Daniil Medvedev coach’s NHL passion, Rangers hat has proved good luck charm at US Open
NY Post
Three years ago, when Daniil Medvedev won his first U.S. Open title, his coach, Gilles Cervara, was wearing a blue New York Rangers cap.
Hailing from France, a country not known to be a hockey market, Cervara said it is his second favorite sport to watch behind tennis.
So the longtime coach began collecting NHL hats from the cities he visited four or five years ago, which he continues to do in his seventh year working with Medvedev.
The Rangers one, however, has proven to be special this time of year.
“I found the blue Rangers cap in a store, it was not the official [NHL] store because it was closed at that time after COVID, and it was the last one,” Cervara told The Post after Medvedev’s practice on Tuesday, ahead of his Wednesday night quarterfinal match against No. 1-seeded Jannik Sinner.
“I don’t buy any kind of cap. I just buy the ’47 [brand hats]. From the first day, every day I had this cap [on] and he won the trophy here. I never [wore] it again until last year [at the Open] and he made the final.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Warren wears No. 44 because of an old Jet.
Of course this is not 2018, this deadline does not represent a sea change in philosophy resembling that one. But, just as seven years ago, the hierarchy — different general managers, same CEO — is not homing in at making a run at eighth place at the expense of acquiring future assets in exchange for expiring contracts.
TAMPA — It was all but certain even before Giancarlo Stanton left camp last Monday to tend to a personal matter, but now it is official: The Yankees DH will begin the season on the injured list.
Chris Kreider missed his third straight game with an upper-body injury Friday, when the Rangers lost to the Maple Leafs 3-2 in their fourth game back from the 4 Nations Face-Off break.
MEMPHIS — Mitchell Robinson’s long-awaited return was about as promising as the Knicks could’ve envisioned.
The time to string wins together is now, but the Rangers haven’t been able to do that since mid-November.
