NEW YORK (AP) — Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 22 shots and assisted on two goals as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Sunday.
William Carrier, Jack Roslovic and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, who won for the fourth time in six games and improved to 10-3-1 against Metropolitan Division opponents this season.
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New York Rangers' Brett Berard (65) fights for control of the puck with Carolina Hurricanes' Seth Jarvis (24) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate a goal by William Carrier as New York Rangers' Braden Schneider (4), Vincent Trocheck (16) and goaltender Igor Shesterkin react during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) protects the net from Carolina Hurricanes' William Carrier (28) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jack Roslovic (96) shoots the puck past New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) for a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) protects the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Jimmy Vesey scored for New York 17 seconds into the game, converting a pass from defenseman Chad Ruhwedel past Kochetkov. The Rangers are 4-12-0 in their last 16 games and lost their fourth-straight home game.
Carrier tied it with his fourth goal at 9:14 of the second, sliding a loose puck in the crease past Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (28 saves).
Roslovic, who played 19 games and 16 more in the playoffs for the Rangers last season, put Carolina ahead with a power-play goal at 14:32 of the second period, two seconds before Alexis Lafreniere’s double-minor for high-sticking Roslovic was about to expire.
Aho scored into an empty net at 18:18 of the third.
Rangers: New York has lost five of its last six games at home, falling to 7-9-1. The Rangers lost 11 of 41 games at Madison Square Garden last season.
Hurricanes: Captain Jordan Staal picked up the 400th point of his career when he assisted on Carrier’s tying goal.
Kochetkov stopped an initial shot by Rangers forward Adam Edstrom, then a rebound with 2:05 left in the second to keep it a one-goal game. The 25-year-old Russian netminder also made a pad stop on Reilly Smith at 4:33 of the third during a Rangers power-play.
Kochetkov improved to 14-6-0, while Shesterkin fell to 11-13-1.
Rangers visit the New Jersey Devils on Monday, while the Hurricanes are at Nashville against the Predators on Monday night.
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New York Rangers' Brett Berard (65) fights for control of the puck with Carolina Hurricanes' Seth Jarvis (24) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate a goal by William Carrier as New York Rangers' Braden Schneider (4), Vincent Trocheck (16) and goaltender Igor Shesterkin react during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) protects the net from Carolina Hurricanes' William Carrier (28) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jack Roslovic (96) shoots the puck past New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) for a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov (52) protects the net during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “foolishly” ceded to its Central American ally, contending that shippers are charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Republican president-elect used his first major rally since winning the White House on Nov. 5 to bask in his return to power as a large audience of conservatives cheered along, a display of party unity at odds with a just-concluded budget fight on Capitol Hill where some GOP lawmakers openly defied their leader's demands.
Addressing supporters at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Arizona, Trump pledged that his “dream team Cabinet” would deliver a booming economy, seal U.S. borders and quickly settle wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
“I can proudly proclaim that the Golden Age of America is upon us,” Trump said. “There’s a spirit that we have now that we didn’t have just a short while ago.”
His appearance capped a four-day pep rally that drew more than 20,000 activists and projected an image of Republican cohesion despite the past week's turbulence in Washington with Trump pulling strings from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as Congress worked to avoid a government shutdown heading into the Christmas holiday.
House Republicans spiked a bipartisan deal after Trump and Elon Musk, his billionaire ally, expressed their opposition on social media. Budget hawks flouted Trump's request to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, which would have spared some new rounds of the same fight after he takes office Jan. 20, 2025, with Republicans holding narrow control of the House and Senate. The final agreement did not address the issue and there was no shutdown.
Trump, in his remarks in Phoenix, did not mention the congressional drama, though he did reference Musk's growing power. To suggestions that "President Trump has ceded the presidency to Elon,” Trump made clear, “No, no. That’s not happening.”
“He’s not gonna be president,” Trump said.
Trump opened the speech by saying that "we want to try to bring everybody together We’re going to try. We’re going to really give it a shot." Then he suggested Democrats have “lost their confidence” and are “befuddled” after the election but eventually will ”come over to our side because we want to have them.”
Atop a list of grievances — some old, some new — was the Panama Canal.
“We’re being ripped off at the Panama Canal,” he said, bemoaning that his country ”foolishly gave it away.”
The U.S. relinquished control of the waterway to Panama in 1999 under a treaty signed in 1977 under President Jimmy Carter. Panama's current president, José Raúl Mulino, is a conservative populist and the country is a strong U.S. ally. The canal is crucial for Panama’s economy and generates about one-fifth of that government’s annual revenue.
Mulino was expected to speak about Trump's comments later Sunday in Panama City.
The canal depends on reservoirs to operate its locks. It was heavily affected by droughts in Central America in 2023 that forced it to substantially reduce the number of daily slots for crossing ships. With fewer ships using the canal each day, administrators also increased the fees that are charged all shippers for reserving a slot.
With weather returning to normal in the later months of this year, transit on the canal has normalized. But price increases are still expected for next year.
Trump said that when he's president, “This complete rip off" of the U.S. “will immediately stop.” If not, he said, the waterway could “be returned to the United States of America in full and without question.”
He did not explain how that would be possible.
Trump’s appearance at Turning Point’s annual gathering affirmed the growing influence the group and its founder, Charlie Kirk, have had in the conservative movement. Kirk’s organization hired thousands of field organizers across presidential battlegrounds, helping Trump make key gains among infrequent voters and other groups of people that have trended more Democratic in recent decades, including younger voters, Black men and Latino men.
”You had Turning Point’s grassroots armies,” Trump said. “It’s not my victory, it’s your victory.”
Earlier Sunday, Trump said that Stephen Miran, who worked at the Treasury Department in Trump's first term, was his choice to lead the Council of Economic Advisers.
And Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt announced he was donating $1.1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund to complement the $14 million that he said he already had given to the Make America Great Again Inc. super political action committee — making him one of the president-elect’s top donors.
Pratt is chairman of Pratt Industries, which uses recycled paper and boxes as a raw material in a process that produces new cardboard.
Weissert reported from West Palm Beach, Florida. Associated Press writer Manuel Rueda in Bogota, Colombia, contributed to this report.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
FILE - A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
President-elect Donald Trump arrives to speak at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
