Longtime NHL goalie Jaroslav Halák officially announced his retirement from hockey at the age 40 on Friday, according to TSN.

After two seasons as an assistant in New York, Muse is now the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who open the 2025-26 season against the Rangers on Oct. 7. Behind the other bench, Mike Sullivan — who spent the past decade coaching the Penguins — will be making his debut with the Rangers.

We’re already a month into summer, which means the countdown to October is under way for the New York Rangers.

After the NHL announced Monday that the Rangers would kick off the 2025-26 schedule on Oct. 7 at Madison Square Garden against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the league released the rest of its schedule Wednesday.

Slovakian goaltender Jaroslav Halak officially announced his retirement on Friday after 17 years in the NHL. The 40-year-old played for seven different teams throughout his career, beginning with Montreal where he spent four seasons. Most recently, Halak played 25 games for the New York Rangers during the 2022-23 season.

The beginning of the NHL’s next collective bargaining agreement brings to an end the possibility that a former Zamboni driver or an accountant who plays beer league hockey could enter a game in the league.

It was the second time the NHL held the Broadcast Training Camp, which is part of the League's ongoing commitment to off-ice player development that began with the 2013 creation of the NHL/NHLPA Player Orientation Program.