Jan 23, 2014; New York, NY, USA; A general view of the ice rink prior to the game between the New York Rangers and the St. Louis Blues at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
19. Andy Hebenton
If there was a model of consistency and dependability during the 1950s and early portion of the 1960s for the Rangers, it was Hebenton.
Making his debut two years after the Rangers would win what would be their last Stanley Cup Championship until 1994, Hebenton never missed a game during his tenure in New York, playing in all 70 games each of his eight seasons with the Rangers.
In those eight seasons, he was also the model of consistency in terms of his production. For the first six seasons he was with the Rangers, he only failed to score 20 goals once and that was his 19-goal effort of 1959-60 and that was on the heels of his career-best 33 goals.
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In 560 games of work for the Rangers over eight seasons, Hebenton found the back of the net 177 times, though he was seemingly in clear decline during his last few seasons, having dropped in goal totals from 26 to 18 to 15 before finishing out his NHL career with a dozen-goal effort in 1963-64.
He may not have been the flashiest of player, but Hebenton earned his position on this list by being what every team needs: the guy who shows up every single night and plays his guts out. Gaborik and some of the others on this list may have been more attention-grabbing, but Hebenton earned his place all the same.
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