Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike ‘Doc” Emrick will miss the Winter Classic tomorrow due to illness.  Coyotes play-by-play voice Dave Strader will fill in with the call.
NHL.com has the story.
Monzo: Definitely hurts the broadcast, as Doc is the voice of the NHL, nationally.  However, I know Dave, and he does a tremendous job, and will [...]

The NHL uses creative ways to seperate themselves from all the other major sporting leagues.  One of their top features is the Winter Classic.  Tomorrow on NBC at 1P ET the Red Wings and Blackhawks will do battle at Wrigley Field.  This is going to be one of the most unbelievable events of the season.  [...]

The New York Post talks about Nigel Dawes elevating his play recently.
The Daily News has a story about Henrik Lundqvist always playing well after New Years.
Newsday has a report on Petr Prucha’s desire to stay out of the press box.

I decided to reach back into my SNY intern days and create a photo gallery of some of the pictures from last nights game.
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Enough is enough and maybe we saw it last night.  Petr Prucha needs to play every night as a Ranger.  He works every shift and unlike  a Fred Sjostrom and Aaron Voros, who both battle, Prucha adds results.  Goals, drawing penalties, scrapping and battling in corners.
For whatever reason, Prucha has been in coach Tom Renney’s [...]

Click play below to watch highlights of the Rangers 5-to-4 victory over the Islanders last night:

All the game recaps from the Journal News , Newsday, Daily News, Post, and Record feature talk of Petr Prucha sparking the team, the barrage of goals in the 3rd and the Rangers snapping their losing streak.

The Rangers (23-13-2) defeated the Islanders (11-22-4) by a score of 5-4 tonight in Madison Square Garden.
For a complete recap, boxscore and stats, check out SNY.tv.

Petr Prucha was outstanding tonight. Despite scoring only one point, he was in the middle of everything. He rightfully earned the number one star tonight. We’ll see if Tom Renney [...]

The Game:
The first-place Rangers (22-13-3) face-off against the Islanders (11-21-4) tonight in the Madison Square Garden, starting at 7:00 pm.
The Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist (18-11-3, 2.63 GAA) starts in net for the Rangers.
Rick DiPietro (1-2-0, 3.03 GAA) gets the start for the Islanders. DiPietro is out and McDonald will start.
The Notes:

The Rangers are 4-1-2 in their last [...]

I will be twittering tonight’s Rangers-Islanders game, starting at 7:00 PM EST.
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