Roster Transaction: New York Rangers assign goaltender to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL
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The New York Rangers organization have just announced a roster transaction the first day into the break for the upcoming 4-Nations Face-Off.
Saturday morning the New York Rangers PR team on «X» announced a shocking roster transaction which seen goaltender Dylan Garand being recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League.
UPDATE: Dylan Garand has been recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack.
Just a few minutes after that news was announced, several Rangers reporters revealed that 29-year old superstar goaltender Igor Shestekrin has suffered an upper-body injury and will likely be out for 1-2 weeks.
#NYR Igor Shesterkin has suffered an upper body and is expected to return in 1-2 weeks, per source
Igor Shesterkin is apparently out 1-2 weeks with an upper body injury. Good timing for him and the team. He was on IR with an upper body injury in December, remember.
Many believe Shesterkin suffered this injury during Friday nights game against the Pittsburgh Penguins after forward Philip Tomasino was battling for a puck in front of the net and got into Igor's blocker.
Tomasino stick gets in Igor blocker and Igor was favoring his right hand. #NYR
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However, Sunday afternoon the New York Rangers announced another roster transaction, which saw goaltender Dylan Garand being reassigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League.
UPDATE: Dylan Garand has been assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack.
This move completely makes sense for the 22-year old netminder as he has been fire with the Wolf Pack this season, while posting a GAA of 2.68 and a save percentage of 0.913 in just 26 games played (12W, 7L, 4OT).
Previously on NYRangersInsider
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