Rangers got City Hall welcome after winning Stanley Cup in 1928

Legendary hockey reporter and analyst Stan Fischler is writing a weekly scrapbook for NHL.com this season. Fischler, known as "The Hockey Maven," will share his knowledge, humor and insight with readers each Wednesday. Once a month, he will let a picture from his vast collection do the talking in his "Picture is Worth 100 Words" feature.
Today, he recounts the day the 1928 Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers were honored at City Hall.

The 1928 New York Rangers, unlike their
1994 counterparts
, didn't get a ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes after they won the Stanley Cup. But after defeating the Montreal Maroons in the Final, they were feted at City Hall by Mayor Jimmy Walker (center), who wore his traditional spats over his shoes, Walker, who sat behind the Rangers bench when they played the first game in their history at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 16, 1926, welcomed general manager-coach Lester Patrick (second to Walker's right) and the team to his office.
In addition to Patrick, other future Hockey Hall of Famers in this photo include center Frank Boucher (fifth from left), who scored both goals in the Cup-winning victory, and his right wing, Bill Cook (partially hidden behind Boucher). The third man on the famed "Bread Line," Bun Cook (Bill's kid brother), stands third from the right.