NEW YORK, NY - 1973: Rod Gilbert #7 of the New York Rangers looks to check Ralph Stewart #16 of the New York Islanders during their game circa 1973 at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. (Photo by Melchior DiGiacomo/Getty Images)
What happened on June 8 in the history of the New York Rangers
On this date in 1972 something unusual happened, something that has occurred only three times in Rangers’ franchise history. The New York Rangers actually made a trade with the New York Islanders.
The deal was for the Islanders not to take certain Ranger players in the 1972 expansion draft, held two days earlier on June 6.