NYR TODAY Tuesday 9/12: Traverse City, Notes, Alumni Birthday, Today in Rangers History

The Rangers Prospects Lost to Detroit 4-1 in Traverse City.

Ryan Gropp scored the Lone Goal for New York

Player Stats:
Alexei Bereglazov: minus one
Neal Pionk: minus one
Lias Andersson: 1 shot
Gabriel Fontaine: minus two, 2 shots
Ty Ronning: minus three, 5 shots, slashing penalty
Sergey Zborovskiy: 1 shot
Brandon Crawley: 1 assist, minus one, 3 shots, boarding penalty
Ryan Gropp: 1 goal, 3 shots
Malte Stromwall: minus one, 3 shots, high sticking penalty
Sean Day: minus one
Vinni Lettieri: 1 assist, plus one, 7 shots
Robin Kovacs: minus one, 1 shot, slashing penalty
Tim Gettinger: minus two, 4 shots
Chris Nell stopped 32 of 35 shots.

Informal Skate Notes:

Players attending informal skate workouts at the MSG Training Center have included Mats Zuccarello, Mika Zibanejad, Kevin Hayes, JT Miller, Kevin Shattenkirk, Nick Holden, Brady Skjei, Pavel Buchnevich, Brendan Smith, Matt Puempel, Ryan McDonagh, Jesper Fast, Bobby Farnham, John Gilmour, Ryan Graves, Michael Grabner and Henrik Lundqvist.

NYR Alumni Birthday September 12: 

Mike Murphy RW (1972-1974)

Today in NYR History September 12

2005: Mark Messier announces his retirement after 25 seasons in the NHL.

Though Messier is a key to the Edmonton Oilers' dynasty, which wins the Stanley Cup five times in seven seasons from 1983-90, he makes a bigger splash with the New York Rangers after being acquired in a trade in October 1991. Messier wins the Hart Trophy as MVP in his first season with the Rangers; two years later, he scores the winning goal in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Vancouver Canucks to give New York its first championship since 1940.

Messier finishes his NHL career with 1,887 points (694 goals) in 1,756 games. Only Wayne Gretzky has more points, and only Gordie Howe has played in more games.

"It's been a long career and I've achieved a lot," the 44-year-old says. "There was nothing really left of me to achieve."

The Rangers announce that they will retire his jersey on Jan. 12, 2006, prior to a game against the Oilers.

2007: The Rangers win the 2007 Traverse City Prospects Tournament, defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-1.