Messier Weeps

We always thought Mark Messier was a mensch, but seeing footage from his press conference last night - the prelude to tonight's game where his number will be retired and his jersey will float to the rafters of Madison Square Garden - was a little disconcerting. He turned into a blubbering, well, mess. Gothamist has nothing against men showing they are vulnerable, but when we think of Messier, we think about his Cro-Magnon skull and his Game 6 promise during the playoffs with the NJ Devils. At least he had a hankie.

The NY Rangers have their Mark Messier celebration page. And Larry Brown was wearing a Messier jersey yesterday.

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By Jen Chung on January 12, 2006 5:00 PM

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MT

I can see just fine from this side of the river, thank you. ;-)

lawrence

Messier was weeping because the Rangers will never see a Stanley Cup again.

LET'S GO DEVILS!!!

mess fan

It is a shame that they killed hockey with the strike as many including myself have learned to live without it.

so true toby, so true.

rev pays

What's this Game Hockey, you speak of?

Kevin Walsh

Messier was a great NY Ranger and well deserves his accolades but as I watched the ceremony, the thought struck me that the Rangers' Cup was in, well, 1994. Shall we move on?

I hope the Oilers have feted him similarly. After all, he won five Cups with them.

www.forgotten-ny.com

Toby

I used to love going to Yankee games when the Rangers were in the playoffs before they won the cup. There were chants of "1940" from the Isles fans when the Ranger fans saw the score update and shouted "Lets go Rangers!"

It is a shame that they killed hockey with the strike as many including myself have learned to live without it.

Barb

A mensch is generally defined as a man of both strength and sensibility (in the Jane Austen sense of the word). A mensch is not emotionless; a mensch is a man who is not afraid of showing his emotions. That is Messier.