New York Rangers

Founded:	April 1926	GM:	Chris Drury
Owned By:	James Dolan	Coach:	Peter Laviolette
Home Rink:	Madison Square Garden	Captain:	Jacob Trouba
AHL Affiliate:	Hartford Wolf Pack	ECHL Affiliate:	Jacksonville Icemen

The New York Rangers were founded in 1926, and are known as one of The Original Six Clubs. They have won four Stanley Cups, with the most recent coming in 1994, when they defeated the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the Stanley Cup Final. They are one of three teams located in the New York metro area, along with the New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils.

Deeper Dive

• The Latest Rangers News at The Hockey Writers
• Current Players, Salaries, and Cap Info
• Rangers’ Top-20 All-Time Goal Scorers
• Rangers’ 5 Best Defensemen All-Time
• Rangers With 100-Point Seasons
• New York Rangers’ 50-Goal Scorers
• Rangers’ 2010s All-Decade Team

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Revisiting the 1994 Stanley Cup Victory

“The wait is over. The New York Rangers are Stanley Cup champions and this one will last a lifetime.”

Never has a phrase spoken by a broadcaster been more poetic. Those words were uttered by Rangers announcer Sam Rosen on June 14 after the team won Game 7 to capture the 1994 Stanley Cup. It best describes the emotions inside Madison Square Garden and by long-suffering Ranger fans who had witnessed a lifetime of disappointment with each playoff exit. Read More…

The Players

• Adam Graves: Rangers Legend
• Rangers That Got Away: Marc Savard
• Rangers’ Father/Son Combinations: Hextalls and Patricks
• Kovalev and the Rangers: Eventful, Successful and Disappointing
• Jaromir Jagr’s Time as a Ranger
• Harry Howell: Remembering the Rangers’ Legend
• Walt Poddubny: Rangers’ Brief and Tragic Star
• Rangers’ Martin Straka
• Sergei Zubov’s Incredible 1993-94 Season
• Mr. Ranger – Rod Gilbert
• The Day the Messier Era Ended in New York
• Mike Richter: Rangers’ Legendary Cup-Winning Goalie
• Rangers’ Goalie Showdown – Lundqvist vs. Richter

More Rangers History

• The Best Rangers Team Ever – 1940
• 1991-92 Rangers: Prelude to a Stanley Cup
• Rangers’ 1978-79 Stanley Cup Final: What Could’ve Been
• Revisiting the 2014 Stanley Cup Final – Kings vs Rangers
• 5 Most Memorable Rangers Playoffs Series this Decade
• Rangers’ 5 Best Moments of the Decade
• Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup Win Has Lasted a Lifetime
• 1995-96 Rangers: Sad End to Stanley Cup Hopes

Oh, So Close: The 1971-72 Rangers

The New York Rangers endured one of sports’ longest championship droughts, as they went fifty-four years without winning the Stanley Cup. And while the Stanley Cup finally made it to New York in 1994, the years between 1940 and 1994 didn’t pass by without great moments and seasons. One of those memorable seasons was 1971-72. Read more…

Sources

• Wikipedia