Graves Jersey Heading to Garden Rafters as Well

We admittedly don’t post a whole lot about hockey up on this here blog, but today seemed an appropriate day to do so. In typical fashion of the players who made up those memorable mid-90s Rangers teams, Mess, Graves and Richter were on hand last night to honor their teammate Brian Leetch as his #2 was lifted to the rafters. Never too quick to put the spotlight on himself, Leetchy and the Rangers organization used one wonderful event to announce another.

I’m not embarrassed to admit that I spent a lot of my parents’ money on fancy jerseys growing up. I only owned one hockey jersey…and I still have it today. It’s the classic white New York Rangers sweater with R-A-N-G-E-R-S diagonally across the front. On the back, I (my mom) shelled out the extra bucks to get the embroidered number and name . At the time, I recall asking the salesman whether he thought Adam Graves would “be around awhile” following the departure of Bernie Nicholls (because this was a big investment and all).

Looks like I got more than I bargained for…congrats to #9. We’re going to do our best to be in attendance next year for the festivities. It seems fitting that a man who played “in the shadows” of other more notable names for so many years will have a moment in the sun to shine — alone.