Q 01/05

Which Madison Square Garden president was awarded the NHL franchise that became the Rangers?

A) John S. Hammond

B) Tex Rickard

C) Sonny Werblin

D) Charles Dolan

Answer · why

B) Tex Rickard

Tex Rickard saw how well a tenant team, the Americans, drew in the Garden's first hockey season and wanted a club of his own; the press dubbed it Tex'...

Q 02/05

The promoter who founded the Rangers in 1926 had made his name staging which sport?

A) Horse racing

B) Boxing

C) Wrestling

D) Six-day cycling

Answer · why

B) Boxing

Boxing: he staged Jack Dempsey's biggest fights, among them the first to draw a million dollars at the gate, and wanted hockey of his own once a tenan...

Q 03/05

The Rangers are one of the NHL's 'Original Six'; which of these clubs is another?

A) Pittsburgh Penguins

B) St. Louis Blues

C) Buffalo Sabres

D) Chicago Blackhawks

Answer · why

D) Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks: the name marks the six clubs that made up the league from 1942 until it doubled in 1967, though Chicago and the Rangers had both j...

Q 04/05

Which future Maple Leafs owner assembled the first Rangers roster but was fired before the opening season?

A) Art Ross

B) Jack Adams

C) Conn Smythe

D) Frank Selke

Answer · why

C) Conn Smythe

Conn Smythe quarrelled with the Garden's hockey boss and was dismissed on the eve of the season; the players he had signed finished first in their div...

Q 05/05

Which 44-year-old Rangers coach took over in goal during a Stanley Cup Final after Lorne Chabot was injured?

A) Eddie Gerard

B) Lester Patrick

C) Murray Murdoch

D) Bill Cook

Answer · why

B) Lester Patrick

Lester Patrick, a retired defenceman, strapped on the pads when the opposing coach would not let the Rangers borrow a goalie from the stands; he let i...