Nightmare on 33rd Street : A Long Season with the NY Rangers [Paperback]

Rick Carpiniello (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2001

After the New York Rangers missed the NHL playoffs for the third consecutive season in `99-2000, big changes were in the air at Madison Square Garden. Glen Sather was hired as team president/general manager, and he named Ron Low coach and brought back Mark Messier, the captain of the Rangers` 1995 Stanley Cup championship team. In Nightmare on 33rd Street: A Long Season With The New York Rangers, veteran hockey beat writer Rick Carpiniello takes a day-by-day, game-by-game journey with a team in transition.

From the preseason to the season`s bitter end and the important off-season dealings, Carpiniello brings hockey fans inside the locker rooms and boardrooms and onto the ice with a team struggling to regain its winning form. Sather, the architect of championship clubs in Edmonton, discovers that running a team in the big city is a different story. In trying to find the right mix of talent, players are traded or sent to the minors while others are brought to the big club in their places. Constant trade rumors and turmoil sweep through the locker room. Key Ranger players, including goalie Mike Richter, fall victim to injury. Coach Low juggles the ever-changing roster, while captain Messier, now 40 years old, attempts to rally the troops.

Nightmare on 33rd street is an inside look at the tumultuous New York Rangers` 2000-01 season by a seasoned observer of the hockey scene.

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From the Publisher

Rick Carpiniello has covered the New York Rangers and the NHL for The Journal News for over 20 years. He is the author of the best-selling "Messier: Hockey's Dragon Slayer". His work also regularly appears in USA Today, and other Gannett Newspapers as well as the Hockey News and Blueshirt Bulletin.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Albion Press (FL) (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970917007
• ISBN-13: 978-0970917003
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,611,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Get in the corners, Carp!, January 21, 2002

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CarrieB (Seated comfortably) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightmare on 33rd Street : A Long Season with the NY Rangers (Paperback)

While this book did confirm some of my worst suspicions (GM Mark Messier and Muckler's uh, style), I found that after awhile, it read like a gigantic newspaper article, with re-hashing of stats and scores (They were 1-8-1, with 30 shots...yadayadayada). I even recognized some of the quotes from the papers. It seemed that Carpiniello wanted and tried to be honest, but since I suppose he's still working around these guys, he can't get too opinionated. For instance, he would recall an intriguing incident or remark, then leave it alone. I would have preferred to hear his personal opinions of why Muckler did or said 'such and such.' Here and there, he might insert a little bit of what he thinks, he does get on Sather a little bit, but I'd prefer if he had just let it fly.

2.0 out of 5 stars Where did I hear that before?, August 8, 2003

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Alan Benicase (Highland, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightmare on 33rd Street : A Long Season with the NY Rangers (Paperback)

As with the 2 previous reviews, I agree that alot of the book was repetitive. The book also lacked flow. There were spots that he should have given more details but didn't. There were some interesting notes as to why players were not taken to task. However, I found myself looking for more....but it just wasn't there.

2.0 out of 5 stars Over and Over and Over, February 12, 2003

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Warren Rappleyea (South Amboy, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightmare on 33rd Street : A Long Season with the NY Rangers (Paperback)

As a Rangers fan, I expected at minimum an interesting read. But what I got is a poorly written piece of tripe. Talk about repetitive: In one instance the writer, Rick Carpiniello, quotes three players--back-to-back-to-back--who essentially say the same thing.
This book sorely needs an editor. Long rambling quotes permeate, while there isn't nearly enough analysis. The writer also has a penchant for doing things like saying the Rangers poor play is not acceptable. He follows by quoting Theo Fluery who says "No, it's not acceptable," and Mark Messier, who says "Losing isn't something we can easily accept." NO KIDDING.
It's a difficult read and way too repetitive. Did I mention it repeats itself--over and over? I ended up skipping paragraphs at a time. I don't know how this guy made it out of J-School.