Exterior view the New York Rangers home, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1940s. (Photo by Getty Images)
Only once in their history have the New York Rangers not lost a game in December
What happened on December 31 in the history of the New York Rangers
The date was December 31, 1939. The opponent was the New York Americans. When the New York Rangers hosted the Americans at Madison Square Garden, they were trying to do something that they had never done before and will probably never do again. They were trying to go undefeated in the month of December.