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The Rangers winning this Stanley Cup drew 4.957 million viewers to the [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], making it the highest-rated single [[CBC Sports]] program in history until the 10.6 million viewers for the [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|men's ice hockey gold medal game]] between [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] and the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]] at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], when Canada won its first Olympic ice hockey gold medal since the [[1952 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off|date=February 26, 2002|first=Shawn|last=Ohler|newspaper=The Calgary Herald|page=A1|quote=A record-busting average of 8.7 million Canadians watched on television as the men's hockey team snatched gold from the United States in Salt Lake City...The audience actually peaked at 10.6 million, the CBC said Monday...CBC says that prior to Sunday, its highest-rated sports show was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, which attracted an average of 4.97 million viewers.}}</ref> [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]] commentator [[Bob Cole (announcer)|Bob Cole]] said that Game 7 was one of his most memorable TV games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cole's Close Call|date=November 6, 1997|first=William|last=Houston|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|quote=Cole's three most memorable TV games: 1. Game 7 of the [[1987 Stanley Cup Finals]] (Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 1). The Oilers at their peak. 2. Game 3 of [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996 World Cup of Hockey Final]] (United States 5, Canada 2). 'I was devastated.' 3. Game 7, 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (New York Rangers 3, Vancouver 2). 'A great series.'|page=S4}}</ref>
The Rangers winning this Stanley Cup drew 4.957 million viewers to the [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]], making it the highest-rated single [[CBC Sports]] program in history until the 10.6 million viewers for the [[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|men's ice hockey gold medal game]] between [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] and the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|United States]] at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]], when Canada won its first Olympic ice hockey gold medal since the [[1952 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off|date=February 26, 2002|first=Shawn|last=Ohler|newspaper=The Calgary Herald|page=A1|quote=A record-busting average of 8.7 million Canadians watched on television as the men's hockey team snatched gold from the United States in Salt Lake City...The audience actually peaked at 10.6 million, the CBC said Monday...CBC says that prior to Sunday, its highest-rated sports show was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, which attracted an average of 4.97 million viewers.}}</ref> [[Hockey Night in Canada|CBC]] commentator [[Bob Cole (announcer)|Bob Cole]] said that Game 7 was one of his most memorable TV games.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cole's Close Call|date=November 6, 1997|first=William|last=Houston|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|quote=Cole's three most memorable TV games: 1. Game 7 of the [[1987 Stanley Cup Finals]] (Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 1). The Oilers at their peak. 2. Game 3 of [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996 World Cup of Hockey Final]] (United States 5, Canada 2). 'I was devastated.' 3. Game 7, 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (New York Rangers 3, Vancouver 2). 'A great series.'|page=S4}}</ref>


MSG Network broadcaster [[Al Trautwig]] said that this Stanley Cup win by the Rangers was seen as the coming of age of the NHL's influence in Europe.<ref name="Europe">{{cite book|page=171|title=Garden of Dreams|first=George|last=Kalinsky|year=2004|publisher=Stewart, Tabori, & Chang|location=New York|isbn=1-58479-343-0|authorlink=George Kalinsky}}</ref> It marked the first time that the Russians got their names on the Stanley Cup and there were four who got that honor&mdash;[[Alexander Karpovtsev]], [[Alexei Kovalev]], [[Sergei Nemchinov]], and [[Sergei Zubov]]&mdash;giving a huge European television audience, including those watching on the brand-new television screens across the former Soviet Union, a Stanley Cup story to remember.<ref name="Europe"/>
MSG Network broadcaster [[Al Trautwig]] said that this Stanley Cup win by the Rangers was seen as the coming of age of the NHL's influence in Europe.<ref name="Europe">{{cite book|page=171|title=Garden of Dreams|first=George|last=Kalinsky|year=2004|publisher=Stewart, Tabori, & Chang|location=New York|isbn=1-58479-343-0|authorlink=George Kalinsky}}</ref> It marked the first time that the [[Russia]]ns got their names on the Stanley Cup and there were four who got that honor&mdash;[[Alexander Karpovtsev]], [[Alexei Kovalev]], [[Sergei Nemchinov]], and [[Sergei Zubov]]&mdash;giving a huge European television audience, including those watching on the brand-new television screens across the former Soviet Union, a Stanley Cup story to remember.<ref name="Europe"/>


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1993–94 New York Rangers
Stanley Cup champions
Eastern Conference champions
Atlantic Division champions
Division1st Atlantic
Conference1st Eastern
1993–94 record52–24–8
Home record28–8–6
Road record24–16–2
Goals for299
Goals against231
Team information
General managerNeil Smith
CoachMike Keenan
CaptainMark Messier
Alternate captainsAdam Graves
Kevin Lowe
Brian Leetch
Steve Larmer
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Average attendance18,001 (98.9%)
Team leaders
GoalsAdam Graves (52)
AssistsSergei Zubov (77)
PointsSergei Zubov (89)
Penalty minutesJeff Beukeboom (170)
WinsMike Richter (42)
Goals against averageMike Richter (2.57)

The 1993–94 New York Rangers season was the 68th season for the franchise. The highlight of the season was winning the Stanley Cup and hosting the NHL All-Star Game. The Rangers clinched the Presidents' Trophy by finishing with the best record in the NHL at 52–24–8, setting a franchise record with 112 points.

This marked the last season in which the Rangers (and all other MSG properties) were owned by Paramount Communications (formerly Gulf+Western), which was sold near the end of the season to Viacom, which in turn sold them to ITT Corporation and Cablevision. A couple of years later, ITT would sell their share to Cablevision, who owned the Rangers until 2010, when the MSG properties became their own company.

Regular season

The 1993–94 season was a magical one for Rangers fans, as Coach Mike Keenan led the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup championship in 54 years. Two years prior, they picked up center Mark Messier, who was an integral part of the Edmonton Oilers' Cup-winning teams. Adam Graves, who also defected from the Oilers, joined the Rangers as well. Other ex-Oilers on the Blueshirts included trade deadline acquisitions Craig MacTavish and Glenn Anderson. Brian Leetch and Sergei Zubov were a solid 1–2 punch on defence. In fact, Zubov led the team in scoring that season with 89 points, and continued to be an all-star defenceman throughout his career. Graves would set a team record with 52 goals, breaking the old record of 50 held by Vic Hadfield. This record would later be broken by Jaromir Jagr on April 8, 2006, against the Boston Bruins. New York was not shut out in any of their 84 regular-season games.[1] The Rangers led the league in wins (52), points (112) and power-play goals (96, tied with the Buffalo Sabres and power play percentage (23.02%). They also allowed the fewest shorthanded goals (5) of all 26 teams.[2]

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 New York Rangers 84 52 24 8 299 231 112
2 3 New Jersey Devils 84 47 25 12 306 220 106
3 7 Washington Capitals 84 39 35 10 277 263 88
4 8 New York Islanders 84 36 36 12 282 264 84
5 9 Florida Panthers 84 33 34 17 233 233 83
6 10 Philadelphia Flyers 84 35 39 10 294 314 80
7 12 Tampa Bay Lightning 84 30 43 11 224 251 71

[3] Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and Results

1993-94 Game Log
October: 7-5-1 (Home: 5-2-1; Road: 2-3-0)
November: 11-1-1 (Home: 5-0-1; Road: 6-1-0)
December: 8-3-1 (Home: 5-0-1; Road: 3-3-0)
January: 7-4-0 (Home: 4-2-0; Road: 3-2-0)
February: 7-5-1 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 4-3-0)
March: 7-5-3 (Home: 3-2-1; Road: 4-3-2)
April: 5-1-1 (Home: 4-0-1; Road: 1-1-0)

Playoffs

Main articles: 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs and 1994 Stanley Cup Finals

Eastern Conference Finals

After going down in the Eastern Conference Finals 3-2 to the New Jersey Devils, Rangers' captain Mark Messier made one of the most famous guarantees in sports history, stating that the Rangers would win Game 6 in New Jersey to tie the series 3-3. Not only did the Rangers back up Messier's guarantee, but Messier scored a hat trick in the Rangers 4-2 win, sending the game back to New York for game 7.[4] In Game 7, the Rangers held a 1-0 lead after a 2nd period goal by Brian Leetch. The lead would hold up until 7.7 seconds remaining, when Valeri Zelepukin was able to beat Mike Richter to send the game to overtime. In double overtime, Stephane Matteau scored his second second-overtime goal of the series to send the Rangers to the Finals. The series-winning goal prompted the famous call of "Matteau, Matteau, Matteau!" by Rangers radio announcer Howie Rose.[5]

Stanley Cup Finals

The Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in 54 years, dating back to 1940, beating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games.

The Rangers winning this Stanley Cup drew 4.957 million viewers to the CBC, making it the highest-rated single CBC Sports program in history until the 10.6 million viewers for the men's ice hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States at the 2002 Winter Olympics, when Canada won its first Olympic ice hockey gold medal since the 1952 Winter Olympics.[6] CBC commentator Bob Cole said that Game 7 was one of his most memorable TV games.[7]

MSG Network broadcaster Al Trautwig said that this Stanley Cup win by the Rangers was seen as the coming of age of the NHL's influence in Europe.[8] It marked the first time that the Russians got their names on the Stanley Cup and there were four who got that honor—Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Nemchinov, and Sergei Zubov—giving a huge European television audience, including those watching on the brand-new television screens across the former Soviet Union, a Stanley Cup story to remember.[8]

Key:   Win   Loss

1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L T GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Mike Richter 68 3710 42 12 6 159 2.57 1758 .910 5
Glenn Healy 29 1368 10 12 2 69 3.03 567 .878 2
Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA SV% SO
Mike Richter 23 1417 16 7 49 2.07 623 .921 4
Glenn Healy 2 68 0 0 1 0.89 17 .941 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

[9]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;


Transactions

New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Neil Smith (president/general manager/governor)
  • Robert Gutkowski, Stanley Jaffe, Kenneth Munoz (alternate governors)
  • Larry Pleau (ass’t general manager)
  • Mike Keenan (head coach)
  • Colin Campbell (associate coach)
  • Dick Todd (ass’t coach)
  • Matthew Louhgren (manager-team operations)
  • Barry Watkins (director of communications)
  • Christer Rockstrom, Tony Feltrin, Martin Madden, Herb Hammond, Darrwin Bennett (scouts)
  • Dave Smith (medical trainer)
  • Joe Murphy (equipment trainer)
  • Mike Folga (equipment manager)
  • Bruce Lifrieri (massage therapist)

Stanley Cup engraving

  • 1991, 1992 Pittsburgh, and 1993 Montreal included at least one player on the Stanley Cup who did not officially qualify. When the New York Rangers submitted their list of names for engraving, Ed Olczyk and Mike Hartman were included. Ed Olczyk played 37 regular-season games, and played 1 game in the conference finals. Mike Hartman played 35 regular-season games, but did not play in the playoffs. Both players spent the entire season with New York Rangers, and missed over 10 games due to injuries. When the Stanley Cup was engraved, Olczyk and Hartman's names were not included. The Rangers protested so the NHL added Olczyk and Hartman to the bottom of the cup. The NHL does not add missing names after the cup has been engraved, but made an exception in this case.
  • NHL now agrees to allows players who do not officially qualify on the Stanley Cup (40 Regular season game, or played in the finals) on the Cup. However, some players who played in playoffs are still left off the Cup. While other players who play less than 10 regular season games and are not dressed in playoff are included.

Awards and records

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada at the Colisee de Quebec.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 8 Niklas Sundstrom LW  Sweden MODO (SEL)
2 34 Lee Sorochan D  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3 61 Maxim Galanov D  Russia HC Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4 86 Sergei Olympijev LW  Belarus HC Dynamo Minsk (Russia)
5 112 Gary Roach D  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6 138 Dave Trofimenkoff G  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7 162 Sergei Kondrashkin LW  Russia Cherepovets Metallurg (Russia)
7 164 Todd Marchant LW  United States Clarkson University (NCAA)
8 190 Ed Campbell D  United States Omaha Lancers (USHL)
9 216 Ken Shepard G  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
10 242 Andrei Kudinov C  Russia Chelyabinsk Traktor (Russia)
11 261 Pavel Komarov D  Russia Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo (Russia)
11 268 Maxim Smelnitsky LW  Russia Chelyabinsk Traktor (Russia)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft.

Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
Wayne Strachan RW  Canada Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

References

  1. ^ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1994.html
  2. ^ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1994.html
  3. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. ^ Greatest NHL Playoff Moments: Messier Guarantees Win
  5. ^ "Howie Rose". MSG.com. Madison Square Garden, LP. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  6. ^ Ohler, Shawn (February 26, 2002). "Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off". The Calgary Herald. p. A1. A record-busting average of 8.7 million Canadians watched on television as the men's hockey team snatched gold from the United States in Salt Lake City...The audience actually peaked at 10.6 million, the CBC said Monday...CBC says that prior to Sunday, its highest-rated sports show was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, which attracted an average of 4.97 million viewers.
  7. ^ Houston, William (November 6, 1997). "Cole's Close Call". The Globe and Mail. p. S4. Cole's three most memorable TV games: 1. Game 7 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals (Edmonton 3, Philadelphia 1). The Oilers at their peak. 2. Game 3 of 1996 World Cup of Hockey Final (United States 5, Canada 2). 'I was devastated.' 3. Game 7, 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (New York Rangers 3, Vancouver 2). 'A great series.'
  8. ^ a b c Kalinsky, George (2004). Garden of Dreams. New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. p. 171. ISBN 1-58479-343-0.
  9. ^ "1993-94 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01. {{cite web}}: Text "hockeydb.com" ignored (help)
  10. ^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out
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