A longtime NHL star turned announcer is blaming the New York Rangers’ loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night on Pride Night.
The Rangers, one of the worst teams in the NHL in 2025-26, lost to the Kings, 4-1, on Monday evening. But while New York has been one of the league’s worst teams for all of 2025-26, longtime announcer Ron Duguay, a former Rangers All-Star, is blaming the loss on the team’s Pride Night.
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Duguay, 68, claims that he saw the Rangers’ loss to the Kings coming because of the planned Pride Night festivities.
“I didn’t want to say it before the game but I saw this coming. Down 4–1 right after the singing National anthem to (the Pride Flag) to a small group, bad idea bad mojo,” Duguay wrote. “I don’t blame all of the Rangers organization. Its only a select few college brain washed up, woked kids pushing their agenda within the organization.
“I believe, at least 70% of the fans tonight wanted no part of it at all at a Rangers game. Just wanted a family night out. Husband, wife and kids. That’s what the Rangers need to celebrate. Ranger leadership needs to show some courage and stop this.”
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NHL pride nights are common. (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)Bill Wippert/Getty Images
This wasn’t the first time that the former New York Rangers star trashed the team for hosting a Pride Night.
Earlier this month, he wrote: “Have you not been reading and watching the news? What if a situation was to occur at the Garden? What then?”
He then claimed that “most people don’t want to celebrate” that kind of thing.
The Rangers ended up having a Pride flag on the ice during the pregame festivities. The team also handed out Delta Pride Night pouch to the first 10,000 fans at Madison Square Garden.
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If Pride Night is to blame for the loss, the Rangers must have had a lot of them this year
The Rangers, at 28-31-8 on the year, are currently the worst team in the Eastern Conference, with 64 points. They are currently tied for the fourth-worst mark in the entire league, ahead of only Vancouver, Calgary and Chicago.
If people are going to blame the Rangers’ loss to the Kings on Monday night on Pride Night, they should probably take a harder look at what the team has actually been doing on the ice this year.
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This story was originally published by The Spun on Mar 17, 2026, where it first appeared in the Hockey section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.