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The New York Rangers will be without coach David Quinn and his entire staff tonight against Philadelphia because of NHL COVID protocol.
The team says Quinn and assistants Jacques Martin, David Oliver and Greg Brown are unavailable. Martin is among the oldest coaches in hockey at age 68.
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The New York Rangers will be without coach David Quinn and his entire staff tonight against Philadelphia because of NHL COVID protocol.
The team says Quinn and assistants Jacques Martin, David Oliver and Greg Brown are unavailable. Martin is among the oldest coaches in hockey at age 68.
Kris Knoblauch, who coaches the Rangers top minor league affiliate, the American Hockey League s Hartford WolfPack, will serve as acting coach. Hartford assistant Gord Murphy and associate general manager Chris Drury will also be behind the bench. Knoblauch and M
He was an avid Blue Jackets fan, collecting discarded sticks from Michael Peca and Trevor Letowski after Gord retired and became an assistant coach with the team. But the Jackets have changed much since then, and so has Murphy. He and the rest of the Hawks now are rather tired of their temporary division rivals. Thursday marked the Hawks’ sixth game against the Blue Jackets in a 13-game span a frequency never seen during a normal season. Entering the day, Murphy already seemed frustrated with Jackets defenseman David Savard, who rode Patrick Kane hard into the boards Tuesday. “We play teams enough [that] you’re able to remember what player it was who was a little dirty against your star player,” Murphy said. “You definitely don’t forget these things.”