He only played nine games in Connecticut and hadn\u2019t played a game since April.<\/p>\n
The two games against the Flyers in the weeklong rookie camp helped build confidence for Dorrington as the Rangers training camp kicks off Thursday with veterans and rookies competing for roster spots.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s huge. First two games since April. So, knock the rust off is great,\u201d Dorrington said Monday. \u201cI mean, as a team, things could have went better. But yeah, same here, just knocking rust off and kind of finding my groove and then, hopefully, next game I\u2019m feeling better than I did this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The North Reading, Mass., native has seen a chunk of time on the ice during rookie camp, but Dorrington is still an unknown puzzle piece. He admitted he isn\u2019t sure where the Rangers see him fitting in as a prospect.<\/p>\n
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Rangers rookie Jackson Dorrington (83) when the team held its training camp on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not up to me to decide,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if I play as well as I can, I think I can do good things.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve been great ever since I was traded over here. Helped me out a lot and, I mean, just going to training camp, just trying to do my best and exceed those expectations of what they, everyone, has for me, just do my best and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
All he can know for certain is what he is: a hard-nosed defenseman with some offensive flair who is willing to do whatever it takes to win.<\/p>\n
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\u201c[For] whoever I\u2019m playing for,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
With Hartford, Dorrington scored one goal and tallied one assist in the brief work he saw there before the offseason. Prior to joining the Rangers, the 2022 Canucks draft pick was an assistant captain in his third year at Northwestern University. He tallied two goals and 46 blocks, along with busting out a career-high 13 assists for a career-best 15 points.<\/p>\n
While he wouldn\u2019t put himself in the category of an offensive force, the 6-foot-1, 216-pound lefty is still showing his offensive ability in New York, scoring a goal to get the Rangers an early 2-0 lead Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s definitely good to get one early,\u201d he said. \u201cHopefully, that kinda foreshadows for the season. But yeah, it definitely felt good.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Dorrington is placed in Hartford at the end of training camp, it\u2019s an outcome that he is more than willing to use to learn.<\/p>\n
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To get himself in New York permanently and under the lights and in the atmosphere that Madison Square Garden offers, he is aware there needs to be something more.<\/p>\n
More offensive aspects to his game are in the works and he aspires to \u201cbe reliable in all situations.\u201d<\/p>\n
For now, Dorrington will be where his feet are, soaking in his new team and navigating where he fits as he learns more about becoming a Ranger.<\/p>\n
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Rangers rookie Jackson Dorrington (83) when the team held its training camp on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying the games is great for camp just to get me game ready and in game shape, but yeah, I mean, just interacting with all the guys kind of building relationships with guys that I haven\u2019t met before and the staff has been great,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I\u2019m excited for what\u2019s to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackson Dorrington entered his first Rangers rookie camp still getting acclimated to the organization. The 21-year-old defenseman was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[894,33328,5,2685,32915,3328,35,5190,5193,4,36,30021,4835,893],"class_list":{"0":"post-195083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-canucks","9":"tag-dorrington","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-j-t-miller","12":"tag-jackson-dorrington","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-rangers","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkrangers","17":"tag-nhl","18":"tag-rangers","19":"tag-rookie-camp","20":"tag-training-camp","21":"tag-vancouver"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115212941141377117","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}