Thursday, September 1, 2016

NYR TODAY Thurs 9/1: Rangers & Alumni Birthdays

New York Rangers Birthday 9/1: Mats Zuccarello


Position: Right Wing
Uniform Numbers: 48, 36
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 179
Shoots: Left
Born: Sep 1, 1987  (Age 29)
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Hometown: Oslo, Norway
   
Acquired: Signed with Rangers as an undrafted free agent on May 26, 2010.

Career Regular Season Rangers Stats: GP 303, G  71, A  132, PTS  203, +/- +43, PIM 129, PPG 12. SHG 1, GWG 14

Career Rangers Playoff Stats: GP 48, G 7, A 17, PTS 24, +/- +4, PIM 30, GWG 1

NYR Alumni Birthdays September 1: 
Norm Maciver D (1986-1989) Alexi Vasuliev D (1999-2000) Jeff Woywitka D (2011-2012)


Norm Maciver
Seasons with Rangers: 3
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 66
Playoff Games with Rangers: 0
Acquired
Signed with Rangers as an undrafted free agent on Sept. 8, 1986.
Departed
Traded by Rangers to Hartford with Brian Lawton and Don Maloney in exchange for Carey Wilson and 1990 fifth-round draft pick (Lubos Rob) on Dec. 26, 1988

RANGERS DEBUT
Oct. 9, 1986 (Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils)
FINAL GAME WITH RANGERS
Dec. 23, 1988 (Rangers at Washington Capitals)

RANGERS ORGANIZATION STATISTICS
Minor-league games: 98
Minor-league teams: New Haven (AHL) 1986-87; Colorado (IHL) 1987-88

Uniform Number: 37
Retired from pro hockey: 1999

Alexi Vasuliev
Seasons with Rangers: 1
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 1
Playoff Games with Rangers: 0
Acquired
Selected by Rangers in Round 5 of 1995 NHL Entry Draft (Fourth Rangers pick, No. 110 overall).
Departed
Traded by Rangers to Nashville in exchange for a 2001 conditional draft pick on Sept. 25, 2000.

RANGERS DEBUT
April 5, 2000 (Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens)

RANGERS ORGANIZATION STATISTICS
Minor-league games: 150
Minor-league teams: Hartford (AHL) 1998-2000

Uniform Number: 36

Vasiliev also spent 12 seasons playing for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Superleague & Kontinental Hockey League. His contract was not renewed for the 2011–12 KHL season, which saved his life as he was not on the plane that crashed September 7, 2011, killing the majority of the team.

Jeff Woywitka
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 27
Playoff Games with Rangers: 0

Acquired
Claimed by Rangers off waivers from Montreal on Oct. 6, 2011
Departed
July 2, 2012 signed with St Louis Blues as UFA

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