Artemi Panarin shaves head again in hopes of breaking his season-long Rangers slump

Artemi Panarin shaves head again in hopes of breaking his season-long Rangers slump

Artemi Panarin is in the midst of a brutal stretch in what’s been a rough early part of the season, so he finally made a change.

Artemi Panarin just tried the move that sparked his best season to break scoring drought

Artemi Panarin resorted to a previous superstitious move to try and break his scoring slump with the New York Rangers.

Rangers star ‘had to change something,’ hopes shaving head helps end slump

New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin hopes shaving his head this week has the same effect it did two years ago. Panarin cut off his hair in the summer of 2023, got off to a hot start in 2023-24, and went on to have by far the best season of his NHL career. He finished with 49 goals and 120 points, was named an NHL First-Team All-Star and helped the Rangers win the Presidents’ Trophy as NHL regular-season champion. But the Rangers’ leading sco…