Rangers’ Matt Rempe nonetheless incomes belief from coaches

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MONTREAL — Matt Rempe is within the midst of his first prolonged look of the season, skating in his sixth straight recreation within the Rangers’ 5-4 time beyond regulation loss to the Canadiens on Sunday night time at Bell Heart. 

After serving an eight-game suspension for boarding and elbowing Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen on Dec. 20, the 6-foot-8 ½ ahead has performed a simple and easy recreation below extraordinarily restricted minutes. 

Head coach Peter Laviolette capped Rempe at 5:33 TOI towards the Utah Hockey Membership on Thursday and 5:51 towards the Blue Jackets at Madison Sq. Backyard on Saturday earlier than deploying the Rangers rookie for 7:18 Sunday night time. 


Matt Rempe looks on during the Rangers-Canadiens game on Jan. 19, 2025.
Matt Rempe seems on throughout the Rangers-Canadiens recreation on Jan. 19, 2025. Getty Pictures

That included zero shifts within the third interval in Utah, only one towards Columbus after which 4 at Bell Heart. 

The 22-year-old hadn’t dedicated a single infraction within the earlier 5 video games, however Rempe was referred to as for roughing and dropping the gloves with Montreal’s Arber Xhekaj. 

It’s clear Rempe continues to be incomes the belief of the teaching employees. 


Matt Rempe gets into a fight during the Rangers-Canadiens game on Jan. 19, 2025.
Matt Rempe will get right into a battle throughout the Rangers-Canadiens recreation on Jan. 19, 2025. NHLI through Getty Pictures

“I feel he’s accomplished a superb job,” Laviolette mentioned earlier than the sport. “He will get in on the forecheck, accountable defensively. A number of the selections I make are primarily based extra on the sport and what we have to do to win and rating targets. I make some modifications on the bench, however that’s extra about me and never about him and his recreation. I feel he’s come again and given us optimistic minutes and optimistic power on the ice.” 

Rempe spent nearly all of November and the primary half of December in Hartford, the place there was an adjustment interval whereas he started his expanded position with the Wolf Pack. 

After going and not using a single level and ending a mixed minus-five via the primary six video games of his AHL season, Rempe mentioned he needed to up his conditioning as a result of he wasn’t used to the quantity of ice time he was receiving. 



Averaging round 18 minutes an evening, Rempe felt his recreation had come a great distance in his final month with the Wolf Pack. 

Rempe anticipated his ice time to be extra what he’s used to when he obtained again to the NHL stage, and it actually has been.

This permits him to have a lot extra power per shift, he mentioned when he first got here again up, which was what he struggled with most early on in Hartford this season. 

“Successful comes first, interval,” Laviolette mentioned of how he balances doing what he thinks he must do to win with preserving Rempe concerned for his improvement. “We do what we have to do with a purpose to achieve success. It’s simply the best way the final couple video games have performed out. We’re chasing video games or we have to rating. There’s guys which are 80-, 100-point guys on the bench. Working to get him on the market.” 


Constructing a 2-1 lead by the primary intermission, the Rangers had the benefit regardless of posting simply 5 photographs on objective via the opening 20 minutes Sunday night time. 

Hometown child Alexis Lafreniere struck first for the Rangers, taking a protracted shot from Ok’Andre Miller — which ricochetted off the wall and over the Canadiens’ internet — and placing it previous Montreal goalie Jakub Dobes (23 saves). 

Brendan Gallagher later obtained a stick on a Christian Dvorak shot to even the rating up. 

It took all of 46 seconds for the Blueshirts to regain the lead, nonetheless, when Will Cuylle settled a free puck from Mika Zibanejad’s forechecking and whipped it in glove aspect. 


The Rangers are anticipated to be off Monday earlier than they return to recreation motion towards the Senators on Tuesday at Madison Sq. Backyard.

Tuesday will mark the beginning of a four-game homestand for the Blueshirts. 

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