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1993–94 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup)

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup)

FieldValue
LeagueNHL
Season1993–94
year1993
TeamNew York Rangers
ConferenceEastern
ConferenceRank1st
DivisionAtlantic
DivisionRank1st
Record52–24–8
HomeRecord28–8–6
RoadRecord24–16–2
GoalsFor299
GoalsAgainst231
GeneralManagerNeil Smith
CoachMike Keenan
CaptainMark Messier
AltCaptainAdam Graves
Kevin Lowe
Brian Leetch
Steve Larmer
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Attendance18,001 (98.9%)
MinorLeagueBinghamton Rangers (AHL)
GoalsLeaderAdam Graves (52)
AssistsLeaderSergei Zubov (77)
PointsLeaderSergei Zubov (89)
PIMLeaderJeff Beukeboom (170)
PlusMinusLeaderBrian Leetch (+28)
WinsLeaderMike Richter (42)
GAALeaderMike Richter (2.57)
PresidentsTrophyYes
DivisionWinyes
ConferenceWinYes
StanleyCupyes

Kevin Lowe Brian Leetch Steve Larmer

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-franchise record with 112 points.

This marked the last season in which the Rangers were under the control of Paramount Communications. Toward the end of the season, Paramount was taken over by Viacom. Shortly thereafter, Viacom divested itself of all of Paramount's interests in Madison Square Garden, including the Rangers, and 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. As of 2025, this remains the most recent season the Rangers won the Stanley Cup.

Offseason

On April 17, 1993, the New York Rangers named Mike Keenan as their head coach. Keenan was hired to replace Ron Smith, who the team decided not to retain after he coached the second half of the season in place of the fired Roger Neilson. Keenan had taken the 1992–93 season off after spending four years as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, where he led the team to the Stanley Cup Finals in his last year.

Pre-season

During the 1993 pre-season, the Rangers had a record of 7–2–0.

Regular season

The 1993–94 season was a magical one for Rangers fans, as head coach Mike Keenan led the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup championship in 54 years. Two years prior, they acquired 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 defense. In fact, Zubov led the team in scoring that season with 89 points, and continued to be an All-Star defenseman 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. The Rangers led the NHL 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.

On February 21, 1994, Tony Amonte scored just eight seconds into the overtime period to win the game to give the Rangers a 4–3 home win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1993–94 regular season.

All-Star Game

The 1994 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 22, 1994, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The final score was East 9, West 8.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

OpponentHomeAwayTotalPts.Goals scoredGoals allowed
**Atlantic Division**
Florida Panthers2–0–01–2–03–2–061311
New Jersey Devils3–0–03–0–06–0–012249
New York Islanders0–0–21–2–01–2–242022
**New York Rangers**––––––
Philadelphia Flyers2–0–11–1–03–1–171812
Tampa Bay Lightning2–1–01–1–03–2–061919
Washington Capitals2–1–03–0–05–1–0101912
11–2–310–6–021–8–34511385
**Northeast Division**
Boston Bruins0–2–01–0–11–2–131112
Buffalo Sabres2–0–01–1–03–1–06118
Hartford Whalers2–0–01–1–03–1–06157
Montreal Canadiens1–0–10–2–01–2–131314
Ottawa Senators2–0–02–0–04–0–08206
Pittsburgh Penguins2–0–00–2–02–2–041315
Quebec Nordiques2–0–02–0–04–0–081910
11–2–17–6–118–8–23810272
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPts.Goals scoredGoals allowed
**Central Division**
Chicago Blackhawks0–1–01–0–01–1–0288
Dallas Stars1–0–00–1–01–1–0243
Detroit Red Wings0–1–00–1–00–2–00712
St. Louis Blues1–0–01–0–02–0–0484
Toronto Maple Leafs1–0–01–0–02–0–0496
Winnipeg Jets1–0–00–1–01–1–0234
4–2–03–3–07–5–0143937
**Pacific Division**
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim0–1–00–1–00–2–0047
Calgary Flames0–1–00–0–10–1–1158
Edmonton Oilers0–0–11–0–01–0–1364
Los Angeles Kings1–0–01–0–02–0–0486
San Jose Sharks0–0–11–0–01–0–13116
Vancouver Canucks1–0–01–0–02–0–04115
2–2–24–1–16–3–3154536

Playoffs

Main article: 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs, 1994 Stanley Cup Finals

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

In the opening round, the Rangers faced their crosstown rivals the New York Islanders, this series would turn out to be an extremely one sided affair as the Rangers outscored their rivals 22–3 in a four-game sweep.

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Next, the Rangers faced the Washington Capitals who were coming off a shocking six game win over the second seeded Pittsburgh Penguins. The Rangers appeared to have the series in hand after they won the first three games, although the Capitals avoided the sweep with a Game 4 win, the Rangers got back in control and won the series in five games.

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, saying 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, Messier scored a hat-trick in the Rangers' 4–2 win, sending the game back to New York for Game 7. In Game 7, the Rangers held a 1–0 lead after a second 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 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.

Stanley Cup Finals

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

The Rangers winning this Stanley Cup drew 4.957 million viewers to Hockey Night in Canada, 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. CBC commentator Bob Cole, who called both games, said Game 7 was one of his most memorable TV games.

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. 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.

Schedule and results

Preseason

|- | 1 || September 11 || Toronto || 5–3 || 1–0–0 || 2 || Wembley Arena || W |- | 2 || September 12 || @ Toronto || 3–1 || 2–0–0 || 4 || Wembley Arena || W |- | 3 || September 22 || @ Pittsburgh || 4–6 || 2–1–0 || 4 || Civic Arena || L |- | 4 || September 23 || @ N.Y. Islanders || 2–4 || 2–2–0 || 4 || Nassau Coliseum || L |- | 5 || September 25 || @ Hartford || 5–3 || 3–2–0 || 6 || Hartford Civic Center || W |- | 6 || September 27 || N.Y. Islanders || 6–3 || 4–2–0 || 8 || Madison Square Garden || W |- | 7 || September 29 || Pittsburgh || 5–4 || 5–2–0 || 10 || Madison Square Garden || W |- | 8 || September 30 || @ New Jersey || 3–2 || 6–2–0 || 12 || Brendan Byrne Arena || W |- | 9 || October 1 || New Jersey || 4–1 || 7–2–0 || 14 || Madison Square Garden || W

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Regular season

|- | 1 || October 5 || Boston || 3–4 || || Richter || 0–1–0 || 0 || Madison Square Garden || 18,200 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Tampa Bay || 5–4 || || Healy || 1–1–0 || 2 || Madison Square Garden || 16,596 || |- | 3 || October 9 || @ Pittsburgh || 2–3 || || Richter || 1–2–0 || 2 || Civic Arena || 16,994 || |- | 4 || October 11 || Washington || 5–2 || || Healy || 2–2–0 || 4 || Madison Square Garden || 16,834 || |- | 5 || October 13 || Quebec || 6–4 || || Healy || 3–2–0 || 6 || Madison Square Garden || 16,451 || |- | 6 || October 15 || @ Buffalo || 5–2 || || Healy || 4–2–0 || 8 || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium || 15,200 || |- | 7 || October 16 || @ Philadelphia || 3–4 || || Healy || 4–3–0 || 8 || The Spectrum || 17,308 || |- | 8 || October 19 || Anaheim || 2–4 || || Richter || 4–4–0 || 8 || Madison Square Garden || 17,643 || |- | 9 || October 22 || @ Tampa Bay || 1–4 || || Richter || 4–5–0 || 8 || Thunderdome || 18,667 || |- | 10 || October 24 || Los Angeles || 3–2 || || Richter || 5–5–0 || 10 || Madison Square Garden || 18,200 || |- | 11 || October 28 || Montreal || 3–3 || OT || Richter || 5–5–1 || 11 || Madison Square Garden || 17,811 || |- | 12 || October 30 || @ Hartford || 4–1 || || Richter || 6–5–1 || 13 || Hartford Civic Center || 13,183 || |- | 13 || October 31 || New Jersey || 4–1 || || Richter || 7–5–1 || 15 || Halifax Metro Centre || 8,200 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 17 || N.Y. Islanders || 6–0 || || Richter || Rangers lead 1–0 || Madison Square Garden || 18,200 || |- | 2 || April 18 || N.Y. Islanders || 6–0 || || Richter || Rangers lead 2–0 || Madison Square Garden || 18,200 || |- | 3 || April 21 || @ N.Y. Islanders || 5–1 || || Richter || Rangers lead 3–0 || Nassau Coliseum || 16,297 || |- | 4 || April 24 || @ N.Y. Islanders || 5–2 || || Richter || Rangers win 4–0 || Nassau Coliseum || 16,287 ||

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Player statistics

;Skaters

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIM
781277892039
762658842576
8452277927127
842356792867
682139601441
7623335618154
832232545114
‡712824521158
762227491336
‡72162238531
7151419470
67315181258
68881618170
7641115−329
484711−547
792794110
37358−128
†46358−8102
†1243752
†12426512
†12426112
†12426611
‡13246−213
71213−9129
‡603312
‡8112−32
35112−570
4022−10
902206
34022−1233
‡16011−28
‡1000−10
200017
400000
PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
231123346
2312183033
239122118
22514190
231071724
23971614
22471117
2363920
2344834
232576
2333642
2206650
2314522
231348
1704412
920210
2011217
2210120
30002
10000
2300020

;Goaltenders

PlayerGPTOIWLTGAGAASASV%SO
683710421261592.571758.9105
29136810122693.03567.8782
PlayerGPTOIWLGAGAASASV%SO
231417167492.07623.9214
2680010.8917.9410

†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.

Awards and records

  • Brian Leetch, Conn Smythe Trophy
  • Most wins by goaltender, season – Mike Richter (1993–94) – 42
  • Mike Richter, MVP of 45th NHL All-Star Game

45th NHL All-Star Game

New York Rangers NHL All-Star representatives at the 45th NHL All-Star Game in New York City, New York at Madison Square Garden. Main article: 45th National Hockey League All-Star Game

Players

#PlayerPositionConferenceGoalsAssistsPoints
9Adam GravesLW(Eastern Conference All-Stars)22
2Brian LeetchD, Starter(Eastern Conference All-Stars)
11Mark MessierC, Starter(Eastern Conference All-Stars) Captain123

Goaltenders

#PlayerPositionConferenceSavesShots against
35Mike RichterG(Eastern Conference All-Stars)
MVP of [45th NHL All-Star Game](45th-national-hockey-league-all-star-game)1618

Trainers

NamePositionConference
Joe MurphyTrainer(Eastern Conference All-Stars)
Dave SmithTrainer(Eastern Conference All-Stars)

Transactions

  • June 25, 1993: Doug Lidster was traded by the Vancouver Canucks to the New York Rangers in exchange for John Vanbiesbrouck.
  • November 2, 1993: Nick Kypreos traded from Hartford Whalers with Barry Richter, Steve Larmer and round 6 pick in the 1994 NHL entry draft (Yuri Litvinov) to New York Rangers for Darren Turcotte and James Patrick.
  • March 21, 1994:
    • Phil Bourque traded from NY Rangers to Ottawa for future considerations.
    • Tony Amonte and the rights to Matt Oates traded from NY Rangers to Chicago for Stephane Matteau and Brian Noonan.
    • Peter Andersson traded from NY Rangers to Florida for future considerations.
    • Mike Gartner traded from NY Rangers to Toronto for Glenn Anderson, the rights to Scott Malone and Toronto's 4th round pick in 1994 Entry Draft.
    • Craig MacTavish traded from Edmonton to NY Rangers for Todd Marchant.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, at the Colisée de Québec.

Round#PlayerPositionNationalityCollege/junior/club team (league)
18Niklas SundstromLWSwedenMODO (SEL)
234Lee SorochanDCanadaLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
361Maxim GalanovDRussiaHC Lada Togliatti (Russia)
486Sergei OlympievLWBelarusDinamo Minsk (Russia)
5112Gary RoachDCanadaSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6138Dave TrofimenkoffGCanadaLethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7162Sergei KondrashkinLWRussiaCherepovets Metallurg (Russia)
7164Todd MarchantLWUnited StatesClarkson University (NCAA)
8190Ed CampbellDUnited StatesOmaha Lancers (USHL)
9216Ken ShepardGCanadaOshawa Generals (OHL)
10242Andrei KudinovCRussiaTraktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
11261Pavel KomarovDRussiaTorpedo Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
11268Maxim SmelnitskyLWRussiaTraktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)

Expansion Draft

New York's losses at the 1993 NHL expansion draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round#PlayerNationalityDrafted byDrafted from
112Joe CirellaCanadaFlorida PanthersNew York Rangers
123Steven KingUnited StatesMighty Ducks of AnaheimNew York Rangers

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1993 NHL supplemental draft.

PlayerPositionNationalityCollege/junior/club team (league)
Wayne StrachanRWCanadaLake Superior State University (CCHA)

Media

Ranger games were carried on the MSG Network, with some games broadcast on MSG II due to conflicts with New York Knicks National Basketball Association and New York Yankees Major League Baseball games. The broadcast crew included Sam Rosen, Bruce Beck, John Davidson, and Al Trautwig.

The games were also broadcast on radio station WFAN-AM; the broadcast team included Marv Albert, Howie Rose, Sal Messina, and Steve Somers. Some games were broadcast on WEVD-AM due to conflicts with New York Knicks National Basketball Association games and New York Jets National Football League games.

References

;Bibliography

References

  1. (April 17, 1993). "Rangers name Keenan coach - UPI Archives".
  2. "1993-94 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics".
  3. "1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com".
  4. (22 February 1994). "HOCKEY; Rangers Leave Penguins One Short". The New York Times.
  5. "1993-94 NHL Schedule and Results".
  6. [http://bleacherreport.com/articles/24694-greatest-nhl-playoff-moments-messier-guarantees-win Greatest NHL Playoff Moments: Messier Guarantees Win]
  7. "Howie Rose". Madison Square Garden, LP.
  8. McKay, John. (February 22, 2002). "Despite Some Critics, CBC Enjoys Praise and More Than Six million Olympics Viewers".
  9. Ohler, Shawn. (February 26, 2002). "Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off". The Calgary Herald.
  10. Houston, William. (November 6, 1997). "Cole's Close Call". The Globe and Mail.
  11. Kalinsky, George. (2004). "Garden of Dreams". Stewart, Tabori, & Chang.
  12. "1993-94 New York Rangers Schedule".
  13. "1993-94 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com.
  14. [http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/3969 NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980. Habs Inside/Out] {{webarchive. link. (2009-02-16)
  15. "1993 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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