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Rangers open post-Igor Shesterkin era with gritty, resilient win…

The Rangers beat Vancouver in their first game with a new starting goaltender, after a last season that kept unraveling whenever games got hard; fragile no more?

On air: Hank Ledger, Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on BBN Tonight
Published 9:16 PM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Photo: Madison Square Garden — Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “Rangers open post-Igor Shesterkin era with gritty, resilient win over Canucks”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 9:16 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Hank Ledger, Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Igor Shesterkin, Rangers.
BBN covered this story before: Cole Beaudoin back with Rangers two days after demotion (October 11).

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New York PostRangers open post-Igor Shesterkin era with gritty, resilient win over Canucks

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Rangers open the post-Igor Shesterkin era with a win over the Vancouver Canucks, and the New York Post calls it gritty and resilient.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a big deal for a team that crumbled last season every time a game got hard, whether it was a tying goal, a bad call or their own turnovers.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSame team, new goaltender, and for one night no collapse. That is the whole report.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne night, Hank. Give them a few weeks and the fragility comes back.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSpoken like a man who enjoys a funeral.