Mark Messier Jersey & Tees — NHL Throwback XXL-6X, XLT-5XLT
Two arenas, two eras, one captain. Mark Messier lifted the Stanley Cup five times with the Edmonton dynasty, then promised a win in New York, scored a hat trick to deliver it, and ended the Rangers’ 54-year drought two weeks later. This page collects his jersey and tees in big and tall throwback sizes for both chapters: the Rangers No. 11 from the 1994 run and the Oilers No. 11 from the dynasty years. Throwback jerseys big and tall in a captain’s sweater are a special kind of hard to find, so both teams get their own full size run below — the jerseys through the XXL-6X range, with the XLT-5XLT tall cuts on the tees and apparel, every size on its own link.
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Mark Messier Jersey — the Rangers’ No. 11 From 1994
The Rangers version below is the home white from the spring of 1994, the most emotionally loaded jersey in franchise history. Madison Square Garden had waited 54 years, and the man wearing the C made himself the face of the payoff — when the Rangers finally lifted the Cup on June 14, it was Messier screaming into the camera with it raised over his head. The photo links into his Rangers men’s department.
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Messier Sizing — Jerseys to 6XL, XLT-5XLT Tall Cuts on Tees
Both teams’ runs follow the same shape: the standard sizes first, then the extended sizes — 2X (the XXL), 3X, 4X, 5X and 6X — and after those the tall cuts, XLT, 2XLT, 3XLT, 4XLT and 5XLT. The split that matters: the jerseys live in the regular extended sizes, up through 6X. Throwback jerseys aren’t cut in tall sizes — the tall cuts are on the tees and other apparel. Following this site’s player-page rule, every size link opens the team’s men’s department filtered to that size rather than a player-only page, so in the regular sizes Messier’s jersey sits alongside every other Rangers or Oilers option in the same fit — and in the tall sizes, those same filtered department views are where the tall tees and apparel live.
A quick fit note: hockey sweaters are cut loose by tradition — they’re built to go over pads, and the throwback versions keep that roomy shape, which suits layered winter wear well. MSG and the Edmonton barns both run chilly in January, and most fans wear a hoodie underneath; if you’re between sizes and layer up, the bigger one is usually the safer call. Tall fans should go straight to the extended tall cuts on the tees and apparel rather than sizing up a jersey — the extra length through the body and sleeves is the whole point.
One honest note on stock: throwback sizes come and go — availability can shift with stock levels and the season, and the extended sizes usually move first. That’s why every size link below opens a team men’s department view filtered to that size: if the Messier jersey itself is picked over in your fit, the other Rangers or Oilers options in your size are right in front of you.
New York Rangers — Shop by Size
Every size on its own link — the first opens his own men’s department in the standard sizes, the rest open the Rangers men’s department filtered to size. The regular sizes are where the jerseys are; the tall sizes (XLT-5XLT) open that same department filtered to size, where the tall tees and apparel live:
Mark Messier Tee — the Lighter Rangers Option
The Messier name-and-number tee below is the same No. 11 in a lighter cut — the one that gets worn to summer watch parties and thrown over a long-sleeve in the fall. It’s also where tall fans land: tees like this one carry the XLT-5XLT tall cuts the jersey doesn’t come in.
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Mark Messier Jersey — the Oilers’ No. 11 From the Dynasty
Before New York, there was the fastest team ever assembled. Messier’s Edmonton years were velvet and violence in equal measure — five Stanley Cups in seven springs, in the blue and orange of the dynasty Oilers. The photo below links into the Oilers men’s jerseys department, where his throwback sits with the rest of that era’s sweaters. Edmonton fans have their own claim on the No. 11, every bit as legitimate as the Garden’s.
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Edmonton Oilers — Shop by Size
Every size on its own link, into the Oilers men’s department filtered to size — jerseys in the regular sizes, and the tall tees and apparel in the XLT-5XLT sizes:
Interesting Facts About Mark Messier
Edmonton drafted Messier 48th overall in 1979 — a third-round pick who became the second-most productive player the game has ever seen. The Oilers years ran on the partnership with Wayne Gretzky, whose own big and tall jersey page lives on this site: Gretzky was the artistry, Messier was the edge, and together they won the Cup in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988. When Gretzky was traded to Los Angeles, it was Messier who captained Edmonton to one more Cup in 1990, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP that spring. He took home the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1990 and again in 1992.
The Rangers chapter is the one that made him a legend in two countries. Traded to New York in 1991, he captained a team carrying a 54-year curse into the 1994 conference final — then, down 3-2 to New Jersey, he told the newspapers the Rangers would win Game 6, and scored a hat trick to make good on it. The Guarantee is still the most famous promise in hockey. Two weeks later the Rangers beat Vancouver in Game 7, and Messier became the first — and still the only — player to captain two different franchises to the Stanley Cup. He retired with 1,887 career points, entered the Hall of Fame in 2007, and both the Oilers and the Rangers retired his No. 11. It’s hanging in two rafters.
Mark Messier Jersey — Shopper Questions
Does the Mark Messier jersey come in big and tall XXL-6X sizes?
Yes — both versions do. The Rangers and Oilers size lists above each run the full XXL-6X range (XXL, 3X, 4X, 5X and 6X) for the jerseys, plus the tall cuts from XLT to 5XLT on the tees and apparel. The tall-size links open the team’s men’s department filtered to that size, which is where those tall options live.
Rangers or Oilers — which Messier throwback should I get?
It depends on which drought you lived through. The Oilers version is the dynasty sweater — five Cups and the Gretzky years. The Rangers version is the 1994 Cup and the Guarantee, the single most storied jersey in that franchise’s history. Plenty of fans end up with one of each; there’s no wrong answer, just two different arguments at the bar.
Did Messier really guarantee the Game 6 win in 1994?
He really did. With the Rangers down 3-2 in the conference final against New Jersey, he told reporters New York would win Game 6 — then scored three goals in a 4-2 win. The Rangers won Game 7 in double overtime and took the Stanley Cup two weeks later.
Is a Messier jersey a good gift for a hockey fan?
For a Rangers fan, it’s the gift — 1994 is their defining memory, and a captain’s throwback never goes stale the way a current roster jersey can. For an Oilers fan, it’s a dynasty piece. Either way, between the jerseys’ extended sizes and the tall cuts on the tees, the bigger and taller fans on your list are covered.
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FansEdge carries the wider Messier and Rangers ranges below — its sale days don’t always line up with Fanatics’, so a quick comparison can pay off before you check out:
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The whole household can match, too — the same shop carries the women’s Rangers apparel and kids’ Rangers apparel departments alongside the men’s range. Back on this site, Messier’s Rangers shelf keeps company with the Artemi Panarin jersey page and the Chris Kreider jersey page, two more Blueshirts sweaters in the same extended sizes, and the big and tall NHL jerseys hub gathers the throwback runs from every team in the league.