Rangers Hosting Jets

The Rangers (10 - 6, 20 pts.) will face the expansion Janesville (Wis.) Jets this weekend at Lakeview Arena, seeking some redemption against the team that handed them a pair of losses last weekend in southern Wisconsin.

"We got off to such a great start this season that it started to be taken for granted by some in our locker room that we'd win just by showing up," Rangers head coach Kenny Miller said. "We've been driving home to the guys this week that every shift, every period of every game has to be skated one hundred percent or you don't win in this league; and I think they've responded well and understand that we need to work to be successful."

Miller added that although losing is never good, being knocked down a few pegs in November is better than having it happen later in the year.

"We have plenty of time to get back to where we need to be. If we learn from our mistakes and move forward to the games we have this weekend we're confident that good things will happen for us. Playing these games at home will be a welcome addition as well."

Some new faces will be in the lineup for Millers' club this weekend as the team continues to add talent and searches to improve. Ranger goaltender Kevin Kissaw will be having knee surgery to prepare meniscus damage, so the team has brought in Zac Enstrom from the Tulsa Rampage of the Western Hockey League to share time with current goaltender Lukas Hafner. Enstrom spent time in the NAHL with Wichita Falls during the early part of the 2009 season, and was recommended to the Rangers by former NMU netminder Billy Pye.

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