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 took his first shift with the Rangers after being called back up from AHL Hartford and proceeded to drop the gloves with a former foe from his minor league hockey days. The Rangers heavyweight went toe-to-toe in a center-ice slugfest with Dylan McIlrath less than three minutes into the game against the Capitals.

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,