WHO’S PACK-ING FOR HARTFORD

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has assigned the following 13 players to Hartford (AHL): goaltenders Jordan Parise and Cameron Talbot; defensemen Lee Baldwin, Sam Klassen, Tomas Kundratek, Jyri Niemi, Blake Parlett, and Nigel Williams; and forwards Chris Chappell, Ryan Garlock, Chris McKelvie, Justin Soryal, and Kelsey Tessier.  In addition, the Rangers returned 10 players to their respective junior club: goaltender Scott Stajcer (Owen Sound, OHL); defensemen Daniel Maggio (Sudbury, OHL) and Dylan McIlrath (Moose Jaw, WHL); and forwards Ryan Bourque (Quebec, QMJHL), Roman Horak (Chilliwack, WHL), Randy McNaught (Saskatoon, WHL), Christian Thomas (Oshawa, OHL), Ethan Werek (Kingston, OHL), Jason Wilson (Owen Sound, OHL), and Andrew Yogan (Erie, OHL).  Forwards Brodie Dupont and Devin DiDiomete will also continue training camp with Hartford.

The Rangers now have 38 players remaining in training camp, including three goaltenders, 13 defensemen and 22 forwards.  New York continues their exhibition schedule tomorrow, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. when the team will travel to New Jersey to face-off against the Devils at the Prudential Center.  Prior to the game, the Rangers’ morning skate is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. at the MSG Training Center.               

PLAYERS ASSIGNED TO HARTFORD (AHL) ON 9/24/10:

Goal (2):             Jordan Parise, Cameron Talbot

Defense (6):      Lee Baldwin, Sam Klassen, Tomas Kundratek, Jyri Niemi, Blake Parlett, Nigel Williams

Forward (7):      Chris Chappell, Devin DiDiomete, Brodie Dupont*, Ryan Garlock, Chris McKelvie, Justin Soryal, Kelsey Tessier

* Player must clear waivers prior to being assigned to Hartford                            

PLAYERS RETURNED TO JUNIORS ON 9/24/10:

Goal (1):             Scott Stajcer (Owen Sound, OHL)                

Defense (2):      Daniel Maggio (Sudbury, OHL), Dylan McIlrath (Moose Jaw, WHL)

Forward (7):      Ryan Bourque (Quebec, QMJHL), Roman Horak (Chilliwack, WHL), Randy McNaught (Saskatoon, WHL), Christian Thomas (Oshawa, OHL), Ethan Werek (Kingston, OHL), Jason Wilson (Owen Sound, OHL), Andrew Yogan (Erie, OHL)

PLAYERS STILL IN NEW YORK RANGERS TRAINING CAMP:

Goal (3):             Martin Biron, Chad Johnson, Henrik Lundqvist

Defense (13):   Michael Del Zotto, Steve Eminger, Garnet Exelby, Matt Gilroy, Dan Girardi, Brandon Manning, Ryan McDonagh, Wade Redden, Michal Rozsival, Michael Sauer, Alexei Semenov, Marc Staal, Pavel Valentenko

Forward (22):   Artem Anisimov, Sean Avery, Derek Boogaard, Brian Boyle, Dane Byers, Ryan Callahan, Erik Christensen, Chris Drury, Brandon Dubinsky, Ruslan Fedotenko, Alex Frolov, Marian Gaborik, Evgeny Grachev, Tim Kennedy, Kris Newbury, Vinny Prospal, Brandon Prust, Derek Stepan, Dale Weise, Todd White, Jeremy Williams, Mats Zuccarello