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Quotes: Higgins At 12 Angry Mascots PT2

As mentioned earlier, Christopher Higgins was at 12 Angry Mascots last night.
Here is the rest of what went down during Higgins segment during the show:

The guys touched on how hockey players have the best and coolest sounding names.
He talked about his first career goal, which happened at MSG, and you can watch below. Higgins said [...]

Videos: Higgins First NHL Goal vs Kevin Weeks

Last night, Christopher Higgins talked about his fist time playing at MSG and his first career goal, which came against Kevin Weeks.

More on that and more from Higgins later.

Quotes: Christopher Higgins in 12 Angry Mascots Pt1

Last night, Rangers LW, Christopher Higgins joined Scott Rogowsky and Neil Janowitz for the latest installment of their show, “12 Angry Mascots”.
Higgins was the main attraction, though Mets Weekly host Julie Alexandria gave him a little run for his money. The show featured stand up comics and a few taped bits including a hysterical video [...]

Buzz: Dubinsky In Talks

Larry Brooks reports that the Rangers and RFA Brandon Dubinsky are in discussions about reaching a new contract.
The Post has learned the team is in conversations with Dubinsky’s representative regarding contracts of varying lengths, though neither party would characterize the state of the discussions that will accelerate upon the conclusion of Zherdev’s final 96 hours.
Earlier [...]

Buzz/Note: Zherdev Decision Day Looms

Today is the arbitration hearing for winger Nikolai Zherdev and the Rangers In Toronto.
The arbitrator will have 48 hours to decide on Zherdev’s salary for the 2009-10 season.
According to Larry Brooks in the NY Post, Zherdev declined the RangersĀ  qualifying offer worth $3.25 million and has submitted a bid of $4.5 million.
It is unknown whether [...]

Watch: Christopher Higgins in 12 Angry Mascots Tonight

(Update 10:50) Finally home after a long day, but lots of fun at 12 Angry Mascots tonight. Christopher Higgins was top notch, funny stories and such to come tomorrow and in the coming days.
Christopher Higgins will be appearing at Comix tonight as part of 12 Angry Mascots.
He will be joined by the host of Mets [...]

Read: Top 10 American Born Players

With the recent announcement of this years class of the US Hockey Hall Of Fame, John Grigg of The Hockey News, has a list of his top 10 American born players.
At number 10: Mike Richter:
Richter makes the grade here less for his NHL resume than for his international one. Richter did win a Stanley Cup [...]

News: Cablevision Board Aproves MSG Spin-Off

The Cablevision board of the directors has decided to move forward with the spin-off of Madison Square Garden and its properties.
James Dolan will become Executive Chairman of the new, public Madison
Square Garden and would continue in his present role as President and CEO of Cablevision. Hank Ratner would be President and CEO of Madison Square [...]

Buzz: Zubov Close To Signing In KHL

According to Beyond the Blueshirts, via twitter, Sergei Zubov is close to signing with SKA St. Petersburgh.
Zubov, 39, played only 10 games for the Dallas Stars last season.
The Rangers had been rumored to be one of eight NHL teams interested in Zubov.
Zubov of course was a big part of the Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup.
…This isn’t [...]

Notes: Rangers Classics From Last Night

Last night MSG re-ran a “Rangers Classic” from earlier this season, a game the Rangers defeated Pittsburgh in a shootout.
That tied the game at 2, and I picked up the game during the overtime period. Here is what I noticed from the little that I saw:
The game, from October 25th, featured these late game heroics [...]