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Port Jefferson Man Named Ultimate Ranger Fan

Jake Gittler, 20, wins contest by submitting winning YouTube video.

While the New York Rangers work toward winning the Stanley Cup this year - currently they're in the Eastern Conference Finals against the New Jersey Devils - one Port Jefferson fan is already looking forward to next year.

Jake Gittler, 20, recently took an outside-the-box approach to winning a YouTube video fan contest, showing why he deserved season tickets to each and every Rangers game next year. He was named the winner during intermission of a home game in April, beating out four other finalists.

Gittler, a political science major at the University of Vermont according to the Port Times Record, scaled a snow-covered summit on a cold and windy day, proceeding to hoist a homemade Stanley Cup, ending with "I am a Ranger!"

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