SUNDAYS WITH STAN: 1992 Showdown with the Rangers
Stan Fischler's weekly column is back! The Maven discusses the Devils-Rangers rivalry in 1992.
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Stan Fischler
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Any Devils fan with a sense of history savors the final night of the 1987-88 season as a golden moment in Garden State hockey annals.
"I'll never forget it," says George Falkowski, teacher, and cartoonist who lives in Phillipsburg. "That's when we knocked the Rangers out of the playoffs -- and the Devils got in for the first time."
John MacLean beat Darren Pang with an overtime goal at Chicago Stadium and New Jersey's young hockey franchise enjoyed league-wide esteem that had been lacking before.