1944–45 New York Rangers season

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1944–45 New York Rangers
Division6th NHL
1944–45 record11–29–10
Goals for154
Goals against247
Team information
General managerLester Patrick
CoachFrank Boucher
CaptainOtt Heller
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsAb DeMarco (24)
AssistsAb DeMarco (30)
PointsAb DeMarco (54)
Penalty minutesBob Dill (69)
WinsKen McAuley (11)
Goals against averageKen McAuley (4.93)

The 1944–45 New York Rangers season was the 19th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–29–10 record and finished with 32 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.[1]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 50 38 8 4 228 121 +107 80
2 Detroit Red Wings 50 31 14 5 218 161 +57 67
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 24 22 4 183 161 +22 52
4 Boston Bruins 50 16 30 4 179 219 −40 36
5 Chicago Black Hawks 50 13 30 7 141 194 −53 33
6 New York Rangers 50 11 29 10 154 247 −93 32


Record vs. opponents[]

1944–45 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston — 7–3 0–9–1 0–10 4–3–3 5–5
Chicago 3–7 — 3–7 1–7–2 3–3–4 3–6–1
Detroit 9–0–1 7–3 — 1–8–1 6–2–2 8–1–1
Montreal 10–0 7–1–2 8–1–1 — 9–1 4–5–1
New York 3–4–3 3–3–4 2–6–2 1–9 — 2–7–1
Toronto 5–5 6–3–1 1–8–1 5–4–1 7–2–1 —

Schedule and results[]

1944–45 Game Log
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 0–1–0
November: 2–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 1–3–1)
Game November Opponent Score Record
2 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–3 0–2–0
3 2 @ Detroit Red Wings 10–3 0–3–0
4 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 0–4–0
5 11 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 1–4–0
6 12 Boston Bruins 5–5 1–4–1
7 18 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 1–4–2
8 19 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 1–5–2
9 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 1–5–3
10 26 @ Boston Bruins 8–4 1–6–3
11 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–5 2–6–3
December: 2–7–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 1–4–0)
Game December Opponent Score Record
12 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 2–7–3
13 7 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 2–8–3
14 10 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 2–8–4
15 12 @ Boston Bruins 7–5 2–9–4
16 17 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 2–10–4
17 20 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 3–10–4
18 21 @ Detroit Red Wings 11–3 3–11–4
19 24 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 3–11–5
20 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–2 3–12–5
21 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 3–13–5
22 31 Boston Bruins 3–2 4–13–5
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–4–0)
Game January Opponent Score Record
23 4 Detroit Red Wings 4–4 4–13–6
24 7 Chicago Black Hawks 0–0 4–13–7
25 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 5–13–7
26 11 Boston Bruins 5–1 6–13–7
27 14 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 6–14–7
28 18 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–3 6–15–7
29 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 6–16–7
30 21 @ Boston Bruins 14–3 6–17–7
31 24 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 7–17–7
32 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 7–18–7
33 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–0 7–19–7
February: 3–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 0–3–2)
Game February Opponent Score Record
34 4 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 7–19–8
35 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–4 7–20–8
36 11 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 7–21–8
37 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 7–22–8
38 15 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 8–22–8
39 17 @ Boston Bruins 6–1 8–23–8
40 18 Boston Bruins 2–1 9–23–8
41 22 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 10–23–8
42 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 10–23–9
43 25 Boston Bruins 4–4 10–23–10
March: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–3–0)
Game March Opponent Score Record
44 1 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 10–24–10
45 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 10–25–10
46 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 10–26–10
47 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–3 10–27–10
48 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–3 10–28–10
49 11 Montreal Canadiens 11–5 10–29–10
50 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 11–29–10

Playoffs[]

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the third consecutive season and missed the 1945 Stanley Cup playoffs.[1][3]

Player statistics[]

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Ken McAuley 46 2760 11 25 10 227 4.93 1
Doug Stevenson† 4 240 0 4 0 20 5.00 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "1944–45 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  2. ^ "1944–1945 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. 1945-10-22. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
  4. ^ "1944–45 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

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