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Richards, Gaborik lament lost opportunity
May 27
New York Post
 
"There was his chance, sitting open at the left circle, waiting for the puck, and when it came, Brad Richards fired it quickly only to watch it get swallowed up in Martin Brodeur's stacked pads. It was the third period of the last game of the Rangers season, Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Devils, Friday night at Prudential Center. It was tied 2-2 with the Rangers on the power play. Richards was the No. 1 import to Madison Square Garden this season, signing a nine-year, $60 million free-agent contract and earning himself, through feats of big-game heroics that overshadowed his inconsistencies, the moniker "Broadway Brad." "Bang-bang play, it's a good save," Richards said"
Gabby, Callahan finally deliver
May 24
New York Post
 
"Maybe somebody was listening to John Tortorella on Tuesday when he jokingly said the only thing he can do to get his top forwards to score was "pray." Last night at the Garden, during the Devils' 5-3 Game 5 win, the Rangers coach got one goal apiece from two of his best forwards — Ryan Callahan and Marian Gaborik. The closest example of divine intervention was Gaborik's third-period prayer, which went in from a sharp angle, getting jumbled in the feet of Martin Brodeur to tie the game, 3-3, just 17 seconds in. "It's a tough one to give up," said Devils coach Peter DeBoer, whose team takes a 3-2 lead into tomorrow's Game 6 showdown at the Prudential Center."
Torts doesn't blame Gaborik for Game 2 loss
May 18
New York Post
 
"There was no getting away from the fact Marian Gaborik spent a lot of time on the bench in Game 2, a game the Rangers lost to the Devils, 3-2, knotting the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece. Gaborik failed to make a routine clear in the second period which led to the Devils' game-tying goal, and coach John Tortorella decided to not play him the first 11:02 of the third period nor in the final 1:29 when goalie Henrik Lundqvist was pulled for the extra attacker. After the game, Tortorella refused to answer questions about it in his 1:17 press conference , but on a 13-minute conference call yesterday, the coach justified his decision."
Marian Gaborik takes seat
May 17
Bergen Record
 
"Marian Gaborik logged 15:21 of ice time in the Rangers' 3-2 loss in Game 2 on Wednesday and that included four shifts in the third period. But the Rangers' sharpshooter did not step onto the ice until 11:02 of the third period and he was not out at the end of the game despite Henrik Lundqvist being off for an extra skater. Gaborik failed to clear the puck from the zone on Ryan Carter's tying goal at 18:09 of the second period. But Gaborik said he was not given an explanation for his benching. "No," said Gaborik, who had two shots in the game. "I mean, for the second goal, I didn't get the puck out, I guess. You'll have to ask him.""
Gaborik takes place among Rangers biggest goals
May 3
New York Post
 columnist Mike Vaccaro
"Hockey fans don't need much in the way of reference points; surnames will do just fine. There isn't a Rangers fan who was alive on the evening of May 27, 1994, who needs anything other than the word "Matteau" to summon time, place, who they were with, what they were drinking, what they were screaming. Go back a few years. If you're old enough to remember the night of April 29, 1971, then all you need is the word "Stemkowski," and you know: where, when, with who. Forty-one years later there are still Rangers fans who can recite, as if it were part of the Baltimore Catechism, the details of that goal, 1:29 into the third overtime, salvaging Game 6 against the Chicago Black Hawks."
Gaborik's goal sinks Capitals in 3OT thriller
May 3
Washington Times
 
"Troy Brouwer missed from point-blank range. Alex Ovechkin clanked his shot off the right post. Dennis Wideman rung one off the left post. Brian Boyle inadvertently used his backside to block Mike Rupp's attempt with a wide-open net. So many blown opportunities to end the game by the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers through over 110 minutes of hockey. At the end, it was one shot from Marian Gaborik that gave the Rangers a 2-1 victory in triple overtime in Game 3 on Wednesday night at Verizon Center and a two games to one lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. "You just have to use your chances. One chance. One chance. They have it and they scored," Ovechkin said."
Gaborik must show up for shot at Cup
May 1
New York Post
 columnist Steve Serby
"This was a good time for Marian Gaborik to stop squeezing his stick so tight, to be the threat John Tortorella's Rangers need him to be, to be Braden Holtby's worst nightmare. Because there will be playoff nights when phenom Chris Kreider will not show up more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. There will be nights when Henrik Lundqvist is not the best goaltender in the world, King of kings. There will be nights when the other team is the more desperate team, nights when the Rangers do not play the right way for all 60 minutes and their fans are left with Broadway blues wondering how their boys can make a legitimate run at a Stanley Cup when they"
Gaborik knows spotlight is on in tonight's Game 7
April 26
New York Post
 
"There will be no more time and no more space for Marian Gaborik in tonight's Game 7 against Ottawa at the Garden than there have been in the first six games of this opening-round series, during which the Senators essentially have eliminated the world-class scorer as a factor. And there will be no more time at all for Gaborik and the Rangers if they are unable to survive potential playoff elimination for the second time in four days. No one need tell that to Gaborik, who has gone five straight without a goal since scoring in Game 1, just as no one need tell Gaborik what is expected of him tonight. "I know there is pressure on me to score because I put it on myself every game, just the way I"
Gaborik's struggles continue in Game 5 loss
April 22
New York Post
 
"There hardly was a doubt during the regular season who was the best offensive player on the Rangers, but for most of their opening-round playoff series with the Senators, winger Marian Gaborik has been conspicuously absent. "We have to do more," Gaborik said before Saturday night's 2-0 loss in Game 5, which gave the Senators a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. "Myself and everybody else." Going into the game, the top-seeded Rangers — with expectations far beyond the opening round — desperately needed production from Gaborik, but he couldn't get untracked again. He played a hard game, but it was another one where he was blanked on the scoresheet, finishing with two shots, three missed"
Gaborik rejoins 40-goal club
April 2
New York Post
 
"Marian Gaborik joined Mike Gartner and Jean Ratelle as the only Rangers in franchise history to record at least two 40-goal seasons by hitting the milestone for the second time in his three years on Broadway with a breakaway goal against Tim Thomas 4:33 into last night's 2-1 defeat to the Bruins at the Garden. Gaborik, third in the NHL behind Steven Stamkos (56) and Evgeni Malkin (48), is two shy of his personal best that he originally established with Minnesota in 2007-08 and then matched two years ago in his first season with the Rangers. "He's been outstanding for us all year," said Henrik Lundqvist. "When you get 40, you can't afford to slow down."
Marian's all in with Rangers' work ethic
April 1
New York Post
 
"As the Rangers have marched through the regular season, coach John Tortorella and his players have preached the need for everyone to buy into the team's philosophy of total commitment at both ends of the ice. The formula clearly has worked, as the Black-and-Blueshirts clinched home-ice advantage in the first round yesterday, and could wrap up the top spot in the Eastern Conference as soon as tonight, when they take on the Bruins at the Garden. But for anyone searching for proof this mindset has permeated the entire roster, look no further than the Rangers' leading scorer, Marian Gaborik. Not only is Gaborik third in the NHL with 39 goals this season, but he has willingly thrown himself"
Marian Gaborik's injury changed Minnesota Wild
March 28
St. Paul Pioneer Press
 columnist Tom Powers
"The Wild have been in a death spiral ever since Marian Gaborik left the organization three years ago. In fact, it was an injury to Gaborik in October of 2008, his last season here, that dramatically changed the course of Wild history. All those memories came back as the best and most exciting player in Wild history skated into town with the New York Rangers. He scored his 38th goal of the season as the Rangers won 3-2 on Tuesday night, March 27. "I don't look back," Gaborik said afterward. Here's how close we came to avoiding this current mess: Gaborik returned from hip surgery on March 22 of 2009. Before that, he had played in just a handful of games. He skated in the final 11 contests"
Gaborik enjoys success vs. Wild
March 28
Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
"Only a handful of Wild players remain from the days Marian Gaborik filled the back of the net ... when he wasn't on the trainer's table. The former Wild sniper had dinner with three of them Monday night -- Mikko Koivu, Niklas Backstrom and Pierre-Marc Bouchard. The check was split, although Gaborik probably could have picked up the tab. After all, it's been nothing but downhill in Minnesota since he left as a free agent for the New York Rangers in 2009: Three missed postseasons, anemic scoring, no game breakers. Gaborik could care less. He doesn't "look at the past," only the future, and his Rangers took another step toward a potential Eastern Conference crown and President's Trophy with a"
Gaborik sees eye-to-eye with coach John Tortorella now
March 5
New York Post
 
"It was a game of war last year between John Tortorella, the coach of the Rangers, and Marian Gaborik, the marquee forward of the Rangers, that proved much like the fictional thermonuclear war in the movie "War Games." Because no one could win. Not the coach, whose team finished in eighth place before being routinely dispatched in a five-game first-round playoff series, and not the world-class athlete, who struggled through an unhappy season in which he scored a comparatively meager 22 goals in 62 games. But upon leaving North America at the conclusion of the 2010-11 season, Gaborik dedicated himself to wiping out the sour taste of the season and becoming a player in Tortorella's mold if"
'Sniper' and MVP Gaborik ruffles Lundqvist in NHL All-Star Game
January 30
New York Post
 
"Even if Henrik Lundqvist were only feigning annoyance with fellow Ranger Marian Gaborik's sniper celebration, it stung. "We'll have to talk about what kind of penalty [Gaborik pays]. Twenty-five hundred, right?" Lundqvist said after Gaborik was named the NHL All-Star Game MVP in last night's 12-9 Team [Zdeno] Chara victory over the local Daniel Alfredsson side. "We have to talk about this on the plane. It will be interesting how much he has to pay," said Lundqvist, who gave up the first two goals of Gaborik's hat trick said. "It's been building between us. He won this one. "But I'm not happy for him. I can't believe he scored two goals. He had a great game.""
Gaborik's OT goal lifts Rangers to 3-2 win over Panthers
January 6
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
 
"The well-rested Panthers should've gotten the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers on a Winter Classic hangover while also looking to a key Atlantic Division matchup against the mighty Penguins. No chance. While the Panthers received contributions from three players who have either been missing in action due to injuries or mired in a slump, the high-flying Rangers go-to guy Marian Gaborik lit the lamp with 1:31 left in overtime to lift New York to a 3-2 victory in front of former President Bill Clinton at a packed Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. The OT loss stretched Florida's road winless streak to five games and they now lead the NHL with eight losses after regulation. The 25-9-4"
Marchand, Gaborik, Giguere earn Three Stars
December 26
NHL.com
 
"The Boston Bruins lead the NHL in goals (119) and goal differential (plus-56) coming out of the holiday break, and no one has been hotter for them over the past week than Brad Marchand. The third-year forward was named the League's First Star of the Week on Monday, with New York Rangers forward Marian Gaborik earning Second Star and Colorado Avalanche goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere receiving Third Star honors. The Bruins only played twice last week, but Marchand played a pivotal role in both their victories. His goal with 5:46 remaining in the third period proved to be the game-winner as Boston held off Northeast Division rival Montreal 3-2 on Monday. Four nights later, the Bruins teed"
John Tortorella says Marian Gaborik is 'fine' despite slash from Andrej Meszaros on goal in Rangers win over Flyers
December 25
New York Daily News
 
"Just as Marian Gaborik let go the shot that would make him the NHL's leading goal scorer Friday night, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros jabbed his stick from behind in desperation and appeared to slash Gaborik on the left side of his neck. The Rangers winger tumbled to the ice and slid into the corner boards as the Garden crowd roared for their team's 3-0 lead in an eventual 4-2 win. Then he could be seen wincing in pain on the bench as play resumed on the ensuing faceoff with 18:12 remaining in the third period. It was serious cause for concern. Gaborik, 29, has six goals in his last four games and 21 on the season. The Rangers have 91 as a team. That's why it had to"
Gaborik's line lifting Rangers
December 23
New York Post
 
"The most important thing to know about hockey chemistry is that it is not science. Rather it is an undefinable mixture of preparation, communication, instinct and work ethic. Or else, perhaps it's just as Professor Artem Anisimov explained it when asked why his line featuring Derek Stepan in the middle and Marian Gaborik on the right is evolving into such a perfect union by saying, "I don't know; we just play hockey." They play hockey with three working and thinking as one, merging their talents to create off the rush, rather than play dump-and-chase, aided immeasurably by the re-identification of Gaborik as a world-class goal-scorer after a season in which an imposter inhabited the"
Brad Richards won't center for Marian Gaborik for the time being
October 29
Bergen Record
 
"The blueprint for the Rangers from the moment they signed Brad Richards to a nine-year, $60 million contract, through training camp and the season's first eight games was to have him center Marian Gaborik. That plan may have changed. It certainly has for today's game against the Senators, the second in a six-game homestand at the partially renovated Madison Square Garden. "I'm not going to give you that answer if I think that is the right situation, to have Richie and Gabby play together," said coach John Tortorella, who will again unveil shuffled lines. "I'm not going to give you that answer because there are a number of things that come into play." Richards, who along with Gaborik has"
Rangers split up Richards, Gaborik
October 29
New York Post
 
"You can bet that John Tortorella never told Jim Dolan, "I can't say we definitely want [a Brad Richards-Marian Gaborik combination] to happen," when lobbying the Garden CEO in May and June to invest $60 million over nine years to sign the blue-chip free agent center specifically to combine him with the two-year Blueshirts sniper who struggled last year without an elite playmaker. Yet that's exactly what the coach told the press yesterday after a practice in preparation for this afternoon's Garden match against the Senators featured Gaborik skating with Erik Christensen as his center -- and isn't this where the summer started? -- while Richards played between Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan"
Richards, Gaborik developing chemistry for Rangers
September 24
New York Post
 
"It was just the Rangers' first exhibition game, only the first time Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik played together against what coach John Tortorella likes to call, "different colors," but there's little doubt that the elite dispatcher and world-class sniper are going to combine to present a world of trouble for opponents. Richards will carry the puck. Gaborik will look for seams and to jump into openings. The left wing on the first line — a true blue first line the club has lacked since Tortorella arrived two-thirds of the way through 2008-09 — will be a complementary piece, whether it's Wojtek Wolski or a forward to named later. "When Richie has the puck, he's always looking. We"
Rangers' Gaborik mourns loss of former teammate in crash
September 10
New York Post
 
"Twenty-four hours after one of his best friends, Pavol Demitra, lost his life in a plane crash in Russia, Marian Gaborik was at a loss for words. "You just can't really believe it, you know?" the Rangers star forward said yesterday after skating with many of his teammates at the team's Westchester practice complex. "It's tough. I can't imagine how it is for his family . . . it's a shock. All of a sudden, he's gone. It's horrible." Demitra was one of the players on board when the plane carrying the KHL club Yaroslavl Lokomotiv crashed Wednesday in Russia. Gaborik and Demitra, a three-time NHL All-Star, are from Slovakia. Over the past decade, the two played together frequently with the"
Gaborik excited to team with Richards
July 14
New York Post
 
"When you are paid $7.5 million a year as one of the most gifted goal-scorers extant, you play in a No Excuses League, which, to Marian Gaborik's everlasting credit, he understood through a confounding 2010-11 during which he scored in only 14 games for a meager 22 goals overall. But there's no question the right wing suffered from the absence of a steady partner in the middle, moving from center to center almost as quickly as head coach John Tortorella can lose patience with people who ask too many questions. Fact is, Gaborik, who was limited to 62 matches primarily because of an early season separated shoulder and a late-season concussion, opened 21 times with Erik Christensen as his"
Marian Gaborik's miscue hurt Rangers in Game 4 vs. Capitals, but he knows comebacks from Wild days
April 23
New York Daily News
 
"It was Marian Gaborik 's miscue, knocking the puck away from Henrik Lundqvist , that allowed Jason Chimera to score in the second overtime Wednesday night and put the Rangers on the brink of elimination as they head back to Washington for Game 5 against the Capitals Saturday. It is also Gaborik who may hold the key to saving the Rangers' season. Not only did the right wing break a month-long scoring drought with his goal in Game 4, but he has unique experience when it comes to comebacks, having been part of the 2003 Minnesota Wild team that rallied, not once, but twice, from 3-1 deficits to reach the Western Conference finals. "It was the only time in history that it was done,"
Gaffe in past for Gaborik, Rangers
April 22
Bergen Record
 
"There might be just one last chance for Marian Gaborik to make a positive impact on this Rangers season. The Capitals hold a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal with Game 5 Saturday at Washington after the Rangers blew a three-goal, third-period lead in a 4-3, double-overtime loss in Wednesday night's Game 4. Typical of Gaborik's rocky season, even when he contributed offensively with his first goal of the series and first overall since March 20, a span of 13 games, he was in the middle of the confusion that led to Jason Chimera's winner. Gaborik did not hear or see Henrik Lundqvist and poked at the puck, denying Lundqvist a chance to smother it. To be fair, the goalie needed"
Gaborik practices with Rangers' second PP unit
April 12
New York Post
 
"It was one power-play practice session two days before the opening playoff game in Washington, nothing more and nothing less than that, but that doesn't change the fact that yesterday for the first time in memory, Marian Gaborik skated on the Rangers' second unit. The Blueshirts went through approximately 40 minutes of drills and line rushes before taking a break while the ice was flooded. When the club returned for 20 minutes of full-ice PP work, Gaborik was on the unit with Brian Boyle and Wojtek Wolski up front and Derek Stepan and Dan Girardi on the points. Erik Christensen exchanged spots with Gaborik to move up to the first unit with forwards Vinny Prospal and Brandon Dubinsky and"
Rangers' Gaborik must show playoff mettle vs. Capitals
April 12
New York Post
 columnist Larry Brooks
"There are always paral lel, if at times contradictory, theories at work in the playoffs, one being that a team cannot succeed in a seven-game series without significant contributions from depth players, the other holding that a team cannot succeed without its top players leading the way. Both concepts apply to the Rangers as they prepare to face the powerful, No. 1-seed Caps, beginning with the first two games in D.C. this week before the series shifts to the Garden next weekend. The team that won 44 games, earned 93 points and made the playoffs primarily because of an all-for-one mentality that created a unit greater than the sum of its parts won't get by without contributions from the"
John Tortorella wants Rangers such as Marian Gaborik to take advantage of clean slate in playoffs
April 12
New York Daily News
 
"The NHL's "second season," as Rangers coach John Tortorella describes the playoffs, is akin to hitting the refresh button. That goes both for his team, which qualified with an assist from Tampa Bay, and for individual players who have been unable to produce consistently or remain in the lineup over the past several weeks. No Ranger qualifies under that heading more than first-line winger Marian Gaborik, whose goal production dropped nearly in half from 42 goals last season to 22 this year over 62 appearances. And there would be no bigger boost in the opening round against top-seeded Washington than Gaborik offsetting months of inconsistent play with a playoff performance commensurate with"
Marian must show playoff mettle vs. Caps
April 11
New York Post
 
"There are always paral lel, if at times contradictory, theories at work in the playoffs, one being that a team cannot succeed in a seven-game series without significant contributions from depth players, the other holding that a team cannot succeed without its top players leading the way. Both concepts apply to the Rangers as they prepare to face the powerful, No. 1-seed Caps, beginning with the first two games in D.C. this week before the series shifts to the Garden next weekend. The team that won 44 games, earned 93 points and made the playoffs primarily because of an all-for-one mentality that created a unit greater than the sum of its parts won't get by without contributions from the"
Gaborik hopes struggles left behind in Pittsburgh
March 22
Bergen Record
 
"Things had been going well recently for Rangers' sniper Marian Gaborik in an otherwise unkind season that has seen his offensive production dip as he's missed 20 games due to injury. So as the Rangers try to earn another crucial two points in their playoff push tonight against the Panthers, Gaborik can only hope his limited ice time in Sunday's 5-2 win at Pittsburgh – coach John Tortorella cited his line's "brutal" defense – was an anomaly, not a return to his struggling ways. "Obviously, I want to play," said Gaborik, who logged 12:20 against the Penguins and only 2:39 – all on the power play – in the third period. "But the most important thing is we won the game." The Rangers have won a"
Gaborik tallies twice in New York Rangers 6-3 drubbing of Islanders
March 16
New York Daily News
 
"The Rangers drafted Al Montoya in the first round in 2004, and though he never played a game for the Blueshirts before he was traded to Phoenix in 2008, it appeared that they had the book on their former prospect Tuesday night. Erik Christensen, Marian Gaborik and Bryan McCabe all beat Montoya with power-play wrist shots high on the stick side, and the Rangers crushed the Islanders, 6-3. The Sabres' 1-0 loss to the Hurricanes meant the Rangers moved into sole possession of seventh place in the East, two points ahead of Buffalo and four up on Carolina. Both teams chasing the Blueshirts have a game in hand. Gaborik added a second goal at even strength in the third to become the fourth Ranger"
Let Gaborik be Gaborik
March 11
New York Post
 columnist Larry Brooks
"There's been a push and pull all year and it hasn't worked. John Tortorella, the coach, has publicly (and assuredly more pointedly behind closed doors) attempted to prod Marian Gaborik into becoming a card-carrying member of the Black-and-Blueshirts' shot-blocking wall-battlers. And here he is, this world-class scorer, not only sitting on the essentially unbelievable total of 18 goals in 49 games, but also having scored even more unbelievably in only 11 games all year. And there Gaborik has been on the fourth line in his first two games back after a six-game, concussion-induced absence, an afterthought at even strength while coach John Tortorella has remained married to three other line"
Rangers right wing Marian Gaborik continues to skate, aims for comeback from concussion
March 7
New York Daily News
 
"While the Rangers had a day off Saturday before playing for the third time in four days Sunday afternoon against the Flyers at the Garden, Marian Gaborik was back on the ice, skating for the fourth straight day as he continues his comeback from a concussion that has kept him out for the past two weeks. Gaborik, who has 17 goals in 47 games in an injury-plagued second season on Broadway after scoring 42 to lead the Rangers a year ago, last played in the previous Rangers-Flyers game, leaving at the first intermission as he complained that he could not concentrate on the ice. It was then revealed that a hit the previous Sunday from Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik, which Gaborik said he"
Marian Gaborik returns to Rangers lineup
March 7
New York Post
 
"Marian Gaborik doesn't even need to register a point to spark the Rangers' offense. All he needs to do is suit up. The Rangers scored seven goals in Gaborik's return to the lineup yesterday, but the star winger did not account for any of them. Gaborik had 14:28 of ice time in the Rangers' 7-0 victory over the Flyers at the Garden after missing six games with concussion-like symptoms. His return gave his teammates a boost of confidence, but his offense was not needed due to Ryan Callahan's first career four-goal game and Mats Zuccarello scoring two more. Gaborik, the Rangers' fourth-leading scorer with 17 goals in only 48 games, recorded four shots on goal and two missed shots, but the"
Marian Gaborik continues to skate, aims for comeback from concussion
March 6
New York Daily News
 
"While the Rangers had a day off Saturday before playing for the third time in four days Sunday afternoon against the Flyers at the Garden, Marian Gaborik was back on the ice, skating for the fourth straight day as he continues his comeback from a concussion that has kept him out for the past two weeks. Gaborik, who has 17 goals in 47 games in an injury-plagued second season on Broadway after scoring 42 to lead the Rangers a year ago, last played in the previous Rangers-Flyers game, leaving at the first intermission as he complained that he could not concentrate on the ice. It was then revealed that a hit the previous Sunday from Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik, which Gaborik said he"
Rangers could get Gaborik back
March 5
New York Post
 
"The Rangers might have their top offensive weapon back in the lineup for tomorrow's matinee at the Garden against the Flyers. Marian Gaborik, out since the end of the first period of Philadelphia's 4-2 win over the Blueshirts at the Garden on Feb. 20 and battling concussion symptoms, traveled with the team and skated earlier in the day. "Up until this point, he seems fine after his skate," Rangers coach John Tortorella said before the Rangers' 4-1 win over the last-place Senators last night. "So we'll see. . . . We'll see how it goes [today], and we'll make our decision.""
Headaches for Gabby
March 4
Bergen Record
 
"Not only did Marian Gaborik (concussion) miss his fifth game in a row Thursday, but coach John Tortorella declared him out for tonight's game at Ottawa because the sniper continues to experience headaches. "This morning, I was not that great," Gaborik said after participating in the optional skate. "I woke up with headaches, but after a while I felt better and I tried to skate." It marked the second day in a row Gaborik was on the ice, but this is clearly a setback after he reported Wednesday that he had been symptom-free for a day."
Concussion symptoms plaguing Gaborik
March 4
New York Post
 
"When Marian Gaborik said that he didn't know if he would be able to play tonight in Ottawa despite having headaches yesterday morning, the Rangers' winger was talking like a man with a brain injury. "He still has symptoms," coach John Tortorella said when asked if Gaborik might be in the lineup. And yet, Gaborik accompanied the Rangers on the charter flight to Canada's capital following the team's 3-1 defeat to the Wild at the Garden. And yet, the Rangers are not having a morning skate. And yet, neither the coach nor anyone else testified that Gaborik definitely would not play, so, as strange as it seems, and especially regarding an organization that historically has been conservative with"
Rangers coach John Tortorella holds out Marian Gaborik again, return from concussion still uncertain
March 4
New York Daily News
 
"Marian Gaborik's concussion saga continued right along its confusing path Thursday, with the star right wing saying in the morning that he held out hope to return to the Rangers' lineup Friday night in Ottawa, while John Tortorella dismissed that possibility. "No," the coach said. "He still has symptoms." Gaborik admitted at the Rangers' practice rink in Greenburgh that he continues to experience headaches and that he felt worse Thursday than he did on Wednesday, when he took part in his first full practice since leaving after the first period on Feb. 20 against Philadelphia. That was the third game after Gaborik sustained the first concussion of his career, on a hit from Pittsburgh"
Gaborik practicing but won't face Wild
March 3
Bergen Record
 
"Marian Gaborik will miss his fifth straight game tonight when the Rangers host his former team, the Wild, looking to salvage the final game of this three-game homestand. Meanwhile, All-Star defenseman Marc Staal (left knee) and left wing Ruslan Fedotenko (left shoulder) were hopeful they could play tonight after participating in Wednesday's practice. But Gaborik, speaking publicly Wednesday for the first time since it was disclosed he had suffered a concussion, is cautiously optimistic he won't be far behind. The slumping Rangers, still in seventh place in the Eastern Conference but just one point ahead of eighth-place Carolina and three up on ninth-place Buffalo, are at Ottawa on Friday"
Rangers wait for results of Gaborik's concussion exam
February 23
New York Post
 
"The Rangers are awaiting results on a neurological examination conducted yesterday afternoon in New York on Marian Gaborik, who was diagnosed with a concussion on Sunday. The club remains uncertain exactly how the winger suffered the injury, though The Post has learned that Gaborik has told teammates and management he believed it occurred Feb. 13 on a hit from Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik during the Blueshirts' 5-3 victory at the Garden. The official game sheet has two Orpik hits on Gaborik recorded, one at 14:45 of the second period and the other 1:42 into the third. Gaborik also took a hard hit 5:29 into that match from Tim Wallace that drew a response from Brandon Prust. The"
Rangers face more adversity vs. Hurricanes with Marian Gaborik sidelined due to concussion
February 22
New York Daily News
 
"Marian Gaborik has missed 14 games this season, with a separated shoulder, the flu and a sore groin. The Rangers are 7-7 without him, so they know they can survive minus the winger. With Gaborik set to miss another game Tuesday night due to a concussion, and no timetable for his return, the Rangers' season is riding on their ability to rediscover their toughness in the face of adversity, as they did earlier in the season. The Rangers begin a two-game Southeast Division road trip in Raleigh, where the Hurricanes will try to match their seventh-place total of 66 points. Carolina has played one fewer game than the Blueshirts, who have lost eight of their last 10 and allowed ninth-place"
Gaborik suffers concussion in Rangers' 4-2 loss to Philadelphia Flyers at Garden
February 21
New York Daily News
 
"Marian Gaborik's nightmare season got even worse Sunday, as the right wing left the Rangers' 4-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers with a concussion. Coach John Tortorella first said that Gaborik's injury did not occur during the Blueshirts' eighth loss in their last 10 games, in which the 29-year-old did not play after the first period. The coach then backtracked and said that he was not sure when Gaborik was hurt, but that "he's had some conversations off the ice that he just wasn't dead-on." Gaborik has scored just six goals in his last 22 games, four of them coming in a 7-0 rout of the lowly Maple Leafs on Jan. 19. He did play an effective game Thursday, skating as well as he has all"
Gaborik exits loss with concussion
February 21
New York Post
 
"The concussion that forced Marian Gaborik out of yesterday's 4-2 Garden defeat to the Flyers after the first period clouds a number of issues for the Rangers, who are staggering and close to being out on their feet after their eighth loss (2-7-1) in the last 10 games. There's of course the issue of Gaborik's health. According to coach John Tortorella, the winger had complained intermittently for about a week about not quite feeling well "off the ice," but did not miss a practice or a shift until he remained in the locker room after taking six turns for 4:39 in the first period. There's the issue of whether this injury will have an impact on interest in Gaborik leading up to next Monday's"
Marian Gaborik takes on larger role
February 17
Bergen Record
 
"The Rangers certainly didn't lavish Marian Gaborik with $37.5 million over five seasons to be a defensive stopper. But in an effort to spark his offense, coach John Tortorella is finding time on the penalty kill for the right wing. "You're in the flow," said Gaborik, who brings a seven-game streak without a goal – one away from tying his longest drought of the season – into tonight's game against the Kings at Madison Square Garden. "It's a situation on the penalty kill also where the coaches are trusting you," added Gaborik, who has 16 goals and 21 assists in 43 games. "You want to do the best you can." The Rangers are battling the Hurricanes, Sabres and Thrashers for the Eastern"
Marian Gaborik on cusp of tying season-high, eight-game goal drought as Rangers host L.A. Kings
February 17
New York Daily News
 
"The Rangers snapped their season-worst six-game winless streak the last time they took the Garden ice, but there is still another drought the Blueshirts would like to see end when the Los Angeles Kings come to Broadway Thursday night. Marian Gaborik has not scored a goal since Jan. 24 at Washington, putting him one game away from tying the season-high eight-game goal drought he endured in early January. That was thought to be a shocking anomaly for the right wing who led the Rangers with 42 goals last season, but has tallied just 16 this season, with all of his goals coming in nine of the 44 games he has played. "It definitely would be nice to get some goals," Gaborik said. "I've had"
Enough prodding, turn Gaborik loose
February 9
New York Post
 columnist Larry Brooks
"Following the 3-2 defeat in Detroit on Monday that stretched the Rangers' losing streak to five games (0-4-1), John Tortorella said that it's his responsibility as the coach to let the players know how they're doing. He's right, of course, but beyond that -- and critically at this stage of the season in which the Rangers have fallen into an extended dip, winning just seven of 18 (7-9-2) in the calendar year -- it is up to Tortorella to find the way to get the best out of Marian Gaborik the rest of the way in what now appears will be a grind to the finish to make the playoffs. And from Henrik Lundqvist, too, for that matter. Tortorella has pushed and prodded Gaborik. He's cajoled and"
Gaborik MIA yet again
February 6
New York Post
 
"The no tion floating around that Chris Drury bailed out on the Rangers by claiming to have a sore left knee in order to potentially avoid the specter of becoming a healthy scratch is about as absurd as it gets. It's as insulting as possible regarding an athlete whose character and will to win has never been questioned by a single individual within the industry. Rather, the likelihood is that the captain hung in and battled for weeks through pain that compromised his game until his team became healthy enough with the return of Vinny Prospal on Thursday and Erik Christensen here yesterday to step out and take some time to try and repair the knee so that he can contribute more than spare"