Read: The Voros Effect
Aaron Voros played his second straight game after being a long-time healthy scratch. He picked up an assist on Marian Gaborik‘s 40th goal of the season and played 9:32.
In the New York Post, Larry Brooks writes about Voros and his impact when in the Rangers lineup. Rangers Captain Chris Drury lofted plenty of praise on the Rangers perenniel scratch:
“AV is a great teammate. He’s a soldier. He comes to the rink, he gets bag-skated. He comes to the rink the next day, he gets bag-skated. He comes to the rink the day after that, he gets bag-skated. But he never complains. He’s always supportive.
“Now he’s getting the chance and he’s making the most of it. It’s great to see both for our team and for him.”
…I wrote recently about Voros being the type of player who can swing a game with something he does on the ice. He is someone who can play at the NHL level but in a certain role and not be asked to do to much. “The Peoples Champ” as he dubbed himself, has always had great words said about his efforts as a teammate but his actions on the ice can help the Rangers in big ways.
Is he a good fighter? Not really. A good skater? Not really. He just plays a way that can help the team when he gets the chance. Would I play Voros over Sean Avery or Ryan Callahan? No. But I would have given him a chance sooner than those two getting injured. He has that look and spark that can lift a team and something like last night can show that.
After the jump, John Tortorella talks about Voros and his presence
“It’s been a long road,” Tortorella added of Voros. “I’m not sure how he was before I came but I haven’t played him a lot. He’s just been the odd guy out. He’s never complained. He’s always handled himself tremendously as far as how many times he’s been skated after practice. He’s a good teammate. I thought he brought us some good energy the other night. he did some good things with the puck. We need to get that consistently out of him. With so few games left, he could be a very important guy for us here as far as creating offense with forechecking and grinding.”
