Latest Peter Laviolette News
Rangers re-sign winger Kaapo Kakko to a $2.4 million contract for next season
The New York Rangers on Thursday re-signed Kaapo Kakko to a one-year contract worth $2.4 million, a move that provides cost certainty on one of the top trade candidates around the NHL. Knowing what Kakko counts against the salary cap helps other teams interested in trading for him...
Rangers leave disappointed after Presidents' Trophy curse hits them in East final
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — When it was over, Vincent Trocheck wrapped his arms around goaltender Igor Shesterkin. Mika Zibanejad took a knee along the boards, watching Florida celebrate. Some other members of the New York Rangers stared blankly, just waiting for the handshake line to form. ...
Panthers going back to Stanley Cup Final, top Rangers 2-1 to win East title in 6 games
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Prince of Wales Trophy was carried onto the ice when time expired, as an arena filled with Florida Panthers fans roared in delight and dozens of players and staffers rushed over to pose with the prize. Last year, the Panthers defied tradition and touched...
Rangers need Panarin, Kreider and Zibanejad to start scoring to beat the Panthers in East final
NEW YORK (AP) — If the New York Rangers are going to have any chance to win the Eastern Conference final against the Florida Panthers, it's time for their top offensive players to find the net. Through the first four games of the series, Artemi Panarin, Chris Kreider and Mika...
Rangers can't capitalize on another dominant Shesterkin performance, drop Game 4 of East Finals
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers peppered Igor Shesterkin with shot after shot Tuesday night, and the New York Rangers goalie had an answer for almost all of them. It wasn't enough, and despite 37 saves and another stellar performance from Shesterkin, the Rangers fell 3-2...
Bobrovsky, Shesterkin matching each other save-for-save in Panthers-Rangers series for East title
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Eastern Conference Finals have been a goaltender duel, and nobody should have expected otherwise. Seems fitting that the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers are knotted at one game apiece heading into Game 3 on Sunday afternoon, given that a pair of...
The Rangers need to find answers quickly against the Panthers, or their Cup wait will reach 31 years
NEW YORK (AP) — After two rounds of the NHL playoffs, there were hopes the New York Rangers had a chance to end their 30-year Stanley Cup drought. The defending Eastern Conference champion Florida Panthers needed only one game into the third round to give New York a reality check....
Rangers held scoreless for the first time this postseason in a 3-0 loss to the Panthers in Game 1
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in these playoffs, the New York's offense was non existent. Now the Rangers trail in a series for the first time. Sergei Bobrovsky scored all 23 Rangers shots, Matthew Tkachuk scored the only goal Florida would need late in the first period and...
NHL will have a new Stanley Cup champion this century as lengthy droughts take center stage
No matter which team wins the Stanley Cup championship this year it will be a first this century. The Dallas Stars won the franchise's lone championship in 1999, months before the world worried computers would malfunction at the start of a new millennium. The New York Rangers...
Lafrenière continuing his breakthrough season as a solid contributor for Rangers in NHL playoffs
After a breakthrough regular season, Alexis Lafrenière has continued to be a solid contributor for the New York Rangers in their run to the Eastern Conference final. Selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, the Quebec native entered the league with high...
