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The New York Rangers (NYR) are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City, New York, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Rangers and their crosstown rivals, the New York Islanders, are both members of the NHL's Atlantic Division, guaranteeing plenty of regular season meetings. This is unique among New York City's major league sports teams; Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and New York Mets are in different leagues, as are the National Football League's New York Jets and New York Giants, giving them little opportunity to play each other.

Facts

Founded: 1926-27 (awarded May 15, 1926)
Arena: Madison Square Garden IV (capacity 18,200)
Former Home Arena: Madison Square Garden III (1926-1968)
Uniform colors: blue, red, white
Logo design: a shield with "NEW YORK" across the top and "RANGERS" diagonally across the middle, creating a red triangle on the top right and a white one on the bottom left
Team color jersey: Royal blue jersey with red and white stripes at elbows and bottom of jersey. "RANGERS" diagonally across chest from right shoulder in red with white trim. (The team has been long known by the nicknames Broadway Blues and Broadway Blueshirts.)
White jersey: White jersey with red, white and blue stripes at elbows, across shoulders and at bottom of jersey. Blue stripe at cuff. "RANGERS" diagonally across chest from right shoulder in blue with red trim.
Third Jersey: Navy blue jersey with white and silver stripes at elbows with red forearm. Chest logo features silver Statue of Liberty head on navy blue background and the letters "NYR" in red and silver. Stylized original Rangers shield on top of each shoulder.
Stanley Cup Champions: 4 — 1927-28, 1932-33, 1939-40, 1993-94
Runner-up: 6 — 1928-29, 1931-32, 1936-37, 1949-50, 1971-72, 1978-79
League Champions (and Presidents' Trophy winner after 1985-86): 3 — 1941-42, 1991-92, 1993-94
Conference Champions (since 1974-75): 1 — 1993-94
Division Champions (between 1926-27-1937-38 and since 1967-68): 5
American Division: 2 — 1926-27, 1931-32
Patrick Division: 2 — 1989-90, 1991-92
Atlantic Division: 1 — 1993-94
One of the NHL's Original Six franchises, along with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Main Rivals: New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins

Franchise history

Early years

In 1925, the New York Americans joined the NHL, playing in Madison Square Garden. The Amerks proved to be an even greater success than expected, leading Garden president Tex Rickard to go after a team for the Garden. Although New York was certainly large enough to support two NHL teams, Rickard had promised Amerks owner Bill Dwyer that the Amerks would be the sole NHL team in the city.

Rickard was granted a franchise, which he originally planned to name the New York Giants. However, the New York press soon nicknamed his team "Tex's Rangers," and the new name stuck. Rickard managed to get future legendary Toronto Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe to assemble the team. However, Smythe had a falling-out with Rickard's hockey man, Col. John S. Hammond, and was fired as manager-coach before the first season. Smythe was replaced by Pacific Coast Hockey Association co-founder Lester Patrick, but kept all of the players Smythe had assembled. The new team turned out to be a winner. The Rangers won the American Division title their first year but lost to the Boston Bruins in the playoffs. To this day, the Rangers are the most successful expansion team in the history of the NHL.

1927-28 Stanley Cup

In only their second year of existence, the Rangers won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Maroons 3 games to 2. One of the most memorable stories that emerged from the Finals involved Patrick suiting up in goal at the ripe age of 44. At the time, teams were not required to dress a backup goaltender so when the Rangers regular goaltender Lorne Chabot went down with an eye injury, Maroons manager Eddie Gerard vetoed his original choice for a replacement. An angry Patrick lined up between the pipes for two periods in game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals allowing 1 goal to the Maroons Nels Stewart. Frank Boucher would score the game winner in overtime to seal victory for New York. An expansion team would not come this far this fast in North American professional sports until the Philadelphia Atoms won the North American Soccer League title in their first year of existence.

1932-33 Stanley Cup

After a loss in the finals in 1928-29 to the Boston Bruins and a few mediocre seasons in the early 1930s, the Rangers, led by brothers Bill and Bun Cook on the wings and Frank Boucher at centre, would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1932-33 best of 5 finals, 3 games to 1, to win their second Stanley Cup. The Rangers would spend the rest of the 1930s playing close to .500 hockey until their next Cup win in 1939-40. Lester Patrick stepped down as Head Coach and handed the reins to Frank Boucher.

1939-40 Stanley Cup

In 1939-40 the Rangers finished the regular season in second place behind the Boston Bruins. The two teams would square off in the first round of the playoffs. The Bruins gained a 2 games to 1 series lead from the Rangers until they stormed back winning 3 straight games to hold off the first place Bruins. The Rangers eventually won the best of 7 series, 4 games to 2. Their first round victory gave the Rangers a bye until the finals. The Detroit Red Wings disposed of the New York Americans in their first round best of 3 series 2 games to 1 and the Toronto Maple Leafs ousted the Chicago Blackhawks 2 games to 0. The Maple Leafs and Red Wings would play a best of 3 series to determine who would go on to play the Rangers in the Cup finals. The Maple Leafs swept the Red Wings and the Finals match up was determined. The 1939-40 Stanley Cup Finals started in Madison Square Garden in New York. The first 2 games went to the Rangers. In game one the Rangers needed overtime to gain a 1-0 series lead and won game 2 quite handily with a 6-2 victory. The series then headed north to Toronto. Toronto won the next 2 games on home ice tying the series 2-2. In game 5 and 6 the Rangers won both contests in overtime and won the series 4 games to 2 over the Maple Leafs to earn their 3rd Stanley Cup. The Rangers would not win another cup until 1993-94 because of what many believed was a curse put on the team by New York Americans Coach, Mervyn "Red" Dutton.

1993-94 Stanley Cup

1993-94 was a magical season for Rangers fans. Two years previous, they picked up center Mark Messier, who was an integral part of the Edmonton Oilers' Cup winning teams of the 1980s. Adam Graves who also defected from the Oilers, joined the Rangers as well. Brian Leetch and rookie Sergei Zubov were a solid 1-2 punch on defense. In fact, Zubov led the team in scoring that season with 89 points. Graves would set a team record with 52 goals, breaking the old record held by Vic Hadfield. This record would later be broken by Jaromir Jagr on April 8, 2006 against the Boston Bruins.

After clinching the President's Trophy by finishing first overall in the NHL (52-24-8; 112 points) the Rangers were pitted against their arch rivals, the 8th seeded New York Islanders in the first round of the playoffs. The Isles proved to be no match, as they were swept in four games by an aggregate score of 22-3. Rangers goaltender Mike Richter earned a pair of play-off shutouts in the series. In the second round, the Washington Capitals were dismissed in five games and it set the stage for a matchup with the New Jersey Devils in the Conference Finals.

Despite a 6-0 regular season record against New Jersey, the Devils took the Rangers to a full seven games. The series was highlighted by three dramatic multiple overtime games, in which the Rangers were victorious in two. Stephane Matteau scored both of those overtime goals, one of which ended Game 3 at 6:13 of the second overtime period. Still, after the fifth game, the Rangers trailed in the series 3-2 and facing elimination, captain Mark Messier boldly guaranteed a victory in Game 6 back at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Halfway through the game the Rangers trailed 2-0 before Messier setup Alexei Kovalev late in the second period to bring them to within a goal of tying the game. In what is now considered one of the greatest individual performances in sports history, Messier delivered a hat trick in the third period to give the Rangers a 4-2 win and it sent the series to a decisive seventh game back at Madison Square Garden. In that seventh game a Brian Leetch goal midway through the second period stood until Valeri Zelepukin tied the game for the Devils by stuffing the puck under goaltender Mike Richter's pads with 7.7 seconds remaining in regulation. It appeared once again that the Curse of 1940 would undo the Rangers. Surprisingly, Matteau's second overtime winner would clinch the series for the Blueshirts, coming at 4:24 in the second overtime period of Game 7. Rangers' announcer Howie Rose called the play in dramatic fashion shouting simply, "Matteau! Matteau! Matteau!"

The Stanley Cup Finals pitted the Rangers against the upstart Vancouver Canucks who were the seventh seed in the Western Conference. After dropping Game 1 in overtime 3-2, largely due to Canucks' goaltender Kirk McLean's 52 save performance, the Rangers came back to win the next three games to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Rangers lost Game 5 in New York and then Game 6 in Vancouver forcing another seventh game at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers wouldn't disappoint. Goals from Brian Leetch, Adam Graves and Mark Messier sealed the seventh game with a 3-2 victory and the Rangers first Cup in 54 years. Brian Leetch became the first American born player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy and Mark Messier became the first Rangers captain to hoist the Cup on Garden ice.

The Rangers would collapse by the mid-1940s, losing games by as much as 15-0 and having one goaltender with a 6.20 goals-against average. They would miss the playoffs for five consecutive seasons before squeaking into the fourth and final playoff spot in 1948. They lost the first round and would miss the playoffs again in 1949. In the 1950 finals the Rangers were forced to play all of their games on the road (home games in Toronto) while the circus was at the Garden. They would end up losing to the Detroit Red Wings in overtime in the seventh game.

The post-Original Six era

The Rangers remained a mark of futility in the NHL for the next 20 years, before rejuvenation in the late 1960s, symbolised by moving into a newly-rebuilt Madison Square Garden in 1968. They made the playoffs for the first time in five years on the strength of rookie goaltender Eddie Giacomin.

By 1972, the Rangers reached the Stanley Cup finals despite losing high-scoring center Jean Ratelle (who had been on track over Bruin Phil Esposito to become the only Ranger since Bryan Hextall in 1942 to lead the NHL in scoring) to injury during the stretch drive of the regular season. The strength of people like Brad Park, Vic Hadfield, and Rod Gilbert would still carry them through the playoffs. They would defeat the defending champion Montreal Canadiens in the first round and the Chicago Blackhawks in the second, but lost to the Boston Bruins in the finals.

Their new rivals, the New York Islanders, who entered the league in 1972 after paying a huge territorial fee to the Rangers, were their first round opponent in 1975. After splitting the first two games, the Islanders defeated the more established Rangers, eleven seconds into overtime of the deciding game three, establishing a rivalry that continued to grow for years after.

After some off years in the mid-to-late 1970s, they picked up Phil Esposito from the Bruins in 1976. Swedish stars Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson jumped to the Rangers from the maverick World Hockey Association and Hedberg would lead the team in scoring his first season. In 1979 they defeated the surging New York Islanders in the Semi-Finals and would return to the finals again before bowing out to the Canadiens. The Islanders got their revenge however, eliminating the Rangers in 4 consecutive playoff series' starting in 1981 en route to their second of four consecutive Stanley Cup titles.

The Rangers stayed competitive through the 1980s and early 1990s, making the playoffs each year except for one but never going very far. An exception was the 1985-86 NHL season, when the Rangers, behind rookie goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck upended the Patrick Division winner Philadelphia Flyers in a decisive fifth game followed by a six game win over the Washington Capitals in the Patrick Division Finals. The Montreal Canadiens disposed of the Rangers in the Wales Conference Finals behind a rookie goaltender of their own, Patrick Roy.

Still, the many playoff failures convinced Rangers fans that this was a manifestation of the Curse of 1940, which is said to either have begun when the Rangers' management burnt the mortgage to Madison Square Garden in the bowl of the Stanley Cup after the 1940 victory, or by Mervyn Red Dutton following the collapse of the New York Americans franchise. Frustration was at its peak when the 1991-92 squad captured the President's Trophy. They took a 2-1 series lead on the Pittsburgh Penguins and then faltered in three straight (most observers note a Ron Francis slapshot from the blue line that eluded Mike Richter as the series' turning point) to the eventual Cup winning Pens. The following year a 1-11 finish landed the Rangers in the Patrick Division cellar. Coach Roger Neilson did not finish the season. The off-season hiring of controversial head coach Mike Keenan was criticized by many who pointed out Keenan's 0-3 record in the Finals.

Recent years

The Rangers continued to be Cup favorites in the mid-to-late 1990s, even landing an aging Wayne Gretzky, but they would fizzle out. Their 1994 stars were aging and many retired or dropped off in performance. After General Manager Neil Smith ran Messier out of town in the summer of 1997 and failed in a bid to replace him with Avalanche superstar Joe Sakic, the Rangers began a streak of seven seasons without making the playoffs.

In March 2000, Smith was fired along with head coach John Muckler, and that summer James Dolan hired Glen Sather to replace him. By 2001, the Rangers had landed a lot of star power. Theoren Fleury joined the Rangers after spending most of his career with the Calgary Flames, Eric Lindros joined the Rangers from the Philadelphia Flyers, and they acquired Pavel Bure late in the 2001-02 season from the Florida Panthers. Despite these high-priced acquisitions the Rangers still finished out of the playoffs. Later years saw other stars such as Alexei Kovalev, Jaromir Jagr, Anson Carter and Bobby Holik added, but in 2002-03 and 2003-04, the team again missed the playoffs.

Towards the end of the 2003-04 season Sather finally gave in to a rebuilding process by trading away Leetch, Kovalev, and eight others for numerous prospects and draft picks. Pavel Bure & Mark Messier are now retired and Eric Lindros returned home to sign with the Maple Leafs prior to the start of the 2005-06 season.

The post lock-out Rangers, under new head coach Tom Renney, have seen the team move away from high priced veterans towards a group of talented young players such as Petr Prucha, Dominic Moore and Blair Betts but the focus of the team remains on superstar Jaromir Jagr. The Rangers were expected to struggle during the 2005-06 season but behind stellar performances by Swedish rookie goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, Martin Straka, Prucha and Jagr, the Rangers finished the season with their best record since 1993-94 (44-26-12).

Jaromir Jagr broke the Rangers' single season points record with a first period assist in a 5-1 win against the New York Islanders on March 29, 2006. The assist gave him 110 points on the season breaking Jean Ratelle's record. Less than two weeks later on April 8th Jagr scored his 53rd goal of the season against the Boston Bruins, breaking the team record previously held by Adam Graves. Finally, on April 4 the Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a shootout 3-2 to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since the 1996-97 season. On April 19, the Rangers lost to the Ottawa Senators 5-1 and due to wins by divison rivals New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers, the Rangers fell back to third place in the Atlantic Division to end the season. In the Eastern Conference Quarter Finals the Rangers drew a matchup with the New Jersey Devils and were defeated in a four game sweep. In the process they were outscored 17-4. In the first game of the series Jaromir Jagr suffered an undisclosed injury to his left shoulder, diminishing his usefulness as the series went on. Jagr missed game 2 of the series and was back in the lineup for game 3. He was held to 1 shot on net. On his first shift of the game in game 4, Jagr re-injured his shoulder and was unable to return.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Records as of July 12, 2006 Hockeydb.com, New York Rangers season statistics and records.

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
1926-27 44 25 13 6 — 56 95 72 385 1st in American Lost in Semifinals, 1-3 TG (Bruins)
1927-28 44 19 16 9 — 47 94 79 462 2nd in American Stanley Cup Champions, 3-2 (Maroons)
1928-29 44 21 13 10 — 52 72 65 384 2nd in American Lost in Finals, 0-2 (Bruins)
1929-30 44 17 17 10 — 44 136 143 445 3rd in American Lost in Semifinals, 0-2 (Canadiens)
1930-31 44 19 16 9 — 47 106 87 514 3rd in American Lost in Semifinals, 0-2 (Blackhawks)
1931-32 48 23 17 8 — 54 134 112 511 1st in American Lost in Finals, 0-3 (Maple Leafs)
1932-33 48 23 17 8 — 54 135 107 599 3rd in American Stanley Cup Champions, 3-1 (Maple Leafs)
1933-34 48 21 19 8 — 50 120 113 401 3rd in American Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-2 TG (Maroons)
1934-35 48 22 20 6 — 50 137 139 334 3rd in American Lost in Semifinals, 4-5 TG (Maroons)
1935-36 48 19 17 12 — 50 91 96 381 4th in American Out of Playoffs
1936-37 48 19 20 9 — 47 117 106 312 3rd in American Final, 2-3 (Red Wings)
1937-38 48 27 15 6 — 60 149 96 435 2nd in American Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-2 (Americans)
1938-39 48 26 16 6 — 58 149 105 393 2nd in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Bruins)
1939-40 48 27 11 10 — 64 136 77 520 2nd in NHL Stanley Cup Champions, 4-2 (Maple Leafs)
1940-41 48 21 19 8 — 50 143 125 356 4th in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 1-2 (Red Wings)
1941-42 48 29 17 2 — 60 177 143 400 1st in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Maple Leafs)
1942-43 50 11 31 8 — 30 161 253 352 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1943-44 50 6 39 5 — 17 162 310 253 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1944-45 50 11 29 10 — 32 154 247 305 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1945-46 50 13 28 9 — 35 144 191 285 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1946-47 60 22 32 6 — 50 167 186 426 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1947-48 60 21 26 13 — 55 176 201 480 4th in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Red Wings)
1948-49 60 18 31 11 — 47 133 172 413 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1949-50 70 28 31 11 — 67 170 189 639 4th in NHL Lost in Finals, 3-4 (Red Wings)
1950-51 70 20 29 21 — 61 169 201 774 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1951-52 70 23 34 13 — 59 192 219 532 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1952-53 70 17 37 16 — 50 152 211 548 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1953-54 70 29 31 10 — 68 161 182 717 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1954-55 70 17 35 18 — 52 150 210 690 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1955-56 70 32 28 10 — 74 204 203 911 3rd in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Canadiens)
1956-57 70 26 30 14 — 66 184 227 870 4th in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Canadiens)
1957-58 70 32 25 13 — 77 195 188 781 2nd in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Bruins)
1958-59 70 26 32 12 — 64 201 217 860 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1959-60 70 17 38 15 — 49 187 247 850 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1960-61 70 22 38 10 — 54 204 248 591 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1961-62 70 26 32 12 — 64 195 207 668 4th in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Maple Leafs)
1962-63 70 22 36 12 — 56 211 233 657 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1963-64 70 22 38 10 — 54 186 242 715 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1964-65 70 20 38 12 — 52 179 246 760 5th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1965-66 70 18 41 11 — 47 195 261 894 6th in NHL Out of Playoffs
1966-67 70 30 28 12 — 72 188 189 664 4th in NHL Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1967-68 74 39 23 12 — 90 226 183 673 2nd in East Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Blackhawks)
1968-69 76 41 26 9 — 91 231 196 806 3rd in East Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Canadiens)
1969-70 76 38 22 16 — 92 246 189 853 4th in East Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Bruins)
1970-71 78 49 18 11 — 109 259 177 952 2nd in East Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Blackhawks)
1971-72 78 48 17 13 — 109 317 192 1010 2nd in East Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Bruins)
1972-73 78 47 23 8 — 102 297 208 765 3rd in East SF, 1-4 (Blackhawks)
1973-74 78 40 24 14 — 94 300 251 782 3rd in East SF, 3-4 (Flyers)
1974-75 80 37 29 14 — 88 319 276 1053 2nd in Patrick Lost in 1st Round, 1-2 (Islanders)
1975-76 80 29 42 9 — 67 262 333 911 4th in Patrick Out of Playoffs
1976-77 80 29 37 14 — 72 272 310 1164 4th in Patrick Out of Playoffs
1977-78 80 30 37 13 — 73 279 280 1057 4th in Patrick Lost in 1st Round, 1-2 (Sabres)
1978-79 80 40 29 11 — 91 316 292 1214 3rd in Patrick Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Canadiens)
1979-80 80 38 32 10 — 86 308 284 1342 3rd in Patrick Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Flyers)
1980-81 80 30 36 14 — 74 312 317 1981 4th in Patrick Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Islanders)
1981-82 80 39 27 14 — 92 316 306 1402 2nd in Patrick Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Islanders)
1982-83 80 35 35 10 — 80 306 287 1100 4th in Patrick Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Islanders)
1983-84 80 42 29 9 — 93 314 304 1471 4th in Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-3 (Islanders)
1984-85 80 26 44 10 — 62 295 345 1301 4th in Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-3 (Flyers)
1985-86 80 36 38 6 — 78 280 276 1496 4th in Patrick Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Canadiens)
1986-87 80 34 38 8 — 76 307 323 1718 4th in Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Flyers)
1987-88 80 36 34 10 — 82 300 283 1775 5th in Patrick Out of Playoffs
1988-89 80 37 35 8 — 82 310 307 1891 3rd in Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Penguins)
1989-90 80 36 31 13 — 85 279 267 2021 1st in Patrick Lost in Division Finals, 1-4 (Capitals)
1990-91 80 36 31 13 — 81 258 258 1893 2nd in Patrick Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Capitals)
1991-92 80 50 25 5 — 105 321 246 1805 1st in Patrick Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Penguins)
1992-93 84 34 39 11 — 79 304 308 1657 6th in Patrick Out of Playoffs
1993-94 84 52 24 8 — 112 299 231 1688 1st in Atlantic Stanley Cup Champions, 4-3 (Canucks)
1994-951 48 22 23 3 — 47 139 134 781 4th in Atlantic Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (Flyers)
1995-96 82 41 27 14 — 96 272 237 1849 2nd in Atlantic Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Penguins)
1996-97 82 38 34 10 — 86 258 231 1481 4th in Atlantic Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Flyers)
1997-98 82 25 39 18 — 68 197 231 1548 5th in Atlantic Out of Playoffs
1998-99 82 33 38 11 — 77 217 227 1087 4th in Atlantic Out of Playoffs
1999-00 82 29 38 12 3 73 218 246 916 4th in Atlantic Out of Playoffs
2000-01 82 33 43 5 1 72 250 290 1522 4th in Atlantic Out of Playoffs
2001-02 82 36 38 4 4 80 227 258 1753 4th in Atlantic Out of Playoffs
2002-03 82 32 36 10 4 78 210 231 1308 4th in Atlantic Out of Playoffs
2003-04 82 27 40 7 8 69 206 250 1459 4th in Atlantic Out of Playoffs
2004-052 — — — — — — — — — — —
2005-063 82 44 26 — 12 100 257 215 1194 3rd in Atlantic Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Devils)
Total 5402 2308 2290 808 32 5420 16695 16924 73152 — —

1 Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
2 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
3 As of the 2005-06 NHL Season, all games will have a winner and OTL includes SOL (Shootout losses).

Notable players

Current squad

As of July 16, 2006 *

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
30 Henrik Lundqvist L 2000 Åre, Sweden
80 Kevin Weekes L 2004 Toronto, Ontario

Defensemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
3 Michal Rozsival R 2005 Vlasim, Czechoslovakia
4 Aaron Ward R 2006 Windsor, Ontario
6 Darius Kasparaitis - A L 2002 Elektrenai, U.S.S.R.
8 Marek Malik L 2005 Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
23 Karel Rachunek R 2004 Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
24 Sandis Ozolinsh L 2006 Riga, U.S.S.R.
34 Jason Strudwick L 2004 Edmonton, Alberta
51 Fedor Tyutin L 2001 Izhevsk, U.S.S.R.

Forwards
Number Player Shoots Position Acquired Place of Birth
5 Matt Cullen L C 2006 Virginia, Minnesota
14 Brendan Shanahan R LW 2006 Mimico, Ontario
16 Jason Ward R RW/C 2005 Chapleau, Ontario
17 Petr Sykora L RW 2006 Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
18 Dominic Moore L C 2000 Thornhill, Ontario
19 Blair Betts L C 2004 Edmonton, Alberta
25 Petr Prucha R C/W 2005 Chrudim, Czechoslovakia
26 Martin Rucinsky L LW 2003 Most, Czechoslovakia
28 Colton Orr R RW 2005 Winnipeg, Manitoba
41 Jed Ortmeyer R RW 2003 Omaha, Nebraska
44 Ryan Hollweg L LW 2005 Downey, California
68 Jaromir Jagr - A L RW 2004 Kladno, Czechoslovakia
81 Marcel Hossa L LW/RW 2005 Ilava, Czechoslovakia
82 Martin Straka L LW/C 2005 Pilsen, Czechoslovakia
92 Michael Nylander L C 2004 Stockholm, Sweden

Hall of Famers


  • More than 20 others also played part of careers with Rangers

Team captains


Retired numbers

  • 1 Eddie Giacomin, G, 1965-75: Number retired on March 15, 1989
  • 7 Rod Gilbert, RW, 1961-78: Number retired on October 14, 1979
  • 11 Mark Messier, C, 1991-97 & 2000-05: Number retired on January 12, 2006
  • 35 Mike Richter, G, 1989-2003: Number retired on February 4, 2004
  • 99 Wayne Gretzky, C, 1996-99: Number retired league-wide by NHL on April 18, 1999

Team records

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Rangers. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, P/G = Points per Game

Player POS GP G A Pts P/G
Rod Gilbert RW 1065 406 615 1021 .96
Brian Leetch D 1129 240 741 981 .87
Jean Ratelle C 862 336 481 817 .95
Andy Bathgate RW 719 272 457 729 1.01
Mark Messier LW/C 698 250 441 691 .99
Walt Tkaczuk C 945 227 451 678 .72
Ron Greschner D 982 179 431 630 .64
Steve Vickers LW 698 246 340 586 .84
Vic Hadfield LW 839 262 310 572 .68
Adam Graves RW 772 280 227 507 .66

NHL Awards and Trophies

Stanley Cup

Prince of Wales Trophy

Presidents' Trophy

Hart Memorial Trophy

Lester B. Pearson Award

James Norris Memorial Trophy

Vezina Trophy

Conn Smythe Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

NHL Plus/Minus Award

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Lester Patrick Trophy

Broadcasters

See also

Notes

References

  • Losing the Edge: The Rise and Fall of the Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers by Barry Meisel (1995) (ISBN 0684815192)
  • New York Rangers: Millennium Memories by the NY Daily News (2000) (ISBN 1582611475)
  • New York Rangers: Seventy-Five Years by John Halligan (2000) (ISBN 0760722986)
  • The New York Rangers: Broadway's Longest Running Hit by John Kreiser and Lou Friedman (1997) (ISBN 1571670416)
  • The New York Rangers (Images of Sports) by John Halligan (2003) (ISBN 0738512281)
  • The Rangers by Brian McFarlane (1997) (ISBN 0773760075)
  • Thin Ice: A Season in Hell With the New York Rangers by Larry Sloman (1981) (ISBN 0440185718)

External links

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