Category: Personal

Breaking news: Mike Richter to retire. One of the great goaltenders in the game. How long until his number (35) gets hoisted to the rafters in Madison Square Garden?

Addendum:

Mike Richter retires not only as the greatest goalie in Rangers history but arguably as the greatest U.S.-born netminder:

– 301-258-73 record with a 2.89 goals-against average in 666 career games
– 41-33 with a 2.68 GAA in the postseason
– 301 victories is Rangers franchise record
– Won Stanley Cup in 1994, stopping Pavel Bure penalty shot along the way
– Three-time All-Star, named All-Star MVP in 1994
– Netminder for 1988, 1998 and 2002 U.S. Olympic teams, won silver medal in ’02.
– MVP of the 1996 World Cup
– Led league with franchise-record 42 wins in 1994.
– Will become just the third Ranger, joining Rod Gilbert and Eddie Giacomin, to have his number retired – that in a pregame ceremony on Feb. 4, 2004

Here goes … into the blog beyond….

Four years ago this weekend, my husband and I took a last minute trip down to Washington DC, to see some sights and visit a college buddy of mine. We knew we were about to move to San Francisco and figured that it would be our last chance to spend some time in DC for a while. It was.

I found myself thinking about that trip quite a bit over this Labor Day weekend. So much has happened, so many things have changed. I didn’t even think we’d still be living in California by now. I certainly didn’t expect to have changed careers again. You can thank the dot-com implosion for both of those.

What next? Who knows. But I think that I’d like to blog the journey.