NYR TODAY Tues 9/6: Alumni Birthday, World Cup Camp Notes

NYR Alumni Birthday September 6: 

Kilby MacDonald LW
Seasons with Rangers: 4 (1939-1941, 1943-1945)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 151
Playoff Games with Rangers: 15
Minor-league games: 138
Minor-league teams: New York Rovers (EHL) 1936-37; Philadelphia (AHL) 1937-1939

Acquired
Scouted and signed by Rangers as free agent in 1936.

Departed
Retired from NHL in 1945.

RANGERS DEBUT
Nov. 11, 1939 (Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs)

MAJOR NHL AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS WITH RANGERS
Calder Trophy — 1939-40

Full Name: James Allen Kilby MacDonald
Uniform Numbers: 14, 8, 2
Stanley Cup Champion: 1940
Retired from NHL: 1945

MacDonald became the first Rangers player to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 1939-40 and then capped his remarkable season by winning the Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1940.

NYR at WORLD CUP CAMP NOTES

Team USA
Derek Stepan centered a likely second line between Zach Parise and Blake Wheeler.

 Ryan McDonagh was paired with Capitals defenseman John Carlson.

Team North America
 JT Miller alternated line rushes for Team North America on a likely fourth line that included Vincent Trocheck, Dylan Larkin and Sean Couturier. Miller also reportedly spent some time working with the PK units today.

Team Sweden
New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist was a full participant at the first Team Sweden practice at Scandinavium on Monday despite lingering pain on his side, a result of getting hit in the ribs with a puck during a workout last week.
"It didn't feel too good when it happened, but I checked it right after practice and it's nothing serious," Lundqvist said. "I'm probably going to feel some pain for a while, but it's nothing that really bothers me the way I move. Yeah, I feel it, but it doesn't bother me when reaching for pucks or anything. That's the good part."
Lundqvist said he doesn't anticipate missing any time in preparation for the World Cup of Hockey 2016.

Team Europe
Mats Zuccarello did not participate in the first day of camp as he was among a group of  players still traveling to Quebec from Olympic qualifying.