WATCH: Rangers fans go nuts after seeing St. Peter's score posted on MSG jumbotron

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Rangers fans had plenty to cheer about on Friday night, watching their team dominate the Penguins in a 5-1 win at Madison Square Garden.

But the biggest applause of the night came late in the third period with the game already well in hand.

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With three minutes to go in the third, and not much action happening on the ice during a 4-1 lead for New York, the scoreboard above the ice showed that March Madness Cinderella Saint Peter’s had just stunned third-seeded Purdue to become the first 15th-seed in NCAA Tournament history to reach the Elite Eight.

And the crowd went wild, celebrating the previously unknown school from nearby Jersey City make history.

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