In a surprise development, the Rangers have done an about-face and will retire jersey #9 in honor of Andy Bathgate as well as Adam Graves, and will reverse the longtime neglect of Harry Howell, retiring his #3 too. We have…

The Rangers will retire the No. 9s of Adam Graves and Andy Bathgate, and Harry Howell’s No. 3 this season. Graves will become the final member of the 1994 Stanley Cup winners to have his sweater hoisted to the Garden rafters, the team said…

The Rangers will complete the swift enshrinement of their Big Four from ‘94 and bestow what many believe to be long overdue honors on a couple of stalwarts from their lean years just three weeks later this February.

Adam Graves, the heart and soul winger who rode shotgun for Mark Messier throughout the ’90s while becoming one of the most beloved Rangers of all-time, will have his No. 9 retired to the Garden rafters on Feb. 3 - before the current club plays host to Atlanta.

And on Feb. 22, before the Rangers take on the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Rangers will retire No. 9 a second time - for Andy Bathgate - while also raising No. 3 to the spoked ceiling for Harry Howell.

Bathgate, who played for the Rangers from 1952-53 to 1963-64, ranks fourth on the club’s all-time goals list with 272. The Hall of Famer won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP in 1958-59.

Howell played in more games (1,160) than any player in franchise history. He won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenseman in 1966-67 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979.

The Rangers announced today that the organization will retire jersey No. 9 in honor of Adam Graves prior to the Rangers?Thrashers game on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The team will retire No. 9 again, for Andy Bathgate, and the No. 3 of Harry Howell before…

The Rangers just announced they will retire Adam Graves’ No. 9 before their Feb. 3 game against Atlanta.

Another new development today—perhaps in response to some criticism about neglecting the franchise’s rich history—is that they will also retire Andy Bathgate’s No. 9 AND Harry Howell’s No. 3 in a ceremony in a ceremony before the Feb. [...]

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In my days at WLIR in NY I was lucky enough to have worked with some of the local talent including the Dancing Hoods. Their song, “pleasure” is featured in the opening of the latest Hockeyrodent Hockeybird Radio Show which can be found here. Listen to the lyric on the Dancing Hoods song, it contains one of my favorite lines. Well, two as I am tickled by the line, “I love you honey but not that much….” Oh, right….the Rodent and I discuss Shanny and Sundin. We also have a little tribute to Fasto & Fruitloops. Enjoy! Comments can be posted here on the boards. Beer Me! —-}- Bird…

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