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Rangers will attend St. Louis’ mother’s funeral Sunday

New York Rangers  v Pittsburgh Penguins - Game Seven

PITTSBURGH, PA - MAY 13: Ryan McDonagh #27, Chris Kreider #20, Brad Richards #19, Derek Stepan #21 and Martin St. Louis #26, all of the New York Rangers, celebrate Richards’ second period power play goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Seven of the Second Round of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs on May 13, 2014 at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

Jamie Sabau

The New York Rangers trip to Montreal for Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference Final won’t just be for the games, but to support a teammate as well.

The Rangers will attend the funeral for the mother of Martin St. Louis on Sunday in Montreal as Tal Pinchevsky of NHL.com shares.

“Marty’s [mother’s] funeral was supposed to be Saturday. We couldn’t move the time of the game, so Marty being who he is was able to move the funeral to Sunday,” Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. “So Sunday, as a team, we’ll be able to attend his mother’s funeral.”

St. Louis’ mother died of a heart attack a week ago, a day before Game 5 of the Rangers’ series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. St. Louis played in Game 5 and his appearance there served to be motivation for the Rangers to win. He then went on to score the first goal in Game 6 on Mother’s Day and helped lead them to a 3-1 victory.

There’s no doubt the high emotions St. Louis has been riding since last week will carry on playing in his home town against the Habs.

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