21-05-2025
Incredible But True Rangers Feats; How The Blueshirts Booted Around The 1984 Stanley Cup
Keepers of The Stanley Cup have become very careful about how the iconic trophy is handled by the winning team.
It was the Rangers who forced the league to have its own MP's to be sure that the Cup is not abused.
In 1994, Rangers celebrants Brian Noonan and Nick Kypreos appeared with The Cup on MTV's "Beach House" where Stanley was dressed in a T-shirt, baseball cap , and fake mustache.
"Then," wrote author Ross Bernstein in his book Raising Stanley, "it was stuffed with raw oysters."
Horse race fan Ed Olczyk took a bag of oats to Belmont Race Track in Long Island and fed Kentucky Derby winner "Go For Gin" the oats from Stanley.
The thoroughbred loved it but not the NHL.
Hijinks still take place but league officials follow around the celebrants just to be sure that oats and a fake mustache do not deface our favorite hockey trophy!
