Byline: JERRY MARKON Associated Press -
NEW YORK They waited 54 years for a Stanley Cup, then three more months during a labor dispute.
So New York Rangers fans celebrated Friday night as a championship banner was raised to the rafters at Madison Square Garden, kicking off a shortened National Hockey League season.
Former Rangers players and the team's five longest season ticket holders raised the blue-and-white banner 10 stories to the stadium ceiling.
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani helped his son, Andrew, drop the ceremonial first puck for the Rangers' game against the Buffalo Sabres.
The Sabres won, 2-1.
Back on June 14, …
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