New York Rangers' CaptainsBill Cook -- 1926-27 to 1936-37 Art Coulter -- 1937-38 to 1941-42 Ott Heller -- 1942-43 to 1944-45 Neil Colville -- 1945-46 to Dec. 21, 1948 Buddy O'Connor -- 1949-50 Frank Eddolls -- 1950-51 to Dec. 6, 1951 Allan Stanley -- Dec. 20, 1951 to Nov. 3, 1953 Don Raleigh -- Nov. 4, 1953 to 1954-55 Harry Howell -- 1955-56 to 1956-57 George Sullivan -- 1957-58 to 1960-61 Andy Bathgate -- 1961-62 to Feb. 22, 1964 Camille Henry -- Feb. 23, 1964 to Feb. 4, 1965 Bob Nevin -- Feb. 5, 1965 to 1970-71 Vic Hadfield -- 1971-72 to 1973-74 Brad Park -- 1974-75 to Nov. 7, 1975 Phil Esposito -- Nov. 12, 1975 to Oct. 10, 1978 Dave Maloney -- Oct. 11, 1978 to Dec. 6, 1980 Walt Tkaczuk -- Dec. 7, 1980 to Feb. 3, 1981 Barry Beck -- Feb. 4, 1981 to May 9, 1986 Ron Greschner -- Oct. 9, 1986 to Dec. 3, 1987 Kelly Kisio -- Dec. 24, 1987 to May 30, 1991 Mark Messier -- Oct. 7, 1991 to May 25, 1997 Brian Leetch -- Oct. 3, 1997 to present |