Tales from the New York Rangers Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Rangers Stories Ever Told

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In the late 1960s the New York Rangers transformed from NHL also-rans to Stanley Cup contenders. Gilles Villemure was part of that transformation. The little goaltender had a long wait to make it to the National Hockey League, which had only six teams until after the middle of the decade. Eventually Villemure joined Eddie Giacomin to give the Rangers a strong 1-2 goaltending tandem. The Vezina Trophywinning twosome was a fixture for the Rangers, threatening to end the franchises long Stanley Cup drought, only to come up short. Now, forty years later, Villemure writes about his days with the Rangers in the newly updated Tales from the Rangers Locker Room. Villemure tells stories about old pals like Rod Gilbert, Vic Hadfield, Brad Park, Jean Ratelleand his boss, Emile The Cat Francis.

The Rangers finally won that Stanley Cup in 1994, ending over fifty years of frustration, but it was those Francis-led teamsthe ones with Villemure and Giacomin in the goalthat brought New Yorks Blueshirts, Madison Square Gardens finest, to the top of the NHL. It is their influence that has continued to propel the Rangers forward even today, with a conference championship win in 2014 and the Presidents Trophy in 2015. Fans young and old will want to hear Villemures stories come to life.

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Gilles Villemure had a long road in junior hockey and the minor leagues that included brief visits to the NHL, but he finally made it to the New York Rangers as Eddie Giacomins backup.

Mike Shalin is a veteran of over thirty-five years in sports journalism, working for the New York Post and the Boston Herald. He spent much of his early career covering hockey before moving on to baseball and college sports. He is now a freelancer in the Boston area. Shalin coauthored a book entitled Out by a Step, The 100 Best Players Not in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and is the author of Donnie Baseball: The Definitive Biography of Don Mattingly, as well as several books for young readers.