1993–94 New York Rangers season

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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)
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The highlight of the New York Rangers 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 Cablevision (which still owns the Rangers today).

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Regular season

The 1993–94 season was a magical one for Rangers fans, as 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 (now Oilers head coach) 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.

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.

Player stats

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM

Defencemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA

Transactions

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.

Roster

New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup champions

Players

Centres

Wingers

Defencemen

Goaltenders

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 then 10 regular season games and are not dressed in playoff are included.

7 players who won the cup in 1994 were with Edmonton in 1990 when they won their 5th Cup. Mark Messier, Kevin Lowe, Glenn Anderson, Jeff Beukeboom, Adam Graves, Craig MacTavish, and Esa Tikkanen. Greg Gilbert won the Stanley Cup with New York Islanders in 1982 & 1983.

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.

Playoffs

Main article: 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1994 Stanley Cup Finals

**NY Rangers (1) vs. Vancouver (7)**
Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
May 31	Vancouver	3	NY Rangers	2	(OT)
June 2	Vancouver	1	NY Rangers	3
June 4	NY Rangers	5	Vancouver	1
June 7	NY Rangers	4	Vancouver	2
June 9	Vancouver	6	NY Rangers	3
June 11	NY Rangers	1	Vancouver	4
June 14	Vancouver	2	NY Rangers	3
New York Rangers wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup
Brian Leetch (New York Rangers) wins Conn Smythe Trophy

Awards and records

Brian Leetch, Conn Smythe Trophy
Most wins by goaltender, season - Mike Richter (1993–94) - 42

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Niklas Sundstrom (LW)	Sweden	MODO (Sweden)
2	34	Lee Sorochan (D)	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3	61	Maxim Galanov (D)	Russia	HC Lada Togliatti (Russia)
4	86	Sergei Olympiyev (LW)	Belarus	HC Dynamo Minsk (Belarus)
5	112	Gary Roach (D)	Canada	Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

References

Rangers on Hockey Database

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.
http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/3969

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