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PJ Stock
May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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> ********************************************************************
> New York Rangers VIP News Flash
> ********************************************************************
>
> RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH BRIAN LEETCH
>
> New York, May 24, 1999 -- New York Rangers President and General
> Manager Neil Smith announced today that the club has agreed to terms with
> team captain Brian Leetch. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
> Leetch, 31, tied for second on the club, ranked first among team
> defensemen and placed fifth among NHL backliners with 55 points (13
goals,
> 42 assists). He led the league with 212 blocked shots and ranked second
> in the NHL with an average ice time of 29.9 minutes per game. Leetch was
> one of four players to appear in each of the club's 82 games and received
> the Rangers MVP Award, as voted by the local media.
> The 6-1, 190-pound defenseman has spent his entire 12-year NHL
> career with New York, collecting 177 goals and 578 assists for 755
points,
> along with 399 penalty minutes in 807 career matches. Leetch was a
member
> of the Rangers Stanley Cup championship club in 1994, where he was
awarded
> the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. He holds or shares 35 Rangers
> records (20 regular season, 15 playoffs) and ranks among the all-time
club
> leaders in games played (eighth - 807), goals (tied for 16th - 177),
> assists (second - 578), points (third - 755) and playoff scoring (first -
> 89 points). The defenseman captained Team USA to the 1996 World Cup of
> Hockey title, while also representing the United States at the 1988 and
> 1998 Winter Olympics. Leetch also represented the Rangers in seven NHL
> All-Star contests and has been voted a First Team All-Star on two
> occasions (1992, 1997) and a Second Team All-Star on three occasions
> (1991, 1994, 1996).
> The two-time Norris Trophy winner does extensive charity work in
the
> New York metropolitan area. He serves as a celebrity chairman for the
> Ronald McDonald House, in which his efforts have helped raise more than
> $1.6 million over the past five years at the Rangers annual "Skate With
> the Greats" event. Leetch also has contributed greatly to the Leukemia
> Society of America. He has been recognized on many occasions for his
> generous contributions to the community, as noted by his 1994 "Crumb Bum"
> Award for service to children in the metropolitan area.
> The native of Corpus Christie, Texas was originally drafted by the
> Rangers in the first round, ninth overall, in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
> The NHL's New York Rangers hockey club, currently in its 73rd year of
> operation, is part of Madison Square Garden, L.P.. Cablevision Systems
> Corporation owns a controlling interest in MSG L.P., which also includes
> the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Liberty (WNBA), the New England
> Sea Wolves (Arena Football League), the Hartford Wolf Pack (American
> Hockey League), the MSG Network, Fox Sports New York and the Madison
> Square Garden arena complex, located in the heart of the New York
> metropolitan area.
>
>
> * For more information, visit the Rangers official web site at
> http://www.newyorkrangers.com/
>
> * Tell your friends to subscribe to the Rangers VIP News Flash by
> clicking here: http://www.newyorkrangers.com/vip/email.xcode
>
> * To unsubscribe to the Rangers VIP News Flash, please reply
> "unsubscribe."
> New York Rangers VIP News Flash
> ********************************************************************
>
> RANGERS AGREE TO TERMS WITH BRIAN LEETCH
>
> New York, May 24, 1999 -- New York Rangers President and General
> Manager Neil Smith announced today that the club has agreed to terms with
> team captain Brian Leetch. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
> Leetch, 31, tied for second on the club, ranked first among team
> defensemen and placed fifth among NHL backliners with 55 points (13
goals,
> 42 assists). He led the league with 212 blocked shots and ranked second
> in the NHL with an average ice time of 29.9 minutes per game. Leetch was
> one of four players to appear in each of the club's 82 games and received
> the Rangers MVP Award, as voted by the local media.
> The 6-1, 190-pound defenseman has spent his entire 12-year NHL
> career with New York, collecting 177 goals and 578 assists for 755
points,
> along with 399 penalty minutes in 807 career matches. Leetch was a
member
> of the Rangers Stanley Cup championship club in 1994, where he was
awarded
> the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. He holds or shares 35 Rangers
> records (20 regular season, 15 playoffs) and ranks among the all-time
club
> leaders in games played (eighth - 807), goals (tied for 16th - 177),
> assists (second - 578), points (third - 755) and playoff scoring (first -
> 89 points). The defenseman captained Team USA to the 1996 World Cup of
> Hockey title, while also representing the United States at the 1988 and
> 1998 Winter Olympics. Leetch also represented the Rangers in seven NHL
> All-Star contests and has been voted a First Team All-Star on two
> occasions (1992, 1997) and a Second Team All-Star on three occasions
> (1991, 1994, 1996).
> The two-time Norris Trophy winner does extensive charity work in
the
> New York metropolitan area. He serves as a celebrity chairman for the
> Ronald McDonald House, in which his efforts have helped raise more than
> $1.6 million over the past five years at the Rangers annual "Skate With
> the Greats" event. Leetch also has contributed greatly to the Leukemia
> Society of America. He has been recognized on many occasions for his
> generous contributions to the community, as noted by his 1994 "Crumb Bum"
> Award for service to children in the metropolitan area.
> The native of Corpus Christie, Texas was originally drafted by the
> Rangers in the first round, ninth overall, in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
> The NHL's New York Rangers hockey club, currently in its 73rd year of
> operation, is part of Madison Square Garden, L.P.. Cablevision Systems
> Corporation owns a controlling interest in MSG L.P., which also includes
> the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Liberty (WNBA), the New England
> Sea Wolves (Arena Football League), the Hartford Wolf Pack (American
> Hockey League), the MSG Network, Fox Sports New York and the Madison
> Square Garden arena complex, located in the heart of the New York
> metropolitan area.
>
>
> * For more information, visit the Rangers official web site at
> http://www.newyorkrangers.com/
>
> * Tell your friends to subscribe to the Rangers VIP News Flash by
> clicking here: http://www.newyorkrangers.com/vip/email.xcode
>
> * To unsubscribe to the Rangers VIP News Flash, please reply
> "unsubscribe."
Lead the league in blocked shots...
emb
May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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"PJ Stock" <Bu...@VampireSlayer.com> told everybody:
Hey Chazz,
Did you receive about 15 duplicates of this e-mail from the Rangers
PR? Or am I alone in suffering such a fate? (Out of desperation, I
unsubscribed from the mailing list before suffocating.)
-emb
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SNUMBER6
May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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>From: "PJ Stock" <Bu...@VampireSlayer.com>
>Lead the league in blocked shots...
>
>
Gee reflexes slowing too ... can't get out of the way anymore ...
In the Village ....
I am not a number ... I am a free man !!!!
PJ Stock
May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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Haha, yeah, I got like 10 copies of the email. What the hell is wrong with
them.
Aula Mikko
May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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PJ Stock <Bu...@vampireslayer.com> wrote:
> Haha, yeah, I got like 10 copies of the email. What the hell is wrong with
> them.
Yeah, and I didn't get a single one goddamnit.
--
Sincerely (up) Yours,
Mikko
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