Wally Hergesheimer, a Small Big Scorer for the Rangers, Dies at 87
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
At only 5-7 and 145 pounds, Hergesheimer led the Rangers in goal-scoring his first three seasons in the N.H.L.
At 17, Jack Eichel, who begins his freshman season at Boston University on Saturday, is seen as the new face of American hockey.
Jack Eichel, entering his freshman season at Boston University, is already being compared to hockey greats like Mike Modano and Mario Lemieux.
At only 5-7 and 145 pounds, Hergesheimer led the Rangers in goal-scoring his first three seasons in the N.H.L.
Travis Zajac scored in the fifth round of a shootout, lifting the Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Islanders in a preseason game in Newark.
Carl Hagelin and the rookie Anthony Duclair scored for the Rangers, but host Philadelphia won.
Ryan Haggerty and Jesper Fast each scored twice, the rookie Anthony Duclair added another goal, and Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves.
Ruslan Fedotenko, who played for 12 years in the N.H.L., is trying out with the Devils after the upheaval in his native country left him without a team.
Gomez scored two goals, both on power plays, and the Devils beat the visiting Philadelphia Flyers, 3-1, in a preseason game.
The rookies Oscar Lindberg and Anthony Duclair scored in the first period, and J. T. Miller and Marek Hrivik added goals in the third as the Rangers beat the Blackhawks by 4-1 in a preseason game in Chicago.
Los Angeles defeated the Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals to lift the Cup for the second time in three years, an achievement that comes despite the current salary-capped era of parity in the N.H.L.
There has never been a five-game series as supremely gripping as the Stanley Cup finals between the Los Angeles Kings and the Rangers.
Twenty years later, revisit the most memorable moments from the sports summer of 1994, with archival photography and video recollections from Times reporters and editors on the Knicks, Rangers, World Cup and more.
In hockey, a goalie is always mindful of the vulnerable areas in front of the net. These days, no one is better at guarding those spots than the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist.
