Peter Laviolette Has The Rangers Practicing For "Special Situations"
The season starts tomorrow for the New York Rangers, and newly appointed head coach, Peter Laviolette, is leaving no stones unturned.
The Rangers have another session of practice today in their practice facility, in Tarrytown, and a main focus was in specific, situational work.
This is what Vince Z. Mercogliano had to say on X:
It's interesting to see the American born coach take a day of practice to improve and ready the team for even the most situational circumstances, more than either of the previous two coaches for the Rangers.
For the record, last season the Rangers ranked tied for ninth in the league in goals for (GF) on 5v5, with 182. In that very same situation last season, they were tied for ninth, with goals against (GA) at 153.
In 6v5 situations, the Rangers ranked tied for 15th, with 4 GF, and tied for first, with 5 GA. In 4v4 situations, the Rangers ranked tied for fifth, with 4 GF, and tied for third with only 1 GA. In 3v3 situations, the Rangers tied for 17th, with 5 GF, and tied for 23rd with 7 GA.
It'll be interesting to see how the Rangers will improve in any of these situations as their season begins tomorrow, October 12, against the Buffalo Sabres, at KeyBank Center, in Buffalo.
Previously on NYRangersInsider
POLL |
OCTOBRE 11 | 43 ANSWERS Peter Laviolette Has The Rangers Practicing For "Special Situations" Will the Rangers rank top-5 in the league in even strength goals? |
Yes | 21 | 48.8 % |
No | 22 | 51.2 % |
List of polls |
|
4 hours ago | By Joshua Deeds New York Rangers organization issues a special announcement regarding defenseman Adam Fox |
|
5 hours ago | By Hunter Bowman Concerning news emerges as New York Rangers forward suffers an injury with team USA |
|
7 hours ago | By Joshua Deeds Team Canada's star player warns Vincent Trocheck and Team USA ahead of highly anticipated rematch |
|
8 hours ago | By Hunter Bowman Devastating injury news strikes Team USA as star defenseman is sidelined with upper-body injury |
|
9 hours ago | By Joshua Deeds New York Rangers Top Defenseman Emerges In One-For-One Trade With The Vancouver Canucks |
|
12 hours ago | By Hunter Bowman J.T. Miller speaks out on the greatest rivalry in NHL after intense matchup between USA and Canada |
|
14 hours ago | By Hunter Bowman Tragic news strikes the hockey community as 34-year old National Goaltender sadly passes away |
|
16 hours ago | By Hunter Bowman A Major Announcement Was Made Involving Chris Kreider And Team USA And It's Confirmed |