| The city of New York has nine teams | | | | during the regular season. |
| representing the four major sports - | | | | |
| baseball, basketball, football, and ice | | | | The Home Ground |
| hockey. Two teams represent New York in ice | | | | |
| hockey - the New York (NY) Rangers, and the | | | | The Madison Square Garden is home of the NY |
| New York Islanders. The NY Rangers are based | | | | Rangers since 1926. That was the third |
| at the Madison Square Garden, whereas the New | | | | Madison Square Garden, and since 1968, they |
| York Islanders play from the Nassau Veterans | | | | have moved into the fourth Madison Square |
| Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale - New York. | | | | Garden. The Garden has 18,20 seats for |
| The NY Rangers is the older of the two teams | | | | hockey, and is unquestionably the most |
| and started playing in the National Hockey | | | | beautiful arena in the world. |
| League (NHL) in 1926. | | | | |
| | | | The NY Rangers honors its greatest players by |
| The NY Rangers came into being as part of a | | | | retiring their jersey numbers, never to be |
| franchise granted the Madison Square Garden | | | | worn by any other Rangers team member. So |
| by the NHL during the 1926-27 season. As the | | | | far, the Rangers have retired four jersey |
| then president of the Madison Square Garden - | | | | numbers, and these numbers will hang - |
| G. L. 'Tex' Rickard - was responsible for | | | | forever - from the rafters of the Madison |
| building this team; the team came to be known | | | | Square Garden. |
| as 'Tex's' Rangers. This is how the team | | | | |
| later came to be named the New York Rangers. | | | | The Rangers Tickets |
| | | | |
| The NY Rangers have won four Stanley Cups - | | | | More than 25 home games are scheduled to be |
| the championship trophy of the NHL. The NY | | | | played by the NY Rangers until the first week |
| Rangers did what no other team has ever done | | | | of April 2007 at the Madison Square Garden. |
| since - win their first Stanley Cup in their | | | | This is a great opportunity for the fans of |
| sophomore year. They won this during the | | | | the Rangers to watch their favorite team |
| 1927-28 season and followed it thrice more | | | | playing close up. With the games being played |
| during the 1932-33, 1939-40, and 1993-94 | | | | close to home, the NY Rangers tickets are |
| seasons. They won this last Cup in front of | | | | definitely not going to be easy to come by. |
| their cheering home crowd at the Madison | | | | |
| Square Garden. | | | | With all the fans hankering to watch the |
| | | | games, the NY Rangers tickets would all have |
| The New Yorkers are proud of their team, | | | | been sold out. It may already be too late in |
| which has won the Prince of Wales Trophy | | | | the day to expect to procure your NY Rangers |
| three times. The Prince of Wales Trophy is | | | | tickets at the venue. |
| the NHL trophy awarded to the Eastern | | | | |
| Conference playoff champions. The NY Rangers | | | | Your best option is the reputed ticket |
| have also won the President's Trophy twice. | | | | brokers, who have the resources to deliver |
| This is presented by the NHL to the team that | | | | your NY Rangers tickets to your door. |
| finishes with the best record in the league | | | | |