Here are today’s news and links:

Rangers News:

• Colin Stephenson highlights how Jaroslav Halak has gotten past the rough patch in the early portion of the season and established himself as a dependable backup to Igor Shesterkin (Newsday)
• Denis Gorman recaps the Rangers and Islanders’ alumni game played the Northwell Health Ice Center on Sunday (Newsday)

Around the NHL:

• The Vancouver Canucks officially announced the long anticipated firing of head coach Bruce Boudreau and his replacement by Rick Tocchet (NBC Sports)
• Ken Wiebe discusses his selections for the league’s awards as we are slightly more than halfway through the 2022-23 campaign (Sportsnet)