19 Facts About Rangers Canadiens

1. The Rangers Canadiens wore the jerseys at home on Saturdays and when they played against Original Six teams.

2. On June 14, 2017, the Rangers Canadiens announced a buyout of the remaining three years on Dan Girardi's contract.

3. On June 25, 2016 the Rangers Canadiens acquired Nick Holden from the Colorado Avalanche for a 2017 fourth-round draft pick.

4. On January 8, 2016 the Rangers Canadiens traded Emerson Etem to the Vancouver Canucks for Nicklas Jensen and a sixth-round pick in the 2017 NHL draft.

5. The Rangers Canadiens finished the season ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Islanders, finishing in third place in the Atlantic Division and sixth place in the Eastern Conference for the second straight year.

6. On February 5, 2007 the Rangers Canadiens acquired agitating forward Sean Avery in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings.

7. The next season, the Rangers Canadiens defeated the Canadiens in six games but lost their second round series to the Penguins in five games.

8. The Rangers Canadiens bounced back and they won the next three games, allowing the Canucks just four goals.

9. The next year, the Rangers Canadiens acquired superstar center Marcel Dionne after almost 12 years as a Los Angeles King.

10. The Rangers Canadiens spent the rest of the 1930s playing close to 0.500 hockey until their next Cup win.

11. The Rangers Canadiens won the American Division title their first year but lost to the Boston Bruins in the playoffs.

12. New York Rangers Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City.

13. On Friday, the Rangers Canadiens were blanked for the fifth time against the Hurricanes.

14. The Pacific Coast Militia Rangers Canadiens were disbanded on September 30, 1945, after Japan's surrender in the Second World War.

15. The Rangers Canadiens were invited to inaugurate the arena as the natural ice surface at the Mount Royal Arena was not ready to host NHL games.

16. The Rangers Canadiens won the best-of-three series in two games, and captured their second Stanley Cup.

17. The Rangers Canadiens changed their logo to a red "C" interlocked with a white "H".

18. The Rangers Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 24 times: once while part of the National Hockey Association, and 23 times as members of the NHL.

19. The Rangers Canadiens are the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world.