Last week at the Staples Center in Los Angeles a “dream come true” occurred for the first-round pick of the New York Rangers. Dylan McIlrath was drafted to the Rangers, who even at 18 years old understands the history of the Rangers and their home at Madison Square Garden.

McIlrath, along with the rest of the Rangers’ 2010 draft class took the opportunity to tour Madison Square Garden, and even preview what the new Garden will look like after the renovations take place over the next several years.

McIlrath acknowledged the tremendous history by mentioning the banners, and the famous hockey greats that have played at the Garden. “Just the history and the whole atmosphere, I’m sure, it’s going to be great once the building is packed. I’m looking forward to playing here,” McIlrath told NHL.com.

The transformations at the Garden will occur just as McIlrath himself will be improving, and transforming into a “complete player.” He said a the process would be long, and would be beginning this summer as he will try to improve his speed, strength, and size.

The Rangers will play their first preseason game at Madison Square Garden in New York City against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday, September 23, 2010.

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Earlier this week the New York Rangers lost to a very strong team, the Buffalo Sabres. One day later they played an opponent who would provide the Rangers with a more equal matchup. The Rangers ended up blowing the Toronto Maple Leafs off of the ice by beating them 5-1 on Wednesday.

This win was clutch for New York as it enhanced their chances to enter the playoffs. The Rangers now have 84 points, and find themselves in ninth place. They only trail eighth-place Boston by one point, and they are two behind Philadelphia who is in seventh-place.

The journey to the playoffs for the Rangers has been a rough one. Considering they had lost eight out of 12 games before going into the Olympic break, the chances of the blueshirts actually entering the postseason was very unlikely.

The Rangers only need to do one thing now to be a part of the postseason, and that is to defeat the Philadelphia Flyers in both games. The New York Rangers will be given their first opportunity at victory on Friday, April 9 when they suit up and hit the ice in Philadelphia.

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The New York Rangers lost to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. This 4-3 loss did not help the Rangers advance their place in the playoffs. Even though a loss from the Boston Bruins last night did help the Rangers, New York still finds themselves tied for ninth place with the Atlanta Thrashers.

The Rangers quickly fell behind, but ended up leaving the first period with a 2-1 lead over the Blues with goals from Ryan Callahan and Marian Gaborik. Callahan scored on a power play with assists from Olli Jokinen and Gaborik, and Gaborik’s goal was his 37th of the season.

The only other goal made by the aRangers on Thursday night did not come until the third period when Wade Redden tied the game at 3-3. The goal made by Redden was the first time he scored in 58 games, and was only his second of the season.

Playoff hopes for the New York Rangers are slowly winding down. They needed to do well in this game, and they did not show up the way they needed to. The New York Rangers will play their next game in Boston against the Bruins on Sunday, March 21, 2010.

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An announcement was made today by Glen Sather, President and General Manager of the New York Rangers, which said that Donald Brashear has joined a new team. Unfortunately for him, that new team is the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League. He was sent to the Wolf Pack after he cleared waivers, and did not have any takers from the teams of the NHL.

With the Rangers this season, Brashear has played in 36 games, and has missed a total of 25. This number includes the last eight games in which he did not dress. In those 36 games he has had 73 penalty minutes, and ranks third on the team for the most penalty minutes. In the Rangers’ 5-2 win over Phoenix, he registered his first and only point with the Rangers as an assist.

In spite of that, he is still a veteran of the game. He suited up for his 1,000 career NHL game this season against Atlanta on November 12.

The New York Rangers won their last game vs Tampa 8-2 on January 19. The Rangers will play their next game on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14 at 1pm against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Late Monday night a trade was made between the New York Rangers and the Calgary Flames. The deal was completed after the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Flames 3-0 where questions of whether Olli Jokinen would continue his time with Calgary.

The trade sent the Rangers’ left winger Christopher Higgins and right winger Ales Kotalik to the Flames in exchange for center Olli Jokinen and left winger Brandon Prust. Kotalik, Higgins, and Jokinen are all experiencing bad seasons, but this trade gives them opportunities for fresh starts. The Rangers are hoping that their new center, Olli Jokinen, will be a great asset to NHL star, Marian Gaborik.

Out of Christopher Higgins’ 55 games with the Rangers, he only had six goals and a mere eight assists. Although Higgins was previously a first round pick from Yale, this is the second time in less than a year he has been traded.

In July Ales Kotalik signed a $9 million deal with the Rangers that was was supposed to last for three years. What the Rangers got was not what they were expecting. Instead of a power-play specialist, and a top player they received a team member who started off great, scoring six times in his first 17 games, but only managed to score twice after. Shortly after, head coach John Tortella sent Kotalik to the benches.

The New York Rangers will play their next game in Los Angeles against the Kings on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

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The New York Rangers were shut-out by the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night in Philadelphia. However, that was not the biggest news of the night. The fight that ensued between the Flyers Daniel Carcillo and New York’s Marian Gaborik became the hit story of the night.

It is no surprise that Daniel Carcillo would attack and begin a fight because he is one of hockey’s more well known enforcers. Last year he had 22 fights and was ranked 4th in the league for most fights. It is surprising however that he chose to fight Marian Gaborik, a Ranger superstar who has only been in one prior fight in his 551 game career.

Marian Gaborik is one of the NHL’s lead scorers. In 10 seasons he has had 248 goals, and he is one of the best players for the New York Rangers. This act of violence by Carcillo is “in hockey terms, a cowardly act.”

However, Carcillo claims to not have expected to fight who he did. It is unclear who dropped the gloves first, but the replay does show Carcillo grabbing Gaborik around his neck and punching him in the face with his gloves still on. The fight lasted for seven punches all by Carcillo as Gaborik landed none.

The New York Rangers will play their next game in Montreal against the Canadiens on Saturday, January 23.

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The New York Rangers earned a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Monday night at Madison Square Garden to give the Rangers their 2nd victory in 10 home games. A late goal by Christopher Higgins was the shot that led the Rangers to victory after controlling most of the game, and almost letting it slip away.

The Rangers took the lead halfway through the first period. They took this lead through Ales Kotalik’s power-play. This goal was his first goal since Novemeber 5 of last year. The Rangers added to their lead with a goal by Erik Christensen in the second period. This was his second score in 3 games. At this point New York seemed to be the sure winner.

The Bruins finally showed up to the game late in the third period when they struck twice. Matt Hunwick made the first, and Blake Wheeler was right behind him scoring just over a minute later.

Christopher Higgins saved the game for the rangers when he struck with just 1:29 remaining in the game. The goal led the Rangers into joint seventh in the Eastern Conference. This goal was especially special for Higgins as this was his first goal at Madison Square Garden since October 6, 2005 when he was a rookie with Montreal.

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Chris Drury, captain of the New York Rangers, suffered from a concussion on Saturday, November 7. The concussion occurred during the Calgary Flames game when Drury endured a blindside hit to his chin from the shoulder of the Flames’ Curtis Glencross.

Drury began practicing and skating again on Saturday. He then returned for the first time in 5 games on Wednesday night against the Florida Panthers.

The New York Rangers won 2-1 in a shootout over the Panthers. This was the 2nd shootout for the Rangers of the season, and P.A. Parenteau made the winning shot in both of the games. This victory gave the Rangers’ back to back wins for the first time since October.

The captain entered Wednesday’s game against the panthers with 4 assists and 2 goals in 18 games. In Drury’s two seasons with the Rangers, he has averaged 33.5 assists and 23.5 goals.

Drury helped set up the first goal of the night for the Rangers. In the final half minute of the 2nd period, Marian Gaborik gave the Rangers an early lead with a power play from Drury.

The New York Rangers will play their next game in Tampa Bay against the Lightning on Friday night.

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The New York Rangers rookie defenseman, Michael Del Zotto, is off to a great start. The 19-year old is already playing well beyond his experience.

In 2008 Del Zotto was the Rangers’ fist round Entry Draft pick and 20th overall. He has been one of the Rangers’ best players this year. As of October 19, with 9 points and 3 power-play goals, Del Zotto was the leader of all NHL defenseman. Out of 10 Rangers’ power-play goals, Del Zotto has been on the ice for 9 of them.

Assistant General Manager, Jim Schoenfeld is impressed with Del Zotto’s offensive skills. He says he as great anticipation, vision, and accuracy when passing. He also said that Del Zotto’s shot has improved from when camp started until now.

With 7 wins, 3 losses, The New York Rangers are second in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. After 2 straight losses, The Rangers lost their last game 5-4 to the Montreal Canadiens. They had an early lead, but they were unable to keep it, and the Rangers lost in overtime. The Rangers’ next game will be on Monday, October 26 against the Phoenix Coyotes.

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The New York Rangers will be playing their first pre-season game at Madison Square Garden against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 p.m. Here are a couple games you cannot miss: Thursday, October 27 vs. New Jersey Devils, Saturday, December 26 vs. New York Islanders, and Wednesday, December 30 vs. Philadelphia Flyers.

This will be the New York Rangers’ first training camp and full season under head coach John Tortorella. Tortorella has a chance to make them the fast, aggressive team he likes to coach. With strong goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist, Tortorella feels his team can afford to take offensive risks because Lundqvist will bail them out more often than not.

The New York Rangers have made many line up changes during the summer. Marian Gaborik is the new high-scoring forward who signed on to play in the off-season. The team traded Scott Gomez to Montreal for Long Island native, Chris Higgins. They also traded Lauri Korpikoski to Phoenix for the talented Enver Lisin.

The New York Rangers signed tough guy winger, Donald Brashear, and speedy winger, Ales Kotalik. They decided to walk away from arbitration ruling, making Nikolai Zherdev a free agent. And finally,  they signed veteran forward Vaclav Prospal.

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Welcome back to TicketBulletin.com for 2009′s first installment of Hot Tickets from SelectATicket.com!

Here are the top five events on SelectATicket.com last week:

1. The Lion King
2. New York Rangers tickets
3. Fiesta Bowl
4. Wicked the Musical
5. WWE

So there you have it, the first collection of hot tickets for 2009. Check back next Monday and every Monday for the updated list.