NY Ranger Knockoffs

While I'm from northern California, my father is from New York, and I grew rooting for the Rangers as "my" NHL franchise. They were admittedly ranked below the Yankees, G-Men, and Knicks (with whom I split affection between the Showtime Lakers), but I got to witness a Stanley Cup victory in 1994.

When they won, in game 7 in June of '94, it was over a hundred degrees in Sacramento, and I thought about the absurdities of playing a game on ice during that month...

Anyway, as one of the Original Six teams, the Rangers have the history and the red-white-and-blue color scheme. Their logo, though, is the only official NHL franchise logo that doesn't appear on their jerseys. Which I always found interesting.

Probably more interesting than the logo itself, the Ranger-shield:

Maybe it grows on you...

I guess I kinda do like it...

And I'm not the only one, as the Ranger-shield has been openly copied by many teams over the years. From varying levels of play, take a gander:

That' something, right? Mimic and flattery and all that...