All the cresting, numbers, and name are two color sewn twill sewn directly to the jersey.....
CCM AirKnit, Size 56, and Gerry Cosby tagging in the neck.....
CCM and NHL patches on the back hem.....
Set tag inside the back hem.....
Supplied with Team LoA signed by Neil Smith, Rangers President and GM.....
Obtained from the MeiGray Group in May 1998. An interesting note: This was the first game worn jersey in our collection
and was the official start of Johnson's Jerseys.
* This jersey was issued to Jamie Ram because he was called up from Binghamton to serve as New York's backup goaltender
during a string of games while Mike Richter was out of the Rangers' lineup due to injury. During this span there were both
home and road games, but Jamie made his only game appearance on the road vs the Colorado Avalanche. Because there are no
official records to support the home jersey being actually game worn, it was released as Game Issued.
The game worn blue road jersey was given to Jamie by the team. (The Rangers traditionally give each player their first
game worn jersey as a gift.) It is logical to assume that this jersey was worn by Jamie during the home games,
but did not gain any on ice playing time.
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Photo from Hockey Hall of Fame Digital Archive
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Follow-up, April 3, 2000: Nick, a member of the GameWorn.Net forum, took a temp position as one of the trainers with the
Canadian National Team. One of the goalies for Team Canada was Jamie Ram.
"I was quickly initiated by one of the players last night too. Jamie Ram, our goalie, who played with the Rangers was
adjusting his equipment and me being the serious type, who always wants to work hard and help always, asked me to get the
"stick lengthener". I said fine, but as I started walking, I stopped and just looked at him,
saying to myself, wait a minute. Then I go to the head equipment guy and tell him this, and I go,
'they are pulling my leg, right' and he agrees with me. So okay, I go back to Jamie with a serious look and say,
'Jamie, the Slovaks are using it, when there done, I will get it for you,' and he burst into laughter
and some of the other players were laughing."
On a more serious note, Nick was able to ask Jamie a few questions regarding my Ram Rangers jersey
as to whether or not it was actually game worn.
"Ryan, I did ask Jamie Ram about the Rangers jerseys. He has his blue one, but the one you bought from Meigray,
Jamie told me that he did indeed take warm up a few times at MSG, when he had been called up in the white jersey.
Does it have wear? And again, although it was sold as GI, he did wear it in the pregame and on the bench."
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