We all drove in for the parade. I will never forget that day!
I don't know if anyone from that time was near where I was standing, but I still remember these three broads watching from their apartment, and before the floats came near us, the fans respectfully chanted in unison for them to "show us your [nice smiles]!"
I told my dad that I couldn't wait to do this again next year...
Yep, I was at the parade as well. It was awesome, my brother and I ditched work and we were in the park when they were all giving their speeches.
Not only because the Rangers won but man was that the best playoffs I have ever seen. I remember having 102 fever and driving out to Nassau (I lived in Port Jefferson at the time) to watch game 7 against the Devils, with my best friend who was house sitting. I was literally dying watching that game.
Memories memories memories. Man this thread is awesome...........
Some of my favorite memories from the Garden, ok not all are so terrific, some are not my favorite but I just can't get them out of my head:
Hextall's rookie season and being in wonder at the "Buy a Porsche Hextall" chant. I couldn't believe they were chanting that.
Holding up a sign during the 1986 playoffs, "Marsh you look like a penis" because he had a stupid haircut and he did. The Flyers bus stopped at the corner and guess who was looking right at me? true story......Also the last time I brought signage to the game.
Being near the idiots that shook LaFontaine's ambulance, that kind of made me sick. It was afterwards and they were bragging about it.
Some idiot fan screaming derogatory stuff at Walt McKegney during warm ups. I am positive he heard the idiot. I was a 14-15 year old kid and wish to this day I walked up the the guy and popped him.
A 60-70 year old woman sitting in the blue seats with an Islanders jersey on. The insults hurled her way were ear burning when she stood up to cheer a goal. She did that once.
Kovalev during warm ups wristing the puck one handed better than a lot of people I know can do with two. In general showing off and doing stuff I just didn't think possible. The only other rookie player I ever saw in warmups that I thought would be a superstar was Stamkos. I am 1 for 2 with warm up predictions. I can tell when a team will be really crappy just from watching warmups, I guess that comes from playing all these years.
Watching an exhibition of the 1988 US Olympic team at Nassau Coliseum so we can see 2 young Ranger draft picks, Leetch and Richter. Not a Garden memory but still.
My first game during intermission going near the stairwell and seeing 20 guys in a circle smoking weed and seeing 3 NYPD just chatting 15 feet away. I still laugh at that. Nobody cared back then.
Another non Garden memory. Playing a game in Nassau Coliseum and using a puck to write Lets Go Rangers all over the Islanders bench. I wish we had cell phones back then to take pics. Some other guys on the team that were Rangers fans wrote other stuff. lol
I will never forget my first game when the Rangers came out of the locker room and they announced "Here come your New York Rangers" and the crowd screaming. I still have the shivers that go down my spine when thinking about that moment.
other random stuff:
Up until 1994 I used to curse my Dad for making me a Ranger fan. I became a Jets fan on my own,my Dad didn't like Football until I started flying him to NYC for a tailgate extravaganza me and a bunch of friends do once a year. I soon realized that if I became a Jets fan on my own, there's no freaking way I should bust his chops about making me a Rangers fan. lol
I remember Gordon/Chadwick (barely) and just loving what I was watching and hearing. Those two were great. I can still hear The Big Whistle and his "Shoot the puck Barry, shoot the puck"
The stupid Ooh La-La commercial and the party animals that might have won something if they stayed away from the white powder.
Almost breaking my hand because of John MacLeans goal.
George McPhee rocking Tocchet and ending that Broad Street Bully bs.
Ken Morrow's goal.
1986 Playoffs Vanbiesbrouck playing incredible.
1979 playoffs, I was only 9 but still. I loved Gresh, Hedberg, and Espo beating the Islanders.
Ok I got way more but that's enough for now.
