Robert Sabo/New York Daily News
Chris Cosentino does his best John Tortorella impressions to prepare the Rangers.
Keep coaching, Chris.
That was the Rangers? message to Chris Cosentino on Friday at their Greenburgh training facility, after NYU?s club hockey coach put the Blueshirts through several days of grueling on-ice workouts to prepare them for training camp.
Captain Ryan Callahan presented Cosentino, 30, with a Rangers jersey signed by all of the players to thank him for temporarily filling the skates of John Tortorella, who was forbidden from working with his club until the league and players? union finalized the new collective bargaining agreement.
?I did my best Tortorella impression to make sure they were ready for him,? Cosentino, 30, joked on the phone with the Daily News on Saturday. ?It is such a great group of guys. They made it so much easier for me. I?m just grateful for the opportunity to help the team.?
Cosentino, 30, who lives with his wife in Queens, grew up on Manhattan?s Upper East Side and played his high school hockey at St. Mary?s in Manhasset with Matt Gilroy, the defenseman on contract with the Rangers? AHL affiliate who will be in camp this week. Cosentino then played in college at Iona and SUNY-Geneseo and eventually coached in the New York Apple Core Junior Program before taking over at NYU, where he is now in his third season.
He forged a relationship with Tortorella this summer after attending the coach?s first annual Rangers Dog Walk in Riverside Park. Tortorella then visited NYU and spoke to Cosentino?s players.
?It was something I?ll never forget,? Cosentino said. ?I learned so much from him.?
No kidding. Cosentino said the Rangers told him ?they were looking for a workout,? and that?s what he delivered ? just as Tortorella surely will when camp opens this week.
?He pushed us hard,? a tired Brian Boyle said Thursday after skating. ?Quick pace. Quick tempo.?
Source: http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/sports/hockey/~3/H4wd1DSMlqk/story01.htm
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