Rugby League has provided a refuge for Dylan Walker during his ongoing troubles, his best friend and Manly teammate Api Koroisau has revealed. Mecole Hardman Jersey Large .Walker made an impressive early return from an off-field hand injury in Manlys win over Newcastle at Brookvale on Sunday, playing a starring role as the Sea Eagles kept their finals hopes intact.It is not the first time Walker has shown an innate ability to leave his problems behind once he steps out on the NRL field.Dylans a really strong kid, said Koroisau, who has shared a house with Walker on Sydneys northern beaches since the duo moved to Manly at the start of the season.Hes been through a lot and still come out the other end.I think one of Dylans best coping mechanisms is going out and playing footy after all the media and all the attention he receives. At the end of the day, he just loves his footy.Walkers latest drama followed upon his highly criticised selection in the NSW side for State of Origin I and II this year, after which he became a lightning rod of blame for another Blues series loss.The 2014 South Sydney premiership winner was released from the Rabbitohs at the end of last season after a prescription drug overdose. His legal counsel Julianne Levick said he has been treated like a piece of meat.Manly coach Trent Barrett said Walker answered an SOS to return early from injury, suffered when he put his hand through his apartment front door incuring a club-imposed $10,000 fine, after skipper Jamie Lyon was ruled out of the crunch clash with the Knights due to a calf injury.He was coming into this game no matter what. Hes a tough kid and he really knows how to look after himself, Koroisau said.Hes done well to cope with all the media attention and with everything going on. 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NEW YORK -- Brandon Pirri is fitting in perfectly in his first season with the New York Rangers.Im glad were the ones who got him, Derek Stepan said after Pirri scored twice to help the Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Wednesday night. Thats for sure.Pirri has four goals and two assists in seven games. The left wing signed with the Rangers as a free agent after splitting last season with Florida and Anaheim.You guys can all see he can shoot the puck, Stepan said. Hes got a knack for the net. Its not easy to score goals in this league and he seems to be in those areas to score. Thats a difficult thing and, to me, thats a skill. If you have it, its special and its rare.Rick Nash, Kevin Hayes and Jimmy Vesey also scored for New York, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots. The Rangers won their third straight game, overcoming a 2-0 deficit to improve to 5-2-0.David Pastrnak and Austin Czarnik scored for Boston. The Bruins have lost three straight to drop to 3-4-0.You know you sure are not happy with the outcome, Bruins coach Claude Julien said. We are here to win hockey games and not pat ourselves on the back when we think you deserve it.Zane McIntyre made 26 saves in his first NHL start. He was called up prior to Bostons 5-0 home loss to Minnesota on Tuesday night to back up Malcolm Subban due to injuries to Tuukka Risk and Anton Khudobin.Zane played unbelievable, Boston defenseman Torey Krug said. He made some big saves for us even when we were down 3-2, 4-2, 5-2. He kept going. He was still coming up with some big saves. It could have been a lot worse. Shame on us for not helping him out more.Down 2-0 after the first, the Rangers scored three times in the final 10:44 of the second.Nash began the comeback with a power-play goal at 9:16. He curled to the net before corralling a rebound of Stepans point shot and flipping it over McIntyre for his third of the season.Hayes tied it with 3:25 left in the second, banking a shot from behind the net off of McIntyres pants.Pirris power-play goal with 36 seconds left made it 3-2. He ripped a shot from the right circle that was in the net before McIntrye could get his glove up. New York finished the game 2 for 66 on the man advantage, while the Bruins were 0 for 1. Curley Culp Jersey. We worked hard and we drew a lot of penalties, Pirri said. When you get that many (man advantage) opportunities you have to cash in. It brings a lot of momentum even if youre not scoring but youre generating chances. So thats what we focus on every time and then from there you let the skill take over.It was not all positive for the Rangers in the second, with Dan Girardi missing two shifts following a hit from Pastrnak, who was assessed a minor penalty for an illegal check to the head. Girardi leaped in the air to play a loose puck in the neutral zone and, as he came down, Pastrnak drove his shoulder into the upper body of the New York defenseman.Girardi said he didnt really see him coming until the last second, but noted the hit landed in the front of the face so it wasnt like a forehead or side of the head blow. He added he underwent concussion protocol.Pirri made it 4-2 2:23 into the third with his fourth of the season. Vesey scored on a tap-in 43 seconds later.The Bruins opened the scoring Pastrnaks fifth of the season 10 seconds into the game. The lead grew to 2-0 14:34 later when Czarnik scored his first goal in the NHL. Czarnik fired a shot from inside the blue line that New York defenseman Brady Skjei blocked, but Henrik Lundqvist appeared to lose track of the puck and it bounced across the goal line.We didnt start the way we wanted, New York coach Alain Vigneault said. We know.Game notes Prior to the game, the Bruins announced Czarnik had been called up from Providence of the AHL. Czarnik had a goal and two assists in two games with Providence this season. Czarnik, 23, did play in two NHL games earlier this season with the Bruins. ... Boston also announced RW David Backes had his olecranon bursa removed from his elbow on Monday.... New York lost fourth-line RW Josh Jooris for the game with a separated shoulder and is out indefinitely, Vigneault said after the game.UP NEXT:BRUINS: Play at Detroit Saturday night.RANGERS: Play at Carolina Friday night. ' ' '