The Boston Faculty hockey gamers who ventured to TD Backyard to look at their former teammate Ryan Leonard make his NHL debut with the Capitals on Tuesday night time have been in attendance for his or her different former teammate, Gabe Perreault, as he did the identical with the Rangers on Wednesday night time at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Rangers prospect Drew Fortescue and Canadiens goalie prospect Jacob Fowler have been among the many contingent of eight teammates in Boston and New York.
“It was pretty cool for them to do that,” Perreault stated after an non-compulsory morning skate, earlier than he posted three photographs on objective in 13:38 of ice time within the Rangers’ 5-4 extra time win. “I’m pretty excited that they’re coming to mine, too.”
Alongside along with his BC teammates, Perreault additionally had each his mother and father, his brother and sister in attendance for his first official NHL sport.
Perreault is contemporary off the No. 1-seeded Boston Faculty’s season-ending loss to No. 3 seed Denver on Sunday within the NCAA Manchester regional Closing.
“It’s definitely a quick turnaround,” he stated. “Obviously, been a crazy couple of days, but kind of just trying to flip the switch as fast as I can and be ready to help the team.”
The 19-year-old made his NHL debut on the Rangers’ second line subsequent to Alexis Lafreniere and J.T. Miller.
“Super fun,” Perreault stated of his debut. “Playing in this building is something I’ve never done before, and to finally get to be able to do it was unreal.”
With a objective and two assists, Artemi Panarin posted his sixth three-point effort of the season, in addition to his sixtieth because the 2019-20 season (fifth most in NHL).
Panarin cashed in on a breakaway on the finish of the second interval to notch his thirty fourth objective of the season and provides the Rangers a 4-3 lead going into the third interval.
Matt Rempe missed his third straight sport with an upper-body damage.
He served as a scratch alongside Zac Jones (wholesome), Juuso Parssinen (wholesome) Calvin de Haan (wholesome) and Nicolas Aube-Kubel (wholesome).
Chris Kreider was bumped to the fourth line alongside Sam Carrick and Brett Berard.
That left a 3rd line that featured Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Jonny Brodzinski.
Cuylle was named this 12 months’s Steven McDonald Further Effort Award winner, as voted by the followers for the Ranger who “goes above and beyond the call of duty.”
“It was pretty cool,” he stated. “Clearly, it’s an enormous honor.
Such a longstanding custom and to see the opposite names which have gained the award it’s fairly cool to be listed with a few of these names.”
Former Ranger Mats Zuccarello wore a No. 40 jersey with a Rosen nameplate throughout warm-ups in honor of Rangers broadcaster Sam Rosen, who is ready to retire on the conclusion of this season.
