Great Moments In Hockey History: Mark Messier's Guarantee

May 25th, 1994 - 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.