Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): the new york rangers won the stanley cup beating the montreal maroons becoming the first united states based team since the formation of the nhl to win it and first since the seattle metropolitans won in 1917.
Output (English): the new york rangers won the stanley cup , beating the montreal maroons becoming the first united states based team since the formation of the nhl to win it and first since the seattle metropolitans won in 1917.