this was the first American NHL team to
win a Stanley Cup welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
continuing our series of the most
successful sports franchises with a look
at the New York Rangers founded in 1926
by George Lewis Tex Rickard the New York
Rangers are an original six franchise
and one of the oldest teams in the
National Hockey League playing their
home games at Madison Square Garden
Texas Rangers were the first NHL
franchise in the United States to win
the Stanley Cup and have done so four
times right off the bat Rickard hired
Conn Smythe to help build his team and
he later became a legend as the owner of
the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise after
Smythe was unceremoniously dismissed
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
co-founder Lester Patrick took over not
surprisingly the Rangers won the Stanley
Cup in just their second season in the
league in the 1927-28 season they
defeated the Montreal Maroons three
games to two for their first
championship remarkably Patrick served
as goaltender for this series at the
ripe old age of 44 over the next decade
the Rangers won two more cups with one
in 32 33 and the next in the 3940 season
however the franchise then underwent a
prolonged drought that lasted until the
late 1960s in 1968 the team hoped to
change their luck when they moved into
the fourth iteration of Madison Square
Garden the club managed to make it back
into the postseason
thanks to rookie goaltender Eddie
Jackman as well as newly acquired right
winger Bernie boom-boom Jeff Rio who
they had picked up from the Montreal
Canadiens the team made the finals twice
in the 1970s but lost both times by 1972
the Rangers were not the only game in
town the New York Islanders joined the
league after paying a four million
dollar territorial fee to challenge the
Rangers for fans and bragging rights in
75 the clubs clashed in the playoffs
with the Islanders winning this ensured
a heated rivalry that would only grow
over the years the 1980
saw a number of competitive squads but
it wasn’t until 1994 that the curse of
1940 came to an end with Mike Keenan as
coach the team was led to victory by
former edmonton oilers Mark Messier Adam
graves s at ich Ihnen Craig McTavish and
Glenn Anderson after a 54 year drought
the team hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup as
guaranteed by Mark Messier the cocky
Center had famously promised his fans a
comeback in that year’s playoffs against
the rival New Jersey Devils and it
wasn’t just talked the Moose scored
three times in the final period of Game
six to lead the Rangers to a 4-2 win
that set them up to play a game 7 back
at Madison Square Garden which the
Rangers won 2-1 in double overtime the
team then went on to defeat the
Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup
Finals four games to three since then
the club has signed and traded away a
number of expensive and high-profile
players included in this group are
Jaromir Jagr and the great one himself
Wayne Gretzky a number of other
superstars have played their home games
in Madison Square Garden throughout the
years as well this list includes Mike
Richter John Davidson John van B’s Brook
Henrik link fist
Harry Howell Andy Bathgate rod Jill bear
Alexei Kovalev and Brian Leetch however
even with these players the Rangers have
failed to repeat the magic of their 1994
season the New York Rangers are a team
known for their rough-and-tumble style
of play and are lucky to have some of
the most knowledgeable and passionate
hockey fans in the United States
that’s why Texas Rangers are well
deserved of the legacy they’ve built for
themselves since 1926
win a Stanley Cup welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
continuing our series of the most
successful sports franchises with a look
at the New York Rangers founded in 1926
by George Lewis Tex Rickard the New York
Rangers are an original six franchise
and one of the oldest teams in the
National Hockey League playing their
home games at Madison Square Garden
Texas Rangers were the first NHL
franchise in the United States to win
the Stanley Cup and have done so four
times right off the bat Rickard hired
Conn Smythe to help build his team and
he later became a legend as the owner of
the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise after
Smythe was unceremoniously dismissed
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
co-founder Lester Patrick took over not
surprisingly the Rangers won the Stanley
Cup in just their second season in the
league in the 1927-28 season they
defeated the Montreal Maroons three
games to two for their first
championship remarkably Patrick served
as goaltender for this series at the
ripe old age of 44 over the next decade
the Rangers won two more cups with one
in 32 33 and the next in the 3940 season
however the franchise then underwent a
prolonged drought that lasted until the
late 1960s in 1968 the team hoped to
change their luck when they moved into
the fourth iteration of Madison Square
Garden the club managed to make it back
into the postseason
thanks to rookie goaltender Eddie
Jackman as well as newly acquired right
winger Bernie boom-boom Jeff Rio who
they had picked up from the Montreal
Canadiens the team made the finals twice
in the 1970s but lost both times by 1972
the Rangers were not the only game in
town the New York Islanders joined the
league after paying a four million
dollar territorial fee to challenge the
Rangers for fans and bragging rights in
75 the clubs clashed in the playoffs
with the Islanders winning this ensured
a heated rivalry that would only grow
over the years the 1980
saw a number of competitive squads but
it wasn’t until 1994 that the curse of
1940 came to an end with Mike Keenan as
coach the team was led to victory by
former edmonton oilers Mark Messier Adam
graves s at ich Ihnen Craig McTavish and
Glenn Anderson after a 54 year drought
the team hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup as
guaranteed by Mark Messier the cocky
Center had famously promised his fans a
comeback in that year’s playoffs against
the rival New Jersey Devils and it
wasn’t just talked the Moose scored
three times in the final period of Game
six to lead the Rangers to a 4-2 win
that set them up to play a game 7 back
at Madison Square Garden which the
Rangers won 2-1 in double overtime the
team then went on to defeat the
Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup
Finals four games to three since then
the club has signed and traded away a
number of expensive and high-profile
players included in this group are
Jaromir Jagr and the great one himself
Wayne Gretzky a number of other
superstars have played their home games
in Madison Square Garden throughout the
years as well this list includes Mike
Richter John Davidson John van B’s Brook
Henrik link fist
Harry Howell Andy Bathgate rod Jill bear
Alexei Kovalev and Brian Leetch however
even with these players the Rangers have
failed to repeat the magic of their 1994
season the New York Rangers are a team
known for their rough-and-tumble style
of play and are lucky to have some of
the most knowledgeable and passionate
hockey fans in the United States
that’s why Texas Rangers are well
deserved of the legacy they’ve built for
themselves since 1926
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