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The New York Rangers have retired nine of their jersey numbers. Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for Wayne Gretzky on February 6, 2000. [ 202 ] Gretzky played the final three seasons of his 20-year NHL career with the Rangers and was the only Rangers player who ever wore the number 99 prior to its retirement.
New York earned its third Presidents' Trophy with a then-team record 113 points in 2014–15, [6] but was eliminated in the conference finals in seven games by the Tampa Bay Lightning. In 2023–24 , the Rangers won their fourth Presidents' Trophy with a team-record 114 points, but the Florida Panthers defeated them in the conference finals in ...
Only three times in the history of the Presidents' Trophy has a team missed the playoffs the season after winning the award: the New York Rangers, who won the Trophy in the 1991–92 season and missed the playoffs in 1992–93 (and then rebounded to win both the Presidents' Trophy and Stanley Cup in 1993–94); the Buffalo Sabres, who won the ...
The Rangers' new rivals, the New York Islanders, who entered the League in 1972–73 after paying a hefty territorial fee – some $4 million – to the Rangers, were their first-round opponents in the 1975 playoffs. After splitting the first two games, the Islanders defeated the more-established Rangers 11 seconds into overtime of the deciding ...
The Bread Line was the Rangers' first notable line.Consisting of Bill Cook, Bun Cook and Frank Boucher, they played together from 1926 to 1937.. After a loss to the Boston Bruins in the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals and a few mediocre seasons in the early 1930s, the Rangers, led by the brothers Bill and Bun Cook on the right and left wings, respectively, and Frank Boucher at center, would defeat the ...
The 1993–94 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 68th season. The highlight of the season was winning the Stanley Cup and hosting the NHL All-Star Game at Madison Square Garden . The Rangers clinched their second Presidents' Trophy and sixth division title by finishing with the best record in the NHL at 52–24–8, setting a then ...
The 2014–15 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 88th season of play and their 89th season overall. The Rangers clinched their third Presidents' Trophy and eighth division title by finishing with the best record in the NHL at 53–22–7. The 53 wins and 113 points both set franchise records (which were both surpassed by the 2023–24 ...
As Stanley Cup runner-up, the Rangers were awarded the O'Brien Cup, and they became the last team to win this trophy, which was retired after the season. [2] Originally, the O'Brien Cup was the championship trophy of the National Hockey Association , the NHL's precursor, and later awarded to the NHL champion before the league took over control ...