Raising team’s effort goal of Quinn’s raised voice

Here was something different … not.

David Quinn interrupted practice, more than once, to inform the Rangers their coach was not especially pleased with the way they were working. On this Wednesday, the pithy phrases even included a “Congratulations; we won a game!”

The fact is, Quinn’s exclamations have become the soundtrack to the season.

“But you know what, he’s really not yelling at anyone, he’s talking very loudly so everyone can hear him,” 11-year veteran Marc Staal said before the Blueshirts em- barked on a four-game trip that commences in Chicago on Thursday and continues with a California swing through Los Angeles, San Jose and Anaheim. “It might not be fun if you’re on the other end of it, but we all know that it’s being done constructively, so that we get better as a team and as individuals.

“It takes time to break bad habits. He is still trying to instill good ones. He expects us to practice the same way he expects us to play. I get it. Everyone should.”

Quinn has not been abusive. His messages are not personal. He’s coaching. Assistants Lindy Ruff, David Oliver and Greg Brown are coaching. That is what they are paid to do.

“If we’re not doing a drill properly, he’ll blow it down and explain it and he’ll do that as often as necessary until we get it right,” Staal said. “It’s different for the guys who have been here for a while because AV [former coach Alain Vigneault] didn’t do that, but I don’t think anyone should take it the wrong way.”

So far, it seems as though the messages are being received as intended, loud and clear. But what if the repeated interruptions and cor- rections are necessary and continue deep into the season?

“Maybe ask me again then,” said Staal, who laughed through his answer.

The Rangers are winless in their three games away from the Garden, having picked up one point in an overtime loss to Washington after back-to-back defeats at Buffalo and Carolina.

“I think it gives us an opportunity to grow,” Quinn said. “It will test our mettle.”

The Rangers have one other fourgame trip late in the season to western Canada and Minnesota. Those four matches are packed into six days. This journey concludes with a flight home on Nov. 2.

“It’s unusual for a trip to be this long,” Staal said. “There’s nothing better than playing well and winning on the road and then getting on the bus to share it.”

Winger Matt Beleskey, who has fully recovered from the shoulder injury he sustained during an exhibition-game fight, was placed on waivers. He will be assigned to the AHL Wolf Pack if, as expected, he clears at noon Thursday.

Beleskey has carried a $1.9 million cap charge while on NHL injured reserve. That will be reduced to $875,000 while he is in the AHL.