Mike Richter remains the last netminder to lead the New York Rangers to a Stanley Cup championship, achieving the feat during a historic 1993-94 season. Besides ending a 54-year title drought in the Big Apple, the Abington, Pennsylvania, native also collected 42 wins during the regular season, a franchise record unbroken three decades later.
Unfortunately, Richter has never received enough credit for his time in professional hockey, only earning an induction into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame (2008) thus far. Considering he’s won a Stanley Cup, a World Cup gold medal, and three All-Star Game MVP awards, he was one of his generation’s best statistical netminders.