Pat Pickens is an award-winning sports writer and author who has covered the NHL since 2013. He has covered the Rangers, and the NHL, for outlets like the New York Times, NHL.com, Sportsnet.ca, Bleacher Report and more. He is the author of the 2021 non-fiction book "The Whalers" and director/co-producer of the same-titled 2025 documentary about the history of the NHL's Hartford Whalers.