Matt Rempe is not the first of his "Sideshow Charlie" kind in Rangers history. Over the years, off-the-wall characters such as the comical defenseman Jean Pusie and other off-the-wall eccentrics have worn the blueshirt. Some for a season and some for just one night.

Matt Rempe officially has been sent down to AHL Hartford again, clearing the way for the Rangers to activate veteran winger Jimmy Vesey before Sunday’s game against the Islanders.

Matt Rempe returned to the New York Rangers lineup on Tuesday night and his comeback from a brief stint in the AHL was anything but ordinary. Called back up from the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack after spending the weekend in the minors,