New York Rangers Madison Square Garden Framed Panoramic Stadium Picture

This panorama, taken by James Blakeway, captures the action of the New York Rangers playing on home ice. The Rangers are one of the oldest teams in the NHL?, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise, and are part of the group of teams referred to as the Original Six?. The Rangers finished their first season with the best record in the NHL. The following year, they went a step further, winning the Stanley Cup? Championship and becoming the first NHL franchise in the United States to win the Stanley Cup. On December 13, 1929, the Rangers became the first team in the NHL to travel by plane when they hired the Curtiss-Wright Corporation to fly them to Toronto for a game against the Maple Leafs?.