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Torts thinks highly of Biron

Quick ReadRangers coach John Tortorella was not just being nice to Martin Biron by starting him in goal in the city in which Biron played nine of his previous 13 NHL seasons.

Martin Biron of the New York Rangers makes

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac | Martin Biron of the New York Rangers makes a glove save against the San Jose Sharks on Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Oct. 31, 2011)

BUFFALO -- Rangers coach John Tortorella was not just being nice to Martin Biron Saturday by starting him in goal in the city in which Biron played nine of his previous 13 NHL seasons.

The 4-1 victory came in only the sixth start of this season for Biron, his last before this a 5-3 victory at Carolina on Dec. 1. And the start had nothing to do with either the site or the fact that the Rangers...

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