GREENBURGH, N.Y. – Alexandar Georgiev might be the quietest, most unassuming guy in the Rangers’ locker room, so sometimes it’s tough to tell when he’s excited. But after finding out on Friday that he officially had made the Rangers’ opening night roster, he was most definitely excited.
“Yeah, of course. Very excited,’’ he said. “It’s going to be a new experience, for sure, and something I’ve been looking forward to for the last 15 years.’’
Georgiev is 22 years old. But his parents have been prepping him to be an NHL player – not just a professional hockey player, but an NHL player – almost since he first started to play hockey in Moscow at age 5.