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New York Rangers retirement of Vic Hadfield’s No. 11 long overdue

The G-A-n-G is back together.

The long overdue wait is over as the New York Rangers will raise Vic Hadfield’s No. 11 to the Garden rafters in a pregame ceremony on Sunday afternoon.

The “Goal-A-Game” line will be reunited as Hadfield will join Jean Ratelle’s No. 19 and Rod Gilbert’s No. 7 up above the Garden ice. The greatest line combination in Rangers history will stand together again.

The New York Rangers claimed Vic Hadfield from the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1961 Intra-League draft. Hadfield was a tough guy, the modern day enforcer, very early in his career.