Rangers longtime entrance workplace government Glen Sather is metaphorically hanging up the skates, the staff introduced Wednesday.
Sather, 80, has been with the Blueshirts in some capability since June 2000, when he was named president and normal supervisor.
After serving as president for 19 years and GM for 14, Sather held the function of senior advisor to the proprietor and alternate governor for the ultimate 5 years of his tenure with the Rangers.
“Having the chance to be related to the Nationwide Hockey League, and particularly the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers, has been one of many nice privileges of my life,” Sather mentioned in a staff press launch. “I need to thank Jim Dolan for giving me the possibility to work for the Rangers 24 years in the past and for his constant steerage and friendship. I need to thank everybody within the Rangers group for his or her dedication and pursuit of excellence all through the years, in addition to the household ambiance they helped create. I might additionally prefer to thank the good Rangers followers for his or her ardour and loyalty. This expertise is one thing I’ll all the time treasure.”
Over his 14 seasons as normal supervisor, Sather earned extra wins (556) and held the place for extra video games (1,114) than every other GM in franchise historical past.
He received 5 Stanley Cups because the Oilers normal supervisor, additionally serving as the top coach for the primary 4.
“The Nationwide Hockey League congratulates Glen Sather on his retirement and salutes him for his legendary profession,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman mentioned in a league assertion. “Glen loved a exceptional six-decade profession as a Participant, coach, normal supervisor and government that earned him election to the Hockey Corridor of Fame in 1997. Whether or not with the dynastic Edmonton Oilers groups of the Nineteen Eighties, the contending New York Rangers golf equipment of latest years or numerous iterations of Crew Canada, Sather all the time confirmed a eager eye for elite expertise and a deft contact for bringing out its finest.
“As essential, he cared deeply about his gamers as folks, sought to develop them as males and supported them by means of any off-ice challenges. Congratulations, ‘Slats,’ on a exceptional profession.”