1993–94 New York Rangers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1993–94
Year:	1993
Team:	New York Rangers
Conferencerank:	1st
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	52–24–8
Homerecord:	28–8–6
Roadrecord:	24–16–2
Goalsfor:	299
Goalsagainst:	231
Attendance:	18,001 (98.9%)
Minorleague:	Binghamton Rangers (AHL)
Goalsleader:	Adam Graves (52)
Assistsleader:	Sergei Zubov (77)
Pointsleader:	Sergei Zubov (89)
Pimleader:	Jeff Beukeboom (170)
Plusminusleader:	Brian Leetch (+28)
Winsleader:	Mike Richter (42)
Gaaleader:	Mike Richter (2.57)
Presidentstrophy:	Yes
Divisionwin:	yes
Conferencewin:	Yes
Stanleycup:	yes

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 2024, this remains the most recent season the Rangers won the Stanley Cup.

Off season

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1993–94 regular season.^[4]

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

Playoffs

See main article: 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 22–3 in a four-game sweep.

Eastern Conference Semi-finals

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^{[7] [8]} CBC commentator Bob Cole, who called both games, said Game 7 was one of his most memorable TV games.^{[9] [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.^[10] 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.^[10]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

1993 pre-season game log: 7–2–0, 14 Points (home: 4–0–0; road: 3–2–0)
	Date	Opponent	Score	Record	PTS	Location
1	September 11, 1993		5–3	1–0–0	2	Wembley Arena
2	September 12, 1993		3–1	2–0–0	4	Wembley Arena
3	September 22, 1993		4–6	2–1–0	4	Civic Arena
4	September 23, 1993		2–4	2–2–0	4	Nassau Coliseum
5	September 25, 1993		5–3	3–2–0	6	Hartford Civic Center
6	September 27, 1993		6–3	4–2–0	8	Madison Square Garden
7	September 29, 1993		5–4	5–2–0	10	Madison Square Garden
8	September 30, 1993		3–2	6–2–0	12	Brendan Byrne Arena
9	October 1, 1993		4–1	7–2–0	14	Madison Square Garden
Legend:

Regular season

1993–94 Game Log: 52–24–8, 112 Points (home: 28–8–6; road: 24–16–2)
October: 7–5–1, 15 Points (home: 5–2–1; road: 2–3–0) Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance Recap 1 October 5, 1993 3–4 Richter (L) 0–1–0 0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 2 October 7, 1993 5–4 Healy (W) 1–1–0 2 Madison Square Garden 16,596 W1 3 October 9, 1993 2–3 Richter (L) 1–2–0 2 16,994 L1 4 October 11, 1993 5–2 Healy (W) 2–2–0 4 Madison Square Garden 16,834 W1 5 October 13, 1993 6–4 Healy (W) 3–2–0 6 Madison Square Garden 16,451 W2 6 October 15, 1993 5–2 Healy (W) 4–2–0 8 15,200 W3 7 October 16, 1993 3–4 Healy (L) 4–3–0 8 17,308 L1 8 October 19, 1993 2–4 Richter (L) 4–4–0 8 Madison Square Garden 17,643 L2 9 October 22, 1993 1–4 Richter (L) 4–5–0 8 18,667 L3 10 October 24, 1993 3–2 Richter (W) 5–5–0 10 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 11 October 28, 1993 3–3 OT Richter (T) 5–5–1 11 Madison Square Garden 17,811 T1 12 October 30, 1993 4–1 Richter (W) 6–5–1 13 13,183 W1 13 October 31, 1993 4–1 Richter (W) 7–5–1 15 Halifax Metro Centre 8,200 W2
November: 11–1–1, 23 Points (home: 5–0–1; road: 6–1–0) Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance Recap 14 November 3, 1993 6–3 Richter (W) 8–5–1 17 Madison Square Garden 18,001 W3 15 November 6, 1993 4–2 Richter (W) 9–5–1 19 14,603 W4 16 November 8, 1993 6–3 Richter (W) 10–5–1 21 Madison Square Garden 16,618 W5 17 November 10, 1993 2–1 Richter (W) 11–5–1 23 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W6 18 November 13, 1993 2–0 Richter (W) 12–5–1 25 17,519 W7 19 November 14, 1993 3–3 OT Richter (T) 12–5–2 26 Madison Square Garden 18,200 T1 20 November 16, 1993 4–2 Healy (W) 13–5–2 28 14,021 W1 21 November 19, 1993 5–3 Richter (W) 14–5–2 30 19,993 W2 22 November 23, 1993 5–4 Richter (W) 15–5–2 32 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W3 23 November 24, 1993 7–1 Healy (W) 16–5–2 34 10,411 W4 24 November 27, 1993 4–6 Healy (L) 16–6–2 34 16,297 L1 25 November 28, 1993 3–1 Richter (W) 17–6–2 36 Madison Square Garden 17,941 W1 26 November 30, 1993 3–1 Richter (W) 18–6–2 38 19,040 W2
December: 8–3–1, 17 Points (home: 5–0–1; road: 3–3–0) Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance Recap 27 December 4, 1993 4–3 Richter (W) 19–6–2 40 15,728 W3 28 December 5, 1993 2–1 Richter (W) 20–6–2 42 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W4 29 December 8, 1993 1–1 OT Richter (T) 20–6–3 43 Madison Square Garden 18,200 T1 30 December 13, 1993 2–0 Richter (W) 21–6–3 45 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 31 December 15, 1993 5–2 Richter (W) 22–6–3 47 Madison Square Garden 17,967 W2 32 December 17, 1993 4–6 Healy (L) 22–7–3 47 19,875 L1 33 December 19, 1993 6–3 Richter (W) 23–7–3 49 Madison Square Garden 17,935 W1 34 December 22, 1993 2–3 Richter (L) 23–8–3 49 14,706 L1 35 December 23, 1993 1–0 Healy (W) 24–8–3 51 15,772 W1 36 December 26, 1993 8–3 Healy (W) 25–8–3 53 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W2 37 December 29, 1993 4–3 Richter (W) 26–8–3 55 18,163 W3 38 December 31, 1993 1–4 Healy (L) 26–9–3 55 16,284 L1
January: 7–4–0, 14 Points (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–2–0) Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance Recap 39 January 3, 1994 3–2 Richter (W) 27-9–3 57 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 40 January 5, 1994 1–4 Richter (L) 27–10–3 57 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 41 January 8, 1994 2–3 Healy (L) 27–11–3 57 17,425 L2 42 January 10, 1994 2–5 Healy (L) 27–12–3 57 Madison Square Garden 17,993 L3 43 January 14, 1994 5–2 Richter (W) 28–12–3 59 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 44 January 16, 1994 5–1 Richter (W) 29–12–3 61 18,472 W2 45 January 18, 1994 4–1 Richter (W) 30–12–3 63 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W3 46 January 25, 1994 8–3 Richter (W) 31–12–3 65 17,190 W4 47 January 27, 1994 5–4 OT 4:58 Richter (W) 32–12–3 67 16,005 W5 48 January 28, 1994 2–3 Healy (L) 32–13–3 67 17,174 L1 49 January 31, 1994 5–3 Richter (W) 33–13–3 69 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1
February: 7–5–1, 15 Points (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–3–0) Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance Recap 50 February 2, 1994 4–4 OT Richter (T) 33–13–4 70 Madison Square Garden 18,200 T1 51 February 3, 1994 3–0 Healy (W) 34–13–4 72 14,448 W1 52 February 7, 1994 1–4 Richter (L) 34–14–4 72 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 53 February 9, 1994 3–4 OT 1:27 Healy (L) 34–15–4 72 16,725 L2 February 11, 1994 Postponed (snow); rescheduled for March 2 Madison Square Garden 54 February 12, 1994 4–3 OT 2:37 Richter (W) 35–15–4 74 10,575 W1 55 February 14, 1994 4–2 Richter (W) 36–15–4 76 15,029 W2 56 February 18, 1994 3–0 Richter (W) 37–15–4 78 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W3 57 February 19, 1994 2–4 Richter (L) 37–16–4 78 15,635 L1 58 February 21, 1994 4–3 OT :08 Richter (W) 38–16–4 80 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 59 February 23, 1994 3–6 Healy (L) 38–17–4 80 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 60 February 24, 1994 3–1 Richter (W) 39–17–4 82 19,040 W1 61 February 26, 1994 1–3 Richter (L) 39–18–4 82 16,914 L1 62 February 28, 1994 4–1 Richter (W) 40–18–4 84 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1
March: 7–5–3, 17 Points (home: 2–2–1; road: 5–3–2) Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance Recap 63 March 2, 1994 5–2 Richter (W) 41–18–4 86 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W2 64 March 4, 1994 3–3 OT Richter (T) 41–18–5 87 Madison Square Garden 18,200 T1 65 March 5, 1994 5–4 Richter (W) 42–18–5 89 16,297 W1 66 March 7, 1994 3–6 Richter (L) 42–19–5 89 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 67 March 9, 1994 7–5 Healy (W) 43–19–5 91 9,200 W1 68 March 10, 1994 2–2 OT Healy (T) 43–19–6 92 14,448 T1 69 March 12, 1994 2–6 Healy (L) 43–20–6 92 17,537 L1 70 March 14, 1994 1–2 Richter (L) 43–21–6 92 14,704 L2 71 March 16, 1994 4–0 Richter (W) 44–21–6 94 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 72 March 18, 1994 3–7 Richter (L) 44–22–6 94 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 73 March 22, 1994 4–4 OT Healy (T) 44–22–7 95 20,230 T1 74 March 23, 1994 5–3 Richter (W) 45–22–7 97 14,186 W1 75 March 25, 1994 5–2 Richter (W) 46–22–7 99 16,150 W2 76 March 27, 1994 1–3 Healy (L) 46–23–7 99 12,793 L1 77 March 29, 1994 4–3 Richter (W) 47–23–7 101 17,380 W1
April: 5–1–1, 11 Points (home: 4–0–1; road: 1–1–0) Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance Recap 78 April 1, 1994 3–0 Richter (W) 48–23–7 103 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W2 79 April 2, 1994 4–2 Richter (W) 49–23–7 105 19,040 W3 80 April 4, 1994 3–2 Richter (W) 50–23–7 107 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W4 81 April 8, 1994 5–3 Richter (W) 51–23–7 109 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W5 82 April 10, 1994 4–5 Healy (L) 51–24–7 109 16,297 L1 83 April 12, 1994 3–2 Richter (W) 52–24–7 111 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 84 April 14, 1994 2–2 OT Richter (T) 52–24–8 112 Madison Square Garden 18,200 T1
Legend:

Detailed records

Eastern Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Atlantic Division
	2–0–0	1–2–0	3–2–0	6	13	11
	3–0–0	3–0–0	6–0–0	12	24	9
	0–0–2	1–2–0	1–2–2	4	20	22
New York Rangers	–	–	–	–	–	–
	2–0–1	1–1–0	3–1–1	7	18	12
	2–1–0	1–1–0	3–2–0	6	19	19
	2–1–0	3–0–0	5–1–0	10	19	12
	11–2–3	10–6–0	21–8–3	45	113	85
Northeast Division
	0–2–0	1–0–1	1–2–1	3	11	12
	2–0–0	1–1–0	3–1–0	6	11	8
	2–0–0	1–1–0	3–1–0	6	15	7
	1–0–1	0–2–0	1–2–1	3	13	14
	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	8	20	6
	2–0–0	0–2–0	2–2–0	4	13	15
	2–0–0	2–0–0	4–0–0	8	19	10
	11–2–1	7–6–1	18–8–2	38	102	72

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts.	Goals scored	Goals allowed
Central Division
	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	8	8
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	4	3
	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	7	12
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	8	4
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	6
	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	3	4
	4–2–0	3–3–0	7–5–0	14	39	37
Pacific Division
	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	4	7
	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	5	8
	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	6	4
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	8	6
	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	11	6
	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	11	5
	2–2–2	4–1–1	6–3–3	15	45	36

Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (E8) New York Islanders – Rangers won series 4–0 Date Opponent Score OT Decision Series Location Attendance Recap 1 April 17, 1994 6–0 Richter (W) Rangers lead 1–0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 2 April 18, 1994 6–0 Richter (W) Rangers lead 2–0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W2 3 April 21, 1994 5–1 Richter (W) Rangers lead 3–0 16,297 W3 4 April 24, 1994 5–2 Richter (W) Rangers win 4–0 16,287 W4
Eastern Conference Semi-finals vs. (E7) Washington Capitals – Rangers won series 4–1 Date Opponent Score OT Decision Series Location Attendance Recap 1 May 1, 1994 6–3 Richter (W) Rangers lead 1–0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 2 May 3, 1994 5–2 Richter (W) Rangers lead 2–0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W2 3 May 5, 1994 3–0 Richter (W) Rangers lead 3–0 18,130 W3 4 May 7, 1994 2–4 Richter (L) Rangers lead 3–1 18,130 L1 5 May 9, 1994 4–3 Richter (W) Rangers win 4–1 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (E3) New Jersey Devils – Rangers won series 4–3 Date Opponent Score OT Decision Series Location Attendance Recap 1 May 15, 1994 3–4 2OT 36:23 Richter (L) Devils lead 1–0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 2 May 17, 1994 4–0 Richter (W) Series tied 1–1 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 3 May 19, 1994 3–2 2OT 26:13 Richter (W) Rangers lead 2–1 19,040 W2 4 May 21, 1994 1–3 Richter (L) Series tied 2–2 19,040 L1 5 May 23, 1994 1–4 Richter (L) Devils lead 3–2 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L2 6 May 25, 1994 4–2 Richter (W) Series tied 3–3 19,040 W1 7 May 27, 1994 2–1 2OT 24:24 Richter (W) Rangers win 4–3 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W2
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W7) Vancouver Canucks – Rangers won series 4–3 Date Opponent Score OT Decision Series Location Attendance Recap 1 May 31, 1994 2–3 OT 19:28 Richter (L) Canucks lead 1–0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 2 June 2, 1994 3–1 Richter (W) Series tied 1–1 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1 3 June 4, 1994 5–1 Richter (W) Rangers lead 2–1 16,150 W2 4 June 7, 1994 4–2 Richter (W) Rangers lead 3–1 16,150 W3 5 June 9, 1994 3–6 Richter (L) Rangers lead 3–2 Madison Square Garden 18,200 L1 6 June 11, 1994 1–4 Richter (L) Series tied 3–3 16,150 L2 7 June 14, 1994 3–2 Richter (W) Rangers win 4–3 Madison Square Garden 18,200 W1
Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player					data-sort-type="number"
	78	12	77	89	20	39
	76	26	58	84	25	76
	84	52	27	79	27	127
	84	23	56	79	28	67
	68	21	39	60	14	41
	76	23	33	56	18	154
	83	22	32	54	5	114
^‡	71	28	24	52	11	58
	76	22	27	49	13	36
^‡	72	16	22	38	5	31
	71	5	14	19	4	70
	67	3	15	18	12	58
	68	8	8	16	18	170
	76	4	11	15	−3	29
	48	4	7	11	−5	47
	79	2	7	9	4	110
	37	3	5	8	−1	28
^†	46	3	5	8	−8	102
^†	12	4	3	7	5	2
^†	12	4	2	6	5	12
^†	12	4	2	6	1	12
^†	12	4	2	6	6	11
^‡	13	2	4	6	−2	13
	71	2	1	3	−9	129
^‡	6	0	3	3	1	2
^‡	8	1	1	2	−3	2
	35	1	1	2	−5	70
	4	0	2	2	−1	0
	9	0	2	2	0	6
	34	0	2	2	−12	33
^‡	16	0	1	1	−2	8
^‡	1	0	0	0	−1	0
	2	0	0	0	1	7
	4	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player
	23	11	23	34	6
	23	12	18	30	33
	23	9	12	21	18
	22	5	14	19	0
	23	10	7	17	24
	23	9	7	16	14
	22	4	7	11	17
	23	6	3	9	20
	23	4	4	8	34
	23	2	5	7	6
	23	3	3	6	42
	22	0	6	6	50
	23	1	4	5	22
	23	1	3	4	8
	17	0	4	4	12
	9	2	0	2	10
	20	1	1	2	17
	22	1	0	1	20
	3	0	0	0	2
	1	0	0	0	0
	23	0	0	0	20

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player
	68	3710	42	12	6	159	2.57	1758	.910	5
	29	1368	10	12	2	69	3.03	567	.878	2

Playoffs

Player
	23	1417	16	7	49	2.07	623	.921	4
	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.

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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.

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.^[12]
  • Craig MacTavish traded from Edmonton to NY Rangers for Todd Marchant.

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.

See main article: 45th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Players

	Player	Position	Conference	Goals	Assists	Points
9		LW	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)		2	2
2		D, Starter	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)
11		C, Starter	(Eastern Conference All-Stars) Captain	1	2	3

Goaltenders

Trainers

Name	Position	Conference
Joe Murphy	Trainer	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)
Dave Smith	Trainer	(Eastern Conference All-Stars)

Draft picks

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

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

Expansion Draft

New York's losses at the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round		Player	Nationality	Drafted by	Drafted from
1	12	Joe Cirella		Florida Panthers	New York Rangers
1	23	Steven King		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	New York Rangers

Supplemental Draft

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

References

Bibliography

• Book: Kalinsky, George. Garden of Dreams. 2004. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. New York. 1-58479-343-0. George Kalinsky. registration.

External links

• Rangers on Hockey Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1993-94 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics.
2. Web site: 1993-94 NHL Season Summary | Hockey-Reference.com . 2013-11-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929125153/http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1994.html . 2013-09-29 .
3. News: HOCKEY; Rangers Leave Penguins One Short. The New York Times. 22 February 1994. Lapointe. Joe.
4. Web site: 1993-94 NHL Schedule and Results.
5. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/24694-greatest-nhl-playoff-moments-messier-guarantees-win Greatest NHL Playoff Moments: Messier Guarantees Win
6. Web site: Howie Rose. MSG.com. Madison Square Garden, LP. March 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110101173659/http://www.msg.com/tv/network-talent/howie-rose. January 1, 2011. dead.
7. News: Despite Some Critics, CBC Enjoys Praise and More Than Six million Olympics Viewers. McKay. John. Canadian Press. February 22, 2002. The women's gold medal game was a huge ratings hit, drawing...4.54 million...The CBC says its highest rated sports program was Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup between the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks. That averaged 4.97 million..
8. News: Lucky Loonie Stunt Pays Off. February 26, 2002. Shawn. Ohler. The Calgary Herald. 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...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..
9. News: Cole's Close Call. November 6, 1997. William. Houston. The Globe and Mail. 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.'. S4.
10. Book: Kalinsky, George. 171. Garden of Dreams. 2004. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. New York. 1-58479-343-0. George Kalinsky.
11. Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-01 . 1993-94 New York Rangers . https://web.archive.org/web/20100808113007/http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481994.html. August 8, 2010 . live.
12. http://www.habsinsideout.com/main/3969 NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out