| The city of New York has nine teams representing | | | | finishes with the best record in the league during the |
| the four major sports - baseball, basketball, football, | | | | regular season. |
| and ice hockey. Two teams represent New York in | | | | The Home Ground |
| 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 at | | | | Rangers since 1926. That was the third Madison |
| the Madison Square Garden, whereas the New York | | | | Square Garden, and since 1968, they have moved |
| Islanders play from the Nassau Veterans Memorial | | | | into the fourth Madison Square Garden. The Garden |
| Coliseum in Uniondale - New York. The NY Rangers is | | | | has 18,20 seats for hockey, and is unquestionably the |
| the older of the two teams and started playing in the | | | | most beautiful arena in the world. |
| National Hockey 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 worn by |
| franchise granted the Madison Square Garden by the | | | | any other Rangers team member. So far, the |
| NHL during the 1926-27 season. As the then president | | | | Rangers have retired four jersey numbers, and these |
| of the Madison Square Garden - G. L. 'Tex' Rickard - | | | | numbers will hang - forever - from the rafters of the |
| was responsible for building this team; the team | | | | Madison Square Garden. |
| came to be known as 'Tex's' Rangers. This is how | | | | The Rangers Tickets |
| the team later came to be named the New York | | | | More than 25 home games are scheduled to be |
| Rangers. | | | | played by the NY Rangers until the first week of |
| The NY Rangers have won four Stanley Cups - the | | | | April 2007 at the Madison Square Garden. This is a |
| championship trophy of the NHL. The NY Rangers did | | | | great opportunity for the fans of the Rangers to |
| what no other team has ever done since - win their | | | | watch their favorite team playing close up. With the |
| first Stanley Cup in their sophomore year. They won | | | | games being played close to home, the NY Rangers |
| this during the 1927-28 season and followed it thrice | | | | tickets are definitely not going to be easy to come |
| more during the 1932-33, 1939-40, and 1993-94 | | | | by. |
| seasons. They won this last Cup in front of their | | | | With all the fans hankering to watch the games, the |
| cheering home crowd at the Madison Square Garden. | | | | NY Rangers tickets would all have been sold out. It |
| The New Yorkers are proud of their team, which has | | | | may already be too late in the day to expect to |
| won the Prince of Wales Trophy three times. The | | | | procure your NY Rangers tickets at the venue. |
| Prince of Wales Trophy is the NHL trophy awarded | | | | Your best option is the reputed ticket brokers, who |
| to the Eastern Conference playoff champions. The | | | | have the resources to deliver your NY Rangers |
| NY Rangers have also won the President's Trophy | | | | tickets to your door. |
| twice. This is presented by the NHL to the team that | | | | |