New York Rangers
| New York Rangers | |
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| founding | May 15, 1926 |
| history |
New York Rangers since 1926 |
| Stadion | Madison Square Garden |
| Location | New York City |
| Team colors | Blue, red, white |
| league | National Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern Conference |
| division | Metropolitan Division |
| Head coach |
 David Quinn
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| Team captain | vacant |
| General manager |
Jeff Gorton
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| owner | Madison Square Garden, LP |
| Cooperations |
Hartford Wolf Pack ( AHL ) Maine Mariners ( ECHL ) |
| Stanley Cups | 1928 , 1933 , 1940 , 1994 |
| Conference title | 1993/94 , 2013/14 |
| Division title |
1926/27 , 1931/32 , 1989/90 , 1991/92 , 1993/94 , 2011/12 , 2013/14 , 2014/15 |
The New York Rangers ( IPA : [njuː ˈjɔɹk ˈɹeɪndʒɚs] ) are an American ice hockey franchise of the National Hockey League from New York City . Founded on May 15, 1926, the team began playing at the beginning of the 1926/27 season . Because of their team colors blue, red and white and their origins, they are also known as Broadway blueshirts.
The Rangers play their home games at Madison Square Garden and were one of the first NHL teams in the United States , along with the Boston Bruins , Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars . In their first 14 years of membership in the league, they won the prestigious Stanley Cup three times before going through difficult times during the original Six and beyond. It was not until 1994, 54 years after the last title win, that they were able to win the trophy for the fourth time.
After another dry spell around the turn of the millennium, the Rangers are now one of the best and most consistent teams in the Eastern Conference and the NHL . According to Forbes Magazine , the New York Rangers are the NHL's most valuable franchise, valued at $ 1.2 billion as of November 2015.
history
Early years (1926 to 1941)
Tex Rickard , head of Madison Square Garden, was surprised by the great success of the New York Americans who joined the National Hockey League in 1925 . Despite promises that the Americans would be the only team to play in the Garden, Rickard tried to get its own NHL team. The NHL complied with his wish for the 1926/27 season . Rickard wanted to name the team the New York Giants , but the press quickly dubbed it Tex's Rangers . As general manager, he had hired Conn Smythe , who was looking for players for the team. However, Rickard was not satisfied with his selection and after disputes he dismissed him before the first game. Smythe received $ 2,500 in severance payment. He got Lester Patrick as his successor . The team that Smythe put together proved that they could play a good role in the NHL. While the other two new teams, the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Red Wings formed the bottom of the table, the Rangers were able to finish their first season in first place in the American Division . In the playoffs, however, they failed because of the Boston Bruins .
In the second season, the 1927/28 season , the team won the Stanley Cup for the first time . In addition to goalkeeper Lorne Chabot , the team included numerous other future members of the Hockey Hall of Fame such as Ching Johnson , Bill Cook , Bun Cook and Frank Boucher . In the playoffs, however, someone else had to step into the breach. Goalkeeper Chabot was injured, and the coaching staff had waived a substitute in advance. After a lengthy discussion, the 44-year-old general manager and head coach Lester Patrick , who had previously only been an outfield player, put himself in the goal and led his team to the final victory over the Montreal Maroons .
The following year, the team reached the final series again, but had to admit defeat to the Boston Bruins there. After less successful years, the team was again in the final at the end of the 1931/32 season , but the Toronto Maple Leafs were an indomitable opponent. Already in the following year the tide turned and the team that was still led by Cook and Boucher, but now also played by Babe Siebert and Earl Seibert , was able to defeat the Maple Leafs in the finals of 1933 and for the second time the Bring the Stanley Cup to New York. The Rangers had average success until the end of the 1930s, only in 1937 they reached the final again.
For the 1939/40 season Frank Boucher took over the post of head coach from Lester Patrick. He led the team, in which now Lester's sons Lynn and Muzz Patrick and Babe Pratt played, to the third Stanley Cup victory. With Bryan Hextall one of the best scorers of his time was in the squad. The last year of the Americans was the last time the Rangers were able to finish the regular season first for a long time.
"Original Six" (1941 to 1967)
The era of the " Original Six " began with the withdrawal of the Americans from the league, but in New York alone the glory days of the Rangers were over. By the end of the 1940s, the team finished last five times. This crash was due to several reasons. Lester Patrick was n't very lucky when dealing with the team's rookies . So too few young players came into the team. Also Gordie Howe , who had taken part in the training camp of the Rangers, was scared. Patrick was tough in contract negotiations with experienced players and some veterans left the team. The Second World War hit no team as hard as the Rangers. Muzz Patrick , Art Coulter and brothers Neil and Mac Colville were just a few of the many players who swapped their Rangers jerseys for military uniforms. The goalkeepers who were signed as replacements were the biggest mistakes. Steve Buzinski was in goal for the Rangers for nine games in the 1942/43 season . Lester Patrick described the slight man as the weakest goalkeeper he had ever seen. The short time was enough for a nickname, "the Puck Goes Inski" . In the following season, the team relied on Ken McCauley . He conceded his first goal after 15 seconds. At the end of the season, McCauley, who was in goal in all 50 games, had 310 goals against. It was only when the California Golden Seals had to accept 320 in 78 games in the 1970/71 season that this mark was exceeded. But it wasn't just McCauley who was to blame for the poor performance. The Rangers used 32 players this year, 14 of whom played less than twelve games. Coach Frank Boucher also returned to the ice five years after he had ended his career and was ahead of many others on the scorer list despite only 15 games. One ray of hope was Buddy O'Connor , who had been brought in from Montréal . With the Rangers he could emerge from the shadow of Elmer Lach . In the 1948/49 season he missed the title of top scorer by just one point.
The often weak squad in the 1940s offered young players the opportunity to play themselves in the foreground. In these years, a Rangers player was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy four times as the best rookie of the season . Among them were Edgar Laprade in 1946 and with Pentti Lund in 1949 also the first NHL player to be born in Finland . However, Lund had moved to Canada with his parents at the age of six. Lund prevailed as the best rookie against his teammate Allan Stanley .
In 1950 the team made it back into the playoffs and even reached the final, but the Detroit Red Wings led by Gordie Howe won the series in seven games. Since the finals were not expected, Madison Square Garden was rented to a circus and so the home games in the final series could not be played in New York, but the team had to move to Toronto. During this time, James E. Norris , the owner of the Detroit Red Wings, also became the largest shareholder in Madison Square Garden.
The problems in the goalkeeping position that had existed in the past were resolved. With Chuck Rayner you had one of the best goalkeepers in the NHL around 1950. Another top rookie, Gump Worsley , brought up another good alternative. The comeback of Doug Bentley , who tried again with his brother Max to lead the Rangers into the playoffs , caused a stir in the 1953/54 season . At the end of the season there were four points missing and the Bentleys retired.
At the same time as the team's lack of success, Rangers players were repeatedly awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy , which is awarded for particularly athletic behavior. After Edgar Laprade received this award in 1950, three Rangers players finished second in the poll for this trophy for the next five years. In 1957 and 1958, Camille Henry , who was also the best rookie in 1954, and Andy Hebenton were again two players from New York who won prizes. This sporty behavior was often an obstacle to success. In the 1958/59 season , the Rangers were on a clear playoff course. In the closing stages of the season, the team lost to the Boston Bruins, who had used an ineligible player. Despite urging from coach Phil Watson , John Reed Kilpatrick refrained from protesting and described his behavior as that of a gentleman. After seven defeats in the last eight games, the Toronto Maple Leafs ousted the New York team by one point from the playoffs. From then on, the term gentleman was negatively connoted for Watson and he soon left the Rangers. With Andy Bathgate , the Rangers had one of the best players of the time in their ranks. Another crowd favorite in the late 1950s was Eddie Shack . However, the " enfant terrible " was not very popular with the trainer and the two often clashed.
In 1961, the Rangers signed Doug Harvey, the best defender in the league, as a player-coach. Harvey, who came from Montréal, was the first Rangers player to be recognized as best defender with the James Norris Memorial Trophy , but he did not like the dual role of player and coach. The team also brought goalkeeper Jacques Plante from Montréal , who was signed in exchange for Gump Worsley. In addition to star striker Andy Bathgate, a new player was able to establish himself in Rod Gilbert .
The Rangers embarked on a completely new path with the signing of Ulf Sterner . Many players born in Europe had played in the NHL, but all of them had come to North America as children and learned to play ice hockey there. Sterner, who made his debut in the NHL on the 1964/65 season , was the first to try to make the leap into the NHL as a player trained in Europe. After four games in which he failed to score a scorer, he was sent back to the farm team .
The Rangers tried with another former star of the Canadiens to reach the playoffs in the 1965/66 season . You could persuade Bernie Geoffrion to make a comeback. After 1962, he finally made the hoped-for entry into the finals again. The young goalkeeper Eddie Giacomin also played a major role in the good performance .
Renewal of the Rangers (1968 to 1989)
The league, which had played with six teams for 25 years, was expanded to twelve teams and the Rangers began a renewal. The Rangers moved to the new Madison Square Garden in 1968 and the team was also rebuilt. The top scorers at the Rangers at the time were Jean Ratelle , Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield . The three formed the so-called "GAG-Line" based on their regular point production, abbreviated for goal-a-game ( Eng . Goal per game ). With Brad Park there was also an excellent defender on the team. The upheaval had positive consequences. In the 1971 playoffs, the Rangers were barely defeated by the Chicago Black Hawks . Three of the seven games went into overtime . Pete Stemkowski was able to decide two of these games through goals in overtime for the Rangers, including one of the longest games in Rangers history, which could only be decided in the third section of extra time. The following year, Jean Ratelle was injured late in the season. He was well on his way to becoming the season’s top scorer when an elbow injury ended the season for him. After the Rangers had prevailed against Montréal and Chicago without their most successful attacker, they met in the finals of the Stanley Cup on the Boston Bruins , in which Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito, the then outstanding players of the league, were under contract. Orr in particular was unstoppable in the final series and almost single-handedly led his Bruins to the title.
At this time came with the World Hockey Association on a competitive league to the NHL. Hardly any other team was more affected than the Rangers. Nick Mileti, the owner of the Cleveland Crusaders , attracted Park, Hadfield, and Gilbert with huge salary offers. The Rangers held back, increasing the team's total salary from $ 750,000 to $ 2 million. At the gates of Manhattan there was another multifunctional hall on Long Island in which the WHA tried to establish a team. The NHL decided to settle a new team there and so the Rangers got a local competitor with the New York Islanders . The Rangers received four million dollars for the assignment of their "territorial rights". The attempts of the WHA to establish a team in New York were short-lived. The New York Raiders soon moved to New Jersey, where they only stayed for a short time.
In the 1973/74 season , the Rangers met in the playoffs in a competitive semi-final series on the Philadelphia Flyers . While the Rangers came up with finesse and wit, the Flyers relied on physical effort and hardness. Surprisingly, the Rangers opposed this and were not intimidated by the Flyers. Only in the seventh game, when Dave Schultz involved Dale Rolfe , who had been left completely alone by his teammates, in a fight, the series tipped in favor of the Flyers, who won the Stanley Cup as the first expansion team that year .
In the 1975 playoffs at the latest , the Rangers realized that the Islanders had quickly grown into an equal opponent. For the first time, the two New York teams met in the finals. A goal in overtime by Jean-Paul Parisé shocked the Rangers, who were eliminated. A swap caused a stir at the beginning of the following season. After Bobby Orr was plagued by injuries, the Boston Bruins were looking for a new defense chief and tried to win Brad Park over. When he moved to Boston with Jean Ratelle, Phil Esposito, one of the best attackers of his time, came to New York. It took the new star some time to make friends with the new team, but even though his career peak was already behind him, Esposito was an asset to the Rangers. However, the commitment of Ken Hodge , who also came from Boston, was very much criticized . Hodge was also over his zenith and with Rick Middleton the Rangers gave an attacker to Boston, who became one of the top scorers there. The biggest uproar, however, caused the Rangers to deport their goalkeeper Eddie Giacomin to the Detroit Red Wings for no consideration. Giacomin had been an identification figure on the team. In the first game after his move he made a guest appearance with his new team at Madison Square Garden. The fans celebrated him with chants and his former teammates obviously had a problem shooting at his goal. In the 6-4 victory of the Red Wings, the Rangers' goal scorers did without the usual goal celebration, one even apologized to him.
When the WHA lost in solvency towards the end of the 1970s, the Rangers signed from this league with Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson two Swedish players who strengthened the team. In the 1978/79 season Nilsson was seriously injured by a check from Islanders defender Denis Potvin . Potvin, who had previously been unpopular with the Rangers, has been the enemy in Manhattan ever since. The local rivals met again in the semi-finals. The Islanders were the favorite this time around and some players seemed to be thinking of the final. The outstanding player in the Rangers was goalkeeper John Davidson , who was subsequently denied a great career due to numerous injuries. He helped his team to reach the final, in which the Canadiens de Montréal were opponents. After a ten week injury break, the Rangers were able to count on Ulf Nilsson, who returned to the squad and helped the Rangers with a strong performance in their 4-1 win in their first game. In the second game, the Canadiens wanted to use substitute goalkeeper Michel Larocque , but he was injured by a shot while warming up. Regular goalkeeper Ken Dryden initially lacked concentration, but after conceding two quick goals he surpassed himself and so the Canadiens managed to turn the game first and then the series. In the fifth game, Montréal won the decisive fourth victory.
For the next four years, the Stanley Cup winners always came from New York, but it was the Islanders who now dominated the NHL. The Rangers had slipped to number two in town, although their performance hadn't been bad. The team only missed the playoffs once in the 1980s. There was also a new neighbor. With the New Jersey Devils , who had moved to the region from Denver , the New York Metropolitan Area now hosted a third team in the NHL.
In the game against the Los Angeles Kings on April 9, 1981 in Los Angeles, there was a penalty minute world record. The referees imposed 58 penalties on 25 players with a total of 267 penalty minutes.
In the 1985/86 season , the young goalkeeper John Vanbiesbrouck helped the Rangers knock out the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals in the playoffs . In the semifinals, the Canadiens were the opponents, who also bet on a young goalkeeper. Patrick Roy stopped the Rangers' good run. For the 1986/87 season , the Rangers signed Marcel Dionne of the Los Angeles Kings. The Rangers achieved a great coup with the signing of Guy Lafleur . The former Canadiens star had resigned three years earlier and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame three days before joining the Rangers . Lafleur hadn't gotten to grips with his life out of the limelight and was looking for a new challenge the Rangers offered him. At the end of the season there was an open dispute between coach Michel Bergeron , who was not particularly popular with young players because of his interactions, and general manager Phil Esposito , in whose wake Esposito took over the coaching post. After the end of the season, Lafleur followed his coach Bergeron to the Québec Nordiques .
Return of the Stanley Cup, sporty downturns and personal changes (1990–2011)
For the 1991/92 season , Mark Messier, a new leader was committed by the Edmonton Oilers . While the Los Angeles Kings to Wayne Gretzky many players of the former Stanley Cup -Seriensiegers to the piloted US West Coast and the nickname "Edmonton Oilers West" received, did them there the Rangers in the East equal and were considered "Edmonton Oilers East" referred . The signing of Kevin Lowe , Glenn Anderson , Jeff Beukeboom , Adam Graves , Craig MacTavish and Esa Tikkanen , all of whom, like Messier, had already won the Oilers Stanley Cup, paid off. In the 1993/94 season , the New York Rangers won the prestigious title again for the first time in 54 years. In the squad were Alexander Karpovzew , Sergei Subow , Alexei Kowaljow and Sergei Nemtschinow, the first four Russians whose name was engraved on the Stanley Cup.
Despite the success, there was a dispute between coach Mike Keenan and General Manager Neil Smith , whereupon Keenan left the Rangers. The Rangers rebuilt their team after the success and signed stars like Luc Robitaille and for the 1996/97 season even Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky played for the Blueshirts with Messier for a year before he was given to the Vancouver Canucks . Despite a large number of prestigious new signings and the highest salary budget in the league, the Rangers failed to build on the sporting successes from previous years. In the following years, too, attempts were in vain to stabilize the team with highly regarded newcomers such as Theoren Fleury , Eric Lindros and the return of Mark Messier in 2000. At the end of the 2001/02 season they also took Pawel Bure of the Florida Panthers under contract, who, however, only played 51 games for the Rangers due to injury and then ended his career.
After the Rangers missed the play-offs again in the 2000/01 , 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons , the organization around General Manager Glen Sather decided at the end of the 2003/04 season to make another change in personnel and parted ways with the former High achievers such as Brian Leetch , Alex Kovalev and Lindros, as well as Messier and Bure, ended their careers. Under the new head coach Tom Renney , the company started signing a number of promising talents, including Petr Průcha , Dominic Moore and Blair Betts . The 2005/06 season saw the best main round result since the last Stanley Cup win, with Jaromir Jagr, who was newly signed before the season, with 54 goals and a total of 123 scorer points, the best player in a season in the history of Rangers and consequently won the Lester B. Pearson Award for Most Outstanding Player in the League. After reaching the play-offs for the first time in seven years, they were eliminated in the first round with four defeats in four games against the New Jersey Devils . After the team initially played below the sporting expectations at the beginning of the 2006/07 season , they were able to stabilize in the second half of the season, in particular due to the good performance of goalkeeper Henrik Lundqvist . In the play-offs the Blueshirts first met the Atlanta Thrashers , against whom they prevailed in four games, before they lost 4-2 to the Buffalo Sabers in the second round of the series . In the summer of 2007, the Rangers made two financially strong and athletically expectant transfers with the commitments of the two attackers Scott Gomez and Chris Drury , but the team did not make it through the first play-off round in the 2007/08 season despite being the favorite in the run-up out and had to admit defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.
In the run-up to the 2008/09 season , the Rangers won the final of the Victoria Cup against the Russian club Metallurg Magnitogorsk and then played their first two games of the season against the Tampa Bay Lightning as part of the season opening in Europe, in which they could both win 2-1 . The good start to the season was overshadowed by the death of Alexei Tscherepanow , whose transfer rights the organization had secured a year earlier in the NHL Entry Draft in the first round. After the Rangers got increasingly into a sporting decline in the course of the season, head coach Renney was dismissed and replaced by John Tortorella . In the play-offs they were eliminated again in the first round, although they were 3-1 ahead in the series against the Washington Capitals . The following year , the team missed the finals for the first time in five years after losing the crucial final game of the season against the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in the shootout . In the 2010/11 season there was another decision in the last main round encounter, this time the Rangers won their game against the New Jersey Devils and moved into the play-offs due to the simultaneous defeat of the Carolina Hurricanes . There they did not get past the first round again and had to admit defeat to the Washington Capitals for the second time in three years.
Promotion to the top of the league (since 2011)
At the beginning of the 2011/12 season , Ryan Callahan was appointed as the new team captain and Marc Staal and the newly signed Brad Richards were his assistants . The subsequent season was largely successful for the Rangers, they finished the main round with 51 wins in first place in the Eastern Conference . In particular, attacker Marián Gáborík was instrumental in the successful performance of his team with 41 goals in 82 games of the season. In the first play-off round , the New Yorkers initially won against the Ottawa Senators and beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in the following series , so that they reached the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1997 . There, the Blueshirts lost in six games against rivals New Jersey and thus missed the entry into the final series of the Stanley Cup. In the 2012/13 season there were some personnel changes within the team, for example, during the summer break, former NHL top scorer Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets was signed and Gáborík was left shortly before the end of the transfer deadline in exchange for Derick Brassard , Derek Dorsett and John Moore move to Columbus. After the first round against the Boston Bruins , head coach John Tortorella was dismissed in June 2013 and then replaced by Alain Vigneault .
After the club management could not agree on a contract extension with Ryan Callahan, the captain was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning in March 2014 , in exchange Martin St. Louis moved to the Rangers. In the main round of the 2013/14 season , the New Yorkers won 25 away games for the first time in their history and then met the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the play-offs , who were defeated 4-3 in the series. In the second round against the Pittsburgh Penguins , the Rangers managed to turn a 1: 3 deficit in a best-of-seven series for the first time. They prevailed 4-3 and then won the Eastern Conference final in six games against the Montreal Canadiens . With this success, the New York Rangers stood for the first time in 20 years in the Stanley Cup final , where they had to admit defeat in the series against the Los Angeles Kings 1: 4.
In the summer of 2014 one to the contract with chose Brad Richards pay out early (buy-out) with respect to then more financial leeway applicable, content restriction (salary cap) to have. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season , Ryan McDonagh was appointed the new captain and then led the team through a successful main round. In attack you could benefit in particular from the good offensive performance of the team's internal top scorer Rick Nash and on the defensive from the strong performances of the goalkeeper duo around Lundqvist and Cam Talbot as well as Keith Yandle , who was newly signed during the season . The Blueshirts finished the regular season in first place and thus secured the Presidents' Trophy . In the play-offs you could first beat Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round before turning a 1: 3 deficit in the series against the Washington Capitals in the second round and moving into the final of the Eastern Conference. There they met the Tampa Bay Lightning and missed by a home defeat in the decisive Game 7, the return to the Stanley Cup final.
In the 2017/18 season, the Rangers missed the playoffs for the first time since 2010 and then parted ways with head coach Vigneault. In addition, the season was generally characterized by personnel changes and squad rejuvenation, with the transfer of captain Ryan McDonagh to Tampa, which brought the Rangers several young players and draft options , was particularly noteworthy.
Venues
The Rangers have played their home games since February 1968 in Madison Square Garden , an 18,200-seat multifunctional arena . It is the oldest ice rink currently in use in the NHL. The hall has its own television station and describes itself as "The World's Most Famous Arena" ( Eng . "The most famous arena in the world" ).
The current Madison Square Garden is already the fourth hall to bear this name. The first hall to bear this name was built in Madison Square in 1879 . Madison Square Garden II followed just eleven years later. The name was retained when Tex Rickard , the first owner of the Rangers, opened the new hall on the corner of 50th Street and 8th Avenue in 1925. For some time another NHL team played in the Garden with the New York Americans . In 1968 the company moved to Pennsylvania Station .
Since the garden with its current equipment is no longer at eye level with the new arenas, extensive renovation work is planned.
Achievements and honors
Sporting successes
| Stanley Cups | |
| season | |
| 1927/28 , 1932/33 , 1939/40 , 1993/94 | |
| Presidents' Trophies | |
| season | |
| 1991/92 , 1993/94 , 2014/15 | |
| Conference Championships | season |
| Prince of Wales Trophy | 1931/32 , 1941/42 , 1993/94 , 2013/14 |
| Division Championships | season |
| American Division | 1926/27 , 1931/32 |
| Patrick Division | 1989/90 |
| Atlantic Division | 1993/94 , 2011/12 , 2013/14 |
| Metropolitan Division | 2014/15 |
| Victoria Cups | |
| year | |
| 2008 | |
* In the time of the " Original Six " only one division was played. The
best team of the regular season received the Prince of Wales Trophy .
Individual awards
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy : Jean Ratelle became the first Rangers player to receive the trophy in 1971 for his tough but clean game in a 20 year career. Returning after a serious back injury, Rod Gilbert won the trophy in 1976. The first European winner, Anders Hedberg, was also a ranger in 1985. So far the last winner of the Rangers was Dominic Moore in 2014. Moore returned after a break in which he cared for his wife, who had cancer and who has since passed away.
- 1971 - Jean Ratelle
- 1976 - Rod Gilbert
- 1985 - Anders Hedberg
- 2001 - Adam Graves
- 2014 - Dominic Moore
Calder Memorial Trophy : From 1940 to 1954, six Rangers players managed to be named the best rookie. Including Pentti Lund, the first player born in Europe and Gump Worsley, the third goalkeeper in four years.
- 1940 - Kilby MacDonald
- 1942 - Grant Warwick
- 1946 - Edgar Laprade
- 1949 - Pentti Lund
- 1953 - Gump Worsley
- 1954 - Camille Henry
- 1973 - Steve Vickers
- 1989 - Brian Leetch
Conn Smythe Trophy : The award for the most valuable player in the playoffs was won once by a New York Rangers player. Brian Leetch was awarded this trophy after winning the first Stanley Cup since 1940.
Hart Memorial Trophy : Buddy O'Connor, just signed from Montreal, was the first ranger to be named Most Valuable Player in the NHL in 1948. Chuck Rayner was only the second goalkeeper to receive this award in 1950. After Andy Bathgate, it took more than 30 years until Mark Messier, a Rangers player, was the most valuable NHL player again.
James Norris Memorial Trophy : Doug Harvey was the reigning title holder from Montreal and he defended his title, which he received for the seventh time. Much more surprising was the award for Harry Howell in 1967. Brian Leetch even managed to win two awards for best defender in the 1990s.
King Clancy Memorial Trophy : Adam Graves is the only winner from among the Rangers so far. He was honored for his commitment to social programs.
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : Frank Boucher was the third winner of this trophy. She has been honored seven times in eight years. This impressed the namesake Lady Byng so much that he was allowed to keep the trophy. Clint Smith was the first ranger to receive the new trophy in 1939. The first multiple winner of the rangers was Jean Ratelle in 1972 and 1976. At the end of his career in 1999 Wayne Gretzky was once again a winner.
- 1928 - Frank Boucher
- 1929 - Frank Boucher
- 1930 - Frank Boucher
- 1931 - Frank Boucher
- 1933 - Frank Boucher
- 1934 - Frank Boucher
- 1935 - Frank Boucher
- 1939 - Clint Smith
- 1948 - Buddy O'Connor
- 1950 - Edgar Laprade
- 1957 - Andy Hebenton
- 1958 - Camille Henry
- 1972 - Jean Ratelle
- 1976 - Jean Ratelle
- 1999 - Wayne Gretzky
Lester B. Pearson Award : In the second year this trophy was presented, Jean Ratelle was the first Rangers player to receive it. Jaromír Jágr, the last Rangers winner to date, had won the trophy twice during his time in Pittsburgh.
Lester Patrick Trophy : So far, thirteen people who belonged to the Rangers organization have been honored for their commitment to ice hockey in the USA. With Lester Patrick, the personalities from the first years of the Rangers is the namesake of the trophy. His son Lynn is one of the winners.
- 1971 - William M. Jennings
- 1971 - Terry Sawchuk
- 1978 - Phil Esposito
- 1980 - Fred Shero
- 1982 - Emile Francis
- 1989 - Lynn Patrick
- 1991 - Rod Gilbert
- 1993 - Frank Boucher
- 1995 - Brian Mullen
- 2002 - Herb Brooks
- 2004 - John Davidson
- 2007 - Brian Leetch
- 2007 - John Halligan
Maurice Richard Trophy : This award has only been given to the NHL's top scorer since 1999. Since then, no Rangers player has managed to win this trophy. In the early years, the Rangers were often the top scorer. Bill Cook and Bryan Hextall even topped the scorers list twice.
- 1927 - Bill Cook
- 1933 - Bill Cook
- 1940 - Bryan Hextall
- 1941 - Bryan Hextall
- 1942 - Lynn Patrick
NHL Foundation Player Award : The NHL leadership honors players who are particularly committed to charitable causes in society. Adam Graves received this award in 2000
NHL Plus / Minus Award : In 2006, Michal Rozsíval was the first player to win thetrophy for the player with the best plus / minus value, an indicator of both offensive and defensive skills. However, he had to share this with Ottawa's Wade Redden .
Vezina Trophy : The trophy awarded until 1981 for the fewest goals conceded, which has been given to the best goalkeeper in the NHL since 1982, was given to Dave Kerr in 1940. In 1970 it was the goalkeeping team Giacomin and Villemure that accepted the award for the Rangers. The last ranger to receive this award was Henrik Lundqvist in 2012.
- 1940 - Dave Kerr
- 1971 - Eddie Giacomin & Gilles Villemure
- 1986 - John Vanbiesbrouck
- 2012 - Henrik Lundqvist
NHL All-Rookie Team : Rangers players made it into the selection with the best new professionals. In the selection for the 1988/89 season there were even two players from the squad: Brian Leetch and Tony Granato.
NHL All-Star Game Nominations
From the ranks of the Rangers, 62 field players and seven goalkeepers were in the squad of one of the two All-Star teams. This also takes into account the three benefit games that were played before the introduction of the NHL All-Star Game . The field players came to 129 missions, in which they scored 31 goals and 53 assists. The goalkeepers also bring in 19 missions. Five rookies or sophomores of the Rangers were in the squad of the YoungStars Game, which was played from 2002 to 2009.
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists,
Pts = points
| Surname | from ... to | GP | G | A. | Pts |
| Rod Gilbert | 1964-1977 | 8th | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Brian Leetch | 1990-2002 | 8th | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andy Bathgate | 1957-1963 | 7th | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Brad Park | 1970-1975 | 6th | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Harry Howell | 1954-1968 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Giacomin | 1967-1973 | 6th | - | - | - |
| Mark Messier | 1992-2004 | 5 | 3 | 7th | 10 |
| Bill Gadsby | 1988-1996 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgar Laprade | 1947-1950 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jean Ratelle | 1970-1973 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Leswick | 1947-1950 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 |
At the 2003 All-Star Game , the fans voted Brian Leetch onto the starting grid, but before his ninth participation he was injured and had to cancel. He has to share most of the nominations with Rod Gilbert , who also took part in eight All-Star Games. The most successful player in the selection games is Mark Messier with ten points.
Before the official All-Star Games, there were three benefit games in which Rangers players also took part. The first, the Ace Bailey Benefit Game , featured two Rangers players, Ching Johnson and Bill Cook . The team was coached by Lester Patrick , the only Rangers coach to ever coach an All-Star team.
The 1st National Hockey League All-Star Game took place in 1947 with three Rangers players. Tony Leswick went to the penalty box in the first third, Grant Warwick set up a goal from his teammate Edgar Laprade .
In the early years, the Stanley Cup winner was always the host of the All-Star Game. The defending champion was often also an opponent of the All-Star team. Only after this regulation was lifted was an all-star game played in New York in 1973 . In 1994 the Rangers hosted again at Madison Square Garden .
Some Rangers players also hold records or have been involved in the NHL All-Star Game. Wayne Gretzky leads the eternal scorer list with 25 points. Six of them come from when he was playing on Broadway. He also scored one of his 13 goals during this time, a record he shares with Mario Lemieux . Mike Gartner scored four goals in one game in 1993 . This record, which Gretzky first set in 1983, managed three more games. He scored the first two goals in the first third after 3:15 and 3:27 minutes. It was the fastest two goals by a player from the start of a game and from the start of a third. Only twice did a player score two goals less than 22 seconds apart.
With Don Maloney (1984), Mike Gartner (1993), Wayne Gretzky (1999) and Marián Gáborík (2012) a player of the Rangers was four times the most valuable player of the All-Star-Game.
In addition to the All-Star Games, there were three other occasions where the NHL provided an All-Star team. At the 1972 Summit Series , Brad Park , Rod Seiling , Rod Gilbert , Vic Hadfield and Jean Ratelle from the Rangers were on the roster. At the 1979 Challenge Cup , the Rangers were represented by Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson . Ron Greschner was also in the squad, but was not used. As with the first two series, at Rendez-vous '87 the Soviet national team was opponent of the NHL team that competed with Tomas Sandström .
Franchise records
Selected player records of the franchise over the entire career as well as over individual seasons are listed below.
Career
| Surname | number | |
| Most games | Harry Howell | 1,160 |
| Most consecutive games | Andy Hebenton | 560 (October 7, 1955 to March 24, 1963) |
| Most goals | Rod Gilbert | 406 |
| Most templates | Brian Leetch | 741 |
| Most of the points | Rod Gilbert | 1,021 (406 goals + 615 assists) |
| Most penalty minutes | Ron Greschner | 1,226 |
| Most shutouts | Henrik Lundqvist * | 64 |
* active player of the Rangers; Status after the end of the 2019/20 season
season
| Surname | number | season | |
| Most goals | Jaromír Jágr | 54 | 2005/06 |
| Most templates | Brian Leetch | 80 | 1991/92 |
| Most of the points | Jaromír Jágr | 123 (54 goals + 69 assists) | 2005/06 |
| Most points as a rookie | Mark Pavelich | 76 (33 goals + 43 assists) | 1981/82 |
| Most points as a defender | Brian Leetch | 102 (22 goals + 80 assists) | 1991/92 |
| Most penalty minutes | Troy Mallette | 305 | 1989/90 |
| Most wins as a goalkeeper | Mike Richter | 42 | 1993/94 |
Trainer
Early years and "Original Six" (1926 to 1965)
Abbreviations: GC = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats
after overtime , Pts = points, Pts% = point quota
| Surname | season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| GC | W. | L. | T | Pts | Pts% | GC | W. | L. | ||
| Lester Patrick | 1926 / 27-1938 / 39 | 604 | 281 | 216 | 107 | 669 | .465 | 16 | 8th | 8th |
| Frank Boucher | 1939 / 40–1948 / 49 * | 487 | 167 | 243 | 77 | 411 | .343 | 6th | 2 | 4th |
| Lynn Patrick | 1948/49 * -1949/50 | 107 | 40 | 51 | 16 | 96 | .374 | - | - | - |
| Neil Colville | 1950 / 51–1951 / 52 * | 93 | 26th | 41 | 26th | 78 | .280 | - | - | - |
| Bill Cook | 1951/52 * -1952 / 53 | 117 | 34 | 59 | 24 | 92 | .291 | 4th | 0 | 4th |
| Frank Boucher | 1953/54 * | 40 | 14th | 20th | 6th | 34 | .350 | 29 | 13 | 16 |
| Muzz Patrick | 1953/54 * –1954/55 | 100 | 32 | 46 | 22nd | 86 | .320 | - | - | - |
| Phil Watson | 1955 / 56–1959 / 60 * | 295 | 119 | 124 | 52 | 290 | .403 | 23 | 16 | 7th |
| Muzz Patrick | 1959/60 * | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | - | - | - |
| Alf Pike | 1959/60 * - 1960/61 | 123 | 36 | 66 | 21st | 93 | .293 | 36 | 18th | 18th |
| Doug Harvey | 1961/62 | 70 | 26th | 32 | 12 | 64 | .371 | - | - | - |
| Muzz Patrick | 1962/63 * | 34 | 11 | 19th | 4th | 26th | .324 | - | - | - |
| George Sullivan | 1962/63 * -1965/66 | 196 | 58 | 103 | 35 | 151 | .296 | - | - | - |
* Change during the current season
The Rangers' early years were noticeably calm in terms of coaching. For over ten years, Lester Patrick was the man behind the Rangers gang. Given his key role in the franchise, where he was also general manager at the time, a change would have been a big surprise. He was followed by the long-standing head of the team, Frank Boucher , who a short time later also took on the role of General Manager. It was only after Boucher withdrew from his position behind the gang that things got changeable and three years later Boucher returned briefly behind the gang. Lester Patrick's sons, Lynn and Muzz, were among the coaches of that time . With Doug Harvey one of the best players in the league had been brought in, who was active as a player-coach for a year, but then only played at his own request and gave up the coaching position.
Expansion years (1965 to 1989)
| Surname | season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
| GC | W. | L. | T | Pts | Pts% | GC | W. | L. | ||
| Emile Francis | 1965/66 * –1968/69 | 194 | 82 | 82 | 30th | 194 | .423 | 10 | 2 | 8th |
| Bernie Geoffrion | 1969/70 * | 43 | 22nd | 18th | 3 | 47 | .512 | - | - | - |
| Emile Francis | 1969/70 * -1972 / 73 | 343 | 201 | 88 | 54 | 456 | .586 | 49 | 24 | 25th |
| Larry Popein | 1973/74 * | 41 | 18th | 14th | 9 | 45 | .439 | - | - | - |
| Emile Francis | 1973/74 * -1974 / 75 | 37 | 22nd | 10 | 5 | 137 | .595 | 16 | 8th | 8th |
| Ron Stewart | 1975/76 * | 39 | 15th | 20th | 4th | 34 | .385 | - | - | - |
| John Ferguson | 1975/76 * -1976 / 77 | 121 | 43 | 59 | 19th | 105 | .355 | - | - | - |
| Jean-Guy Talbot | 1977/78 | 80 | 30th | 37 | 13 | 73 | .375 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Fred Shero | 1978 / 79–1980 / 81 * | 180 | 82 | 74 | 24 | 188 | .456 | 27 | 15th | 12 |
| Craig Patrick | 1980/81 * | 60 | 26th | 23 | 11 | 63 | .433 | 14th | 7th | 7th |
| Herb Brooks | 1981 / 82–1984 / 85 * | 285 | 131 | 113 | 41 | 303 | .460 | 24 | 12 | 12 |
| Craig Patrick | 1984/85 * | 35 | 11 | 22nd | 2 | 24 | .314 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ted Sator | 1985 / 86–1986 / 87 * | 99 | 41 | 48 | 10 | 92 | .414 | 16 | 8th | 8th |
| Tom Webster | 1986/87 * | 18th | 5 | 9 | 4th | 14th | .278 | - | - | - |
| Phil Esposito | 1986/87 * | 43 | 24 | 19th | 0 | 48 | .558 | 6th | 2 | 4th |
| Michel Bergeron | 1987 / 88–1988 / 89 * | 158 | 73 | 67 | 18th | 164 | .462 | - | - | - |
| Phil Esposito | 1988/89 * | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 4th | 0 | 4th |
This twenty-year phase is divided between four general managers, most of whom were coaches themselves. The last coach of the " Original Six " years was Emile Francis . Francis tried twice to be supported by a head coach, but neither Bernie Geoffrion nor Larry Popein stayed in their posts until the end of each season. His successor, John Ferguson , was soon behind the gang himself. With Jean-Guy Talbot, he signed a coach who stayed at least a full season. His successor Fred Shero , who had won the Stanley Cup twice with the Philadelphia Flyers , also took on the role of general manager during his first coaching season. In both positions, Shero was replaced by Craig Patrick . Patrick continued a family tradition. He is the grandson of Lester Patrick , the Rangers' first trainer and general manager. His father, Lynn, and his uncle, Muzz, were previously employed by the Rangers as coaches. Craig Patrick only coached briefly twice. Most of the time Herb Brooks , the trainer of the " Miracle on Ice " , trained the rangers. He was only the third coach in Rangers history who was not general manager and was in office at the start of four consecutive seasons.
Present (since 1989)
| Surname | season | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||
| GC | W. | L. | T | OTL | Pts | Pts% | GC | W. | L. | ||
| Roger Neilson | 1989 / 90–1992 / 93 * | 280 | 141 | 104 | 35 | - | 317 | .504 | 29 | 13 | 16 |
| Ron Smith | 1992/93 * | 44 | 15th | 22nd | 7th | - | 37 | .341 | - | - | - |
| Mike Keenan | 1993/94 | 84 | 52 | 24 | 8th | - | 112 | .619 | 23 | 16 | 7th |
| Colin Campbell | 1994 / 95–1997 / 98 * | 269 | 118 | 108 | 43 | - | 279 | .439 | 36 | 18th | 18th |
| John Muckler | 1997/98 * –1999 / 00 * | 185 | 70 | 88 | 24 | 3 | 167 | .378 | - | - | - |
| John Tortorella | 1999/00 * | 4th | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .125 | - | - | - |
| Ron Low | 2000/01–2001/02 | 164 | 69 | 81 | 9 | 5 | 152 | .420 | - | - | - |
| Bryan Trottier | 2002/03 * | 54 | 21st | 26th | 6th | 1 | 49 | .389 | - | - | - |
| Glen Sather | 2002 / 03–2003 / 04 * | 90 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 7th | 84 | .367 | - | - | - |
| Tom Renney | 2003/04 * - 2008/09 * | 327 | 164 | 121 | 0 | 42 | 370 | .566 | 24 | 11 | 13 |
| John Tortorella | 2008/09 * –2012 / 13 | 315 | 171 | 115 | - | 29 | 371 | .588 | 44 | 19th | 25th |
| Alain Vigneault | 2013 / 14–2017 / 18 | 410 | 226 | 147 | - | 37 | 489 | .596 | 61 | 31 | 30th |
| David Quinn | since 2018/19 | 152 | 69 | 64 | - | 19th | 157 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Many coaches followed, staying briefly on Broadway . Also, Mike Keenan , who after many years back the Stanley Cup brought to New York, did not survive the team after winning the title. The last longest active head coach, Tom Renney , looked after the team between the 2003/04 and 2008/09 seasons . He was replaced during the season by John Tortorella , who began his second term in New York after coaching the team for four games in the 1999/2000 season . Tortorella looked after the team until the end of the 2012/13 season when he was replaced by Alain Vigneault . Vigneault led the team to the 2014 Stanley Cup final, but lost to the Los Angeles Kings. After the 2017/18 season, in which he missed the playoffs for the first time, he was relieved of his duties and replaced by David Quinn .
General manager
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player
Squad for the 2019/20 season
Status: end of the 2019/20 season
| No. | Nat. | player | Item | Date of birth | in org. since | place of birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 |
 
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Alexander Georgiev | G | February 10, 1996 | 2017 | Russian , Bulgaria |
| 30th |
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Henrik Lundqvist | G | March 2, 1982 | 2005 | Are , Sweden |
| 77 |
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Anthony DeAngelo | D. | October 24, 1995 | 2017 | Sewell , New Jersey , USA |
| 23 |
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Adam Fox | D. | February 17, 1998 | 2019 | Jericho , New York , USA |
| 55 |
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Ryan Lindgren | D. | February 11, 1998 | 2018 | Burnsville , Minnesota , USA |
| 42 |
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Brendan Smith | D. | February 8, 1989 | 2017 | Mimico , Ontario , Canada |
| 18th |
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Marc Staal - A. | D. | January 13, 1987 | 2007 | Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada |
| 8th |
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Jacob Trouba | D. | February 26, 1994 | 2019 | Rochester , Michigan , USA |
| 89 |
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Pavel Butnevich | LW | April 17, 1995 | 2016 | Cherepovets , Russia |
| 72 |
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Filip Chytil | C. | September 5, 1999 | 2017 | Kroměříž , Czech Republic |
| 17th |
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Jesper Fast - A. | RW | 2nd December 1991 | 2012 | Nässjö , Sweden |
| 12 |
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Julien Gauthier | RW | October 15, 1997 | 2020 | Pointe-aux-Trembles , Quebec , Canada |
| 38 |
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Michael Haley | C. | March 30, 1986 | 2019 | Guelph , Ontario , Canada |
| 21st |
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Brett Howden | C. | March 29, 1998 | 2018 | Calgary , Alberta , Canada |
| 24 |
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Kaapo Kakko | RW | February 13, 2001 | 2019 | Turku , Finland |
| 20th |
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Chris Kreider - A | LW | April 30, 1991 | 2012 | Boxford , Massachusetts , USA |
| 48 |
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Brendan Lemieux | LW | March 15, 1996 | 2019 | Denver , Colorado , USA |
| 14th |
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Greg McKegg | C. | 17th June 1992 | 2019 | St. Thomas , Ontario , Canada |
| 10 |
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Artemi Panarin | LW | October 30, 1991 | 2019 | Korkino , Russian SFSR |
| 16 |
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Ryan Strome | C. | July 11, 1993 | 2018 | Mississauga , Ontario , Canada |
| 93 |
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Mika Zibanejad - A. | C. | April 18, 1993 | 2016 | Huddinge , Sweden |
Team captains
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Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
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Blocked jersey numbers
These shirt numbers hang as banners in Madison Square Garden and are no longer given to any New York Rangers player. The shirt number 99 has generally been blocked in the NHL in honor of Wayne Gretzky .
| No. | Surname | Blocking date |
| 1 | Eddie Giacomin | March 15, 1989 |
| 2 | Brian Leetch | January 24, 2008 |
| 3 | Harry Howell | February 22, 2009 |
| 7th | Rod Gilbert | October 14, 1979 |
| 9 | Adam Graves | February 3, 2009 |
| Andy Bathgate | February 22, 2009 | |
| 11 | Mark Messier | January 12, 2006 |
| Vic Hadfield | 2nd December 2018 | |
| 19th | Jean Ratelle | February 25, 2018 |
| 35 | Mike Richter | February 4, 2004 |
| 99 | Wayne Gretzky | February 6, 2000 (league-wide) |
Top 10 voting rights in the NHL Entry Draft
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Players from the early draft years 1963 to 1968 are not listed here.
Franchise top point collector
The ten best point collectors in the history of the franchise by the end of the 2019/20 regular season and the 2020 playoffs .
Abbreviations: Pos = position, GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, Pts = points, P / G = points per game
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Play-offs
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Web links
- Official website of the New York Rangers (Engl.)
- New York Rangers at hockey-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Ozanian: The NHL's Most Valuable Teams. Forbes, November 24, 2015, accessed December 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Legends of Hockey, [1] ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ lohud.com Rangers sign top-tier centers Drury, Gomez
- ↑ nysun.com Peca Would Complete Renovation of Ranger Offense
- ↑ pjstar.com NHL notes: Renney rendered by Rangers
- ↑ nytimes.com Callahan Fills Drury's Role as Captain of Rangers
- ↑ NHL.com Nash traded to Rangers in five-player deal
- ↑ espn.go.com Rangers trade Marian Gaborik
- ↑ cbc.ca Rangers hire new coach Vigneault with 5-year deal
- ↑ cbssports.com Martin St. Louis traded to Rangers for Ryan Callahan, picks
- ↑ cbc.ca Brad Richards bought out by Rangers
- ↑ NYPost.com Ryan McDonagh Rangers captain named
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