The secret to the Rangers success this year? A tip of the hat.
The jaunty fedora called the Broadway Hat is given to the best player from each victory. It’s worn for post-game interviews — and nowhere else — a tradition that has brought the Rangers luck.
Credit a Swedish knockout for the sartorial inspiration. In September 2011, the Rangers played a preseason match 4,000 miles from Madison Square Garden in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Rangers beat Florida 4-2, and went out to a nightclub afterward to celebrate, according to an account in the local paper Göteborgs-Tidningen.