Champaign, IL Sagamore Publishing 1996 Presumed First Edition, First printing Hardcover Deborah M. Bellaire (Jacket Design). Very good in Good jacket vii, [1], 360 pages. Illustrations. Sources. Appendices. Foreword by Neil Smith. Officially Licensed Product of the New York Rangers. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. John Kreiser is a sports reporter who spent more than 15 years with the Associated Press The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, located in the borough of Manhattan. The Rangers are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders. The club is also one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise. They are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six, along with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Rangers were the first NHL franchise in the United States to win the Stanley Cup, which they have done four times, most recently in 1993-94. The 1993-94 season was a successful one for Rangers fans, as Mike Keenan led the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup championship in 54 years. Two years prior, they picked up center Mark Messier, a part of the Edmonton Oilers' ...