NEW YORK – Mark Messier retired Monday, ending a 25-year career in which he won six Stanley Cup championships and ranked second only to Wayne Gretzky on the NHL all-time scoring list. Messier, 44, ...

NEW YORK -- Without Mark Messier, the New York Rangers never would have won the Stanley Cup. If you are a myopic New York hockey fan, that is all you know about Messier, and all you need to know.

On Monday, as Rangers captain Mark Messier, 44, officially announced his retirement after 25 seasons in the NHL, he admitted to having a few regrets. Spending his last seven seasons without a playoff ...

Hartford hockey fans first saw Mark Messier as a self-proclaimed “fourth-line grinder with a limited role” in the struggling World Hockey Association. Monday, Messier retired as the No. 2 scorer in ...