On June 15th, 1994 the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup, ending a 54 year drought. Many Rangers fans have fond, vivid memories of the names, faces, and moments from those halcyon days.
On June 15th, 1994 I was 3-years-old, four days from turning four, and my memories of those halcyon days come from a worn out video-tape that I watched constantly as a kid, in a way coopting memories and emotions that weren’t mine, not genuinely. My first genuine memory of the New York Rangers is of Wayne Gretzky in the twilight of his career, still better than everyone on the ice by sheer reputation alone.