Chris Kreider Boards Carl Soderberg and Then Gets Worked by Chris Kelley (Video)

Before someone tries to tell me that New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider is a clean hockey player. Or that there was no intention by Kreider to board Carl Soderberg. Please don't.

I am also waiting for the comment that Soderberg put himself in a vulnerable position and deserved to get hit like that.

Please don't do it.

Take a look at the two videos that I have embedded in this blog post. I am going to ask you, where have we seen this move before? I see a pattern developing here. Kreider did the same thing to Jonas Brodin earlier in the year.

06:13 NYR Chris Kreider Boarding - 2 min against Carl Soderberg
06:13 BOS Chris Kelly Instigator - 2 min against Chris Kreider
06:13 NYR Chris Kreider Fighting (maj) - 5 min against Chris Kelly
06:13 BOS Chris Kelly Fighting (maj) - 5 min against Chris Kreider
06:13 BOS Chris Kelly Misconduct (10 min) - 10 min

(Video) History Will Be Made: Chris Kreider / Carey Price.

I think a fitting end to this series would be for New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider to score the game-winning goal.

If the #habs are going to blame Chris Kreider, they should be pointing the finger at Brandon Prust, too: http://t.co/QVRY9aY4Yg
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) May 23, 2014

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Tin Foil Hat Alert: Canadiens fans say that Chris Kreider Ran Carey Price intentionally

Wow! This story is getting a bit silly, if not ridiculous. Seriously, some Canadiens fans want us to believe that New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider purposely ran Carey Price, with the intention of hurting if not taking out Price.  I heard there's  a black helicopter landing in these fans back yard, with a fully armed swat team exiting the aircraft.

If you're one of these fans that believe this, I going to refer you to the video evidence provided in this blog post. Dale Weise and Alexei Emelin both hack, and causes a Kreider to wipeout. Kreider who skating very fast on the play, has no chance of stopping due to his speed and momentum. The collision with Price, although an accident, was very violent.

According to the Canadiens, Price is done for the series.

CareyPrice hurt by Chris Kreider, Price's status unknown

In re-watching this video, I am not seeing an intent by New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider. Looks like he's coming with speed and gets tripped up by the Canadiens defender. Could Kreider have avoided contact with Price? I don't think he could have base on how fast he was skating.

Apparently, the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens Michel Therrien thinks that Kreider didn't do enough to avoid contact with Carey Price.

Therrien reiterated that he felt the incident between Kreider and Price was "accidental," but took a thinly veiled shot at the Rangers' forward as well. "Let's put it this way, he didn't put much effort to avoid the contact," Therrien said. (Katie Strang, ESPN.COM)

New York Rangers: Chris Kreider Hit on Fedor Tyutin (Video)

New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider was giving a five minute Major and a game misconduct for this hit on the Blue Jackets defenseman Fedor Tyutin.

Supplementary disciplne not expected regarding Kreider hit on Tyutin....
— Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) January 7, 2014

Dubinsky did not see Kreider's hit on Tyutin. "But I saw Tyutin lying there and Kreider was right next to him, so I figured it was him."
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) January 7, 2014

Chris Kreider scores on Wild goalie Backstrom

I was watching this game last night and I had to stop watching it, I ended up watching the World of Outlaws World Finals. Minnesota Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom was brutal, nothing short of horrible. Especially on this goal by Chris Kreider. I mean seriously, this is a very weak goal. I would expect a goalie of Backstrom skill set to stop this. This is a shot that Kreider completely whiffs on. Let's not forget that Backstrom is being paid a lot of money to stink up the joint.

Former Eagle Kreider saves Rangers bacon and forces game five against Bruins....

It was the night of the former college hockey players and former B.C. Eagle Chris Kreider kept the New York Rangers slim playoff hopes alive as his game winning goal in overtime beat the Boston Bruins 4-3. In tonight's game.

Kreider the 5th college alum to score in tonight's NYR-BOS game, the 8th to score an OT goal in these playoffs.
— College Hockey, Inc. (@collegehockey) May 24, 2013

A couple of nice goals - Kreider and Zajac

Here are a couple of great goals to prepare us for game seven between the Boston Bruins and the Washington Capitals. This is the first career NHL goal of former Boston College Eagles Chris Kreider, who is now a member of the New York Rangers. The box score read - Chris Kreider (1) Wrist - ASST: Derek. Stepan (2) AND Mark. Staal (1)... Nice to see two former Division I college hockey players leaving their mark on the score sheet.



While I am not a fan of the New Jersey Devils, however as a Fighting Sioux hockey fan this line in the box score makes me happy - Travis Zajac score his third goal of the NHL -playoffs with an assist from Kovalchuk and former Fighting Sioux star forward Zach Parise. Congrats to the former Sioux hockey players that helped the New Jersey Devils extend the Devils season.

Comparing Brock Nelson and Chris Kreider's deals

Chris Kreider's Cap Geek page  

 I was perusing the Cap Geek numbers for former Fighting Sioux forward Brock Nelson and for former Boston College Eagles Chris Kreider and I was a bit shocked at the difference in numbers. It will be interesting to see how these two players’ careers play out.

 Brock Nelson's Cap Geek Page 

 

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Eagles, Spartans Win on Day Two of Ice Breaker.

Game one

MSU Spartans vs Air Force Academy Falcons

While the first game of the Ice Breaker started off slowly and lacked excitement, the second day of the Ice Breaker Tourney started off with a bang, as the feisty Falcons scored only 27 seconds into the game as Falcon forward Casey Kleisinger scored what could be classified as a highlight reel goal from an impossible angle. Kleisinger took a shot from behind the red line and caught the Spartan goalie Drew Casey off of his left post giving the Falcons a quite one nothing lead.

That goal would be the only excitement for the rest of the first period as the game went back to a tight checking affair; from that point on most of the action in the first period was played in the neutral zone. The game resembled two heavy weight prize fighters feeling each other out waiting for the other to make the first mistake.  The Spartans thought they had tied the game on the power play at the 14:12 mark of the first period as Michigan State’s Dean Chelios appeared to score a goal, however, the on ice officials quickly waved the goal off and after going to the video review and ruled that the puck was in fact redirected off Chelios’ skate.

The game started out slow in the second period as well and at the 08:33 mark the Spartans evened the score with a goal from Greg Wolfe who was left all alone in the slot. The Falcons took the lead at the 18:12 of the second period when Falcons defenseman Scott Mathis launched a wrist shot on net that wasn’t touched by anyone and fluttered past the Spartan goalie Will Yanakeff who was screened by his defensemen.

The game continued to be a chess match until the Spartans evened the score at the 05:21 mark of the third period with a power play goal by Lee Reimer. In watching the replay, I would imagine that the Falcons goalie Jason Torf would’ve liked to have that goal back because he badly over played the first shot and was caught out of position as the rebound ended up behind him in Falcons goal.

With the Spartans Jake Chelios off for holding at the 16:28 mark of the third period,  Scott Mathis had a chance to give the Falcons the lead but  he rang a shot off the cross bar. It wasn’t meant to be for the Falcons as the game went to overtime and  the Spartans made short work of the Falcons as they scored the game winning goal at the :54 mark of the overtime;  All Tournament Forward Lee Reimer picked up a Falcon turnover deposited the puck into the Air Force net to win the game for the Spartans.  While the Falcons out shot the Spartans 28-23 for the afternoon, the only statistic that mattered in the end was the final score.

After the game Michigan State head coach Tom Anastos had to say about his teams win against the Air Force Academy Falcons this afternoon, “I thought our guys again tonight played real hard tonight and that [Air Force] is a real good team, I was really impressed with their team. After the second period we were only down two to one I told them that winning is fun but a comeback win is even more fun.  We went out there and continued to do what we were trying to do the whole game the puck was contested out there on both sides.  I thought I was a real good game.”

Coach Anastos was also asked if he made adjustments during the second intermission, “We didn’t really make a whole lot of adjustments, we continued to do what we were doing, maybe some very minor things, but we continued to play the same way we were playing. I just think that maybe they got tired a little bit, I don’t know because they played last night, I don’t know if that was a factor or not they didn’t see tired to me I thought worked really hard. Maybe that was a bit of a factor, the only thing that we did was we shorten our bench a bit got guys a little more ice time maybe that created a little bit of a different rhythm.”

Final score: Michigan State University  3 – Air Force Academy 2 overtime.
Box Score

Game two 

UND Fighting Sioux and the B.C. Eagles.

The University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux and Boston College Eagles have a storied rivalry and played in some epic battles during the NCAA tourney. As of late, the Eagles have had the upper hand in the series, coming into this game the Eagles have gone 3-0-1 against the Sioux, make that 4-0-1 after tonight's 6-2 Eagle win.

The Eagles got on the score board first as Pat Mullane scored at the 2:21 mark of the first period.  The Eagle goal was the result of a bad turn over in the Fighting Sioux end as Mullane was left with the puck in the slot and just simply shot the puck past Fighting Sioux goalie Aaron Dell.

Tonight marked the much anticipated debut of the highly touted freshman forward Roco Grimaldi for the Fighting Sioux, however, Grimaldi's first shift was one that he will want to forget as he was on the ice when Mullane scored for the Eagles. Grimaldi who was held out of Friday’s game with a lower body injury didn’t look like he was slowed a bit by the injury. As the game progress Gramialdi have some nice chances during the game but wasn't able to record a point on the score sheet.

The Sioux tied the game at the 15:55 mark of the first period with a nice goal from Sioux forward Corbin Knight who took a nice pass feed from Danny Kristo  for a shorthanded goal.  The Sioux took the lead on a power play goal at the 5:23 mark of the first period from Sioux defenseman Derek Forbort who shot the puck on net; Eagles goalie Parker Milner was screened by his own guys and had no chance at the shot.

That lead didn’t last for long as Eagles forward Chris Kreider tied the game less than two minutes later at the 7:27 mark of the second period.  The Eagles followed that goal up with a power play goal from Johnny Gaudreau at the 13:16 mark of the second period. Mullane followed up that goal at the 15:55 mark putting the Fighting Sioux down by two goals. From that point the Fighting Sioux never recovered and looked frustrated by the Eagles speed and they started to take undisciplined penalties.

The Eagles Bill Arnold scored at the 17:14 of the second period to send Fighting Sioux goalie Aaron Dell to the bench. Enter backup goalei Brad  Eidsness who was tested almost immediately as the Fighting Sioux continued to give up odd man rushes of untimely turnovers. It was not a strong period of hockey for the Fighting Sioux as they were outscored by the Eagles 4-1 during the middle frame.

After giving up four goals during the second period, the third period did not start very well for the Fighting Sioux either, the Fighting Sioux continued to take senseless penalties and beat a path to the penalty box. The Eagles scored their sixth goal of the game at the 15:15 mark of the third period when Eagles forward Steven Whitney took a pass from Pat Mullane and shot it on net catching the Fighting Sioux goalie Eidsness not covering the left post. Sioux generated a few chances during the latter part of the third period but were unable to get anything past All Tournament Goalie Parker Milner.

Boston College head coach Jerry York was asked why his teams have been so successful against the Fighting Sioux, “that’s probably misleading we have some terrific games. What’s effects me the most about the North Dakota is the rivalry east west, but when you play so many times at the national level.  I think we have played 5 times since 2001 twice in the tournament, twice in the title game, so we have built a great respect for the Sioux and for that to continue to play them, they bring out the best in us and hopefully we bring out the best in them, in the early season it helps us get better.

Final Score:  Boston College 6 University of North Dakota 2

Box Score

The following players  made the Ice Breaker All Tournament Team: Parker Milner goalie Boston College, Patch Alber defenseman  Boston College, Tommy Cross defenseman Boston College, Chris Kreider  forward Boston College, Lee Reimer forward Michigan State, Tie  Brock Nelson forward North Dakota and Bill Arnold forward Boston College.  Chris Kreider forward Boston College was named the Ice Breaker Tournament MVP.

Cross Posted at Inside Hockey...

Ice Breaker Championship - Eagles 6 and Sioux 2

Image via WikipediaGame Four - University of North Dakota Fighting versus Boston College Eagles

Fighting Sioux forward Roco Grimaldi will make his Fighting Sioux debut tonight. The Eagles are 3-0-1 against the Fighting Sioux in their last four games. The Fighting Sioux hold the series edge over the Eagles, 11-10-1 in 22 games. The Eagles are 6-3-1 against the Fighting Sioux under head coach Jerry York. The Eagles under York have a  4-2 against the Sioux in the NCAA tourney. 

Scoring - 1^st Period (20:00)                                    

B.C. Pat Mullane (1) (Johnny Gaudreau) 2:21   

UND Corban Knight (2) (Danny Kristo) 15:55   SH

Scoring - 2nd Period (20:00) 

UND Derek Forbort (1) (Mark MacMillan) 5:23   

BC Chris Kreider (2) (Bill Arnold, Patch Alber) 7:27 

BC Johnny Gaudreau (1) (Bill Arnold, Steven Whitney) 13:16   

BC  Pat Mullane (2) (Johnny Gaudreau, Patrick Wey) 16:05   

BC Bill Arnold (1) (Paul Carey, Tommy Cross) 17:14     

Scoring - 3rd Period (20:00) 

BC  Steven Whitney (2) (Pat Mullane, Johnny Gaudreau) 15:15   

Box Score

Fighting Sioux Lines

29 Brock Nelson – 10 Corban Knight (A) – 7 Danny Kristo
9 Mario Lamoureux (C) – 27 Carter Rowney – 15 Michael Parks
21 Brendan O’Donnell – 16 Mark MacMillan – 19 Rocco Grimaldi

28 Stephane Pattyn – 14 Taylor Dickin –  11 Derek Rodwell

Defensive Pairings

4 Derek Forbort – Ben Blood (A)
2 Andrew MacWilliam (A) – Dillon Simpson
5 Nick Mattson – 20 Joe Gleason
22 Andrew Panzarella

Goalies

32 Aaron Dell
31 Brad Eidsness
35 Tate Maris

Scratches for UND: 13 Connor Gaarder, 19 Roco Grimaldi, 17 Colten St. Clair, 8 Dan Senkbell

Fighting Sioux Roster

Fighting Sioux Stats

Boston College lines

9 Barry Almeida (A) - 12 Kevin Hayes - 22 Paul Carey (A)
19 Chris Kreider - 24 Bill Arnold - Destry Straight
13 Johnny Gaudreau - 11 Pat Mullane - 21 Steven Whitney
28 Tommy Atkinson - 23 Patrick Brown - 10 Danny Linell

Defense Pairings

4 Tommy Cross (C) - Patch Alber
2 Brian Dumoulin - 8 Edwin Shea
7 Issac MacLeod - 6 Patrick Wey

Goalies

35 Parker Milner
30 Chris Venti
1 Brian Billett

Boston College Eagles Scratches: 5 Mark Bergert, 14 Brooks Dyroff, 15 Cam Spiro, 18 Michael Sit, 27 Quinn Smith, 29 Brad Barone

Eagles Roster

Eagles Stats

Quotes from day one of the Ice Breaker Tourney

Image via WikipediaHere are some of the quotes from day one of the Ice Breaker tourney.

This is what first year head coach Tom Anastos had this to say about his Michigan State University Spartan after their loss to the Boston College Eagles.

“I thought our guys showed a good energy level to compete, you know we certainly made our share of mistakes and against a team of this caliber they usually end up in our net and they did. There were definitely a number of good things that we can take away from the game but you know we have a long way to go."

"I think we have to make sure for sixty minutes we make good decisions all over the ice. At times tonight we did make good decisions and at other times we made some bad choices and made it easier to play against us. So we have to be a hard team to play against for sixty minutes we weren’t all night tonight.”

Boston College Eagles Head Coach Jerry York had to say this after his team beat the Spartans 5-2.

“For our club we haven’t had an exhibition game, it was our first real opportunity to play a game we say a lot of positive signs. One of which was [Parker] Milner who looked very self assured in the net and I think that half the battle with goaltender he made some key saves, he just looked his poise is improved his confidence level is improved. That’s certainly a big plus for our team.

State battled, it was a hard, two - one and they tied it two – two. Chris Kreider he has just become such a force for us and we call it a run of day light and he comes down and cuts across and he is hard to stop he is 225 pounds, he’s strong. Having said that I think State is a good club and I think we have a good club it’s early so we will see how it plays out.”

This is what Fighting Sioux junior forward Corbin Knight had to say about the game against the Air Force Academy Falcons and their rough second period.

“It was just a combination of things; we were playing a little bit of pond hockey out there, we weren’t really playing Sioux hockey. So, guys were running around we just weren’t moving our feet and playing Sioux tough. We knew we needed to make a few adjustments and we were able to make those in the third and we had a strong third. So it was a good learning experience for us.”

This is what Fighting Sioux Head Coach Dave Hakstol had to say about last night’s third period against the Falcons.

"I thought Air Force was doing a really good job early in the period we didn’t get a whole going. You know everything, any possession we had was perimeter, the shift we had with [Mario] Lamoureux, [Carter] Rowney and one of their line mates turned the tide of that period at bit, they got a puck to the net, they jammed a couple of pucks to the crease they seemed to create a little momentum for us. We needed to find a way to generate some momentum after a pretty soft second period."

This is what coach Hakstol had to say on playing the Boston College Eagles in the Championship game of the Ice Breaker Tourney.

"For this early in the year, you know what are we are playing our second game of the year. It’s going to be a fun game; there is a lot of importance on the line, for us we first of all look within our dressing room and make sure that we are improving in a lot of the little areas. You know I said coming into this year we have to build depth and build experience. Hopefully we took a real small step towards that tonight and we have to do the same thing tomorrow."

EDIT: Ice Breaker Tourney Day one

This is the article that I submitted for Inside Hockey.


Grand Forks, ND --- Game one of the Ice Breaker tourney featured the Boston College Eagles of Hockey East and the Michigan State University Spartans of the Central Colligate Hockey Conference. While none of the players on the ice played in that game, this afternoon’s game was a rematch of the April 7, 2007 NCAA championship game which the Spartans beat the Eagles 3-1 to win the 2007 NCAA title.

I don’t think it would be inaccurate to say that this afternoon’s game started out slowly for both squads; the Eagles and the Spartans were only able to muster six shots on net combined during the first period. I think it would be safe to assume, that both teams were shaking off early season rust.  This was the first game of the season for the Eagles and the Spartans had only played in an exhibition game this past Monday against Western Ontario, which the Spartan won 6-1.

While the first period could be described as listless, the game came to life in the second period. Both team exchanged goals in the second period and both teams managed to get more scoring opportunities than they had in the first period. Patrick Brown put the Eagles on the board first at the 04:17 mark of the Second period. The Spartans evened the score at the 10:32 mark of the second period with a goal from Brett Perlini.

Mother Nature disrupted the game briefly as the lights at the REA flickered and then went out, the emergency power kicked in the game was delayed for about 15 minutes as the lights had to reboot. Word is that a large wind gust that registered 58 miles an hour knocked out the lights. Once the lights came back on in the arena, the Eagles defenseman Patch Alber scored at the 19:05 minute mark of the second period to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead going into the third period.

In the third period it was a very tight checking game, the Spartans stared to show some life and they evened the score at the 10:53 mark of the third period with a goal from Trevor Nill.  That was it for the Spartans as the game didn’t stay tied for very long; Eagle forward Chris Kreider scored a beautiful goal 50 seconds later.

The Eagles forward Chris Kreider had a strong game for the Eagles and was dominating at times during the game and showed us why he was drafted in the first round by the New York Rangers. Kreider blew by the Spartans defense and deposited the puck behind Spartans goalie to give the Eagles the lead. The Spartans continued to work hard and had some great scoring chances but the Spartans were unable to put anything else past Eagle goalie Milner Parker who had 17 saves in the game. The Eagles took over the game from there and got two more goals from Steven Whitney at the 16:27 of the third period and Barry Almeida closed out the scoring for the Eagles at the 18:59 mark.

Final Score B.C. 5 - MSU 2
Box Score

Game two
The Fighting Sioux and the Air Force Academy Falcons had not played in an official game since November 24, 1988, that statistic didn’t seem to matter as the Fighting Sioux knew that the Falcons were going to be a good team that played hard and wouldn’t give the Fighting Sioux anything. In the end the Falcons ended up being the team the Fighting Sioux thought they were as the Falcons took away the Fighting Sioux's passing lanes and limited the Fighting Sioux time and space.

If anyone questioned the Falcons meddle they shouldn’t as the Falcons gave the Sioux all they could handle and at time took the game to the Fighting Sioux.  Over the past three seasons the Falcons have beaten some quality opponents; in three seasons the Falcons have beaten four teams that were ranked in the top four in the nation at the time the Falcons played them, tonight the third ranked Sioux almost became the fifth team ranked in the top four to be beaten by the Falcons.

The Sioux came out early in the first period and took the game to the Falcons. The number three ranked Fighting Sioux looked like they had the Falcons where they wanted them and took a 2-1 lead into the first intermission with goals by Corban Knight and Carter Rowney. In the second period the fortunes changed for the Fighting Sioux as the Falcons took control of the game and outshot the Sioux 8-6. Sioux watched their lead evaporate as the Falcons got goals from Stephen Carew and George Michalke.

The Fighting Sioux’s biggest problem they had tonight was turnovers; the Fighting Sioux who are usually known for their tenacious defense had trouble with turnovers in the defensive zone all night long. A few of these turnovers ended up being great scoring opportunity for the Falcons. The Fighting Sioux at times also appeared to be standing flat footed and appeared to be watching the Falcons skate around and cycle the puck in their own end. The Falcons were able to capitalize on a few of the Fighting Sioux’s miscues and the Falcons raced to a 3-2 lead after two periods of hockey.

In the third period the Sioux fortunes changed as they regrouped as a team and started to wear down the Falcons with their depth. The Fighting Sioux finally broke through at the 13:48 mark of the third period with a goal from Brock Nelson. Nelson put the Sioux in the lead for good less then two minutes later when he scored his second goal of the game at the 15:15 mark to give the Fighting Sioux the lead 4-3.  The Sioux held on to win the game and will play the Boston College Eagles at 7:37 pm tomorrow night in the Championship game of the Ice Breaker Tourney.

Final Score UND 4 -  AFA 3
Box Score

Game one of the Ice Breaker; B.C. 5 - MSU 2 Final.

Michigan State Lines

10 Tanner Sorenson - 11 Brett Perlini 8 - Chris Forfar
9 Daulton Leveille - 21 Anthony Hayes (A) - 4 Trevor Nill (A)
16- Dean Chelios - 22 Lee Reimer - 86 Greg Wolfe
18 Kevin Walrod 24- Justin Hoomian - 25 Brent Darnell

Defense Pairings

44 Torey Kurg (C) - Brock Shelgren
17 Matt Crandell - 7 Tim Buttery
42 Jake Chelios - 23 Matt Grassi

Goalies

29 Drew Palmisano
37 Will Yanakeff

The Two Chelios boys are sons of former Badger and NHL player Chris Chelios.

Boston College lines

9 Barry Almeida (A) - 12 Kevin Hayes - 22 Paul Carey (A)
19 Chris Kreider - 24 Bill Arnold - Destry Straight
13 Johnny Gaudreau - 11 Pat Mullane - 21 Steven Whitney
28 Tommy Atkinson - 23 Patrick Brown - 10 Danny Linell

Defense Pairings 

4 Tommy Cross (C) - Patch Alber
2 Brian Dumoulin - 8 Edwin Shea
7 Issac MacLeod - 6 Patrick Wey

Goalies

35 Parker Milner
30 Chris Venti
1 Brian Billett

Period one 

No Scoring.

Period two

BC	1 - 1	Patrick Brown	, Tommy Cross	04:17	EV
MSU	1 - 1	Perlini, Brett,	Chelios, Jake, Leveille, Daultan	10:32	SH
BC	1 - 2	Patch Alber,	Chris Kreider, Bill Arnold	19:05	EV

Period three 

MSU  - Trevor Nill    Unassisted                                        10:53 EV

 BC  - Chris Kreider,   Destry Straight                                11:43 EV

 BC  - Steven Whitney, Pat Mullane                                   16:27 EV

  BC  - Paul Carey, Unassisted                                             18:59 EV                                                  

Kreider shoots down rumor he’s leaving BC

The Boston College Eagles are probably breathing a little easier tonight with this good news. There had been a lot of speculation on the blogsphere and internet that the junior forward Chris Kreider might forgo his final two season of college eligibility to sign a professional contract.

Ranger Rants ----- Plenty of internet rumors today, apparently generated off the Boston College message boards, that Chris Kreider would be signing a contract with the Rangers. Just got off the phone with Kreider, who announced in April he would be returning for his junior season with Boston College, and the Rangers’ first-round pick in 2009 said nothing has changed for him.


In other words, the rumor is not true.

Kreider did add that the “decision to go back for my junior season” was valid “as of now,” which made it sound like that could change.

But Kreider said the decision wasn’t as tough a decision as one might believe.

“There wasn’t an offer on the table,” Kreider said. “If (the Rangers) have been in touch with my agent, I’m not aware of it. They haven’t been in touch with me at all.”

Chris Kreider, decision go back to junior season, as of now. Decision, tough make, wasn’t offer on table, only decision, talked over coaches, decision.