Sergio Momesso
Seasons with Rangers: 2
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 28
Playoff Games with Rangers: 11
Acquired
Traded to Rangers by Toronto in exchange for Wayne Presley on Feb. 29, 1996.
Departed
Traded by Rangers to St. Louis in exchange for Brian Noonan on Nov. 13, 1996.
RANGERS DEBUT
March 1, 1996 (Rangers vs. Buffalo Sabres)
FINAL GAME WITH RANGERS
Nov. 13, 1996 (Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers)
Uniform Number: 32
Retired from pro hockey: 2001
Tomas Sandstrom
Seasons with Rangers: 6
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 407
Playoff Games with Rangers: 29
Acquired
Selected by Rangers in Round 2 of 1982 NHL Entry Draft (Second Rangers pick, No. 36 overall).
Departed
Traded by Rangers to Los Angeles with Tony Granato in exchange for Bernie Nicholls on Jan. 20, 1990.
RANGERS DEBUT
Oct. 11, 1984 (Rangers vs. Hartford Whalers)
FINAL GAME WITH RANGERS
Jan. 18, 1990 (Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins)
MAJOR NHL AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS WITH RANGERS
NHL All-Rookie Team — 1984-85
NHL All-Star Game — 1988
RANGERS TEAM AWARDS
Rangers MVP — 1984-85
RANGERS RECORDS
Most hat tricks in one season — 4 in 1986-87
RANGERS TEAM LEADER
Most points — 1988-89
Most goals — 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87 (tie)
Most assists — 1988-89
Most playoff points — 1989 (tie)
Most playoff goals — 1989 (tie)
Most playoff assists — 1989 (tie)
Uniform Number: 28
Retired from pro hockey: 2002
John Vanbiesbrouck
Seasons with Rangers: 11
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 449
Playoff Games with Rangers: 38
Minor-league games: 37
Minor-league teams: Tulsa (CHL) 1983-84
Acquired
Selected by Rangers in Round 4 of 1981 NHL Entry Draft (Fifth Rangers pick, No. 72 overall).
Departed
Traded to Vancouver in exchange for future considerations (Doug Lidster) on June 20, 1993.
RANGERS DEBUT
Dec. 5, 1981 (Rangers at Colorado Rockies)
FINAL GAME WITH RANGERS
April 5, 1993 (Rangers vs. Hartford Whalers)
MAJOR NHL AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS WITH RANGERS
U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame — Inducted 2007
Vezina Trophy — 1985-86
NHL First All-Star Team — 1985-86
RANGERS TEAM AWARDS
Rangers MVP — 1985-86
Players` Player Award — 1985-86
Boucher Trophy (Most Popular) — 1985-86
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award — 1989-90 (co-winner)
"Crumb Bum" Award (Community Service) — 1986-87
Rangers Good Guy Award — 1984-85
Rangers Fan Club Rookie of the Year — 1984-85 (inaugural winner)
RANGERS RECORDS
Most career assists by a goaltender — 25
Most career penalty minutes by a goaltender — 212
Most assists by a goalie in one season — 5 in 1984-85 and 1987-88, shares record)
Most assists by a goalie in one game (2 at Winnipeg on Jan. 8, 1985, shares record)
NHL LEADER
Most wins — 1985-86
Most playoff shutouts — 1986
RANGERS NO. 1 GOALTENDER (played majority of games)
1985-86 to 1989-90, 1992-93
Nickname: Beezer
Uniform Number: 34
Retired from NHL: 2002
Today in NYR History September 4, 2003:
Richter, at the time, the Rangers winningest goalie and their only one to win a Stanley Cup since 1940, choked back tears several times while reading from a prepared speech.
''It's a bit of a confusing day for me,'' he said. ''I feel great sadness, because I have to give up something I truly love.''
After he took a particularly long pause, Richter tried to make a joke that this was not the place in his speech where he was supposed to cry. But then he whispered into the microphone, ''I'm in denial.''
And that appeared to be true. His teammates and friends knew he wanted to keep playing, but Richter, the father of two sons, ages 3 and 1, knew he would be risking his health if he were hit in the head again.
So, in a room decorated with action photos of him, Richter said he would end his career after 14 seasons, all with the Rangers. Mark Messier, the Rangers' stoic captain, left the dais as a video of Richter's highlights was shown.
''That was a tough one,'' Messier said. ''It was a tough day for everybody. I can speak for every Ranger fan, and every hockey fan, especially in New York, that it was a tough day in New York.''
James Dolan, the chief executive of Cablevision, which owns Madison Square Garden and the Rangers, said, ''For us, it's not a happy day at all.''
"If you're going to be successful, you're going to need to have all the characteristics of a Mike Richter," Sather said.
The Rangers had signed him for two years last July and wanted him to come back.
Sather said it took Richter a long time to come to grips with his medical history, because Richter did not want his career to end.
Richter played in 666 games and won 301, more than any other Rangers goaltender, and he helped the Rangers win the Stanley Cup in 1994.
Richter played his final game on November 5, 2002 against Edmonton, and he was inadvertently kneed in the head during a collision with Oilers forward Todd Marchant.
Richter had missed the last nine games of the 2001-2002 season with a fractured skull and concussion incurred when a rising shot by Atlanta's Chris Tamer hit him in the face mask.
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