Rangers senior adviser Glen Sather retires from professional hockey
Glen Sather of the Rangers looks on from the draft floor during the NHL Draft at the Prudential Center on June 30, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Credit: GETTY IMAGES/Bruce Bennett
Hall of Fame executive and former Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather is retiring from professional hockey, the Rangers announced Wednesday.
Sather, 80, had been with the Rangers 24 years, serving the last five as a senior adviser to James L. Dolan, Executive Chairman of the Madison Square Garden Sports Corporation and the owner of the Rangers.
“I am thankful for the friendship that Glen and I have had over these many years and for the success he helped bring the Rangers franchise during his tenure,’’ Dolan said in a news release announcing Sather’s retirement.
Sather led the Edmonton Oilers to five Stanley Cups as general manager, four of those as coach/GM. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Builders category in 1997.
He joined the Rangers in 2000 as president and GM and served in that dual capacity until 2015, when he relinquished the GM role. In 2019, he stepped down as team president, remaining in an adviser role for the past five years.
“Having the opportunity to be associated with the National Hockey League, and specifically the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers, has been one of the great privileges of my life,” Sather said. “I want to thank Jim Dolan for giving me the chance to work for the Rangers 24 years ago and for his consistent guidance and friendship.”
Before becoming a coach and executive, Sather played 10 seasons in the NHL for six teams, including the Rangers. A left wing, he played 658 games, scored 80 goals and 193 points, and amassed 724 penalty minutes.
Colin Stephenson covers the Rangers for Newsday. He has spent more than two decades covering the NHL and just about every sports team in the New York metropolitan area.