Adam Fox ready to take ‘bragging rights’ against Ryan Lindgren in Seattle reunion

SEATTLE — Saturday night will mark just the third time Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren square off against one another as opponents. 

The longtime friends, who met when they were teenagers in the U.S. National Team Development Program, have not lined up on opposite sides of the ice since they were in college during the 2017-18 season. 

Lindgren and the University of Minnesota defeated Fox and Harvard in a back-to-back slate in November. The Gophers first took a 4-2 victory before emerging with a 2-1 win in overtime the following game. 

After reuniting and playing parts of six seasons together in New York, this will be the first time the two duke it out as NHLers since the Rangers traded Lindgren to Colorado in March. 

“It’ll be funny,” Fox told The Post on Friday after practice at Climate Pledge Arena. “I obviously played with him at NTDP and then played him once in college, and that was fun. It’s more a little bit of bragging rights and stuff. It’s been a while since I played against him. But, you know, he’s great. We’ll see him [Friday night], hang out with him. I mean, there will be — knowing Lin — no friendships on the ice [Saturday night]. It’ll be fun. 

“I think we’re all happy for him, we miss him. But, obviously, we’re more focused on the game, but it’ll be fun to play against him.”