{"id":437165,"date":"2026-01-29T16:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437165\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:33:09","slug":"rangers-adam-fox-returns-to-practice-in-latest-rehab-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/437165\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers&#8217; Adam Fox returns to practice in latest rehab step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Fox was back on the ice Wednesday morning with a handful of Rangers while wearing a red noncontact jersey during an optional morning skate ahead of their game at UBS Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Mike Sullivan said before <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/28\/sports\/islanders-crush-rangers-to-continue-season-domination-of-rival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 5-2 loss to the Islanders<\/a> that it was \u201cvery\u201d encouraging that Fox has taken this \u201cnext step\u201d in his latest rehab and \u201cit just suggests that he\u2019s getting closer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, the 27-year-old Long Island native might run out of time to make it back to game action before the NHL shuts down next week for the Winter Olympics in Milan.<\/p>\n<p>The Blueshirts only have three games remaining before the break \u2014 Thursday against the Isles at the Garden, Saturday in Pittsburgh and next Thursday at home against the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have an answer for you, but the fact that he\u2019s joining the team obviously suggests that he\u2019s in the last stages before his return to play,\u201d Sullivan added.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38320986\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Adam-Fox.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Fox, shooting a shot earlier this season, participated in practice with a non-contact injury for the first time since he's been out of the lineup with a lower-body issue.\" class=\"wp-image-38320986\"  \/>Adam Fox, shooting a shot earlier this season, participated in practice with a non-contact injury for the first time since he\u2019s been out of the lineup with a lower-body issue. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Fox only has appeared in three games since Nov. 29 due to two separate stints on long-term injured reserve with an early shoulder injury and the lower-body issue the former Norris Trophy winner sustained on Jan. 5 against the Mammoth.<\/p>\n<p>Goalie Igor Shesterkin, who suffered a lower-body injury in the same Jan. 5 game as Fox, worked out on the ice with goalie coach Jeff Malcolm Wednesday morning at the team\u2019s Tarrytown training facility. <\/p>\n<p>Sullivan said it\u2019s \u201ca fair statement\u201d to say Fox is ahead of Shesterkin in their respective rehabs. <\/p>\n<p>Forward Conor Sheary (lower-body) also took part in the optional skate wearing a noncontact jersey.<\/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>Spencer Martin got the start in net and allowed all five goals on 36 shots. <\/p>\n<p>It marked his fourth start since Shesterkin was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan has gone to more of a rotation lately between Martin and veteran Jonathan Quick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the biggest thing is just trying to set them both up for success,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t sure how the workload would be for a guy like Quickie and where he\u2019s at in his career. So I think we get better versions of both guys when we share the work a little bit. That\u2019s been my observation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Fox was back on the ice Wednesday morning with a handful of Rangers while wearing a red&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[35717,121367,11559,4823,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-437165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-adam-fox","9":"tag-igor-shesterkin","10":"tag-mike-sullivan-nhl","11":"tag-new-york-rangers","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}