Rangers Announce Unfortunate Matt Rempe Update on Wednesday

During the game against the Sharks, Rempe dropped the gloves with Reaves after a hit on Juuso Parssinen, engaging in an exchange of punches that lasted nearly half a minute before officials intervened.

Reaves finished the bout in the penalty box, while Rempe went straight to the locker room with the training staff and did not return.

“He’s a big boy and you have to fight guys like that a little bit differently,” Reaves said after the game. “I’ve seen him fight, so I know what he’s good at, what his weaknesses are. It was a good tilt.”

Sullivan said Rempe’s absence will extend beyond the team’s current four-game road trip, though it is not considered season-ending, per The Hockey News' Remy Mastey.

Following these comments, Rempe should be expected to miss several games, potentially a few weeks, while rehabbing the injury.

Rempe’s injury is a setback for the Rangers’ physical game under coach Sullivan. The 6-foot-9, 261-pound forward only has one point through nine games this season, but he continues to play an important bottom-six role as one of the league’s most imposing enforcers.

Making up for Rempe's absence, the Rangers recalled Brennan Othmann from AHL Hartford for their road trip.