About New York Rangers Memorabilia & Collectibles
The team is based in New York, New York, United States. The New York Rangers are an ice hockey team and members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League. As an expansion franchise, the team joined the NHL in the season of 1926. They are even referred to as the Original Six. They were said to be the first NHL franchise in the United States that was able to win the Stanley Cup. The team was established when the president of the Madison Square Garden, George Lewis “Tex” Rickard was awarded an NHL franchise for the season of 1926 to 1927 season. In that the same period, the team begins to play and during their first year, they were able to win the American Division title. The first team captain of the team was Bill Cook who served the team from 1926 to 1937. The present home arena of the team is at the Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers were the first NHL franchise in the United States to win the Stanley Cup which they have done four times (1928, 1933, 1940, 1994).
Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City and are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
Mark Messier was the center when the team won the Stanley Cup. He represented the team well. To collect
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Founded in New York by Tex Rickard in 1926 as an expansion franchise, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League and are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six.
Brought by the team's early success, the players became minor celebrities and regulars in New York City's Roaring 20's nightlife. The Rangers also obtained their now-famous nickname "The Broadway Blueshirts" during this time, playing at the Garden on 48th Street, blocks away from Times Square.
The New York Rangers had lots of starts as members. The players worth mentioning are Theoren Fleury who joined the Rangers after having played for the Flames,
Eric Lindros who came to the Rangers from the Flyers and certainly famous
Pavel Bure whom they got late in the 2001-02 season.
They became the first team in the NHL to travel by plane when they hired the Curtiss-Wright Corporation to fly them to Toronto for a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 13, 1929.
The team was expected to struggle during the season of 2005-2006 but the Rangers managed to finish the season with their best record since the 1993-1994 season.
Most popular New York Rangers players: Glenn Anderson, Lou Angotti, Artem Anisimov,
Sean Avery, Andy Bathgate, Barry Beck, Brian Boyle, Arnie Brown, Ryan Callahan, John Davidson, Chris Drury,
Brandon Dubinsky, Mike Dunham,
Phil Esposito, Bill Ezinicki, Bill Fairbairn, Ruslan Fedotenko, Lou Fontinato, Nick Fotiu, Emile Francis, Alex Frolov, Robbie Ftorek,
Marian Gaborik, Bill Gadsby, Mike Gartner, Ed Giacomin,
Eddie Giacomin, Rod Gilbert, Matt Gilroy, Dan Girardi, Phil Goyette, Gilles Gratton,
Adam Graves, Ron Greschner, Jocelyn Guevremont, Vic Hadfield, Anders Hedberg, Harry Howell, Mike Keenan, Edgar Laprade, Steve Larmer, Pierre Larouche,
Brian Leetch, Eric Lindros,
Henrik Lundqvist, Craig MacTavish, Stephane Matteau, Mark Messier, Jim Neilson, Roger Neilson, Bob Nevin, Ulf Nilsson, Michael Nylander, Vinny Prospal, Jean Ratelle, Chuck Rayner, Wade Redden, Leo Reise,
Mike Richter, Rod Seiling,
Brendan Shanahan, Clint Smith,
Marc Staal, Wally Stanowski, Derek Stepan, Walt Tkaczuk,
John Vanbiesbrouck, Steve Vickers, Gilles Villemure, Dale Weise, Wojtek Wolski,
Gump Worsley, Mike York,
Michael Del Zotto, Sergei Zubov