Rangers' Greatest Leader Can't Hold Back the Tears ; Messier Having Number Retired at the Garden Tonight

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 12, 2006

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NEW YORK -- He tried so hard to stop the tears, to contain the emotions roiling for an honor felt so deeply.

But against this foe, even the great Mark Messier could gain no advantage. There was no way to crash this one into the boards, no deft way to skate around the inevitable.

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Rangers' Greatest Leader Can't Hold Back the Tears ; Messier Having Number Retired at the Garden Tonight

Messier had one final guarantee for New York hockey fans Wednesday afternoon at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, and he delivered on this one just as faithfully as he once sco...

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