John Tortorella

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Three finalists for coach of year announced Three finalists are vying for the Jack Adams Award, the NHL's version of the coach of the year award. Bruce Boudreau of the Anaheim Ducks, Paul MacLean of the Ottawa Senators...

The Rangers got through the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs in seven games despite going 2-for-28 on the power play against the Washington Capitals. After one game in their conference semifinal series with Boston, make it 2-for-31....

It was as close as predicted, the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between two similar teams, the Rangers and Bruins, with the score tied at 2 after regulation. But then came overtime, which has not been kind to the Rangers in the...

The Sports Xchange Oates: 'Tortorella out of line' Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates is willing to give New York Rangers coach John Tortorella something to whine about. Oates told 106.7 The Fan in Washington he could "easily" beat up Tortorella when...

Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi and Bruins left wing Daniel Paille played hockey together as youngsters in Welland, Ontario, and faced each other for the first time in the postseason in Game 1 Thursday night. "Playing in the same conference, it was bound...

Before there was a Game 1 between the Rangers and Bruins in 1973 at Boston Garden, there was a Stanley Cup Final Game 1 between the teams there in 1972. "The cops come into our dressing room before that game," Emile "The Cat" Francis said Wednesday from...

The Sports Xchange Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Marchard's OT goal lifts Bruins in Game 1 BOSTON - Brad Marchand's hockey Thursday began with him leaving the morning skate in pain after pulling up at the end of a drill. His hockey Thursday ended...

The Sports Xchange By Mike Shalin, The Sports Xchange Bruins 3, Rangers 2 (OT) BOSTON - Brad Marchand scored his first goal of the playoffs 15:40 into overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in the first playoff...

The hockey experts got this one right. Man, did they ever. They said this Bruins-Rangers Eastern Conference semifinal was going to be one of those nail-biting, could-go-either-way, intangibles-on-parade extravaganzas -- and that's exactly what you got...

It was on April 3 that Derick Brassard pulled a blue shirt of a different tint over his shoulders and began to push his career to new heights. Traded from the Blue Jackets to the New York Rangers just hours earlier, Brassard on that day became a...

Bruins fans, be forewarned: You will probably be watching some very frustrating hockey over the next week or two. During the Eastern Conference semifinal series that opens tonight at the Garden, dozens of promising B's shots aimed at the Rangers net...

Mike Ribeiro reiterated his desire Wednesday to stay with the Capitals past this season, but said he doesn't think he "should have less than four or five years" on a new contract. The 33-year-old second-line center had 13 goals and 26 assists after...