Rangers forward Matt Rempe and former enforcer Georges Laraque met at the Silent Ice Center in Edmonton, Alberta, last week for three days.
So when Matt Rempe went on a bout bender during his first days in the league, putting what some believe to be a dying role in hockey in the New York City limelight, Laraque, the former longtime NHL enforcer — like everyone else —
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, he’s getting hit way too much because he has no technique,’ ” Laraque recalled to The Post in a recent phone call. “And then after a few fights, his face, he had black eyes and everything. After Olivier , when it kind of went a bit bad, I was like, ‘OK, I have to reach out to him.’ Because he was so good for the league.
“If you look at all my fights, the way that I was, I was very technical. Yes, I was tough, strong, 6-4, but I was technical. I barely got connected. I never got concussions in my career, I never got knocked out, never lost a tooth, never got stitches, never got nothing. Why? Because of technique. It’s not just strength.
“I remember after one hour-and-a-half session on the ice — which is pretty grueling because we fight, we wrestle, we do so many things, right? — just imagine how hard that is,” he said. “One day these kids came on the ice and he skated with them for another hour. Two and a half hours!”
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