Rangers, Islanders netminders show off incredible strength with unconventional offseason workout

New York Rangers netminder Igor Shesterkin put apart crew rivalries with New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin for a coaching session over the weekend the place the 2 Russian ice hockey gamers had been videoed pushing an SUV. 

The video posted to Shesterkin’s Instagram Tales on Sunday confirmed the gamers pushing the posh automobile by means of an empty car parking zone. 

Igor Shesterkin of the New York Rangers and Ilya Sorokin of the New York Islanders heat up previous to the NHL All-Star Abilities Competitors at FLA Reside Area on Feb. 3, 2023, in Dawn, Florida. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Pictures)

Regardless of the storied rivalry between the 2 groups, Shesterkin and Sorokin have an extended historical past exterior their respective organizations. 

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In response to the New York Submit, the pair has identified one another since they had been 16 and performed collectively of their native Russia. Sorokin is even the godfather of Shesterkin’s son. 

Sorokin finalized an eight-year $66 million contract extension earlier this month after being named a Vezina Trophy finalist and serving to the Islanders attain the Stanley Cup Playoffs after failing to qualify the earlier yr.  

Ilya Sorokinx, left, of the Islanders and Igor Shesterkin of the Rangers chat throughout warmups previous to their sport at Nassau Coliseum on April 9, 2021, in Uniondale, New York. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Pictures)

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He posted a 31-22-7 file and .924 save share which positioned him among the many high three NHL goaltenders with at the least 25 begins. 

“It is apparent that you do not need a participant of his stature to enter the final yr of his contract,” Islanders basic supervisor Lou Lamoriello mentioned, by way of NHL.com. “I feel it is quite a lot of stress on the participant… Ilya wished to be right here. We wished Ilya to be right here. There is no higher time to do it.”

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Ilya Sorokin, left, of the Islanders and Igor Shesterkin of the Rangers earlier than the NHL All-Star Abilities Competitors on Feb. 3, 2023, in Dawn, Florida. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Pictures)

Shesterkin, the 2022 Vezina Trophy winner, is coming off one other disappointing season for the Rangers, who had been eradicated within the first spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs regardless of taking a 2-0 sequence lead over the New Jersey Devils. However the 2022-2023 season was a very good yr for Shesterkin individually. 

He completed with a 37-13-8 file and posted a .916 save share. He turned the seventh Rangers netminder to be chosen for the NHL All-Star Recreation this yr, the place he joined Sorokin as teammates for the Metropolitan Division.