Birth of the Franchise

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Across
  1. 2. This song, written in 1940 by J. Fred Coots, was a tribute to the Rangers team that finished the 1939-40 season as Stanley Cup Champions
  2. 4. When you're one of the first six teams in league history, you can claim this accolade
  3. 5. One Hundred Years As _____
  4. 7. This Rangers coach remains the oldest man to have ever played in the Stanley Cup Finals at the age of 44
  5. 11. Where Blueshirts and musicals play, respectively
  6. 12. Not red pants
  7. 13. In 1940, this player scored the Cup-clinching goal in overtime in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final
  8. 14. Fred “___” Cook
Down
  1. 1. This type of design has been featured on almost every iteration of the Blueshirt sweater, often scaling down the front spelling out RANGERS
  2. 3. The Blueshirts earned the reputation of being the ______ Team in Hockey
  3. 6. This color also happens to be the name of the team the Rangers defeated to win their first Stanley Cup championship
  4. 8. This man with a cowboy-sounding nickname founded the New York Rangers
  5. 9. The last name of the “Original Ranger”, and the first Blueshirt to don the C
  6. 10. The franchise’s best fans
  7. 11. With the Cook brothers, this forward completed the trio to form “The A Line”, arguably the first notable line in history