Rangers' Adam Fox makes trip to Dallas and skates with team
Rangers defenseman Adam Fox sets before a faceoff against the Golden Knights in the first period of an NHL game at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 27. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
DALLAS — Defenseman Adam Fox, who has been on long-term injured reserve since leaving the Nov. 2 game against Carolina after a knee-to-knee collision with Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho, made the trip to Dallas and participated in the Rangers’ morning skate Monday at American Airlines Center.
Fox, who must be out at least 10 games and 24 days, missed his sixth game Monday night when the Rangers played the Stars. He is ineligible to return until Nov. 29 against the Detroit Red Wings at Madison Square Garden.
On Monday, he skated in a red (no-contact) jersey. Coach Peter Laviolette was asked what the team hopes to get out of bringing Fox on the trip, which will continue Wednesday in Pittsburgh and Friday in Philadelphia.
“I think it’s just the next step,’’ Laviolette said. “It’s a chance to work with him, and we’re here, so to bring him on the road and get him some extra work, off the ice and on the ice, I think that’s important in the progression.’’
Fox, the second-leading scorer on the team at the time of his injury, has three goals and eight assists in 10 games.
Chytil stays home
Filip Chytil, also out since that Nov. 2 game with an upper-body injury, was not in Dallas. Chytil is on regular injured reserve, which requires only a seven-day shutdown, and has been eligible to return for more than two weeks, but he has not skated.
Blue notes
The Rangers were scheduled to fly to Pittsburgh after Monday’s game. They are scheduled to practice Tuesday in Pittsburgh, play Wednesday against the Penguins and fly to Philadelphia for a Friday afternoon game before returning home to play Boston on Saturday afternoon . . . D Connor Mackey, called up from AHL Hartford for Saturday’s game in New Jersey, was the lone scratch.
Colin Stephenson covers the Rangers for Newsday. He has spent more than two decades covering the NHL and just about every sports team in the New York metropolitan area.