1991: The Rangers acquire Mark Messier from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Bernie Nicholls, Louie DeBrusk, Steven Rice, and future considerations.
"I don't think this franchise has ever had a player like him," Neil Smith, general manager of the Rangers, said of Messier.
"To trade for a Mark Messier seemed like a fantasy when we first started talking in July. It took us a lot of slaps in the face for us to realize this could be true."
2008: The Rangers play their first regular season game outside of North America, and defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1, in Prague, Czech Republic.
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