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Matt Rempe gets into heated skirmish in Rangers’ first scrimmage

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During the Rangers' first scrimmage of training camp, Matt Rempe got into a heated altercation with Marc Del Gaizo after a check along the boards. While it did not escalate into a full fight, the incident highlighted the physical nature of practice as players prepared for a condensed preseason schedule leading up to the Sept. 29 season opener against the Bruins. Head coach Mike Sullivan emphasized the importance of maximizing opportunities due to the limited practice time before the start of the season.

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In Thursday's first scrimmage of the New York Rangers training camp, Matt Rempe, known for his physical play, got into a heated skirmish with teammate Marc Del Gaizo near the end of the first period. The incident began when Del Gaizo checked Rempe along the boards, causing Rempe to retaliate by shoving back as Del Gaizo's helmet came off. Other notable altercations included Will Cuylle dropping rookie defenseman Alberts Smits and J.T. Miller pushing Carey Terrance during practice. Despite no punches being thrown, this incident underscored the physical intensity of the camp. Rempe has fought 12 times in his NHL career but recently struggled with a broken thumb that required multiple surgeries.

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The first scrimmage of a critical Rangers training camp for Matt Rempe nearly included a vintage Rempe fight. asserted

scrimmage → include → fight

Around the end of the first period in a two-period intrasquad scrimmage Thursday, 5-foot-11 Marc Del Gaizo checked the 6-foot-9 Rempe along the boards, which prompted Rempe to start shoving in return as Del Gaizo’s helmet came off and teammates skated over to separate them. asserted

teammates → check → them

The skirmish never escalated to a full fight with punches thrown, but it still served as the lasting image of physicality in a practice filled with it to start a condensed preseason. asserted

it → escalate → preseason

Will Cuylle decked rookie defenseman Alberts Smits in the corner. asserted

Cuylle → deck → corner

J.T. Miller shoved Carey Terrance to the ice, too. asserted

Miller → shove → ice

But the closest any of the Rangers got to tensions boiling over in training camp occurred when Rempe and Del Gaizo — a defenseman and a Basking Ridge, N.J. native — collided along the side boards and Rempe became visibly frustrated. asserted

Rempe → get → boards

Rempe has fought 12 times across his NHL career, according to HockeyFights, and in one last season, he broke his thumb, underwent surgery, ended up having another procedure done in January and faced a long path back to the lineup. uncertain

procedure → fight → lineup

He struggled to win puck battles. asserted

He → struggle → battles

He struggled with shooting. asserted

He → struggle → shooting

Even gripping his stick became challenging. asserted

gripping → grip → stick

When the Rangers unveiled their first set of lines Thursday, in a training camp that doubles as a sprint to the season opener Sept. 29 against the Bruins, Rempe rotated in as an extra. asserted

Rempe → unveil → extra

Tye Kartye, Joe Veleno and Jarslav Chmelař skated on the fourth line — a sign, albeit with a small sample size, that Rempe likely has to play his way into the lineup. asserted

Rempe → skate → lineup

And then he ended up being at the center of the defining moment of physicality in the first session, too. asserted

he → end → session

“These guys, I think they recognize the importance of everyday and trying to maximize every opportunity we have when we get on the ice because we don’t have that many of them,” head coach Mike Sullivan said generally of the first day. asserted

Sullivan → think → day

“They came to play today. asserted

They → come → ?

And that’s something that we’re gonna have to continue to build on in order to get ourselves ready in such a shortened camp.” asserted

ourselves → ’ → camp

Matt Rempe gets into heated skirmish in Rangers’ first scrimmage

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