New York Rangers Daily Dose: Traverse City, New NHL Rule

Here’s your daily dose for Tuesday, New York Rangers fans. Let’s take a look at the results from the prospects’ third game in the Traverse City tournament and Gary Bettman’s new rule.

Prospects Defeat Blue Jackets in Traverse City – Rangers Twitter

After two straight losses in Traverse City, the Rangers prospects finally put up a “W” against prospects of the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Less than halfway through the first period, Adam Tambellini scored the first goal of the game off a rebound. The Rangers then headed into the second with the one goal lead.

Then on 5-on-3 play, Rangers with the two man advantage, Petr Zamorsky bumped the lead up to 2-0. Tambellini recorded another point there on the assist.

The other apple picker on Zamorsky’s goal, Calle Andersson, later scored early on in the third to pull New York up, 3-0.

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With an empty net on Columbus’ end, the Rangers put up one more point before the final buzzer. Rangers goaltender, Jacob Smith, managed to pull off a shutout for the 4-0 win.

Third time’s the charm, eh??

NHL Implements Concussion Spotters – Renaud Lavoie

Concussions have been a huge problem in hockey among other sports, most notably football. This is why NHL commisioner Gary Bettman has implemented a new rule that requires “spotters” to look out for any instances on the ice that may have resulted in a concussion. Yahoo Sports compares the NHL’s new implementation to the NFL’s “Julian Edelman Rule.”

Edelman, wide receiver for the New England Patriots, was hit by the Seattle Seahawks’ Kam Chancellor during the Super Bowl XLIX. The hit left Edelman with a concussion that wasn’t addressed until after he had already played a few more minutes on the field, risking further damage to his brain.

Thus, the Edelman rule allows spotters to signal the refs to call a medical timeout to prevent this sort of thing from happening again in the NFL.

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NHL deputy commissioner, Bill Daly, explains that the spotters in the NHL do not have to be licensed physicians. Their duty is to look for hits or any situation that may have put the player or players at risk of a concussion.

So, to my understanding, anybody can do this. Anybody who wants to be paid to watch games front and center. Consider this my application, New York Rangers.

In all seriousness, this is a step in the right direction in regards to player safety. The pressure for hockey players to always be tough, to skate on after a hard hit or to get up after crashing into the boards, can sometimes put their lives at risk. And this new rule will help to make sure that that doesn’t happen.

That’s all for today’s dose, see you again tomorrow.

Next: Rangers Prospects' Day 1 & 2 in Traverse City

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