Jimmy Vesey will wear #26 for the Rangers

Jimmy Vesey announced that he will wear #26 for the Rangers this season.

He said that he picked #26 because he was born on May 26th and the last time he wore #26 was in the World Juniors when he was playing with JT Miller.
Vesey added, "hopefully we can continue to win hockey games with me at #26 and him at #10."

Vesey will be the 25th New York Ranger to wear #26 in the team's history.
The previous players to wear the number are:
Sheldon Kannegiesser 1973-1974
Dave Maloney 1975-1985
Randy Heath 1985
Brian MacLellan 1986
Kjell Samuelsson 1987
Brad Maxwell 1987
Jay Caufield 1987
Ron Talakoski 1988
Kevin Miller 1989-1991
Igor Liba 1989
Troy Mallette 1990
Joe Kocur 1991-1996
David Oliver 1997
Jeff Finley 1998-1999
Mike Maneluk 1999
Tim Taylor 2000-2001
Andreas Johansson 2002
Jamie Lundmark 2003
Martin Rucinsky 2004-2006
Bryce Lampman 2007
Erik Christensen 2010-2011
Ruslan Fedotenko 2012
Martin St. Louis 2014-2015
Jarret Stoll 2016