He’s known as Dancing Larry, a Rangers ‘superfan’ who tries to get the Madison Square Garden crowd fired up during games. This offseason has been quieter in Rangers off-ice drama compared to the past few seasons, yet issues at Madison Square Garden remain. Now, a lawsuit is naming Larry Goodman for some concerning behaviors.
He’s the latest defendant added to an ongoing workplace discrimination lawsuit. The Athletic confirmed this week that Goodman, a regular performer since 1996, is now part of the lawsuit.
Dancing Larry, as his name suggests, conducts a regular dance routine at Rangers home games.
What This Means Next Year
It’s not clear yet exactly what this means for Dancing Larry and the New York Rangers hype team. The Athletic report indicates an accusation stemming from “a pattern of persistent and unwelcome physical contact.”
Miranda Tyson, formerly of the hype team Blue Crew, filed the original suit. It’s not clear at this time how deep into litigation the parties are, what’s potentially at stake or if Dancing Larry will continue to perform.
Tyson originally filed the workplace discrimination lawsuit in April, describing Dancing Larry’s behavior as “pervasive and severe” harassment, according to reporting by The Independent. Accusations included an ‘insistence on touching’ Blue Crew members.
Who is Miranda Tyson?
Miranda Tyson is a non-binary former member of the Blue Crew. After numerous documented complaints from Tyson, the Rangers did not bring Tyson back for the 2025-26 season. Tyson had worked with the Rangers and Blue Crew for several seasons at that point.
The New York Rangers organization fired Tyson in retaliation, according to the suit. The Independent obtained the full complaint in April. Tyson stipulates they were fired in retaliation “for engaging in protected activity under the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights Law.”
New York Rangers Prior Off-Ice Issues
The New York Rangers pulled Dancing Larry following a human resources investigation in 2024, according to The Independent. He returned the next season.
The Rangers dealt with other issues during that timeframe. Now with The Athletic, then Lohud.com reporter Vincent Mercogliano reported that a culture problem was ‘bubbling’ at Madison Square Garden. This was around the time the Rangers were dealing with several tumultuous issues tied to their roster, leading to trades of then-captain Jacob Trouba and long-time Ranger Chris Kreider.
Later in 2025, Artemi Panarin and Madison Square Garden reached settlements with a former Rangers employee following a sexual assault allegation. There was no admission of wrongdoing in the settlement, according to The Athletic.
Some fans long had wondered if a potentially toxic off-ice environment had been creeping at all into the Rangers locker room. The team finished the last two seasons underachieving preseason expectations by a significant margin, missing the playoffs in both instances.
New York Rangers Making News for the Wrong Reasons
Dancing Larry is quite popular, particularly among Rangers fans who have watched him perform for 30 years. He was a mainstay, even during what some fans colloquially refer to as ‘The Dark Ages’ for the organization. That period, from 1997 to 2004, featured seven straight playoff misses leading into the NHL’s season-ending 2004-05 lockout.
The Rangers are in a precarious position. The organization has an unpopular general manager who has taken significant risks to put together a better on-ice product this season. The continued off-ice noise has the potential to alienate fans, particularly if coupled with bad on-ice play. Whether the accusations against Goodman are true or not, the Rangers organization suffered a steady stream of public relations crises in the last few years. Ongoing crises, on-ice or otherwise, can potentially harbor a cumulative impact on fans.
Rangers fans, eventually, will tire of the noise. As a result, the organization needs to tread carefully. Most New York Rangers fans will tell you that era was bad enough without a constant stream of off-ice problems as well. Nobody likely has much of an appetite for a sequel to ‘The Dark Ages.’
Certainly, the Rangers organization should not have an appetite for it, either.
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