Another blue jersey soon will hang from the Madison Square Garden rafters.
No. 19, worn by Jean Ratelle, the smooth-skating, playmaking center of the GAG (Goal-A-Game) line of Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield, will be raised next season. A date will be announced after the NHL schedule is finalized, the Rangers announced Saturday.
Ratelle scored 109 points in 63 games in 1971-72, when the Rangers advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, and had 336 goals and 817 points in 862 games in 16 seasons on Broadway. He played his final five-plus seasons for the Bruins and retired in 1981.