New York Rangers: Prospects Take Fifth Place In Tournament, Rangers Resign Staal

Today the New York Rangers prospects took on the prospects of the Dallas Stars in a game for fifth place. For anyone that missed the game, here is a goal-by-goal box score of the game:

First Period:

12:20- Rangers prospect Andrew Yogan collected a pass from Kelsey Tessier, and put the puck in the back of the net to give the Rangers tournament team a 1-0 lead. Both Kelsey Tesssier and Ryan McDonagh received assists on the goal. (1-0 NYR)

17:39- Rangers top prospect, Derek Stepan, scores from the slot after receiving a pass from line-mate Evgeny Grachev, giving the Rangers prospect team a 2-0 lead to bring into the second period. Assists on the goal go to Evgeny Grachev and Ryan Bourque. (2-0 NYR)

Second Period:

3:14- Ranger prospect Jason Bast scored his first goal of the tournament, putting the Rangers prospects ahead 3-0 early in the second period. Assists to Thomas Kundratek and Andrew Yogan. (3-0 NYR)

6:00- Dallas prospect Scott Glennie scored on the power-play to cut the lead to 3-1. (Penalty to Jyri Niemi for slashing; 3-1 NYR)

8:30- Sam Klassen scores off of the face-off to give the Rangers prospects a 4-1 lead. Assists go to Derek Stepan and Brandon Manning. (4-1 NYR)

Third Period:

1:24- Jason Wilson scored on a pass from Ryan Bourque giving the Rangers prospects a 5-1 lead. Assist to Ryan Bourque. (5-1 NYR)

 12:30- Evgeny Grachev scores another goal this tournament, and the assist will once again go to Derek Stepan. (6-1 NYR)

14:57- Dallas Stars prospect, Alex Theriau, slams home a centering pass cutting the score to 6-2 Rangers.  (6-2 NYR)

16:45- Ethan Werek scores a power-play goal assisted by Brandon Manning, boosting the Rangers lead lead to five. ( NYR wins 7-2)

My "Star of the Game"

Derek Stepan- Hands down Stepan deserves to be "Star of the Game". He came into the game wanting to win, and led the Rangers prospects to a huge 7-2 victory over the Stars prospects. Is this a preview of what's to come from him at the Rangers training camp? Hopefully!

In other news:

As you all probably know by now, Marc Staal has resigned with the Rangers for five years worth $3.975million. The contract does not hold a no-movemant or trade clause, making Marc Staal subject to trade at anytime.

Great job by Glen Sather, to say the least, now the only question is, what's next?

While I cannot guarantee a trade or move to be made, I can tell you that there is an extremely good chance that Glen Sather makes a deal very soon.

NOTE: Unless a move is made by the Rangers after three o'clock, do not expect the news to be broken by me initially. I will try my best, though.