The Exceptions to the Rules--also linked individually below.
NOTE, 4/23/97--having finally bought myself a damn program ($6 is a hell of a lot, but it was the playoffs...), I've discovered that the good folks in media relations have done much the same thing as this--except, well, theirs goes back to 1926...it looks pretty good, although there's no J. Messier in eight (see below). So anyone interested in this kind of stuff, I humbly suggest you call the Garden up and purchase one of these programs...I'll keep doing mine [somebody has to keep them honest :-)], but know there's a complete one out there.
"*"--Sifting through and finding the starred players will give you the "29 men" (a label lifted from 1994 interviews of Glenn Healy and Esa Tikkanen, who talked about 29 men working together for their goal) -- the players who were on the roster on June 14, 1994. "**" indicates the ones who actually got their name on the Cup, including Eddie Olczyk and Mike Hartman, who are on through special dispensation. The stars are placed by the number the player was assigned at the time; hence, Joby Messier in 8, etc. The major exception is No. 3 Barry Richter.
NOTE: The major known discrepancy between this list and the Rangers' official records involves Joby Messier. Messier wore No. 8 on April 12, 1994, against Buffalo, but that number is not listed next to his name in the all-time register. (A picture of him from that game wearing that number is in the 1994-95 Media Guide; moreover, his previously assigned number was 28, and Steve Larmer would not have let him have it.)
Last update: 3/24/09 -- 56 Michael Sauer.
To go directly to each number... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 51 53 54 55 56 61 68 74 80 81 82 88 91 92 93 99
1
Glen Hanlon
Doug Soetaert
RETIRED FOR ED GIACOMIN, March 15, 1989
2
Tom Laidlaw ('A')
**Brian Leetch ('C')
RETIRED FOR BRIAN LEETCH, January 24, 2008
3
James Patrick ('A')
(Chris Tamer)
Stanislav Neckar
Kim Johnsson
(Tom Poti)
Michal Rozsival
RETIRED FOR HARRY HOWELL, February 22, 2009
4
Ron Greschner ('C')
**Kevin Lowe ('A')
Maxim Galanov
Chris Tamer
Kevin Hatcher
Brad Brown
Mike Mottau
Greg deVries
Aaron Ward
Eric Reitz
5
Barry Beck ('C')
Jari Gronstrand
Normand Rochefort
Peter Andersson
*Mattias Norstrom
Ulf Samuelsson ('A')
Stephane Quintal
Dale Purinton
Matt Cullen
Dan Girardi
6
Jim Wiemer
Mark Tinordi
Curt Giles ('A')
Ken Hammond
Dean Kennedy
Milo Horava
Joe Cirella
**Doug Lidster (1993-94)
Glen Featherstone
Doug Lidster (1995-1998)
Manny Malhotra
Darius Kasparaitis ('A')
Wade Redden
7
RETIRED FOR ROD GILBERT, March 7, 1977
8
Kjell Samuelsson
Walt Poddubny
Darren Turcotte
*(Joby Messier)
Jean-Yves Roy
Patrick Flatley
Ryan VandenBussche
(Brad Smyth)
Jan Mertzig
Michal Grosek
Ted Donato
Marek Malik
9
Dave Gagner
Ulf Dahlen
Bernie Nicholls
**Adam Graves ('A')
Pavel Bure
RETIRED FOR ADAM GRAVES, February 3, 2009
RETIRED FOR ANDY BATHGATE, February 22, 2009
10
Kelly Miller
Pierre Larouche
Guy Lafleur
Dave Archibald
Steve Rice
**Esa Tikkanen (1993-1994)
(Petr Nedved)
Esa Tikkanen (1997)
(Marc Savard)
Esa Tikkanen (1998-1999)
Todd Harvey
Sandy McCarthy
(Garth Murray)
Sandy McCarthy (returns 3/9/04)
Ville Nieminen
Nigel Dawes
11
Steve Patrick
Wilf Paiement
Bob Carpenter
Kelly Kisio ('C')
(Adam Graves)
**Mark Messier ('C')(1991-97, 2000-2004)
RETIRED FOR MARK MESSIER, Jan. 12, 2006
12
Don Maloney ('A')
(Kris King)
Tim Kerr
**Eddie Olczyk
Ken Gernander (into 1997)
Mike Keane ['A']
Bob Errey
Rich Brennan
Alexandre Daigle
Dixon Ward
Ken Gernander (3/4/04 -- never left the organization!)
Patrick Rissmiller
13
Bob Brooke
**Sergei Nemchinov
Valeri Kamensky
Richard Scott
Nikolai Zherdev
14
Mike Allison
Lane Lambert
Jeff Jackson
Gordie Walker
Doug Wickenheiser
Mark Hardy
John McIntyre
Mattias Norstrom (1993-94)
**Craig MacTavish
Troy Loney
Mattias Norstrom (1995-96)
Chris Ferraro
(Peter Ferraro, 1996-97)
Geoff Smith
(Johan Witehall)
(Christian Dube)
Theoren Fleury
(Jason Ward)
Brendan Shanahan ('A')
15
Chris Jensen
Jason Lafreniere
Mark Janssens
*Mike Hudson
(Darren Langdon)
John MacLean
Chad Wiseman
Jeff Taffe
Brad Isbister
Blair Betts
16
Mark Pavelich
(Kelly Kisio)
Marcel Dionne
(Ulf Dahlen)
Brian McReynolds
(Troy Mallete)
Randy Gilhen
Jim Hiller
**Brian Noonan
Pat Verbeek
Daniel Goneau
Pat LaFontaine
Rob DiMaio
Mike York
Bobby Holik
Tom Poti
Jason Ward
Sean Avery
17
Rob Whistle
(Michel Petit)
Jeff Brubaker
Brian Lawton
Carey Wilson
(Rick Bennett)
**Greg Gilbert
(Pat Verbeek)
Peter Ferraro, 1995-96
Jari Kurri
Peter Ferraro, 1996-97
Kevin Stevens ('A')
(Derek Armstrong)
Colin Forbes
Rem Murray
Chris Simon
Jamie Lundmark
Fedor Fedorov
Petr Sykora
Brandon Dubinsky
18
Mike Ridley
Jim Pavese
Stu Kulak
Tony Granato
(Joe Cirella)
**Mike Hartman
Wayne Presley
Bill Berg
(Derek Armstrong)
(Michael York)
Zdeno Ciger
Cory Cross
Ales Pisa
Mike Siklenka
Cory Larose
Dominic Moore
Adam Hall
Marc Staal
19
Mark Osborne
Brian Mullen
Kris King
Craig Duncanson
**Nick Kypreos
Christian Dube
Darren Langdon
(Martin Rucinsky)
(Roman Lyashenko)
(Blair Betts)
Scott Gomez ('A')
20
Jan Erixon
(Mark Osborne)
Luc Robitaille
Brian Skrudland ['A']
(Todd Harvey)
(P.J. Stock)
Radek Dvorak
Pascal Rheaume
Jozef Balej
Steve Rucchin ('A')
Jason Krog
Fredrik Sjostrom
21
George McPhee
Dave Shaw ('A')
Jody Hull
**Sergei Zubov
Ray Ferraro
(Peter Ferraro, 1995-96)
Jayson More
Russ Courtnall
Johan Lindbom
Scott Fraser
Mathieu Schneider
Bert Robertsson
Jason Doig
Derek Armstrong
Steve McKenna
Richard Lintner
(Jamie Lundmark)
Ivan Baranka
22
Mike Donnelly
Paul Cyr
Mike Gartner ('A')
Nathan LaFayette
Ian Laperriere
Shane Churla
Mike Knuble
(Jason Dawe)
(Michal Grosek)
Tomas Kloucek
(Josh Green)
Mike Wilson
Anson Carter
Benoit Dusablon
Thomas Pock
(Lauri Korpikoski)
23
Chris Kontos
Raimo Helminen
Lucien DeBlois
Corey Millen
Ray Sheppard
**Jeff Beukeboom ['A']
Vladimir Malakhov
Karel Rachunek
Chris Drury ('C')
24
(Jim Wiemer)
(Pierre Larouche)
Jim Leavins
(Jeff Brubaker)
Michel Petit
Randy Moller
**Jay Wells
Niklas Sundstrom
Sylvain Lefebvre
Jamie Pushor
Chris McAllister
Maxim Kondratiev
Sandis Ozolinsh
Ryan Callahan
25
Peter Sundstrom
Paul Fenton
Tony McKegney
John Ogrodnick
Steve King
**Alexander Karpovtsev
(Mathieu Schneider)
(Jason Doig)
Alexei Gusarov
Peter Smrek
Paul Healey
Garth Murray
Petr Prucha
26
(Kjell Samuelsson)
Brian MacLellan
Brad Maxwell
Ron Talakoski
Igor Liba
(Kevin Miller)
Troy Mallette
**Joe Kocur
David Oliver
Jeff Finley
Mike Maneluk
Tim Taylor
Andreas Johansson
(Jamie Lundmark)
Martin Rucinsky
Bryce Lampman
27
Willie Huber
Paul Boutilier
Mike McEwen
Joe Paterson
(Dave Shaw)
(Mark Janssens)
Rick Bennett
**Alexei Kovalev, 1992-1998
(Jan Hlavac)
Jason Dawe
Rico Fata
Alexei Kovalev, 2/12/03-
Paul Mara
28
Tomas Sandstrom
Tie Domi
(Joby Messier)
**Steve Larmer ('A')
(Brian Noonan)
Dallas Eakins
(P.J. Stock)
Eric Lacroix
Roman Lyashenko
(Dominic Moore)
Lawrence Nycholat
Colton Orr
29
Reijo Ruotsalainen
Don Jackson
Bruce Bell
Rudy Poeschuk
Phil Bourque
Joby Messier
Barry Richter
Eric Cairns
(Chris Kenady)
Johan Witehall
(Jeff Toms)
Darren Van Impe
(Roman Lyashenko)
Krzysztof Oliwa
Boris Mironov
Lauri Korpikoski
30
Grant Ledyard
Larry Melnyk
Chris Nilan
**Glenn Healy
Sylvain Blouin
Kirk McLean
Mike Dunham
Henrik Lundqvist
31
Ron Scott
(Tony Amonte)
Rob Zamuner
*Corey Hirsch
Jason Muzzatti
J.F. Labbe
Vitali Yeremeyev
Guy Hebert
Dan Blackburn
32
Tony Feltrin
Dave Pichette
(Lucien DeBlois)
Bob Crawford
Stephane Brochu
Kevin Miller
Mike Hurlbut
(Daniel Lacroix)
**Stephane Matteau
Sergio Momesso
(Sylvain Blouin)
Mike Eastwood
Harry York
Sean Pronger
Terry Virtue
P.J. Stock
(Johan Holmqvist)
Jeff Toms
Gordie Dwyer
33
Bob Froese
Tony Amonte
Marc Savard
Milan Hnilicka (also wore 32 as backup goalie)
(Mike Mottau)
Dave Karpa
Jamie McLennan
(Bryce Lampman II)
Michal Rozsival
34
John Vanbiesbrouck
Jamie Ram
(Dan Cloutier)
Peter Popovic
Jason LaBarbera
Bryan Berard
Jason LaBarbera
Jason Strudwick
Aaron Voros
35
(Ron Scott)
(Ron Talakoski)
**Mike Richter
RETIRED FOR MIKE RICHTER, Feb. 4, 2004
36
(Gordie Walker)
Todd Charlesworth
**Glenn Anderson
(Marty McSorley)
Jeff Nielsen
Pierre Sevigny
(Daniel Goneau)
Rumun Ndur
Alexei Vasiliev
David Wilkie
Matthew Barnaby
37
(George McPhee)
Norm Maciver
Paul Broten
Daniel Lacroix
(Ryan VandenBussche)
Tim Sweeney
Brent Fedyk
(Derek Armstrong)
Tony Tuzzolino
Mikael Samuelsson
Jan Hlavac
38
Terry Carkner
Jeff Bloemberg
(Sylvain Blouin)
Ronnie Sundin
Chris Kenady
Jeff Ulmer
(Rico Fata)
Ronald Petrovicky
(Bryce Lampman)
Jarkko Immonen
Corey Potter
39
(Chris Jensen)
(Rob Whistle)
(Tony Granato)
Peter Laviolette
Doug Weight
Todd Marchant
Shawn McCosh
Steve Larouche
Vladimir Vorobiev
Dan Cloutier
(Daniel Goneau)
Drew Bannister
Brad Smyth
Trent Whitfield
(Joel Bouchard)
Dan LaCouture
Alexandre Giroux
40
(Kelly Miller)
Randy Heath
(Jayson More)
Dennis Vial
Johan Holmqvist
Jussi Markkanen
Chris Holt
Stephen Valiquette
41
Steve Richmond
Mike Siltala
(Rudy Poeschuk)
Simon Wheeldon
Peter Fiorentino
(Martin Rucinsky - temporary)
Jed Ortmeyer
42
(Paul Fenton)
Dave Marcinyshyn
John Tripp
Artem Anisimov
43
Jason MacDonald
(Ryan Callahan)
44
Terry Kleisinger
Ron Duguay
Jim Latos
Lindy Ruff
Per Djoos
Billy Tibbetts
Josh Green
Ryan Hollweg
45
(Dale Purinton)
(Stephen Valiquette)
Dmitri Kalinin
46
(Daniel Girardi)
47
Pat Price
Steve Nemeth
(Mark Janssens)
Rich Pilon
Barrett Heisten
Mike Green
49
Greg Moore
Dan Fritsche
51
(Fedor Tyutin)
53
Layne Ulmer
Derek Morris
54
(Brandon Dubinsky)
55
Marty McSorley
Igor Ulanov
Fedor Tyutin
David Liffiton
Christian Backman
56
Michael Sauer
61
Pascal Dupuis
68
Jaromir Jagr ('C')
74
Joel Bouchard
80
Kevin Weekes
Nikolai Antropov
81
Marcel Hossa
82
Martin Straka ('A')
88
Eric Lindros ('A')
91
Markus Naslund ('A')
92
Michael Nylander
93
Petr Nedved
99
Wayne Gretzky