{"product_id":"framed-autographed-signed-mike-richter-35x39-new-york-blue-hockey-jersey-psa-dna-coa","title":"Framed Autographed\/Signed Mike Richter 35x39 New York Blue Hockey Jersey PSA\/DNA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e🏒 \u003cstrong\u003eFramed Autographed\/Signed Mike Richter 35x39 New York Blue Hockey Jersey PSA\/DNA COA — The PSA\/DNA-Authenticated Signed 35x39 Framed Jersey of the Rangers' Franchise Goaltender, the Abington Pennsylvania-Born Backstop Who Stood Between the Pipes When the New York Rangers Ended 54 Years Without a Stanley Cup Championship in 1994, Now Framed and Displayed in the Royal Blue That Defines Madison Square Garden Hockey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 This is the Mike Richter New York Rangers Autographed Blue Jersey — a 35x39 framed, signed presentation of the Rangers home blue worn by the goaltender who defined the franchise position through the 1990s and into the early 2000s, authenticated by PSA\/DNA (Professional Sports Authenticator's autograph division) and presented in the framed format that puts the signed Rangers blue directly on display. Richter's signature on the blue jersey of the New York Rangers is the mark of the goalie who was in net when the drought ended — the man behind the mask in the 1994 season that gave Rangers fans the championship they had waited for since 1940. PSA\/DNA authentication documents the professional examination process that verified the signature, with COA documentation that is recognized throughout the collecting industry as the institutional standard for signed piece verification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 Mike Richter was born September 22, 1966, in Abington, Pennsylvania — the Philadelphia suburb whose sports loyalties run to the Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and 76ers, making Richter's eventual career as the face of New York Rangers hockey a biographical footnote that connects the Broad Street and MSG hockey cultures through one player's career path. Richter developed through the Wisconsin Badgers program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before the New York Rangers selected him in the second round of the 1985 NHL Draft, and his development through the Rangers organization established him as the primary goaltender for one of the NHL's most high-profile franchises through the franchise's most celebrated era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 The 1993-94 New York Rangers season is the reference point against which every subsequent Rangers team has been evaluated — the team that coach Mike Keenan assembled around Mark Messier, Brian Leetch, Adam Graves, and the rest of the championship roster that swept the Vancouver Canucks in seven games to bring the Stanley Cup to Madison Square Garden for the first time since 1940. Fifty-four years. The chant of \"1940\" that Rangers fans had endured from opponents across the drought fell silent in June 1994, and Mike Richter was the goaltender who posted the saves and made the stops that the 1994 Stanley Cup run required. His performance in that playoff run — including his individual excellence in a series against the New Jersey Devils that many consider one of the NHL's greatest playoff rivalries — established his legacy in the building where Rangers history is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 Richter also represented his country at the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, backstopping the United States national team to the championship in a tournament that featured the world's top talent competing without the restrictions of international formats that limit player availability. His career with the Rangers, which concluded in 2003 after a brain aneurysm required him to step away from the sport, produced 301 wins, 11 playoff series wins, and the franchise legacy of the goalie who was there when the Stanley Cup finally came home to the Garden. The 35x39 framed blue jersey, PSA\/DNA documented, is the signed piece of that Rangers identity. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏒 Mike Richter. Abington, Pennsylvania. University of Wisconsin. New York Rangers. Goaltender. 1994 Stanley Cup Champion. 1996 World Cup of Hockey Champion. PSA\/DNA Authenticated. Autographed Blue Framed Jersey 35x39. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039536427240,"sku":"FJ-MIKERICHTER-NYR-BLUE-PSA","price":424.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/framed-autographed-signed-mike-richter-35x39-new-york-blue-hockey-jersey-psa-dna-coa-940.webp?v=1770215239","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/framed-autographed-signed-mike-richter-35x39-new-york-blue-hockey-jersey-psa-dna-coa","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}