October 24, 2009

Higgins Out to End 0-fer

The following article featuring former Yale standout Chris Higgins appeared in the October 24 issue of the New York Post.

 

By BRETT CYRGALIS

If, before the Rangers' season started, there had been a comparison between Chris Higgins and Enver Lisin that said 10 games into the year one would be scoreless and the other would have earned his way onto the team's top line, the answer to "Who's who?" would have been obvious.

But things rarely are self-evident in the NHL. The talented Higgins heads into Montreal tonight to face his former team with a glaring doughnut in the goals category, and Lisin spent all of yesterday's practice skating with first-liners Vinny Prospal and Marian Gaborik.

"Higgy just needs to continue just to play the right way on the other parts of his game and he'll get his ice time," Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "He has to bean important part of our club in terms of goal scoring."

Complete article can be accessed via the Post Web site by clicking here.