1954–55 New York Rangers season

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1954–55 New York Rangers
Division5th NHL
1954–55 record17–35–18
Goals for150
Goals against210
Team information
General managerFrank Boucher
CoachMuzz Patrick
CaptainDon Raleigh
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsDanny Lewicki (29)
AssistsDon Raleigh (32)
PointsDanny Lewicki (53)
Penalty minutesJack Evans (91)
WinsGump Worsley (15)
Goals against averageJohnny Bower (2.60)

The 1954–55 New York Rangers season saw the Rangers finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League with a record of 17 wins, 35 losses, and 18 ties for 52 points.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 70 42 17 11 204 134 +70 95
2 Montreal Canadiens 70 41 18 11 228 157 +71 93
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 24 24 22 147 135 +12 70
4 Boston Bruins 70 23 26 21 169 188 −19 67
5 New York Rangers 70 17 35 18 150 210 −60 52
6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 13 40 17 161 235 −74 43


Record vs. opponents[]

1954–55 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston — 7–4–3 3–7–4 4–7–3 5–4–5 4–4–6
Chicago 4–7–3 — 1–12–1 0–11–3 5–4–5 3–6–5
Detroit 7–3–4 12–1–1 — 7–7 9–2–3 7–4–3
Montreal 7–4–3 11–0–3 7–7 — 10–3–1 6–4–4
New York 4–5–5 4–5–5 2–9–3 3–10–1 — 4–6–4
Toronto 4–4–6 6–3–5 4–7–3 4–6–4 6–4–4 —

Schedule and results[]

1954–55 Game Log
October: 5–4–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–4–0)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–0 0–1–0
2 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 1–1–0
3 14 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 1–2–0
4 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 2–2–0
5 20 Boston Bruins 6–2 3–2–0
6 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–1 3–3–0
7 24 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–3–0
8 27 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 5–3–0
9 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 5–4–0
10 31 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 5–4–1
November: 3–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 1–4–2)
Game November Opponent Score Record
11 4 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 5–5–1
12 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–0 5–6–1
13 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 5–7–1
14 13 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 5–8–1
15 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 6–8–1
16 17 Boston Bruins 2–2 6–8–2
17 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 6–9–2
18 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 6–9–3
19 24 Boston Bruins 3–1 7–9–3
20 25 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 7–9–4
21 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 7–10–4
22 28 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 8–10–4
December: 1–8–6 (Home: 1–2–6; Road: 0–6–0)
Game December Opponent Score Record
23 1 Detroit Red Wings 6–1 8–11–4
24 4 @ Boston Bruins 6–3 8–12–4
25 5 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 8–12–5
26 8 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 8–13–5
27 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 8–14–5
28 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 8–15–5
29 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 8–15–6
30 15 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 8–15–7
31 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–1 8–16–7
32 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 8–17–7
33 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 8–17–8
34 22 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 8–17–9
35 25 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 8–18–9
36 26 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 8–18–10
37 30 Boston Bruins 6–1 9–18–10
January: 4–7–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 3–5–1)
Game January Opponent Score Record
38 1 @ Boston Bruins 4–0 9–19–10
39 2 Boston Bruins 3–3 9–19–11
40 5 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 9–20–11
41 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 9–21–11
42 9 Montreal Canadiens 7–1 9–22–11
43 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–0 9–22–12
44 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 10–22–12
45 16 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–0 10–23–12
46 19 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 11–23–12
47 22 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 11–24–12
48 23 @ Boston Bruins 2–0 12–24–12
49 27 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 12–24–13
50 29 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 13–24–13
51 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 13–25–13
February: 1–6–4 (Home: 1–4–2; Road: 0–2–2)
Game February Opponent Score Record
52 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 13–26–13
53 6 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 13–27–13
54 9 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 13–27–14
55 12 @ Boston Bruins 5–5 13–27–15
56 13 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 14–27–15
57 16 Boston Bruins 2–2 14–27–16
58 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 10–2 14–28–16
59 20 Detroit Red Wings 5–0 14–29–16
60 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 14–30–16
61 25 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 14–30–17
62 27 Montreal Canadiens 7–1 14–31–17
March: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–2–1)
Game March Opponent Score Record
63 2 Boston Bruins 2–1 14–32–17
64 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–2 14–33–17
65 6 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 14–34–17
66 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 15–34–17
67 13 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 16–34–17
68 16 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 16–34–18
69 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 16–35–18
70 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 17–35–18

Playoffs[]

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1955 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics[]

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
Lorne Worsley 65 3900 15 33 17 195 3.00 2312 .916 4
Johnny Bower 5 300 2 2 1 13 2.60 156 .917 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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1954–1955 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "1954–55 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
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