Competition is the all-encompassing principle Peter Laviolette has instilled in the Rangers’ day-to-day schedule in his first five weeks at the helm.
That is the all-encompassing principle head coach Peter Laviolette has instilled in the Blueshirts’ new day-to-day schedule in hisSometimes, they come off the ice after a 35-minute practice with the same beet red faces and dripping sweat that they have after 60-minute games.
The uptick in tempo to the Rangers’ on-ice sessions is one thing, but the variety of work and range of drills that Laviolette, his assistants Michael Peca, Phil Housley and Dan Muse, as well as skills coach Christian Hmura have brought to the club is another.They set up tight drills in the corner, with two goals facing the curve of the boards at 90-degree angles, to encourage strong stickhandling as well as physicality in the dirty areas of the ice.
No two practices look the same under Laviolette, who is as engaged and involved with the Rangers as they are with the puck. Erik Gustafsson, who played under Laviolette last season in Washington, confirmed that the 58-year-old bench boss ran things the same way with the Capitals. Peca, a veteran of 864 NHL games himself, not only played under Laviolette during his two seasons as head coach of the Islanders from 2001-2003, but he was also a player development coach under Laviolette in Washington during the 2020-21 season.Robert Sabo for the NY Post
“I don’t know if it’s anything revolutionary,” Zibanejad said of how Peca has helped the power play. “I think it’s the communication of what we need from him and from there, I think it’s trying to use him as much as we can. The things that we’re trying to do out there and little things that we’ve done. And just in terms of getting the video from him of what we’ve done well, what we have to do better, what the opponent is doing, what we can expect going on the ice.
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