Kenny Albert
@KennyAlbert
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FOX Sports (NFL & MLB), MSG Networks (Rangers & Knicks), NHL on TNT, Olympics on NBC 🏒⚾️🏐🏃♀️, Westwood One 📻
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Joined September 2009
Henrik Lundqvist:.May 13, 2013: 35 saves, Game 7 win.May 13, 2014: 35 saves, Game 7 win.May 13, 2015: 35 saves, Game 7 win.@nyrangers.
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Today’s Blues/Sharks Game 5 was the first playoff game in NHL history with a successful penalty shot, hat trick and shutout @NHLonNBCSports @Psuicer7.
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In the last year, @nyrangers have had: a 50-win season, 50-goal scorer, trip to East Final, Norris winner, Vezina winner, Hart finalist, Jack Adams finalist, Jim Gregory GM of the Year Award finalist (winner to be determined) and 2 First-Team All-Stars @MSGNetworks @RangersMSGN.
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While driving home from MSG, just listened to @HowieRose put on a broadcasting clinic while describing in perfect detail the 9th inning of the @mets combined no-hitter. There’s still something very special about listening to sports on the radio! 📻.
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Looks like Super Bowl 50 will be the John Fox Bowl. Both Gary Kubiak and Ron Rivera replaced Fox with their respective teams.
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.@NYRangers fans - take a moment to appreciate the last 12 seasons. Never played a single game while out of playoff contention. 129 playoff games (2nd most in NHL since 2005-06). Six Game 7 wins. 3 Conference Finals, 1 Stanley Cup Final @MSGNetworks @DaveMaloneyMSG @TheGarden.
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Chris Kreider 4th @NYRangers to score 50….—50 yrs since Hadfield scored 50, Jagr now 50 yrs old.—Hadfield born in 1940, Graves said “no more 1940”.—Graves turned 54 today, Jagr scored 54.—Jagr born in ‘72, Hadfield scored 50 in ‘72.—Kreider born in ‘91, Graves joined NYR in ‘91.
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Only two NHL goalies stopped 50+ shots on their birthday in the last 32 years:.Henrik Lundqvist 2018.Alexandar Georgiev 2019 @NYRangers @MSGNetworks (thanks @ehornick).
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Congratulations to Mike “Doc” Emrick on a legendary career. He was/is “hockey’s Vin Scully”. Doc’s calls will be replayed and enjoyed for generations to come. The greatest of all-time. and an even better person!.
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Two 100-win teams in World Series for the first time since 1970!.
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One of the best - and classiest - athletes to ever play in New York. 50 franchise records. 459 wins plus another 61 in post-season. Six Game 7 victories. Deep playoff runs. Look forward to watching # 30 raised to the rafters and a Hall of Fame induction. @RangersMSGN.
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On the 40th Anniversary of the Miracle on Ice, Alex Ovechkin scores his 700th NHL goal with assists from fellow Russian Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nick Jensen, who was born in Herb Brooks’ hometown (St. Paul, MN).
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A sentence that has never been written before: the St. Louis Blues and Toronto Raptors can win championships in front of their home fans over the next three days. #sports.
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Mika Zibanejad with a tremendous game, and the first hat trick by a @NYRangers in New Jersey since Mark Messier - Game 6 of 1994 East Final @MSGNetworks.
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.@NYRangers fingerprints all over the #StanleyCupFinal:.JD drafted Tarasenko, Pietrangelo, Binnington, Parayko, Perron, Schwartz, Edmundson, Allen. GORTON drafted Marchand, traded for Rask, signed Chara. QUINN coached McAvoy, Grzelcyk, O’Reilly. @MSGNetworks.
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After working 8 playoff games in Nashville, thanks to the city and @PredsNHL for tremendous hospitality. Can't wait to return! #Smashville.
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The @NYRangers are the 10th team all-time (and 3rd this century) with at least 50 wins and 100 points, a 50-goal scorer, 90-point scorer, and goalie with at least 36 wins…all in one season. First since 2011-12 Penguins. (thanks @PR_NHL) @RangersMSGN.
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.@MikaZibanejad goals this season:.Games 1-10: 5.Games 11-20: 6.Games 21-30: 6.Games 31-40: 5.Games 41-50: 8.Games 51-56: 10.First @nyrangers to ever score 40 goals in 56 games @RangersMSGN.
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Witnessed 9 periods of tremendous hockey over the last 2 nights. What are people doing if they aren't watching the Stanley Cup playoffs???.
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Landed exactly 24 hours ago from South Korea. Back at the airport for ✈️ to Vancouver. I have no idea what day or time it is!.
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Congrats to long-time @Nationals radio voices @CharlieSlowes and @DaveJageler along with engineer extraordinaire Jack Hicks - heading to the World Series!.
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Bill Walton was in the stands at @TheGarden for Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Final. When asked what he was doing there, Bill replied: “When there is a championship to be won, I'm in the building!” RIP.
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Just read that Ernie Nevers - the only NFL player to score 6 rushing touchdowns in one game (1929) - allowed two of Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs in 1927. You learn something new every day!.
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Good luck to @CarlHagelin and @ctalbot33 in their new destinations. Two class acts who were big parts of the @NYRangers recent success.
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Thanks to our tremendous crew for a 25th season of @NYRangers hockey! @DaveMaloneyMSG @DonLagreca @RaySanti @DanGraca @MetsBooth - and to the best PR staff in the biz @JRNYR @nissanNYR @NYRStatsInfo (the great Mike Rap) and Lindsay Hayes - Look forward to 2021-22! @RangersMSGN.
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The @NYRangers will face a 🇨🇦 team in first TWO rounds of playoffs for first time since 1937 (Maple Leafs, Montreal Maroons).
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Is there any question that @jalenbrunson1 & Artemi Panarin are among the best free agent signings in NY sports history? In the last week: Brunson became the 4th @nyknicks w/consecutive 40+ point games & Panarin the 1st @NYRangers w/four 90+ point seasons! @MSGNetworks @TheGarden.
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Frederick "Freddy Hockey" Gaudreau joins John Harms (1944 Blackhawks)-only NHL players to score first 3 career goals in Stanley Cup Final.
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.@NYRangers win 3rd straight with a member of the Strome family reading the starting lineup in locker room prior to the game. Ryan told us on radio post-game show he was chosen tonight after mom Trish did such a good job in Chicago and Carolina @RangersMSGN.
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Congrats to Henrik Lundqvist, the 205th overall pick in the 2000 NHL Draft, now the @NYRangers all-time winningest goaltender (302).
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Have there ever been more letters on one goal in a 🏒box score than Namestnikov (Buchnevich, Zibanejad)? @NYRangers @MSGNetworks.
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Los Angeles/Boston in 2018 World Series and 2019 Super Bowl. Only other time same cities met in consecutive WS/SB: 1969 (Jets/Colts & Mets/Orioles) 🏈 ⚾️ credit: @Psuicer7.
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.@NYRangers with goals from 18, 20 and 21-year-olds in 4-1 win over TB. Great to be back in the booth with one of the best in the business @DaveMaloneyMSG, who was once an 18-year-old Ranger - our 15th season together! @MSGNetworks @RangersMSGN @DonLagreca.
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Dan Girardi's NHL debut in Philly seems like it was yesterday. After 910 games, congrats on an outstanding 11 seasons with @NYRangers!.
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. or 800 two-minute warnings. Huge honor to be part of the @NFLonFOX team from the very beginning!.
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First time in NHL history - three Game 7’s go to overtime in a single post-season (thanks @Psuicer7) #BecauseItsTheCup @NHLonNBCSports.
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Andrew Copp becomes the third @NYRangers in history to score a first period hat trick (Don Raleigh 1948, Kelly Kisio 1986). Copp is the first to do it while also scoring the first three goals of the game. @RangersMSGN.
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Long Island native Keith Kinkaid (@Blockaid1) will be the first goalie born in NY-metropolitan area to start a game for @NYRangers. Fellow LI'er Joe Schaefer (emergency goalie/off-ice official) replaced Gump Worsley in two games in early 1960s. @RangersMSGN.
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.@HLundqvist30 sets @NYRangers franchise record with 10th career playoff shutout. NYR open playoffs with shutout for first time since 1994.
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At the age of 25, Josh McCown threw the first touchdown pass of Larry Fitzgerald’s career and handed off to Emmitt Smith for his last NFL TD. both in 2004!.
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If Dryden Hunt scores a goal for Calgary this season, he would be the first NHL player to ever score for four teams in one season. Dennis O’Brien, Dave McLlwain, Mark Arcobello and Jussi Jokinen previously played for four teams in a single season #NHLTradeDeadline.
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After Jake Oettinger shutout the @NYRangers for 59:59…this happened! @MSGNetworks @RangersMSGN @TheGarden @ESPNNY98_7FM @Rupper17 @DonLagreca @RaySanti.
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Only player in history with 25+ sacks & 45+ INT. most consecutive starts by a DB…14 career TDs. 5 Pro Bowls. Super Bowl champ. Hopefully this is the year! @ProFootballHOF @rondebarber.
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"Woody" is one of the best people in the world of pro sports.
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.@DaveMaloneyMSG had a bird’s-eye view for all three 5-goal games in @NYRangers history! Played in the first one (Don Murdoch 1976), on the team but scratched/injured in the second (Mark Pavelich 1983) and between the benches tonight (Mika Zibanejad) @RangersMSGN.
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First NY-LA final in the 4 major sports since Yankees-Dodgers in 1981 (also '63, '77, '78). Also Knicks-Lakers 1970, '72, '73. @NYRangers.
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RIP to one of the greatest sports broadcasters of all-time…and an even better person! Tim was brilliant. Will always cherish the games we worked together…learned something new from him just about every inning. ♥️ ⚾️ 🎤.
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