The New York Rangers have recalled Victor Mancini from the Hartford Wolf Pack of The American Hockey League. UPDATE: Victor Mancini has been recalled from the Hartford Wolf Pack and Jake Leschyshyn has been assigned to the Hartford Wolf Pack.

Victor Mancini #90 of the New York Rangers skates a “rookie lap” at the start of warmups prior to the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Getty Images So either a top-six defenseman is being pulled for performance or health reasons and head coach ...

With injury to Zac Jones, he's been called back from Hartford a little more than a week since he was sent down

Victor Mancini will be back in on the blue line for the New York Rangers when they play the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Saturday night. He’ll take the place of third-pair defenseman Zac Jones,

The Rangers’ recall of Victor Mancini on Friday was made in response to Zac Jones suffering an upper-body injury. With Jones considered day-to-day, after skating in his eighth straight game, Mancini was inserted right into the Rangers lineup Saturday night against the Oilers at Rogers Place.