NYR TODAY Sun. 9/18: Alumni Birthdays, TDINYRH, NYR at Traverse City and World Cup

NYR Alumni Birthdays September 18: 

Fred "Bunn" Cook LW (1926-1936) Kelly Kisio C (1986-1991)

Fred "Bunn" Cook
Seasons with Rangers: 10 (1926-1936)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 433
Playoff Games with Rangers: 46

Uniform Number: 6
Stanley Cup Champion: 1928, 1933
Retired from NHL: 1937

Acquired
Pro hockey rights sold to Rangers by Saskatoon (WHL) on Oct. 18, 1926.
Departed
NHL rights sold to Boston by Rangers on Sept. 10, 1936.

RANGERS DEBUT
Nov. 16, 1926 (Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons)

MAJOR NHL AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
Hockey Hall of Fame — Inducted 1995
International Hockey Hall of Fame — Inducted 1966
NHL Second All-Star Team — 1930-31

RANGERS TEAM LEADER
Most goals — 1933-34
Most penalty minutes — 1928-29
Most playoff goals — 1932, 1935 (tie)

Kelly Kisio
Seasons with Rangers: 5 (1986-1991)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 336
Playoff Games with Rangers: 18

Uniform Numbers: 16, 11
Retired from NHL: 1995

Acquired
Traded to Rangers by Detroit with Lane Lambert and Jim Leavins in exchange for Glen Hanlon, 1987 third-round draft pick (Dennis Holland) and 1988 third-round draft pick (Guy Dupuis) on July 26, 1986.
Departed
Claimed by Minnesota in NHL Expansion Draft on May 30, 1991.

RANGERS DEBUT
Oct. 25, 1986 (Rangers at Montreal Canadiens)

FINAL GAME WITH RANGERS
March 21, 1991 (Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins)

RANGERS CAPTAIN
Dec. 24, 1987 to May 30, 1991

RANGERS TEAM AWARDS
Players` Player Award — 1989-90
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award — 1989-90 (co-winner)

RANGERS TEAM LEADER
Most assists — 1987-88
Most playoff assists — 1990 (tie)

The 21st captain in Rangers history, Kelly Kisio spent five seasons in New York from 1986 to 1991, and wore the "C" for the last three and a half years of his stint with the Blueshirts. During that span, he netted five straight 20-goal seasons and averaged just under 70 points per year.

Today in NY Rangers History September 18, 1903

New York Rangers Two Time Stanley Cup Champion Fred "Bunn" Cook is born in 1903

The younger brother of former Ranger Bill Cook and older brother of former NHL player Bud Cook, Bun Cook played left wing on a high-scoring line with his brother Bill and Frank Boucher. The trio worked together as the Rangers` No. 1 line from the team`s inaugural season of 1926-27 to the early 1930s, finishing as the team`s top three individual scorers in each of the first five seasons.

Bun Cook began his pro hockey career in the Western Hockey League, where he was among the players scouted by Conn Smythe, the Rangers` first general manager. In 1926, Smythe recruited Bill and Bun Cook New York to be part of the original New York Rangers team.

Bun Cook spent 10 seasons with the Rangers before joining the Boston Bruins organization to close out his NHL career. He later became a highly successful coach in the American Hockey League, first with Providence and later with Cleveland, where he led the Barons to four Calder Cup championships between 1945 and 1954.

Cook was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame posthumously in 1995.


TRAVERSE CITY PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT

The Rangers defeated the Dallas Stars 5-4 in their second game of the Traverse City tournament:

The Rangers won in the shootout after Cristoval "Boo" Neives tied the game at 4 with 34 seconds remaining in the third period. Malte Stromwall was the star of the game scoring 2 in regulation and adding the game winning goal in the shootout. Robin Kovacs scored the first goal of the game for the Rangers rookies. Jimmy Vesey assisted on Neives game tying goal and added a goal in the shootout. Goaltender Brandon Halverson stopped 36 of 40 shots.






Yesterday's Lineup:

Forwards
Jimmy Vesey, Boo Nieves, Ty Ronning
Ryan Gropp, Reid Duke, Pavel Buchnevich
Robin Kovacs, Tim Gettinger, Male Stromwall
Michael Joly, Steven Fogarty, Zach Zborosky

Defense
John Gilmour, Calle Andersson
Sean Day, Sergey Zborovskiy
Colton Bobyk, Zachary Malatesta

Starting goaltender:
Brandon Halverson

Individual Player Breakdown:

Jimmy Vesey: 2 assists, plus one, 4 shots
Steven Fogarty: minus two
John Gilmour: 1 assist, 3 shots
Sergey Zborovskiy: minus one, 2 shots
Boo Nieves: 1 goal, plus one, 1 shot
Robin Kovacs: 1 goal, plus two, 3 shots, hooking penalty
Ryan Gropp: minus one
Malte Stromwall: 2 goals, plus one, 5 shots
Sean Day: 1 assist, minus one, 1 shot
Pavel Buchnevich: 6 shots
Calle Andersson: 1 assist, minus one, 2 shots, hooking penalty
Tim Gettinger: plus one
Brandon Halverson: 36 saves on 40 shots

Shootout:
Jimmy Vesey: Goal
Malte Stromwall: Goal


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NEXT GAME
The Rangers will play their next game of the tournament vs the Minnesota Wild on Monday the 19th.
Game Starts at 3:30 PM and will once again air on both the Detroit Red Wings Official Site and on Fox Sports Go Platforms.

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WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY 

Ryan McDonagh, Derek Stepan and Team USA lost 3-0 to Mats Zuccarello and Team Europe in the Opening game of the World Cup of Hockey 2016.
Zuccarello had the secondary assist on the game winning goal scored by former Rangers forward Marion Gaborik. In 17:22 of ice time Zuccarello had 1 assist, 1 shot on goal, 1 hit, 1 blocked shot and was a +1 for the game. His ice time splits were 13:40 at even strength, 3:31 on the PP and 11 seconds on the PK with 5:55 in the first, 6:10 in the second and 5:17 in the third.

Ryan McDonagh was a minus one in 20:21, had 2 shots on goal, 1 shot that was blocked, 1 hit, 1 giveaway and 1 takeaway. He played 17:15 at even strength, 9 seconds on the PP, 2:57 on the PK, 7:42 in the first, 5:48 in the second and 6:51 in the third.

Derek Stepan was a minus two in 15:59, with 2 shots on goal, 1 shot that missed the net, 1 takeaway and was 5 and 5 on faceoffs. He played 10:43 at even strength, 2:40 on the PP, 2:36 on the PK and 5:49 in the first, 4:15 in the second and 5:55 in the third.