Forward Lauri Pajuniemi picked up an assist for TPS in a 5-2 loss to Poleaxe in Finland's Liiga on Thursday.

The 2018 draft choice had a pair of goals and added five assists in his first year with TPS when he appeared in 32 games a year ago.

Forward Vitali Kravtsov scored his second goal in as many games for Traktor in a 6-4 victory over Magnitogorsk in the Governor's Cup.

Rangers 2018 first round pick Vitali Kravtsov scored for Traktor in its 5-2 victory over Omsk at Russia's Governor's Cup.

Defenseman Nils Lundkvist represented Sweden at the U18 World Junior Championship last season, and last week in Kamloops, B.C., he made his first case to be included on the U20 squad for December's World Junior Championship tournament in Vancouver.

Being part of Team USA's roster for the World Junior Championship is, according to Joey Keane, the "pinnacle of our age group."

Last week in Kamloops, British Columbia, he took a step towards getting himself into the conversation to be part of Team USA's blueline for the tournament that commences in December after he had a pair of assists and found himself penciled in on the team's top pair throughout his six games at the Summer Showcase.

Rangers prospect Joey Keane closed out the 2018 World Junior Summer Showcase event with an assist against Canada for Team USA at the event in Kamloops, B.C., Canada.

New York Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton announced today that the team has agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Ryan Spooner on a two-year contract.

Spooner, 26, skated in 59 games with the Rangers and Boston Bruins this past season, registering 13 goals and 28 assists for 41 points, along with a plus-six rating and four penalty minutes. He established career-highs in points per game (0.69), plus/minus rating, and average ice time (15:18), and he also tied his career-high in goals. Spooner was one of two NHL players who registered at least 40 points and was assessed four or fewer penalty minutes in 2017-18 (along with Ryan O'Reilly). Spooner's 0.69 points per game average this past season was the second-most among NHL players who skated in at least 20 games and averaged fewer than 16:00 of ice time per game (Thomas Vanek - 0.70). Spooner tallied 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) in 20 games with the Rangers after he was acquired on February 25, 2018, and he tied for the team lead in assists and points from the time he was acquired until the end of the regular season. He registered seven points (one goal, six assists) in his first three games with the Rangers and posted a multi-point game in all three contests, becoming the first player in franchise history to record six assists in his first three games as a Ranger and post a multi-point game in each of his first three contests as a Ranger.

New York Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton announced today that the team has agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Kevin Hayes on a one-year contract.

Hayes, 26, skated in 76 games with the Rangers this past season, registering 25 goals and 19 assists for 44 points, along with a plus-one rating and 18 penalty minutes. He established career-highs in several categories in 2017-18, including goals, even strength goals (17), power play goals (six), shorthanded goals (two), power play points (eight), shots on goal (172), average ice time (17:21), faceoff wins (562), faceoffs taken (1,112), and faceoff win percentage (50.5%), and tied his career-high in game-winning goals (four). Hayes also established a career-high in average shorthanded ice time (2:15) this past season, and he led Rangers forwards in average shorthanded ice time and total shorthanded ice time (170:22) during the season. He tied for fourth in the NHL - and led the Rangers - in times scoring the first goal of the game in 2017-18 (nine).

Rangers defenseman Brady Skjei inked a six-year deal with the Rangers on July 28, and after he chatted with NYRangers.com about the deal and his expectations for this year and beyond.

New York Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton announced today that the team has agreed to terms with restricted free agent defenseman Brady Skjei on a six-year contract.