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1993–94 New York Rangers
Stanley Cup champions
Presidents' Trophy winners
Eastern Conference champions
Atlantic Division champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	1st Eastern
1993–94 record	52–24–8
Home record	28–8–6
Road record	24–16–2
Goals for	299
Goals against	231
Team information
General manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Adam Graves Kevin Lowe Brian Leetch Steve Larmer
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,001 (98.9%)
Team leaders
Goals	Adam Graves (52)
Assists	Sergei Zubov (77)
Points	Sergei Zubov (89)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Beukeboom (170)
Wins	Mike Richter (42)
Goals against average	Mike Richter (2.57)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

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.

Off season

In the summer of 1993, the New York Rangers named Mike Keenan as Head Coach.

Pre-season

The 1993 Pre-season, the New York Rangers had a record of 7-2-0.

1993 Pre-season Game Log: 7–2–0 (Home: 5–0–0; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record

All times are NEW YORK time

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All games broadcast on WEVD and RANGERS RADIO NETWORK

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. 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.

On February 21, 1994, Tony Amonte scored just 8 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 NHL regular season.

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

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: 52-24-8 (Home: 28-8-6; Road: 24-16-2)

October: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Attendance	Location	Game Time	Cable TV	Local Radio
1	5	Boston Bruins	3–4	0–1–0
2	7	Tampa Bay Lightning	5–4	1–1–0
3	9	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–3	1–2–0
4	11	Washington Capitals	5–2	2–2–0
5	13	Quebec Nordiques	6–4	3–2–0
6	15	@ Buffalo Sabres	5–2	4–2–0
7	16	@ Philadelphia Flyers	3–4	4–3–0
8	19	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2–4		4–4–0	17,643	Madison Square Garden	7:35 PM EDT	MSG Network	WFAN
9	22	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	1–4	4–5–0
10	24	Los Angeles Kings	3–2	5–5–0
11	28	Montreal Canadiens	3–3 OT	5–5–1
12	30	@ Hartford Whalers	4–1	6–5–1
13	31	New Jersey Devils	4–1	7–5–1

November: 11–1–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 6–1–0)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Decision
14	3	Vancouver Canucks	6–3	8–5–1
15	6	@ Quebec Nordiques	4–2	9–5–1
16	8	Tampa Bay Lightning	6–3	10–5–1
17	10	Winnipeg Jets	2–1	11–5–1
18	13	@ Washington Capitals	2–0	12–5–1
19	14	San Jose Sharks	3–3 OT	12–5–2
20	16	@ Florida Panthers	4–2	13–5–2
21	19	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	5–3	14–5–2
22	23	Montreal Canadiens	5–4	15–5–2
23	24	@ Ottawa Senators	7–1	16–5–2
24	27	@ New York Islanders	4–6	16–6–2
25	28	Washington Capitals	3–1	17–6–2
26	30	@ New Jersey Devils	3–1	18–6–2

December: 8–3–1 (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 3–3–0)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Decision
27	4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	19–6–2
28	5	New Jersey Devils	2–1	20–6–2
29	8	Edmonton Oilers	1–1 OT	20–6–3
30	13	Buffalo Sabres	2–0	21–6–3
31	15	Hartford Whalers	5–2	22–6–3
32	17	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–6	22–7–3
33	19	Ottawa Senators	6–3	23–7–3
34	22	@ Florida Panthers	2–3	23–8–3
35	23	@ Washington Capitals	1–0	24–8–3
36	26	New Jersey Devils	8–3	25–8–3
37	29	@ St. Louis Blues	4–3	26–8–3
38	31	@ Buffalo Sabres	1–4	26–9–3

January: 7–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–0)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record	Attendance	Location	Game Time	Cable TV	Local Radio
39	3	Florida Panthers	3–2	27-9–3
40	5	Calgary Flames	1–4	27–10–3
41	8	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–3	27–11–3
42	10	Tampa Bay Lightning	2–5	27–12–3
43	14	Philadelphia Flyers	5–2	28–12–3
44	16	@ Chicago Blackhawks	5–1	29–12–3
45	18	St. Louis Blues	4–1	30–12–3
46	25	@ San Jose Sharks	8–3	31–12–3
47	27	@ Los Angeles Kings	5–4 OT	32–12–3
48	28	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2–3		32–13–3	17,250	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	10:35 PM EST	MSG Network	WFAN
49	31	Pittsburgh Penguins	5–3	33–13–3

February: 7–5–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–3–0)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Decision
50	2	New York Islanders	4–4 OT	33–13–4
51	3	@ Boston Bruins	3–0	34–13–4
52	7	Washington Capitals	1–4	34–14–4
53	9	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–4 OT	34–15–4
54	12	@ Ottawa Senators	4–3 OT	35–15–4
55	14	@ Quebec Nordiques	4–2	36–15–4
56	18	Ottawa Senators	3–0	37–15–4
57	19	@ Hartford Whalers	2–4	37–16–4
58	21	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–3 OT	38–16–4
59	23	Boston Bruins	3–6	38–17–4
60	24	@ New Jersey Devils	3–1	39–17–4
61	26	@ Dallas Stars	1–3	39–18–4
62	28	Philadelphia Flyers	4–1	40–18–4

March: 7–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 5–3–2)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Decision
63	2	Quebec Nordiques	5–2	41–18–4
64	4	New York Islanders	3–3 OT	41–18–5
65	5	@ New York Islanders	5–4	42–18–5
66	7	Detroit Red Wings	3–6	42–19–5
67	9	@ Washington Capitals	7–5	43–19–5
68	10	@ Boston Bruins	2–2 OT	43–19–6
69	12	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2–6	43–20–6
70	14	@ Florida Panthers	1–2	43–21–6
71	16	Hartford Whalers	4–0	44–21–6
72	18	Chicago Blackhawks	3–7	44–22–6
73	22	@ Calgary Flames	4–4 OT	44–22–7
74	23	@ Edmonton Oilers	5–3	45–22–7
75	25	@ Vancouver Canucks	5–2	46–22–7
76	27	@ Winnipeg Jets	1–3	46–23–7
77	29	@ Philadelphia Flyers	4–3	47–23–7

April: 5–1–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 1–1–0)

Game	April	Opponent	Score	Decision
78	1	Dallas Stars	3–0	48–23–7
79	2	@ New Jersey Devils	4–2	49–23–7
80	4	Florida Panthers	3–2	50–23–7
81	8	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	51–23–7
82	10	@ New York Islanders	4–5	51–24–7
83	12	Buffalo Sabres	3–2	52–24–7
84	14	Philadelphia Flyers	2–2 OT	52–24–8

All times are NEW YORK time

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All games broadcast on #-WFAN, $-WEVD and RANGERS RADIO NETWORK

Playoffs

Main articles: 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs and 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 to 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.

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. 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.

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. CBC commentator Bob Cole said that 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.

Key: Win Loss

1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (E8) New York Islanders – New York Rangers win series 4–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 17	New York Islanders	0–6	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 18	New York Islanders	0–6	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2–0
3	April 21	New York Rangers	5–1	New York Islanders		New York Rangers lead series 3–0
4	April 24	New York Rangers	5–2	New York Islanders		New York Rangers win series 4–0

Conference Semi-finals: vs. (E7) Washington Capitals – New York Rangers win series 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	May 1	Washington Capitals	3–6	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	May 3	Washington Capitals	2–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2–0
3	May 5	New York Rangers	3–0	Washington Capitals		New York Rangers lead series 3–0
4	May 7	New York Rangers	2–4	Washington Capitals		New York Rangers lead series 3–1
5	May 9	Washington Capitals	3–4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 4–1

Conference Finals: vs. (E3) New Jersey Devils – New York Rangers win series 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	May 15	New Jersey Devils	4–3	New York Rangers	2OT	New Jersey leads series 1–0
2	May 17	New Jersey Devils	0–4	New York Rangers		Series tied 1–1
3	May 19	New York Rangers	3–2	New Jersey Devils	2OT	New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	May 21	New York Rangers	1–3	New Jersey Devils		Series tied 2–2
5	May 23	New Jersey Devils	4–1	New York Rangers		New Jersey leads series 3–2
6	May 25	New York Rangers	4–2	New Jersey Devils		Series tied 3–3
7	May 27	New Jersey Devils	1–2	New York Rangers	2OT	New York Rangers win series 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals: vs. (W7) Vancouver Canucks – New York Rangers win series 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	May 31	Vancouver Canucks	3–2	New York Rangers	OT	Vancouver leads series 1–0
2	June 2	Vancouver Canucks	1–3	New York Rangers		Series tied 1–1
3	June 4	New York Rangers	5–1	Vancouver Canucks		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	June 7	New York Rangers	4–2	Vancouver Canucks		New York Rangers lead series 3–1
5	June 9	Vancouver Canucks	6–3	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3–2
6	June 11	New York Rangers	1–4	Vancouver Canucks		Series tied 3–3
7	June 14	Vancouver Canucks	2–3	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 4–3

All times are NEW YORK time

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All games broadcast on WFAN and RANGERS RADIO NETWORK

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sergei Zubov	78	12	77	89	20	39
Mark Messier	76	26	58	84	25	76
Adam Graves	84	52	27	79	27	127
Brian Leetch	84	23	56	79	28	67
Steve Larmer	68	21	39	60	14	41
Alexei Kovalev	76	23	33	56	18	154
Esa Tikkanen	83	22	32	54	5	114
Mike Gartner	71	28	24	52	11	58
Sergei Nemchinov	76	22	27	49	13	36
Tony Amonte	72	16	22	38	5	31
Kevin Lowe	71	5	14	19	4	70
Alexander Karpovtsev	67	3	15	18	12	58
Jeff Beukeboom	68	8	8	16	18	170
Greg Gilbert	76	4	11	15	−3	29
Mike Hudson	48	4	7	11	−5	47
Jay Wells	79	2	7	9	4	110
Ed Olczyk	37	3	5	8	−1	28
Nick Kypreos	46	3	5	8	−8	102
Stephane Matteau	12	4	3	7	5	2
Brian Noonan	12	4	2	6	5	12
Glenn Anderson	12	4	2	6	1	12
Craig MacTavish	12	4	2	6	6	11
Darren Turcotte	13	2	4	6	−2	13
Joey Kocur	71	2	1	3	−9	129
James Patrick	6	0	3	3	1	2
Peter Andersson	8	1	1	2	−3	2
Mike Hartman	35	1	1	2	−5	70
Joby Messier	4	0	2	2	−1	0
Mattias Norstrom	9	0	2	2	0	6
Doug Lidster	34	0	2	2	−12	33
Phil Bourque	16	0	1	1	−2	8
Todd Marchant	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Jim Hiller	2	0	0	0	1	7
Daniel Lacroix	4	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brian Leetch	23	11	23	34	6
Mark Messier	23	12	18	30	33
Alexei Kovalev	23	9	12	21	18
Sergei Zubov	22	5	14	19	0
Adam Graves	23	10	7	17	24
Steve Larmer	23	9	7	16	14
Brian Noonan	22	4	7	11	17
Stephane Matteau	23	6	3	9	20
Esa Tikkanen	23	4	4	8	34
Sergei Nemchinov	23	2	5	7	6
Glenn Anderson	23	3	3	6	42
Jeff Beukeboom	22	0	6	6	50
Craig MacTavish	23	1	4	5	22
Greg Gilbert	23	1	3	4	8
Alexander Karpovtsev	17	0	4	4	12
Doug Lidster	9	2	0	2	10
Joey Kocur	20	1	1	2	17
Kevin Lowe	22	1	0	1	20
Nick Kypreos	3	0	0	0	2
Ed Olczyk	1	0	0	0	0
Jay Wells	23	0	0	0	20

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	TOI	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	TOI	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.

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

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.

New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup champions

Players

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

35 Mike Richter
30 Glenn Healy

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 allow players who do not officially qualify on the Stanley Cup (40 regular season games, 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 played less than 10 regular season games and are not dressed in playoff are included.

Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Nemchinov and Sergei Zubov became the first four Russian-trained players to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup. Sergei Priakin played in the playoffs for the 1989 Stanley Cup champion Flames. Anatoli Semenov played in the playoffs for 1990 Stanley Cup champion Oilers. Oleg Petrov played in the playoffs for the 1993 Stanley Cup champion Canadiens. Neither of these 3 Russian-trained player played enough games to qualify for engraved on the Stanley Cup, but were given Stanley Cup Rings.

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.

Adam Graves, LW, (Eastern Conference All-Stars), 2 assists, 2 points
Brian Leetch, D, (Eastern Conference All-Stars), Starter
Mark Messier, C, (Eastern Conference All-Stars), Captain, Starter, 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
Mike Richter, G, (Eastern Conference All-Stars), MVP of 45th NHL All-Star Game, 18 shots against, 16 shots saved
Joe Murphy, (Eastern Conference All-Stars), Trainer
Dave Smith, (Eastern Conference All-Stars), Trainer

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

Rangers on Hockey Database

http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1994.html
http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1994.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/22/sports/hockey-rangers-leave-penguins-one-short.html
http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1994_games.html
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Founded in 1926 Based in New York, New York
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