He hosted those two, along with Brett Berard, Will Cuylle and Zac Jones, for dinner at his home in Andover on Wednesday night. Brodzinski and his wife, Lauren, made pasta − "I did a little bit of it," he said with a smirk. "My wife the rest" − to provide a taste of home for the quintet he began taking under his wing as AHL Hartford’s captain.

Jonny Brodzinski made his return to his home state of Minnesota earlier this week a memorable one. The 31-year-old first invited the whole lot of his former Hartford teammates — Matt Rempe, Will Cuylle,

The 6-foot-9 forward received two controversial penalties in back-to-back games, the first in a loss against the Winnipeg Jets and then a questionable interference call in the Rangers' overtime win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.

The Blueshirts' 6-foot-9 rookie addressed a couple of highly questionable penalty calls that have gone against him lately.

In each of the last two games, Rempe has had a penalty called on him that, when viewed on replay, clearly should not have been called. And in each case, the penalty led to a power-play goal scored against the Rangers.