Ranger would respond, but I didn't want to impose on him so soon after the shooting.

But the Rangers have not responded with urgency, and with 21 games to go, they are in danger of slipping from a playoff spot.

The Rangers responded in the oldest of hockey traditions: they picked fight after fight.

Less engaging was the way the Rangers responded to the absence of their leader.

And the Rangers responded last night with their first victory in nearly a month.

It remains anyone's guess how the Rangers will respond should Sandstrom provide them with a superstar season.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, but the Rangers responded as if each player had read Sather's words.

Rangers rarely respond to their outcry when a person is trampled to death by the same beasts.

So Messier jumped in, and the Rangers responded.

The Rangers responded to a two-goal deficit by playing desperately in the third period.