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The Flyers and Rangers renewed their playoff rivalry once more when the two teams met in the playoffs in 1995 and 1997, both series being won by Philadelphia. [14] The first series was bitter for the Rangers—the Flyers' four-game sweep eliminated the defending Cup champions in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
However, the Rangers won in five games in 1973. 40 years passed before the next series between the Bruins and Rangers, and in 2013 the Bruins eliminated the Rangers in five games. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] As of the end of the 2022–23 season, Boston leads the all-time series 305–252–97–12 with a 26–19–2 playoff record against the New York Rangers.
1975-12-28 Red Army beat New York Rangers 7 to 3; 1975-12-31 Red Army tied Montreal Canadiens 3 to 3; 1976-01-08 Red Army beat Boston Bruins 5 to 2; 1976-01-11 Philadelphia Flyers beat Red Army 4 to 1
The 1979–80 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 54th season. Fresh off a Stanley Cup Final loss in the first year of Fred Shero as coach, the Rangers qualified for the playoffs once again, but bowed out in the second round to Shero's old team, the Philadelphia Flyers .
The Flyers and Rangers alumni gathered for a combined team picture after the game. An alumni game between former Flyers and Rangers players was played on December 31. [9] The game was broadcast live by Versus, CBC Television, and Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, with a tape-delay broadcast on MSG Network. [10]
Sami Kapanen (#24) with the Philadelphia Flyers waiting on a face-off (Michael Nylander #92) during a game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on January 4, 2007. Items portrayed in this file
The 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL), began on April 16, 1997, following the completion of the 1996–97 NHL season.The sixteen teams that qualified, eight from each conference, played best-of-seven series for conference quarter-finals, semi-finals and championships, and then the conference champions played a best-of-seven series for the ...
The 1996–97 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 71st season. The highlight of the season was that it was Wayne Gretzky's first season in New York.. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference, and advanced all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they were defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers.