Detroit Red Wings' Ed Giacomin receives an ovation frome the crowd of hockey fans at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Nov. 2, 1975 prior playing against the New York Rangers. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS
It happened 45 years ago, and it remains one of the iconic moments in Rangers history.
Eddie Giacomin was skating around the ice at Madison Square Garden on the night of Nov. 2, 1975, but he was wearing a red jersey instead of a white one — red being the color of his new team, the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
After GIacomin's 10 years with the Rangers, it was a shocking sight.