Brad Park #2 of the New York Rangers (Photo by Melchior DiGiacomo/Getty Images)
What happened on September 7 in the history of the New York Rangers
On this date in 1988, the Hall of Fame welcomed two former New York Rangers, inducting Brad Park and Buddy O’Connor and in a bizarre twist, a future New York Ranger in Guy Lafleur. Park was a future Hall of Famer who was traded away from New York, while O’Connor had his best year after being traded to the Rangers.
Park was drafted by the Rangers in the 1966 Amateur Draft and played for the team for seven seasons before he was traded to the Bruins along with Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi in a blockbuster deal for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais.