Greg Caggiano (Senior Writer)

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** Along with Alan Bass, Greg Caggiano is the co-host of the hockey radio show called NHL 2Day! Please view the official site located at http://freewebs.com/nhl2day for news regarding the show as well as past episodes. **

Where do I begin? I'm a seventeen year old who was born in Staten Island, New York and I currently live in New Jersey. I have a very simple life and enjoy reading, writing, watching and playing hockey, and could watch movies all day long. My sports teams come before anything (Yes, even schoolwork) and I'm both a die-hard New York Rangers and San Francisco Giants fan.

My favorite movies of all time are "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Full Metal Jacket", "The Shining", "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", and "Dances with Wolves." My favorite actor and hero is John Wayne, a true American who I look up to so very much. I love old movies to the point where my friends make fun of me over it. Plain and simple, old movies are great, most new movies suck. I also love classic rock music and could listen to Neil Young all day long.

Now to my sports obsession, mainly hockey but definitely heads over to baseball once the summer rolls around. I watch every single Rangers game and watch the Giants every night on MLB Gameday seeing little blips appear on the screen telling me balls and strikes (How's that for dedication?) Ask me anything about Hockey and I'll be able to give you an answer. I have a bit of an obsession with statistics and yes, I have read media guides to kill time.

I play street hockey as much as I can and I don't mean to brag, but I have a wicked wrist shot. When I'm not playing, I coach a floor hockey team at a school nearby and hopefully instill on them the skills I've learned. I also played baseball and was a third baseman whose defense was a little better than the offense.

As for writing, I just love it. I have written a novel about the Battle of the Alamo and it is set to get published with in the next couple of years. I am currently working on another novel about the Vietnam War along with a Horror story and plan to write a science fiction story in the next year or so. When I'm not working on books or posting up a storm on the forums I belong to, I'm writing here, covering the topics I know best and try to be objective in my articles, even though sometimes the Ranger fan in me comes out.

When I get older I plan to be either a journalist or a history teacher but I am leaning towards the latter. I love history and I would love teaching it and sharing my enthusiasm for my students so they might find it fun.

That's about it, enjoy the articles!

(If you want to contact me, my email address is nyr11992004@yahoo.com and my A.I.M screen name is CRAZYHORSENYR.)

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Favorite Athletes

HOCKEY: Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Mike Richter, Brian Leetch, Adam Graves, Henrik Lundqvist, Brandon Dubinsky, Brendan Shanahan, Aaron Voros, Steve Valiquette, Brian Rolston, Patrick Roy, Steve Yzerman, Joe Sakic, Mike Modano, Mike Ribeiro, Marty Turco, Chris Pronger, Dion Phaneuf, Kevin Lowe, Jeff Beukeboom, Theoren Fleury, Niklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Holmstrom; BASEBALL: Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Barry Zito, Barry Bonds, Aaron Rowand, Bengie Molina, Brian Wilson, Randy Winn, Fred Lewis, Pablo Sandoval, Ryan Radmanovich

Favorite Sports Teams

New York Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Somerset Patriots

All Time Sports Moment

Since I was too young to remember the Stanley Cup, seeing the Rangers defeat the Devils in the 2008 Playoffs was very memorable.

Most Memorable Game Attended

Henrik Lundqvist's first NHL win vs. the Devils in 2005, it was also the first Rangers win I ever attended.

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Gretzky's single season goals record (92), single season points record (215) and career points total (894 G, 1963 A, 2857 P)

Ruth or Mays?

Mays

Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky

Tiger or Nicklaus?

I Hate Tiger Woods. I Hate Golf.

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  1. by Jonathan
    1 day ago

    Greg, good stuff.

    Although I wouldn't say the Phoenix/New York trade was the worst as I still think Fredrik Sjostrom can and will be a much better player than Marcel Hossa but one has to wonder if the Adam Hall trade was the worst considering it broke up the HMO line.

    Granted they got Dupuis later on for Hall but Dupuis is doing good for Pittsburgh now, not New York.

    But if Nikolai Zherdev turns out to be a bust (although he looks great so far), Fedor Tyutin continues to prosper and grow and Redden continutes to suck than that will definitely be a horrible trade, maybe his worst.

    Hope all is well.

  2. by Jordan
    2 days ago

    i know, been awhile, im doing pretty good how about u. Whens ur next episode on NHL 2day?

  3. by Matt
    3 days ago

    Ahh, I don't want to give up Coburn though

  4. by PJ
    4 days ago

    Hey Gregg-

    Do you know where I can catch video clips from the Rangers' win over that Russian team, 4-3?

    thanks!
    PJ

  5. by Tiger
    6 days ago

    Hey Greg, I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a huge Rangers fan, and am wanting to start contributing. Will be an interesting year to say in the least.

  6. by Kristin
    7 days ago

    At least we agree on something

    McCain :)

  7. by Tyler
    7 days ago

    No problem, wheres mine? lol

  8. by Buster
    7 days ago

    Keep up the good work. Glad i found this site.

    ~~NObama~~

  9. by Tyler
    9 days ago

    damn, I just relized im gonna miss NHL 2day tomorrow! i have to work all day.

  10. by Bryan
    10 days ago

    Hey dude,

    Expect the Rangers preview sometime Sunday I hope....I'm not writing this weekend, so I'll have it for you when I get back to school sunday night. I'm hoping to get the Pens and Rangers done either Sunday night or Monday so I can rock the Northeast next week.

    Hope that's good for you, otherwise I can send it to you another night.

    Have a good one man,

    BT

  11. by Michael
    11 days ago

    Hey Greg-

    Got another interview I would like the top NHL writers to check out.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/61225-michael-wagners-chicago-blackhawks-qa-series

    Thanks

    Michael

  12. by Derek
    11 days ago

    lol, I don't expect him to play in countless games to have the opportunity. All kidding aside, I know the baggage that comes with Hollweg, but so far he has been good for the Leafs.

    He had a good camp, keeps everyone in the locker room laughing, and was very effective the other night in a pest type role.

    I realize he will likely cost us games, or at least goals, but to me it's like the MLB slugger theory. They hit a lot of home runs, but most sluggers strike out a lot too. You have to take the good with the bad I guess, right?

    Anyways, hope all is going well, good luck to your Rangers, I'm interested in seeing what Naslund and Zherdev can do on Broadway.

  13. by Michael
    13 days ago

    I completely forgot about the Prague trip for the Rangers...we might actually have a chance then. You do have one of the best goalies in the league, hopefully Toews, Kane and Sharp can crack him.

    Oh, and I love the NHL 2Day podcast...you and Alan have great chemistry!

    Mike

  14. by Michael
    13 days ago

    I completely forgot about the Prague trip for the Rangers...we might actually have a chance then. You do have one of the best goalies in the league, hopefully Toews, Kane and Sharp can crack him.

    Oh, and I love the NHL 2Day podcast...you and Alan have great chemistry!

    Mike

  15. by Michael
    13 days ago

    Well Greg, I am really looking forward to October 10th when the Hawks come in MSG and Dustin Byfulgien runs over Henrik Lundqvist...lol.

    Love your work Greg.

    Mike