It was a stellar return for Tony DeAngelo, the Rangers defenseman who played his first game of the preseason following his contract holdout and was impressive during a 2-1 shootout win over the Flyers on Thursday night at the Garden.
“I thought Tony played very well,” said coach David Quinn, who gave DeAngelo 22:53 of ice time, paired next to Marc Staal. “I thought he defended well, I thought he had great passes. I just liked a lot about Tony.”
DeAngelo arrived at camp only late last week after the 23-year-old restricted free agent finally signed his one-year, $925,000 deal.