Jean Ratelle is thinking about which NHL defensemen were a special challenge during a career that spanned the 1960s into the 1980s for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins.
The Hall of Fame center arrives at the often-impenetrable Larry Robinson, Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe, the "Big Three" of the Montreal Canadiens powerhouse teams of the 1970s who anchored the team that won the Stanley Cup from 1976-79.
Ratelle honored to have No. 19 retired by Rangers
Hall of Fame center spent first 16 seasons of career with New York
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