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The New York Rangers developed because of the success of their predecessors in Manhattan, the New York Americans, the team which introduced big-league ice hockey to New York. What was needed to make hockey a big-league game was a push, which was provided by Canadian-born hockey writer William "Bill" MacBeth. He was on good terms with George Lewis "Tex" Rickard, a fight promoter, and William "Big Bill" Dwyer, a bootlegger. In 1924, the New York Life Insurance Company announced it was foreclosing the mortgage on the old Madison Square Garden. Rickard decided he would promote a new Garden, and he brought together a syndicate of businessmen to organize the new Madison Square Garden Corporation. He needed a new attraction, deciding that boxing would not be sufficient. He investigated hockey as a new attraction. It is actually Dwyer who purchased the Hamilton (Ontario) Tigers and who then rented the new Garden for the newly-named Americans. Rickard changed his mind about hockey and planned for a second team to compete with the Americans, angering Dwyer. Dwyer's wrath marked the start of "an extraordinarily keen rivalry between the Rangers and Americans" (Beddoes, Fischler, and Gitler 39).

Much of this rivalry included efforts by the management of the Garden to harass the Americans. The Rangers played their first game in 1926 and beat the Montreal Maroons. The team put together for the 1927-1928 season won America's first Stanley Cup, defeating th

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ontreal Canadiens. The Rangers did not reach the Finals again until 1994 when the team emerged victorious winning its fourth Stanley Cup. Much of the credit for that win goes to general manager Neil Smith who took over in 1989, and acquired center Mark Messier for the 1991-92 season. Messier led the Rangers to the top of the league and won the Hart Trophy that season. He is credited with being the driving force that led the Rangers to the Stanley Cup (www.newyorkrangers.com/traditions/featurestories.asp). In the 1997-98 season, Messier left the team and Brian Leetch became team captain. The Great One, Wayne Gretsky, joined the Rangers and remained until his retirement in 1999. At the end of the 1999-2000 season general manager Neil Smith and head coach John Muckler were released. Ron Low was named head coach in July 2000, becoming the 29th head coach in the history of the Rangers. He comes with both a distinguished playing record and coaching record. The Rangers remain an important team in the league with a club made up of team players, super stars and future stars. Thirty-six club members have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. NEW YORK ISLANDERS The New York Islanders won four straight Stanley Cups in th

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