In the Kontinental Hockey League, goaltender Igor Shesterkin made 33 saves in a 2-1 SKA win over Amur on Saturday. Shesterkin, the Rangers' 2014 fourth-round pick, has now won three games in a row and is 21-2-3 with a .942 SV% and a 1.55 GAA with eight shutouts in 28 games this year.
The Rangers' two goaltending prospects in the NCAA met for a two-game series this weekend, with Adam Huska's UConn Huskies getting the better of Tyler Wall's UMass-Lowell River Hawks.
Huska, the Rangers' 2015 seventh-round selection, made 31 saves Friday night in UConn's 3-2 win. Wall allowed three goals on 21 shots in the loss.
Huska followed that performance up with 34 saves on Saturday night in a 2-2 tie with the River Hawks. Wall did not play in that game.
Huska is 3-3-3 in his freshman year with the Huskies with a 2.71 GAA and a .923 SV% with one shutout.
Wall, the Rangers' sixth-round pick in last year's draft, is 8-3-1 in his first season with UMass-Lowell. He has a 2.16 GAA and a .917 SV% with one shutout.
Lastly, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits were topped, 3-1, by South Carolina Saturday evening. Goaltender Mackenzie Skapski made 29 saves in the losing effort.