FIVE YEARS AGO... Feb. 7, 1994

Way to start this little endeavor -- Washington beats the Rangers 4-1 at the Garden. Richter gets the loss, his first since the Jan. 5 game when Calgary rookie goalie Andrei Trefilov declared that the Rangers, to paraphrase, weren't that good. Trefilov, incidentally, will spend parts of four of the next five seasons in the minors. Messier gets the only Ranger goal.

Mike Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com

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