Today is the Mark Messier made a promise or better yet, a guarantee that his New York Rangers would win game 6. 27 years later it still reverberates thorough this fanbase like a bolt of lightning, sparking great memories to every member of the Blueshirt Faithful.
Mark Messier’s Guarantee
The New Jersey Devils patiently stalked and beat the Rangers in back to back games to take a 3-2 series lead and put the Rangers on the brink of elimination. By this time Mike Keenan and Neil Smith weren’t even talking. The players were pretty fed up too.