1993–94 New York Rangers season

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)
Penalties in 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 then-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

On April 17, 1993, the New York Rangers named Mike Keenan as the 26th Head Coach in franchise history.

Pre-season

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

Key:      Win      Loss

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	Toronto Maple Leafs (1993-94)	5–3	1–0–0	2	Wembley Arena
2	September 12, 1993	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993-94)	3–1	2–0–0	4	Wembley Arena
3	September 22, 1993	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94)	4–6	2–1–0	4	Civic Arena
4	September 23, 1993	@ New York Islanders (1993-94)	2–4	2–2–0	4	Nassau Coliseum
5	September 25, 1993	@ Hartford Whalers (1993-94)	5–3	3–2–0	6	Hartford Civic Center
6	September 27, 1993	New York Islanders (1993-94)	6–3	4–2–0	8	Madison Square Garden
7	September 29, 1993	Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94)	5–4	5–2–0	10	Madison Square Garden
8	September 30, 1993	@ New Jersey Devils (1993-94)	3–2	6–2–0	12	Brendan Byrne Arena
9	October 1, 1993	New Jersey Devils (1993-94)	4–1	7–2–0	14	Madison Square Garden

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	z-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

Key:      Win      Loss      Tie

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 1 October 5, 1993 Boston Bruins (1993-94) 3–4 Richter (L) 0–1–0 0 Madison Square Garden 18,200 2 October 7, 1993 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993-94) 5–4 Healy (W) 1–1–0 2 Madison Square Garden 16,596 3 October 9, 1993 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94) 2–3 Richter (L) 1–2–0 2 Civic Arena 16,994 4 October 11, 1993 Washington Capitals (1993-94) 5–2 Healy (W) 2–2–0 4 Madison Square Garden 16,834 5 October 13, 1993 Quebec Nordiques (1993-94) 6–4 Healy (W) 3–2–0 6 Madison Square Garden 16,451 6 October 15, 1993 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993-94) 5–2 Healy (W) 4–2–0 8 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 15,200 7 October 16, 1993 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993-94) 3–4 Healy (L) 4–3–0 8 The Spectrum 17,308 8 October 19, 1993 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993-94) 2–4 Richter (L) 4–4–0 8 Madison Square Garden 17,643 9 October 22, 1993 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993-94) 1–4 Richter (L) 4–5–0 8 Thunderdome 18,667 10 October 24, 1993 Los Angeles Kings (1993-94) 3–2 Richter (W) 5–5–0 10 Madison Square Garden 18,200 11 October 28, 1993 Montreal Canadiens (1993-94) 3–3 OT Richter (T) 5–5–1 11 Madison Square Garden 17,811 12 October 30, 1993 @ Hartford Whalers (1993-94) 4–1 Richter (W) 6–5–1 13 Hartford Civic Center 13,183 13 October 31, 1993 New Jersey Devils (1993-94) 4–1 Richter (W) 7–5–1 15 Halifax Metro Centre 8,200
November: 11–1–1, 23 Points (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 6–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance 14 November 3, 1993 Vancouver Canucks (1993-94) 6–3 Richter (W) 8–5–1 17 Madison Square Garden 18,001 15 November 6, 1993 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993-94) 4–2 Richter (W) 9–5–1 19 Colisée de Québec 14,603 16 November 8, 1993 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993-94) 6–3 Richter (W) 10–5–1 21 Madison Square Garden 16,618 17 November 10, 1993 Winnipeg Jets (1993-94) 2–1 Richter (W) 11–5–1 23 Madison Square Garden 18,200 18 November 13, 1993 @ Washington Capitals (1993-94) 2–0 Richter (W) 12–5–1 25 USAir Arena 17,519 19 November 14, 1993 San Jose Sharks (1993-94) 3–3 OT Richter (T) 12–5–2 26 Madison Square Garden 18,200 20 November 16, 1993 @ Florida Panthers (1993-94) 4–2 Healy (W) 13–5–2 28 Miami Arena 14,021 21 November 19, 1993 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1993-94) 5–3 Richter (W) 14–5–2 30 Thunderdome 19,993 22 November 23, 1993 Montreal Canadiens (1993-94) 5–4 Richter (W) 15–5–2 32 Madison Square Garden 18,200 23 November 24, 1993 @ Ottawa Senators (1993-94) 7–1 Healy (W) 16–5–2 34 Ottawa Civic Centre 10,411 24 November 27, 1993 @ New York Islanders (1993-94) 4–6 Healy (L) 16–6–2 34 Nassau Coliseum 16,297 25 November 28, 1993 Washington Capitals (1993-94) 3–1 Richter (W) 17–6–2 36 Madison Square Garden 17,941 26 November 30, 1993 @ New Jersey Devils (1993-94) 3–1 Richter (W) 18–6–2 38 Brendan Byrne Arena 19,040
December: 8–3–1, 17 Points (Home: 5–0–1; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance 27 December 4, 1993 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1993-94) 4–3 Richter (W) 19–6–2 40 Maple Leaf Gardens 15,728 28 December 5, 1993 New Jersey Devils (1993-94) 2–1 Richter (W) 20–6–2 42 Madison Square Garden 18,200 29 December 8, 1993 Edmonton Oilers (1993-94) 1–1 OT Richter (T) 20–6–3 43 Madison Square Garden 18,200 30 December 13, 1993 Buffalo Sabres (1993-94) 2–0 Richter (W) 21–6–3 45 Madison Square Garden 18,200 31 December 15, 1993 Hartford Whalers (1993-94) 5–2 Richter (W) 22–6–3 47 Madison Square Garden 17,967 32 December 17, 1993 @ Detroit Red Wings (1993-94) 4–6 Healy (L) 22–7–3 47 Joe Louis Arena 19,875 33 December 19, 1993 Ottawa Senators (1993-94) 6–3 Richter (W) 23–7–3 49 Madison Square Garden 17,935 34 December 22, 1993 @ Florida Panthers (1993-94) 2–3 Richter (L) 23–8–3 49 Miami Arena 14,706 35 December 23, 1993 @ Washington Capitals (1993-94) 1–0 Healy (W) 24–8–3 51 USAir Arena 15,772 36 December 26, 1993 New Jersey Devils (1993-94) 8–3 Healy (W) 25–8–3 53 Madison Square Garden 18,200 37 December 29, 1993 @ St. Louis Blues (1993-94) 4–3 Richter (W) 26–8–3 55 St. Louis Arena 18,163 38 December 31, 1993 @ Buffalo Sabres (1993-94) 1–4 Healy (L) 26–9–3 55 Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 16,284
January: 7–4–0, 14 Points (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance 39 January 3, 1994 Florida Panthers (1993-94) 3–2 Richter (W) 27-9–3 57 Madison Square Garden 18,200 40 January 5, 1994 Calgary Flames (1993-94) 1–4 Richter (L) 27–10–3 57 Madison Square Garden 18,200 41 January 8, 1994 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993-94) 2–3 Healy (L) 27–11–3 57 Montreal Forum 17,425 42 January 10, 1994 Tampa Bay Lightning (1993-94) 2–5 Healy (L) 27–12–3 57 Madison Square Garden 17,993 43 January 14, 1994 Philadelphia Flyers (1993-94) 5–2 Richter (W) 28–12–3 59 Madison Square Garden 18,200 44 January 16, 1994 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1993-94) 5–1 Richter (W) 29–12–3 61 Chicago Stadium 18,472 45 January 18, 1994 St. Louis Blues (1993-94) 4–1 Richter (W) 30–12–3 63 Madison Square Garden 18,200 January 22, 1994: All-Star Game (Eastern Conference wins) 9–8 Vanbiesbrouck (W) (FLA) Joseph (L) (STL) Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 18,200 46 January 25, 1994 @ San Jose Sharks (1993-94) 8–3 Richter (W) 31–12–3 65 San Jose Arena 17,190 47 January 27, 1994 @ Los Angeles Kings (1993-94) 5–4 OT 4:58 Richter (W) 32–12–3 67 Great Western Forum 16,005 48 January 28, 1994 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1993-94) 2–3 Healy (L) 32–13–3 67 Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 17,174 49 January 31, 1994 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94) 5–3 Richter (W) 33–13–3 69 Madison Square Garden 18,200
February: 7–5–1, 15 Points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance 50 February 2, 1994 New York Islanders (1993-94) 4–4 OT Richter (T) 33–13–4 70 Madison Square Garden 18,200 51 February 3, 1994 @ Boston Bruins (1993-94) 3–0 Healy (W) 34–13–4 72 Boston Garden 14,448 52 February 7, 1994 Washington Capitals (1993-94) 1–4 Richter (L) 34–14–4 74 Madison Square Garden 18,200 53 February 9, 1994 @ Montreal Canadiens (1993-94) 3–4 OT 1:27 Healy (L) 34–15–4 74 Montreal Forum 16,725 54 February 12, 1994 @ Ottawa Senators (1993-94) 4–3 OT 2:37 Richter (W) 35–15–4 74 Ottawa Civic Centre 10,575 55 February 14, 1994 @ Quebec Nordiques (1993-94) 4–2 Richter (W) 36–15–4 76 Colisée de Québec 15,029 56 February 18, 1994 Ottawa Senators (1993-94) 3–0 Richter (W) 37–15–4 78 Madison Square Garden 18,200 57 February 19, 1994 @ Hartford Whalers (1993-94) 2–4 Richter (L) 37–16–4 78 Hartford Civic Center 15,635 58 February 21, 1994 Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94) 4–3 OT :08 Richter (W) 38–16–4 80 Madison Square Garden 18,200 59 February 23, 1994 Boston Bruins (1993-94) 3–6 Healy (L) 38–17–4 80 Madison Square Garden 18,200 60 February 24, 1994 @ New Jersey Devils (1993-94) 3–1 Richter (W) 39–17–4 82 Brendan Byrne Arena 19,040 61 February 26, 1994 @ Dallas Stars (1993-94) 1–3 Richter (L) 39–18–4 82 Reunion Arena 16,914 62 February 28, 1994 Philadelphia Flyers (1993-94) 4–1 Richter (W) 40–18–4 84 Madison Square Garden 18,200
March: 7–5–3, 17 Points (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 5–3–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance 63 March 2, 1994 Quebec Nordiques (1993-94) 5–2 Richter (W) 41–18–4 86 Madison Square Garden 18,200 64 March 4, 1994 New York Islanders (1993-94) 3–3 OT Richter (T) 41–18–5 87 Madison Square Garden 18,200 65 March 5, 1994 @ New York Islanders (1993-94) 5–4 Richter (W) 42–18–5 89 Nassau Coliseum 16,297 66 March 7, 1994 Detroit Red Wings (1993-94) 3–6 Richter (L) 42–19–5 89 Madison Square Garden 18,200 67 March 9, 1994 @ Washington Capitals (1993-94) 7–5 Healy (W) 43–19–5 91 Halifax Metro Centre 9,200 68 March 10, 1994 @ Boston Bruins (1993-94) 2–2 OT Healy (T) 43–19–6 92 Boston Garden 14,448 69 March 12, 1994 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1993-94) 2–6 Healy (L) 43–20–6 92 Civic Arena 17,537 70 March 14, 1994 @ Florida Panthers (1993-94) 1–2 Richter (L) 43–21–6 92 Miami Arena 14,704 71 March 16, 1994 Hartford Whalers (1993-94) 4–0 Richter (W) 44–21–6 94 Madison Square Garden 18,200 72 March 18, 1994 Chicago Blackhawks (1993-94) 3–7 Richter (L) 44–22–6 94 Madison Square Garden 18,200 73 March 22, 1994 @ Calgary Flames (1993-94) 4–4 OT Healy (T) 44–22–7 95 Olympic Saddledome 20,230 74 March 23, 1994 @ Edmonton Oilers (1993-94) 5–3 Richter (W) 45–22–7 97 Northlands Coliseum 14,186 75 March 25, 1994 @ Vancouver Canucks (1993-94) 5–2 Richter (W) 46–22–7 99 Pacific Coliseum 16,150 76 March 27, 1994 @ Winnipeg Jets (1993-94) 1–3 Healy (L) 46–23–7 99 Winnipeg Arena 12,793 77 March 29, 1994 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1993-94) 4–3 Richter (W) 47–23–7 101 The Spectrum 17,380
April: 5–1–1, 11 Points (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Record PTS Location Attendance 78 April 1, 1994 Dallas Stars (1993-94) 3–0 Richter (W) 48–23–7 103 Madison Square Garden 18,200 79 April 2, 1994 @ New Jersey Devils (1993-94) 4–2 Richter (W) 49–23–7 105 Brendan Byrne Arena 19,040 80 April 4, 1994 Florida Panthers (1993-94) 3–2 Richter (W) 50–23–7 107 Madison Square Garden 18,200 81 April 8, 1994 Toronto Maple Leafs (1993-94) 5–3 Richter (W) 51–23–7 109 Madison Square Garden 18,200 82 April 10, 1994 @ New York Islanders (1993-94) 4–5 Healy (L) 51–24–7 109 Nassau Coliseum 16,297 83 April 12, 1994 Buffalo Sabres (1993-94) 3–2 Richter (W) 52–24–7 111 Madison Square Garden 18,200 84 April 14, 1994 Philadelphia Flyers (1993-94) 2–2 OT Richter (T) 52–24–8 112 Madison Square Garden 18,200

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

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;

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, and Sal Messina. 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.

Minor league affiliates

Top affiliate

*1993-94

Binghamton Rangers (AHL)

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.

Roster

#	Nationality	Player	Position	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
33	United States	Tony Amonte	Right Wing	Left	23	1988	Hingham, MA, USA
36	Canada	Glenn Anderson	Right Wing	Left	33	1994	Vancouver, BC, CAN
5	Sweden	Peter Andersson	Defence	Left	28	1983	Örebro, SWE
23	Canada	Jeff Beukeboom	Defence	Right	28	1992	Ajax, ON, CAN
29	United States	Phil Bourque	Left Wing	Left	31	1993	Chelmsford, MA, USA
22	Canada	Mike Gartner	Right Wing	Right	34	1990	Ottawa, ON, CAN
17	Canada	Greg Gilbert	Left Wing	Left	32	1994	Mississauga, ON, CAN
9	Canada	Adam Graves (Alternate)	Left Wing	Left	25	1992	Toronto, ON, CAN
18	United States	Mike Hartman	Left Wing	Left	26	1993	Detroit, MI, USA
30	Canada	Glenn Healy	Goaltender	Left	31	1994	Pickering, ON, CAN
16	Canada	Jim Hiller	Right Wing	Right	24	1994	Port Alberni, BC, CAN
15	Canada	Mike Hudson	Centre	Left	26	1994	Guelph, ON, CAN
25	Russia	Alexander Karpovtsev	Defence	Right	23	1994	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union USSR
26	Canada	Joey Kocur	Right Wing	Right	29	1991	Kelvington, SK, CAN
27	Russia	Alexei Kovalev	Right Wing	Left	21	1991	Togliatti, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union USSR
19	Canada	Nick Kypreos	Left Wing	Left	27	1994	Toronto, ON, CAN
32	Canada	Daniel Lacroix	Left Wing	Left	24	1987	Montreal, QC, CAN
28	Canada	Steve Larmer (Alternate)	Right Wing	Left	32	1994	Peterborough, ON, CAN
2	United States	Brian Leetch (Alternate)	Defence	Left	25	1986	Corpus Christi, TX, USA
6	Canada	Doug Lidster	Defence	Right	33	1994	Kamloops, BC, CAN
4	Canada	Kevin Lowe (Alternate)	Defence	Left	34	1993	Lachute, QC, CAN
14	Canada	Craig MacTavish	Centre	Left	35	1994	London, ON, CAN
39	United States	Todd Marchant	Centre	Left	20	1993	Buffalo, NY, USA
32	Canada	Stephane Matteau	Left Wing	Left	24	1994	Rouyn-Noranda, QC, CAN
8	Canada	Joby Messier	Defence	Right	23	1989	Regina, SK, CAN
11	Canada	Mark Messier (Captain)	Centre	Left	33	1992	Edmonton, AB, CAN
13	Russia	Sergei Nemchinov	Centre	Left	30	1990	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union USSR
16	United States	Brian Noonan	Right Wing	Right	28	1994	Boston, MA, USA
5	Sweden	Mattias Norstrom	Defence	Left	22	1992	Stockholm, SWE
12	United States	Ed Olczyk	Centre	Left	27	1993	Chicago, IL, USA
3	Canada	James Patrick	Defence	Right	30	1981	Winnipeg, MB, CAN
35	United States	Mike Richter	Goaltender	Left	27	1985	Abington, PA, USA
10	Finland	Esa Tikkanen	Left Wing	Left	29	1993	Helsinki, FIN
8	United States	Darren Turcotte	Centre	Left	25	1986	Boston, MA, USA
24	Canada	Jay Wells	Defence	Left	34	1992	Paris, ON, CAN
21	Russia	Sergei Zubov	Defence	Right	23	1990	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union USSR

Staff

New York Rangers staff
	Executive Operations Neil Smith (president/general manager/governor) Robert Gutkowski, Stanley Jaffe, Kenneth Munoz (alternate governors)			Hockey Operations 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) Dave Smith (medical trainer) Joe Murphy (equipment trainer) Mike Folga (equipment manager) Bruce Lifrieri (massage therapist)			Scouting Staff Christer Rockstrom, Tony Feltrin, Martin Madden, Herb Hammond, Darrwin Bennett (scouts)

New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 11 Mark Messier (captain)
• 15 Mike Hudson
• 14 Craig MacTavish
• 13 Sergei Nemchinov
• 12 Ed Olczyk

  Wingers

• 9 Adam Graves
• 28 Steve Larmer
• 36 Glenn Anderson
• 17 Greg Gilbert
• 26 Joey Kocur
• 27 Alexei Kovalev
• 19 Nick Kypreos
• 32 Stephane Matteau
• 16 Brian Noonan
• 10 Esa Tikkanen
• 18 Mike Hartman

  Defencemen

• 2 Brian Leetch
• 4 Kevin Lowe
• 23 Jeff Beukeboom
• 25 Alexander Karpovtsev
• 6 Doug Lidster
• 24 Jay Wells
• 21 Sergei Zubov

  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)

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	Canada	Florida Panthers	New York Rangers
1	23	Steven King	United States	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	New York Rangers

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

Bibliography