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25 Years of Memories
The New York Rangers last won the Stanley Cup 25 years ago today
1994 Memories
1994 Memories
Happy Anniversary Ranger Fans
Remember the boy band "All-4-One"? They had the number one song "I Swear". Tops at the box-office that week was "Speed" starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Unemployment was at 6.1%, a letter could be mailed for 29 cents, and the median household
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: 1940 No More!
On June 14th, 1994, the New York Rangers finally exorcised the ghosts of 1940, but it didn't come easy. Ranger fan Mike Fornabaio wrote a great piece on Game 7, and what Ranger fans went through that night. It's perfect, so I am going to use
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: Rangers 3 Canucks 1, series tied at 1
The Rangers found themselves in a familiar position after Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals. It was an identical situation they faced headed into Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Devils: down 1-0 in the series after losing Game One at home in overtime after surrendering
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: Rangers 2 Devils 1, 2 OT (again)
Imagine you are on a rollercoaster traveling at 120 MPH. You get off the ride, eat a plate of runny eggs, and go bungee jumping. Then just for fun, you get on a twin prop plane and fly through a Category 5 hurricane. That about sums up Game 7 of
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: Rangers win 4-2, series tied, "We'll win tonight"
In 1994, I was an Assistant Manager of the Sam Goody store at the Ocean County Mall in Toms River, NJ. As an assistant manager, you usually get all the crap duty, which includes closing the store at night, which one some nights could take until well after 10 PM.
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: Devils defeat Rangers 4-1, Rangers on the brink
After defeating the Rangers 4-1 in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, the Devils were poised to add their names to the "Curse of 1940" lore, and there wasn't a Ranger fan alive at this point who didn't believe the curse was
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: Devils 3 Rangers 1, Series tied, everyone is benched
With C Bernie Nicholls suspended for Game 4 due to a cross check on Alexei Kovalev in Game 3, and C Bobby Carpenter nursing an injury, the Devils were weak at the center position coming into Game 4 at the Brendan Byrne Arena. The Rangers were flying high a big
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: Matteau in Double OT Part One
In Game 3 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, Martin Brodeur faced 50 shots on goal, but number 50 turned out to be the one that counted most. Stephane Matteau scored the game winning goal at 6:13 of the second overtime to give the Rangers a 3-2 win over
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: Rangers 4 Devils 0: Series tied
When you need a message sent, you get the Captain to deliver it. Less than a minute into Game 2 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Mark Messier leveled Devils Captain Scott Stevens with a bone crushing hit behind the Devils net, and 20 seconds later, he put an exclamation
1994 Memories
15 years ago today: The Battle of the Hudson begins
[Note by jrs1940: we're going to go a little more in depth on our 1994 retrospective for the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals, beginning today ] On May 15th, 1994, the greatest playoff series most of us have ever seen and ever will see began at Madison Square