NYR TODAY 1/2

RANGERS GAME DAY!!! New York Rangers kick off 2016 vs Florida Panthers Tonight 7:00 PM, MSG Network, Fox Sports FL. Let's Go Rangers!!!

 NYR Alumni Birthdays 1/2; Mike Backman RW (1982-1983), Robbie Ftorek C (1981-1985), Gord LaBosiere C (1963-1965), Mattis Norstrom D (1993-1996), Ales Pisa D (2002-2003)

 Happy Birthday to the Man who started it all, the Founder of our New York Rangers Tex Rickard 1/2/1870-1/6/1929.

 TODAY IN NYR HISTORY January 2:
1990: The Rangers play their first game in Quebec, tying the Nordiques, 3-3.

2007: Forward Marcel Hossa beats Martin Broduer in the eighth-round of the shootout to lift the Rangers to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.

2012: The Rangers beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2, in the 2012 NHL Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Henrik Lundqvist makes 34 saves, including a penalty shot stop on Daniel Briere with 19.8 seconds remaining.