As most of you saw last night on ESPN's 30 for 30 "June 17, 1994" episode, today is the 16th anniversary of the Rangers march down the "Canyon of Heroes" to celebrate their Stanley Cup Championship.Here is a photo slide show of the parade.
...for anyone who attended leave your experience in the comments section.
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I was in third grade and my parents let me skip school to go the parade with my aunt and uncle. As the Cup passed by, I was in a crowd and couldn't see above the people in front of me. Some guy standing next to me picked me up and put me on his shoulders so I could see the float pass by. Still gives me goosebumps to this day.
Drove to Staten Island with my wife and 2 kids, met my brother and his wife at the ferry and went across. We walked up to Bowling Green and happened on the staging area for the parade. We got a curbside spot next to the float with Richter, Graves, Leetch, Messier and the Cup, which remained stationary for about a half hour. Took great pictures, talked to the guys, saw Graves draw a crossed out 1940 on the back of one of the posters that were handed out. Every few minutes, one of the guys would raise the cup over his head and the crowd would go nuts. During one of these elevations, Richter had the cup over his head and the float lurched forward a couple of feet. Richter staggered back and almost lost the cup over the side. Everyone had a grat laugh, but you could see the relief on Mike's face.
Awesome stories!!!
remember the LIRR being on strike. oj and the ford bronco at night. but mainly how happy everyone was. wasn't even much isles bashing. everyone was just so relieved and happy. only ticker tape parade i've ever attended as i'm not a big fan of other ny teams except to small degree the jets.
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