Prust Has B@lls the Size of the Building

Those were the words of John Tortorella after last night’s 2-0 Rangers victory over the Flyers in which Brandon Prust set the tone for the afternoon by fighting Zac Rinaldo four seconds into the game…

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Then later on in the period he sent a message to Simmonds that you don’t hit Marian Gaborik…

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…Prust hasn’t been his normal hard nosed self to begin the season. Not sure if the shoulder or any of the other multitude of injuries are bothering him, but boy did he come to play in what was the biggest game up till this point so far this season.

Oh yeah, readers Matt D. and tookish190 sort of answered my question about the Rangers record when Prust fights off the opening face-off by telling me that the Rangers are 9-2-0 when Prust fights in the first five minutes of the game.

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