RATELLE TO THE RAFTERS

The New York Rangers have Officially Announced that they will Retire Jean Ratelle's #19 and Raise his Banner to the Rafters of Madison Square Garden Next Season

Jean Ratelle played parts of 16 seasons with Rangers (1960-61 – 1975-76). In 862 games played Ratelle tallied: 336 goals, 481 assists, 817 points

Ratelle's All-Time NY Rangers Franchise rankings: 2nd in goals, 3rd in assists, 3rd in points, 6th in games played.

Jean Ratelle was inducted into the Hockey Hall Fame in 1985 & was selected as one of the NHL’s Top 100 Players in 2017.

Including Ratelle, 32 players have worn number 19 for the Rangers
Jackie McLeod 1951
Bill Kyle 1951
Eddie Kullman 1952-1954
Larry Popein 1955-1961
Len Ronson 1961
Wayne Hall 1961
Bob Cunningham 1961-1962
Danny Belisle 1961
Floyd Smith 1961
Pete Goegan 1962
Duane Rupp 1963
Gord Labossiere 1964
*Jean Ratelle 1964-1976*
Billy Taylor 1965
Mark Heaslip 1977-1978
Dean Talafous 1979-1982
Tom Younghans 1982
Ulf Nilsson 1983
Mark Osborne 1984-1987
Brian Mullen 1988-1991
Kris King 1992-1993
Craig Duncanson 1993
Nick Kypreos 1994-1996
Christian Dube 1997
Darren Langdon 1999-2000
Martin Rucinsky 2002
Roman Lyashenko 2003
Blair Betts 2006-2007
Scott Gomez 2008-2009
Ruslan Fedotenko 2011
Brad Richards 2012-2014
Jesper Fast 2015-2017 (current)