Hockey player Mark Messier of the New York Rangers lifts the Stanley Cup aloft after his team defeated the Vancouver Canucks at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, June 14, 1994. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images)
Sunday marks 26 years since the last New York Rangers Stanley Cup
On June 14, 1994, the New York Rangers accomplished something that most fans of the team thought that they would never see, the Blueshirts win the Stanley Cup . It took a thrilling seven game Finals followed by pure bedlam at Madison Square Garden and citywide euphoria that culminated with a tickertape parade down the “Canyon of Heroes.