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Photo credit: Bruce Bennett\/Pool Photo via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Ron Duguay’s Stage 4 colon cancer has New York Rangers fans rallying as his family turns to a GoFundMe for a fight that’s getting expensive.<\/p>\n

If you grew up on late 70s Broadway, you remember the hair, the swagger, and the way he attacked open ice.<\/p>\n

Now it’s something else, and it’s heavy.<\/p>\n

Duguay has been dealing with Stage 4 cancer that started in his colon, a battle he says has drained him in every way.<\/p>\n

His daughters, Shay Thomas and Amber Stavros, set up the fundraiser because the costs keep stacking up between travel and treatment.<\/p>\n

The big challenge is geography.<\/p>\n

He’s living in Florida, but he’s flying to Orange County, California every two weeks for ongoing care.<\/p>\n

The family says earlier treatment in Florida nearly cost him his life, which is why the plan shifted west.<\/p>\n

That move helped stabilize things, but it also created a brutal routine of planes, appointments, and recovery days.<\/p>\n

Ron Duguay and the New York Rangers connection still matters<\/p>\n

Rangers fans are proud, but this kind of news cuts through the noise and makes the whole community feel small and personal.<\/p>\n

Duguay was a 1977 first-round pick, 13th overall by New York, and he played the game with flair that fit the Garden.<\/p>\n

In 1981-82, he led the Rangers with 40 goals, the kind of number that still pops when you say it out loud.<\/p>\n

Across 12 NHL seasons, he finished with 274-346-620 in 864 games, a real career, not a trivia note.<\/p>\n

This is why the GoFundMe is landing with so many people.<\/p>\n

It’s not about charity optics, it’s about a former Ranger getting hammered by travel bills and medical reality.<\/p>\n

If you’ve ever chanted for a comeback at MSG, this is another kind of comeback you want to see.<\/p>\n

Previously on NY Hockey Insider<\/p>\n

POLL<\/p>\n

3 HOURS AGO|55 ANSWERS<\/p>\n

A former Rangers forward announces he has been diagnosed with aggressive cancer<\/p>\n

Should New York Rangers fans donate to help Ron Duguay right now?<\/p>\n

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