*Updated 12/26/11
If you haven’t taken the leap and signed up for Twitter yet,
I can’t recommend it highly enough.
If you’re a Rangers fan there’s simply no better place for
breaking news and real-time discussion on the Blueshirts. Many of you, like me, are waiting on the edge
of your seat when free agency begins and on trade deadline day, and if you use
Twitter right you’ll find out about the latest moves before almost anyone else.
Participating on Twitter is a great way to talk with Rangers
fans, bloggers and beat writers before, during and after games and is one of
the few venues that provides stimulating Rangers talk even during the dullest
of times of the year.
Forgive me for sounding like a salesman, but anyone that
uses Twitter will agree that it is great for sports fans.
Here’s what some other Rangers’ bloggers love about Twitter:
“Allows me ability to connect w/ #nyr fans
any time. Interacting during games is such a great way to bring #nyr fans
together.” - @TheNYRBlog,
NYRangersBlog.com
“great place to not
only find the latest rangers news from beat writers & bloggers but also
interacting with fans. where else can
you complain about your favorite team?” - @TheWrage,
Blue Line Station
“So that you can see what Blueshirt Banter has posted ;). Or
have intelligent debates with other fans.” - @Joe_Fortunato,
Blueshirt Banter
“Love being able to connect with fans on a daily basis.
Twitter brings that to all of us covering the Blueshirts.” - @NYRNation
“It's just so convenient. You can talk to other NYR fans/writers
about news as soon as it breaks.Ex - the B-Rich signing. As soon as it broke it was everywhere and
every1 had an opinion to read about within 5 minutes. Can't get that anywhere
else.” – @adam_cg,
Blueshirts Blueline
“twitter is one of the most direct forms of communication
between different fans out there.” - @mleetch352,
Bleeding All Blue
“its quick & so many people can air an opinion.
Open/easy access allows for a range of opinions.” - @NYR_Jugs88,
Blue Seat Blogs
“I like it bc it's
quick convos, forces people to be concise with responses, easier to have
discussions” - @BlueSeatBlogs,
BlueSeatBlogs.com
If you do decide to take the plunge, here’s a list of great
hockey follows by category:
NY Rangers players:
Andrew Yogan - @Andyogs
Artem Anisimov - @Anisimov42
Blake Parlett - @Parzy05
Brad Richards - @BRichards_1991
Brandon Dubinsky - @BDubi17
Brandon Prust - @BrandonPrust8
Brenden Bell - @BBell09
Carl Hagelin - @CarlHagelin
Chad Kolarik - @CKolarik
Chris Kreider - @ChrisKreider
Christian Thomas - @cpt27
Derek Stepan - @DerekStepan21
Dylan McIlrath - @dylan_mcilrath
Henrik Lundqvist - @HLundqvist30
Francois Bouchard - @FBouchard22
Jason Wilson - @sirjwilly
Jonathan Audy-Marchessault - @AMarchessault18
Kale Kerbashian - @kerbash44
Marian Gaborik - @MGaborik10
Martin Biron - @martybiron43
Michael Del Zotto - @MichaelDelZotto
Michael St. Croix - @stixy18
Mike Rupp - @Rupper17
Ryan McDonagh - @RMcDonagh27
Sean Avery - @imseanavery
Scott Stajcer - @BigTon40
Scott Tanski - @S_Tanski
Shane McColgan - @Shane18McColgan
Tommy Grant - @twgrant16
Wojtek Wolski - @WojtekWolski86
NY Rangers beat
writers and media:
Jim Cerny (Rangers.NHL.com) - @JimCerny
New York Rangers (official account) - @thenyrangers
Andrew Gross (The Record) - @AGrossRecord
Steve Zipay (Newsday) - @stevezipay
Pat Leonard (New York Daily News) - @NYDNRangers
Katie Strang (ESPN) - @KatieStrangESPN
Larry Brooks (NY Post) - @NYP_Brooksie
Rick Carpiniello (The Journal News) - @rangersreport
Arthur Staple (Newsday) - @StapeNewsday
Stan Fischler (MSG Network) - @StanFischler
John Giannone (MSG Network) - @jaygeemsg
Dave Maloney (MSG Network) - @DaveMaloneyMSG
MSG Rangers (MSG Network) - @MSG_Rangers
Jess Rubenstein (Blueshirt Bulletin and The Prospect Park) - @TheProspectPark
CT Whale (official account) - @CTWhale
Brian Ring (CT Whale Media Relations Manager) - @brianring
Greenville Road Warriors (official account) - @GRoadWarriors
Paul Doyle (CT Whale coverage for The Hartford Courant) - @PaulDoyle1
Blueshirt Bulletin:
Blueshirt Bulletin - @NYRBlueBulletin
Kevin Baumer (Blueshirt Bulletin) - @kevinbaumer
Margaret DeJesus (Blueshirt Bulletin) - @GreenLight_711
Allyson Gronowitz (Blueshirt Bulletin) - @prukachu
Jess Rubenstein (Blueshirt Bulletin and The Prospect Park) - @TheProspectPark
Other NY Rangers bloggers:
Dave Shapiro (Blue Seat Blogs) - @BlueSeatBlogs
Christian Nehls (Blue Seat Blogs) - @NYR_Jugs88
The Suit (Blue Seat Blogs) - @thehockeysuit
Kevin DeLury (NYRangersBlog.com) - @TheNYRBlog
Adam Herman (Blue Line Station) - @BlueLineStation
James Wrabel (Blue Line Station) - @TheWrage
Michael Gleich (Bleeding All Blue) - @mleetch352
Nick Montemagno (Rangers Tribune) - @RangersTribune
NYRNation.net - @NYRNation
Adam (Blueshirts Blueline) - @adam_cg
Laurie Carr (BeyondTheBlueshirts.com) - @byndblueshirts
Adam Rotter (SNYRangersBlog.com) - @AdamRotter
Jim Schmiedeberg (Blueshirt Banter) - @BlueshirtBanter
Joe Fortunato (Blueshirt Banter) - @Joe_Fortunato
Kevin Power (Blueshirt Banter) - @8kpower
DigDeepNYR (Blueshirt Banter) - @DigDeepNYR
NYRangerscast.com - @NYRangerscast
PuckCentral.net - @PuckCentral
Brian Monzo (WFAN.com) - @BMonzoNHL660
RangerPundit.blogspot.com - @blueshirts
Eddie Gieck “The Mouth” - @RangerCrisis
Mitch Beck (Howlings.net) - @HowlingsToday
Adam Gavriel (NYRBlueshirts.com and Howlings.net) - @NYRBlueshirts
The Hockey Rodent - @HockeyRodent
Patrick Hoffman (RLD Hockey) - @pathoffman35
The Dark Ranger (TheDarkRanger.com) - @thedarkranger
Ray Calder (HockeyObserver.com) - @livestrongray
CanyonOfBlueshirts.com - @CanyonOfBlues
Eric (5-Hole Blog) - @5holeEric
Leslie Treff (Hockey’s Future) - @HFNYRangers
Scotty Hockey - @ScottyHockey
Jack Dolan (Rangers Puckhead Blog) - @RangersPuckhead
Outside the Garden - @OTGHockey
Greg Caggiano (gcaggiano.wordpress.com) - @GregCaggiano
Mike Hume (ESPN) - @MikeHumeESPN
Seth Rothman (Inside Hockey) - @RothmanHockey
Rob Simpson (MSG.com) - @simmerpuck
Dave Lozo (NHL.com) - @DaveLozo
Cris Cohen (Hockey Independent) - @CC_927
Margaret Hurley (My Blueshirt Heaven) - @marghurley
Nick Perri (SNYRangersBlog) - @NickPerri_SNYRB
Tom Urtz (Bleacher Report) - @TomUrtzNYR
Inferno (RangersReview) - @Inferno_rangers
Bill Nehring - @wmnehring
Patrick Kearns (The Fourth Period) - @PatrickKearns
NYRZone.com - @NYRangersZone
Breaking NHL news:
Bob McKenzie (TSN.ca) - @TSNBobMcKenzie
Darren Dreger (TSN.ca) - @DarrenDreger
Renaud P Lavoie (RDS) - @renhockey
Nick Kypreos (Sportsnet.ca) - @RealKyper
Kevin Allen (USA Today) - @kausatoday
Craig Custance (ESPN) - @CraigCustance
Coverage of other
teams:
Jimmy Murphy (Boston Bruins coverage) - @MurphysLaw74
Matt Kalman (Boston Bruins coverage) - @TheBruinsBlog
Vicki Hall (Calgary Flames coverage) - @vickihallch
Eric Francis (Calgary Flames coverage) - @ericfrancis
Jesse Rogers (Chicago Blackhawks coverage) - @ESPNChiHawks
Chris Kuc (Chicago Blackhawks coverage) - @ChrisKuc
Adrian Dater (Colorado Avalanche coverage) - @adater
Aaron Portzline (Columbus Blue Jackets coverage) - @Aportzline
Jim Matheson (Edmonton Oilers coverage) - @NHLbyMatty
Helene Elliot (Los Angeles Kings coverage) - @helenenothelen
Michael Russo (Minnesota Wild coverage) - @Russostrib
Marc Antoine Godin (Montreal Canadiens coverage) - @MAGodin
Tom Gulitti (NJ Devils coverage) - @TGfireandice
Rich Chere (NJ Devils coverage) - @Ledger_NJDevils
Chris Botta (NY Islanders coverage) - @ChrisBottaNHL
Bruce Garrioch (Ottawa Senators coverage) - @SunGarrioch
Tim Panaccio (Philadelphia Flyers coverage) - @tpanotchCSN
Frank Seravalli (Philadelphia Flyers coverage) - @DNFlyers
Rob Rossi (Pittsburgh Penguins coverage) - @RobRossi_Trib
Jeremy Rutherford (St. Louis Blues coverage) - @jprutherford
Rob Del Mundo (Toronto Maple Leafs coverage) - @TMLFansRob
Jason Botchford (Vancouver Canucks coverage) - @BotchonCanucks
Kurtenblog (Vancouver Canucks coverage) - @kurtenblog
Tarik El-Bashir (Washington Capitals coverage) - @TarikElBashir
Katie Carrera (Washington Capitals coverage) - @kcarrera
Jaspers Rink (Washington Capitals coverage) - @JapersRink
Other NHL media:
NHL - @NHL
NHLPA - @NHLPA
NHL Central Scouting - @NHLCentralScout
Brendan Shanahan (NHL) - @NHLShanahan
Craig Button (TSN.ca) - @CraigJButton
Ryan Rishaug (TSN.ca) - @TSNRyanRishaug
Gord Miller (TSN.ca) - @GMillerTSN
James Duthie (TSN.ca) - @tsnjamesduthie
Scott Cullen (TSN.ca) - @tsnscottcullen
Marc Crawford (TSN.ca) - @TsnMarcCrawford
Steve Kouleas (TSN.ca) - @stevekouleas
Ray Ferraro (TSN.ca) - @rayferrarotsn
Chris Cuthbert (TSN.ca) - @CCTSN
Matt Cade (TSN.ca) - @TSNMattCade
Aaron Ward (TSN) - @aaronward_NHL
The Hockey News - @TheHockeyNews
Brian Costello (The Hockey News) - @bcostellothn
Ryan Kennedy (The Hockey News) - @THNRyanKennedy
Jason Kay (The Hockey News) - @JKTHN
John Grigg (The Hockey News) - @John_Grigg
Rory Boylen (The Hockey News) - @THNRoryBoylen
Adam Proteau (The Hockey News) - @Proteautype
Adam Kimelman (NHL.com) - @NHLAdamK
Mike Morreale (NHL.com) - @mike_morreale
Dan Near (NHL.com) - @NHLDan
Dan Rosen (NHL.com) - @drosennhl
Shawn Roarke (NHL.com) - @sroarke_nhl
Schuyler Baehman (NHL.com) - @NHLschuylerb
Brian Compton (NHL.com) - @BComptonNHL
John Kreiser (NHL.com) - @jkreiser7nhl
John Buccigross (ESPN) - @Buccigross
Pierre LeBrun (ESPN) - @Real_ESPNLeBrun
Scott Burnside (ESPN) - @ESPN_Burnside
EJ Hradek (ESPN) - @EJHradek_NHL
Mike Brophy (Rogers Sportsnet) - @sportsnetbroph
Doug Maclean (Rogers Sportsnet) - @DougMaclean
Ian Mendes (Rogers Sportsnet) - @ian_mendes
Mark Spector (Sportsnet.ca) - @SportsnetSpec
Daren Millard (Sportsnet.ca) - @darenmillard
Jeff Marek (Sportsnet.ca) - @JeffMarek
Kelly Hrudey (Hockey Night in Canada) - @KellyHrudey
Elliotte Friedman (Hockey Night in Canada) - @FriedgeHNIC
Scott Morrison (Hockey Night in Canada) - @morrisonHNIC
Greg Wyshynski (Puck Daddy) - @wyshynski
Justin Bourne (Puck Daddy) - @jtbourne
Sean Leahy (Puck Daddy) - @Sean_Leahy
Dmitry Chesnokov (Puck Daddy) - @dchesnokov
Joe Yerdon (Pro Hockey Talk) - @JoeYerdonPHT
Jason Brough (Pro Hockey Talk) - @JasonPHT
Mike Halford (Pro Hockey Talk) - @PHTalk_nbc
Jesse Spector (Sporting News) - @jessespector
David Pagnotta (The Fourth Period) - @TheFourthPeriod
Dennis Bernstein (The Fourth Period) - @DennisTFP
Mark Seidel (CBC) - @MarkSeidel
Tim Wharnsby (CBC) - @WharnsCBCSPORTS
Scott Oake (CBC) - @ScottOake
Stu Hackel (Sports Illustrated) - @STUHACKEL
Al Muir (Sports Illustrated) - @almuirSI
Sarah Kwak (Sports Illustrated) - @SI_sarahkwak
Kevin Weekes (NHL Network) - @KevinWeekes
David Amber (NHL Network) - @DavidAmber
Liam McHugh (NBC) - @liam_mchugh
James Mirtle (The Globe and Mail) - @mirtle
Bruce Arthur (NationalPost.com) - @bruce_arthur
Damien Cox (Toronto Star) - @DamoSpin
Steve Simmons (Toronto Sun) - @simmonssteve
Chris Johnston (The Canadian Press) - @reporterchris
B.D. Gallof (HockeyIndependent.com) - @BDGallof
Fred Poulin (HockeyIndependent.com) - @FredPoulin98
Kukla’s Korner - @kuklaskorner
Gabriel Desjardins (BehindTheNet.com) - @behindthenet
NHLDigest.com - @nhldigest
David Johnson (HockeyAnalysis.com) - @hockeyanalysis
DownGoesBrown.com - @DownGoesBrown
HousesOfTheHockey - @HOTHnews
Jason Gregor - @JasonGregor
Andy Strickland (TrueHockey.com) - @andystrickland
Darren Pang - @Panger40
Spector’s Hockey - @SpectorsHockey
Inside Hockey - @insidehockey
Ryan Porth (RLD Hockey) - @RLDhockey
TheHockeyWriters.com - @TheHockeyWriter
Kevin Gavin (PuckLife) - @PuckLife
OnFrozenBlog - @OnFrozenBlog
Billy Jaffe - @BJaffe
Dobber - @DobberHockey
CapGeek - @capgeek
The Goalie Guild - @TheGoalieGuild
King of the Crease - @kingofthecrease
Matthew Barnaby - @MattBarnabyESPN
Prospect Coverage:
Kirk Luedeke (Bruins 2011 Draft Watch) - @kluedeke29
ESPN NHL Draft Blog - @NHLDraftBlog
Hockey’s Future - @HockeysFuture
HockeyProspect.com - @HockeyProspect
The Pipeline Show - @ThePipelineShow
Mark Edwards (HockeyProspect.com) - @MarkEdwardsHP
The Scouting Report - @TSRhockey
Neate Sager (Yahoo! Sports) - @neatebuzzthenet
Ron Jones (McKeen’s Hockey) - @mckeenshockey
Corey Pronman (Puck Prospectus) - @coreypronman
Timo Seppa (Puck Prospectus) - @PuckProspectus
Dan Stewart (Future Considerations) - @StewartFC
Jess Rubenstein (Blueshirt Bulletin and The Prospect Park) - @TheProspectPark
Russ Cohen (Sportsology.info) - @sportsology
Shane Malloy (TheArtOfScouting.com) - @ShaneMalloy
Kelly Friesen (Buzzing the Net) - @KellyFriesen
Please drop a note in the comments or email me at kebaumer@gmail.com if you have suggestions
for anyone I’ve missed.
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