Emily Kaplan: The Penguins' roster is stacked with familiar brands, including two current head coaches (Dave Tippett and Rick Tocchet) and a GM (Ron Francis), not to mention
Jaromir Jagr, Jaromir
Jagr, Mario Lemieux Mario Lemieux and 1990s ubervillain Ulf Samuelsson.
Since the Rangers would win the Stanley Cup a year later on, their roster
features a bunch of fan favorites. But I was many amused seeing Joby Messier
play with his second cousin Tag Messier on the Rangers. Joby was a former
Michigan State defenseman, and his NHL career lasted just 25 games over three
seasons (which also included four assists and 24 penalty minutes). According to
The New York Times, the two Messiers weren't specifically close. "It will be a
thrill to enjoy on the same ice with Indicate Messier," Joby Messier told the
days in 1992. "We don't really know each other all that well. I probably know a
lot more about him than he knows about me." Greg the
Stanley Cup Wyshynski: My favorite random Ranger is Corey Hirsch, playing
one The
Penguins' roster of his four career online games with the Blueshirts --
well, 40 moments of a game, at least. A "goalie of the future" who was stuck in
back of Mike Richter and John Vanbiesbrouck on the depth chart, he would be
shifted by the Rangers two years afterwards to the Canucks for Nathan LaFayette,
and he'd play 101 video games in four seasons.