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New York Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault praised scorer Martin St. Louis -- who is attending his mother's funeral with his team-mates on Sunday -- after the New York Rangers thrashed the Montreal Canadiens 7-2 on Saturday in Game One of the best-of-seven NHL Eastern Conference final.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Alain Vigneault, New York Rangers head coach

(Question: 'What can you say about Marty St. Louis with tomorrow and coming out and scoring the first goal to kind of get you guys going?'):

"Obviously, emotionally for us that is... something really strong right now. I know quite a few of our guys yesterday went to the wake, and I texted with Marty (St. Louis) last night to make sure that everything was good. He got to the hotel I think just a little bit before midnight. And it's been very emotional for our whole group, and he's handled it in an incredible way that probably has helped our team come closer together. Tomorrow is going to be a tough day for our group. We need to be there to support him and... we'll do that tomorrow and get ready for Monday."