Dave Blezow
The Archive
Ex-Islander may start and end 17-year career on high note after Stanley Cup win
Kyle Okposo was center stage in the celebration, though, the third Panther to lift the Stanley Cup after captain Aleksander Barkov and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
Panthers win first Stanley Cup with Game 7 victory to avoid historic collapse
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Edmonton Oilers’ Greatest NHL Story Ever Told turned out to be unfinished work. Instead, the Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions for the first time after...
Vladimir Tarasenko filling his Stanley Cup role as Panthers' Game 7 guru
The Panthers were counting on Tarasenko’s advice and performance to help put them over the top after they took a 3-0 series lead but then lost the next three games...
Ex-Isles star gets Game 7 chance that could cap off 17-year NHL career
After being a healthy scratch for Game 6, Kyle Okposo was reinserted for the winner-take-all Game 7 as the Panthers tried to not only hoist the first Stanley Cup in...
Ultimate Game 7 stakes weighing on Oilers, Panthers: 'Excites you'
The End is here.
Dornoch pulls ahead down stretch to win 156th Belmont Stakes in major upset
We'll have no repeat winners this year.
Mike Repole's lightly-raced colt a big threat in Belmont Stakes
Mindframe, is the second favorite at 7/2 on the morning-line, ahead of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (5/1) and Preakness champ Seize the Grey (8/1).
Rick Pitino weighs in on Dan Hurley's future with UConn amid Lakers head coach interest
Dan Hurley makes $5.2 million per year at UConn and could be offered as much as $15 million per year by the Lakers.
What top trainers had to say about a likely rainy Belmont Stakes
Neither Ken McPeek nor D. Wayne Lukas sounds too worried that it’s likely to rain this weekend at the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Kentucky Derby champ squares off vs. Preakness winner for first time in 10 years at Belmont Stakes
Mystik Dan is 5-1 and Seize the Grey 8-1, both well overpriced compared to Derby runner-up Sierra Leone (9/5) and Triple Crown interloper Mindframe (7/2).
First female trainer to win Belmont looks beyond her historic feat
Jena Antonucci was ready for the next question, and her reaction made it clear it’s not the first time it’s been asked. The one about her being the Billie Jean...
Saratoga-area trainer excited for 'unique opportunity' of Belmont in his backyard
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Chad Brown doesn’t have to take his colt Sierra Leone to the Belmont Stakes this year because the Belmont Stakes is coming to them. “I grew up...
Legendary trainer riding high after snagging Preakness win
D. Wayne Lukas is known in horse racing circles as “Coach,” but just after sunrise on Wednesday, the Hall of Fame trainer more resembled a king.
A look back at Rangers' history in Stanley Cup semifinal series
The Rangers are entering an Eastern Conference Final or Stanley Cup semifinal series for the 14th time since the 1967 NHL expansion from the Original Six to 12 teams. They...
Yet another sign this Rangers playoff run is eerily similar to 1994
New Yorkers have been talking for weeks about the similarities between this Rangers Stanley Cup chase and the one in 1994 which ended the franchise’s 54-year curse.
Why Rangers are underdogs to Hurricanes in opening odds
Presidents' Trophy plus first-round sweep equals … the New York Rangers being sizable underdogs in the second round of the NHL playoffs.
Comparing Rangers to other Presidents' Trophy winners with first-round sweeps
The Rangers became the sixth Presidents’ Trophy winner (first awarded in the 1985-86 season) to sweep their opening-round playoff series.
Rangers NHL playoff scenarios as 4 teams duke it out for final spot
Here are the scenarios for how the Rangers would face each of the teams in the first round.
Rangers recall big fourth-liner ahead of Penguins matchup
Edstrom had two goals in 11 games with the Rangers before getting sent down at the trade deadline when the team acquired forwards Alex Wennberg and Jack Roslovic.
Rangers finally overcome key shortcoming that's lingered for over a decade
The Rangers were have-nots at the dots for 14 seasons, but they’ve done an about-face in this important area.