{"id":474560,"date":"2026-02-27T06:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/474560\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T06:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:35:15","slug":"rangers-fans-boo-chris-drury-during-usa-olympic-gold-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/474560\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers fans boo Chris Drury during USA Olympic gold ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Rangers\u2019 Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/26\/sports\/rangers-olympic-heroes-get-warm-welcome-home-as-u-s-a-chants-fill-garden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gold medal winners were given a hero\u2019s welcome<\/a> on Thursday when they returned to Madison Square Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rangers general manager \u2014 and assistant GM for Team USA \u2014 Chris Drury was not, however.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During a pregame ceremony honoring the gold medalists before the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/26\/sports\/rangers-fall-to-flyers-in-overtime-as-home-woes-hit-new-low\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rangers\u2019 3-2 overtime loss to the Flyers<\/a>, Drury was given a noticeably different reception than J.T. Miller, Vincent Trocheck, Mike Sullivan and David Quinn received when his name was announced to the MSG crowd.<\/p>\n<p>He was booed when his name was called and the Madison Square Garden public address announcer seemed quick to move on to the next name on the list, which was Quinn\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.40273973;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38619138\" width=\"828\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260226NYRVFLY0150RS.jpg\" alt=\"New York Rangers center Vincent Trocheck (16) is greeted by the fans as the New York Rangers honor him along with New York Rangers center J.T. Miller (8) and New York Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan after winning Olympic gold with Team USA in a pre game ceremony when the New York Rangers played the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday, February 26, 2026 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, NY. \" class=\"wp-image-38619138\"  \/>Olympic gold medal winner Vincent Trocheck (16) acknowledges the fans as the Rangers honor him along with J.T. Miller (8) and head coach Mike Sullivan on Feb. 26, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Rangers fans are likely unhappy with the way things have gone this season, as the Blueshirts enter a \u201cretool\u201d as the team goes through a disappointing 2025-26 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/16\/sports\/chris-drury-promises-retool-for-rangers-in-latest-letter-to-fans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open letter to fans last month<\/a>, Drury said that the organization was \u201cjust as frustrated\u201d as fans were over the season that they wanted \u201cnothing more than to deliver an on-ice product you can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one in the organization is happy with what has transpired \u2014 from management, to coaches, to players,\u201d the letter read. \u201cOver the last few years, we\u2019ve had some successes and moments to cherish, but ultimately it was not the end goal. We are working relentlessly every day to bring a Stanley Cup back to New York because that is what our fans deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.32642487;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38619135\" width=\"783\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/091725Rangers03CW.jpg\" alt=\"New York Rangers GM Chris Drury, during a press conference at the Rangers training facility in Tarrytown, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-38619135\"  \/>Rangers GM Chris Drury, during a press conference at the team\u2019s training facility in Tarrytown, N.Y. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the expert take on the Blueshirts\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Rangers, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While Blueshirts supporters have grown increasingly frustrated with Drury, the former Rangers captain <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/05\/sports\/james-dolan-backs-chris-drury-as-rangers-try-to-establish-new-culture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has the backing of owner James Dolan<\/a>, who went on WFAN in January and gave a vote of confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris Drury is a winner and a competitor,\u201d Dolan said then. \u201cHe won himself. He can\u2019t stand to lose. He\u2019s probably not happy right now. I know he\u2019s not happy right now. Neither is Mike [Sullivan].\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rangers\u2019 Olympic gold medal winners were given a hero\u2019s welcome on Thursday when they returned to Madison&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[337,5,35,4,43,422,2787,31286],"class_list":{"0":"post-474560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-chris-drury","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-new-york-rangers","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-usa-hockey","14":"tag-winter-olympics","15":"tag-winter-olympics-2026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116141210899942430","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474560","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=474560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}