With his team down 3-2 to the New Jersey Devils in the 1994 Eastern Conference final, captain Mark Messier guaranteed New York fans that the Rangers would win Game 6 and return home for the seventh and deciding contest. The Rangers not only won the game 4-2, but Messier backed up his bold prediction by scoring a hat trick.Of course, the Rangers would go on to win game seven, setting up the classic 1994 Stanley Cup finals against the Vancouver Canucks, leading to another famous picture of Mark Messier in a New York Rangers sweater.
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Joe - great series - hockey photography is a a passion of mine (obviously). I will be interested to see what your top 5 are. My number one is "The Goal" - the shot of Bobby Orr, horizontal in mid-air. Number 3 is Clarkie leaping in air after scoring overtime goal in 74 Boston Series...
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