15 Years Ago Today: Bye Bye Islanders!
by Jim Schmiedeberg on Apr 24, 2009 1:00 PM EDT
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Print[Note by jrs1940, 04/24/09 10:08 AM EDT ]Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the 1994 Stanley Cup Champions:
On this day in 1994, the Rangers swept the Islanders out of the 1994 playoffs with a 5-2 victory at Nassau Coliseum.
The Islanders jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with Steve Thomas and Dan Plante scoring on their first two shots on goal. The Rangers would come back with 5 unanswered goals, 2 from Mark Messier.
The Rangers would out score the Islanders 22-3 in 4 games. Islanders goaltender Ron Hextall would finish the series with a GAA of 6.08, surrendering 16 goals on only 80 shots.
You may remember Howie Rose's call on Messier's 2nd goal of the game:
"And here's Messier! Racing on a breakaway! Cuts in, he shoots -- he scores!!! And that, my friends, will BURY the New York Islanders."
The Rangers would then have a week off before hosting the Washington Capitals in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.
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You know, jrs, every day I stop by hoping to learn some disastrous Ranger news, and every day I’m hit with one of these instead. :) Glad you’re finally through that sweep after today!
Needless to say, I went with “16 years ago” today for a history post over at Lighthouse. I like 1993 memories just a tad better.
Keep up the good work. You and the crew here almost make digesting Rangers news tolerable. Go Caps! ;)
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Thanks Dom, you are out of the woods now
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