NYR TODAY Monday 9/11: Alumni Birthdays, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birthdays September 11: 

Marc Dufour RW (1963-1965) Gus Kyle D (1949-1951) Barry Richter D (1995-1996) Wes Trainor LW (1948-1949)

Today in NYR History September 11, 1993: 

The Rangers start the 1993-94 season with a two-game exhibition tournament in London, England, and defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first game, 5-3.

The New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs were chosen by the NHL to bring the sport to England for the second time, playing a two-game preseason series sponsored by French's Mustard.

Occurring near the start of training camp for both clubs, the games featured mostly proven NHLers and sure-fire prospects. Other players were left home to get in a full training camp.

The Rangers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup in the spring of 1994, got their season off to a good start by winning both games, which were played at Wembley Arena in London. The Rangers won the first game, 5-3, and took the second contest, 3-1.

TEAM ROSTERS
New York Rangers                Toronto Maple Leafs

35 Mike Richter                    1 Damian Rhodes       
31 Corey Hirsch                   29 Felix Potvin

2 Brian Leetch                      2 Sylvain Lefebvre
4 Kevin Lowe                       3 Bob Rouse               
5 Peter Andersson               15 Dimitri Mironov        
21 Sergei Zubov                   23 Todd Gill        
24 Jay Wells                         34 Jamie Macoun
28 Joby Messier                   39 Janne Gronvall        

9 Adam Graves                     7 Dave McIlwain
10 Esa Tikkanen                    9 Glenn Anderson        
11 Mark Messier                   10 Bill Berg
13 Sergei Nemchinov            12 Rob Pearson
14 John McIntyre                  14 Dave Andreychuk        
17 Greg Gilbert                     17 Wendel Clark
18 Mike Hartman                  18 Kent Manderville
22 Mike Gartner                    21 Mark Osborne
26 Joe Kocur                         22 Ken Baumgartner
27 Alexei Kovalev                25 Peter Zezel
33 Tony Amonte                   32 Mike Eastwood
37 Paul Broten                      93 Doug Gilmour             

SCORING SUMMARY GAME 1 9/11/1993 FINAL NYR 5 TOR 3

FIRST PERIOD
            NYR        0-1        Gartner (Messier,Patrick) (5-3)
12:46        TOR        1-1        Gilmour (Gill,Krushelnyski) (sh)
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SECOND PERIOD
21:51        TOR        2-1        Clark (Gill,Cullen)
       TOR                Jonsson carried off with injured knee
35:20        NYR        2-2        Tikkanen (Kovalev)
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THIRD PERIOD
       NYR        3-2        Tikkanen
       TOR        3-3        Mironov (delayed penalty)
       NYR        4-3        Nemchinov
59:59        NYR        5-3        Kovalev (en)

SCORING SUMMARY GAME 2 9/12/1993 FINAL NYR 3 TOR 1

FIRST PERIOD
17:25        NYR        1-0        Leetch (Kovalev,M.Messier)
SECOND PERIOD
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25:51        NYR        2-0        Gartner (Nemchinov,Wells)
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THIRD PERIOD
42:18        TOR        2-1        Clark (Macoun,Lefebvre)
59:02        NYR        3-1        Graves (Kovalev) (EN)