrating their championship BUT... The #Capitals pure public joy and celebration really takes me back to the raucous extended celly by the #NYR in 1994
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Henrik Lundqvist, exhausted beyond belief and completely shattered by the defeat, head in hands in locker room stall
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Dan Girardi refuses to remove uniform until he departs dressing room after conducting imterviews...Derek Stepan staring off into distance
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Jim Cerny
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My favorite Zucc story from when I was with #NYR was when he rejoined team after KHL stint. We arrived at hotel in Ottawa and he was there waiting for us. The guys were so psyched to see him, so genuinely happy. Hugs, smiles, so real. The players loved him just like the fans.
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step!!!! 3rd conference final in 4 years, 2nd comeback from 3-1 down in 2 years..amazing!!
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Interesting: Dreger on @SiriusXMNHL says he wouldn't be surprised if both Nash and Grabner get traded by #NYR and then return over the summer
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Jim Cerny
8 years
Should have like two decades ago RT @NYRBlueBulletin : This Dancin' Larry tradition needs to end.
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Jim Cerny
8 years
By the way Keith Yandle told me this AM "it's amazing..for the team to want me to stay here is special..I love it here with the Rangers"
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Jim Cerny
7 years
Lol Tanner Glass, of all people..I love the playoffs!
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Jim Cerny
7 years
I'm not here to debate who should be playing or not. Just saluting a real good man and a terrific teammate on a good night for him/team
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
7 years
And the #NYR Broadway Hat goes to...Tanner Glass!
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For those who've asked me: These #NYR have similarities to 2012-15 teams BUT this one 1) Has a true No. 1 star center in Mika 2) Is so much more explosive 3) Has game/series changing power play 4) Has an absolute stud No. 1 defenseman in Fox 2012-15 these elements were missing
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Kevin Klein makes it official, announces retirement, giving #NYR added $2.9 million in cap space. Underrated warrior for several years in NY
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
7 years
OFFICIAL: #NYR defenseman Kevin Klein announced his retirement from the NHL today. Kleiner, together we thank and salute you!
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Radko Gudas strikes...again...enough already with this guy
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Four years ago, J.T. Miller was sent to the minors and missed the #NYR 2 outdoor games. Today, he scored the OT winner in 3-2 #WinterClassic victory. "It was a blast, obviously everything I hoped it would be" My postgame @sn_nhl feature 👉
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Jim Cerny
7 years
Here's some great news to start your Sunday: Brian Boyle, who has been battling CML, cleared to begin practicing with #NJDevils today!!
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Jim Cerny
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Very cool Brian Leetch presents the Norris to Adam Fox RT @NYRangers : And from this moment on, he'll be known as 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒅𝒂𝒎 𝑭𝒐𝒙.
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Jim Cerny
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I was there when this award was first presented by #NYR Always a very special night at MSG. My choice for 2023-24? Vincent Trocheck. Your choice???
@4EverBlueshirts
Forever Blueshirts
2 months
The #NYR will present the Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award prior to tonight's game. Recently we discussed some of the top candidates for the prestigious award ⤵️
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Definitely the laughs -- "Stepan behind the mic" and the "Step and McDonagh Show" -- great memories for me. Simply, one of the good ones from my #NYR days. Cheers Step 🍻
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
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For the leadership. 🙏 For the laughs. 🎙️ For the moments that still give us chills. 🚨 Thank you, Step. Wishing you all the best.
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Happy for Jeff Gorton, #NYR GM and one of my favorite people in the League.
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Jim Cerny
5 years
Unfortunately it did not often go the way fans hoped when Rick was aqcuired by the #NYR , but his tenure in NY is remembered by me by the classy manner in which he carried himself no matter the circumstances. A gentlemen.
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
5 years
1060 games played… 437 goals… 368 assists… 805 points… And most importantly, as fine a gentleman as we have known… Thank you Rick, for six great years with #NYR and a tremendous @NHL Career.
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Best game start to finish #nyr played so far this season. Very impressive
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Jim Cerny
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the recently-retired Dan Girardi drops the puck for ceremonial opening face off tonight between #NYR and #TBLightning at MSG. G will always be one of my favorites, both on and -- even more so -- off the ice.
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
5 years
It's mutual, G. 👊 Welcome back home.
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Worth the wait? Jacob Trouba new #NYR captain. What say you Blueshirts Faithful?! RT @NYRangers : It's something that means something - especially here. #NoQuitInNY
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Lindgren buries the game winner, but what phenomenal board work by Goodrow and Kreider, smart read by Fox and then slick feeds from Fox and Mika to beat the clock. #NYR
@DaveyUpper
David 🏒
3 years
Ryan Lindgren wins it at 19:59 of the 3rd period. #NYR (Full play plus replay)
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Chris Drury and Benoit Allaire are last men standing after #NYR clean house in front office and with coaching staff
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7 years
Henrik is pissed and has a right to be. Terrible play in front of him, especially the captain
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Jim Cerny
10 years
Plenty of tears in that #NYR dressing room..Marc Staal spoke coherently & intelligently and from the heart, pain etched on his face
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Jim Cerny
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Officially official
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
5 years
OFFICIAL: #NYR have agreed to terms with free agent forward Artemi Panarin.
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Eric Staal is preparing to leave for New York..will be at morning skate tomorrow @TheGarden
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10 years
Kreider emphasized this win was for both Marty and the entire St. Louis family...players were all pretty emotional afterwards
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A favorite photo of me & @hlundqvist35 back in summer of 2012 after golf outing sharing some laughs before we taped an interview (he's the one in the suit BTW lol). I was so fortunate to have a front row seat throughout his #NYR career. I wish him nothing but best in retirement
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Jim Cerny
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"We're going out there and play classic Mets baseball" - Noah Syndergaard
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3 years
Two former #isles teammates now head coaches in #NHL : Travis Green and Derek King. Each played some under the legendary Al Arbour.
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Jim Cerny
8 years
Tonight Sam Rosen officially becomes a HHOF member, receiving Foster Hewitt Award. Real New Yorker & a true pro through & through! Congrats!
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Jim Cerny
7 years
Ironic that Shattenkirk #NYR signing comes down while I was on the phone with Dan Girardi!
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Jim Cerny
9 years
9 times in past 10 years RT @NYRangers : #NYR ARE OFFICIALLY GOING BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS!!! #BlueShirtProud http://t.co/hwiLFgAweD
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Jim Cerny
10 years
Photo: The King in the home of the Kings today http://t.co/9ohmQJqHEq
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Jim Cerny
7 years
First class to the end. Always enjoyed working with Dan Girardi during his tenure with #NYR
@NYRangers
x - New York Rangers
7 years
"I poured my heart and soul into this team for the past 11 seasons and I enjoyed every minute of it." - Dan Girardi
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10 years
so, just another example of type person Marty St. Louis is: as he is walking out of dressing room, he comes over to me, congrats me on win!
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Jim Cerny
3 years
And good on the #NYR trying to get the jump on signing UFA Barclay Goodrow. Gritty two-time Cup winner is type guy they are missing on 3rd line, especially if they don't overpay
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