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The Rangers retired Adam Graves’ number nine last night for not just his accomplishments on the ice, but for his myriad of contributions off of it. It was during that magical season of 1993-94 when Graves had his finest season as a Ranger, scoring 52 goals as New York eliminated 54 years of frustration. Graves never reached those heights again, but he played ten seasons in New York and scored almost 300 goals.

The Rangers were lucky to even be in a position to tie the game because Atlanta had a shot to score on an empty net and missed. But, New York’s luck ran out in the shootout when Henrik Lundqvist looked very ordinary and let in two goals and the Rangers only scored one.

Beloved former Ranger Brian Leetch only made one mistake, mentioning Jim Dolan in his speech and the Rangers only made one mistake, letting Marian Hossa get free to score a goal. Hossa’s goal early in the second period put Atlanta in front and threatened to ruin Brian Leetch Night, but the Rangers recovered.