The 1994 New York Rangers ended more than five decades of heartbreak and frustration for the franchise and its fans. At long last, it was the opposition that suffered costly injuries and tough breaks in big moments.
The waiting was over, indeed. The parade down the Canyon of Heroes that followed was a memory that will last a lifetime.
As we noted in the first five parts of our series on great New York Rangers teams that came close to winning the Stanley Cup, the 1994 team accomplished what even the powerhouse Blueshirts clubs of the early 1970s could not.