The Dark Ranger: Semenov Is a Ranger

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TDR is a working professional in entertainment and is obsessed with the game of hockey. More fourteen years ago, this site emerged as a means (or an outlet) to tell some truth'isms about the game post-lockout, rather than the crud fed to us through knuckleheads like Jimmy Dolan and his lemmings universe. Today, there are a hundred Rangers sites and is thankful and grateful to all those that have come after him, but honorable thanks go to his fellow Dark-writers, Graying Mantis and J_Undisputed. And "Let's Go Rangers!"

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General Ganz is a cynical yet well-informed student of the human spirit. He's a professional of sorts, with a post-graduate education, some experience working in real companies, and some limited athletic ability. The total small package. He got picked on a fair bit as a kid, and he experienced his first human-non-relation kiss in his teens. He also grew up on the other side of the tracks, thereby helping to cultivate a healthy contempt for dreamers and optimists whose rosy upbringing gave them something to smile about, even when "life produced lemons." Like it or not, his only mission is to point out the potholes you're lucky enough to miss on your drive to work. To find the blemish on your daughter's carefully-stitched (and not-yet-paid-for) wedding dress. To take that little smidgen of hope that your favorite hockey teams fill you with, and pour orange paint on it. Oh, and he is a Blueshirts fan, and takes most of his fashion direction from Ron Duguay (whose name he dropped as a way to close the deal on that first kiss).

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Semenov Is a Ranger

The New York Rangers have signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Alexei Semenov.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The 28-year-old Semenov played in 47 games with the San Jose Sharks last season, registering one goal and eight points, along with 57 penalty minutes. In addition, Semenov skated in his 200th career NHL game on March 7 at Vancouver.
The Murmansk, Russia native has 211 career regular season games under his belt with the Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers and Sharks, recording seven goals and 26 assists for 33 points, along with 249 penalty minutes.
Semenov is a second round selection (36th overall) by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.