The
New York Rangers are a professional
ice hockey team based in
Manhattan,
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
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. They are members of the
Metropolitan Division of the
Eastern Conference of the
National Hockey League (NHL). Playing their home games at
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylva ...
, the Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to as the
Original Six
The Original Six () are the teams that comprised the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1942 and 1967. The six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs ...
. The Rangers were the first NHL franchise in the United States to win the
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
,
[Anderson, Dave]
"At Boston Garden, There's Much More Gold Than Green"
New York Times, 1995-05-14. Retrieved on 2008-06-17. which they have done four times (most recently in
1994
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).
[Vecsey, George]
"Houston Finally Has An Edge"
New York Times, 1994-06-24. Retrieved on 2008-06-17. The team is commonly referred to by its famous nickname, "The Broadway Blueshirts", or more commonly in New York media, as simply the "Blueshirts". The team has had eleven
general managers since their inception,
not including
Conn Smythe. Smythe built the first Rangers team but was fired prior to the start of the inaugural season.
Key
General managers
See also
*
List of NHL general managers
This is a list of current general managers in the National Hockey League. In the National Hockey League, the general manager of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary responsibility on behalf of the hockey club during ...
Notes
* A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once.
References
*
{{NHL general managers by team
New York Rangers
New York Rangers general managers
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* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
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general managers
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