New York Rangers, American professional ice hockey team based in New York City. One of the oldest teams in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Rangers play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.
The team has won the Stanley Cup, the NHL’s championship trophy, four times (1928, 1933, 1940, and 1994).
Founded in New York by Tex Rickard in 1926 as an expansion franchise, the team was given its name by the New York press, which nicknamed it “Tex’s Rangers” (a play on the phrase “Texas Rangers”).
Rangers’ home games have been played in Madison Square Garden (a new arena of the same name opened in 1968) since the team’s founding.
The Rangers were part of the “Original Six” (along with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, and Chicago Blackhawks) that made up the NHL from 1942 until expansion in 1967.
The first coach of the New York Rangers was Lester Patrick.
The Rangers became the first U.S.-based hockey team in the NHL to win the Stanley Cup.
The New York Rangers is still a team to this day with a total of 27 members on it.
