1943–44 New York Rangers season

1943–44 New York Rangers
Division 6th NHL
1943–44 record 6–39–5
Goals for 162
Goals against 310
Team information
General Manager Lester Patrick
Coach Frank Boucher
Captain Ott Heller
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Bryan Hextall (21)
Assists Bryan Hextall (33)
Points Bryan Hextall (54)
Penalties in minutes Bob Dill (66)
Wins Ken McAuley (6)
Goals against average Harry Lumley (0.00)
<1942–43 1944–45>

The 1943–44 New York Rangers season was the 18th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers had a 6–39–5 record and compiled 17 points, the fewest of any team in franchise history.[1] New York finished in last place in the NHL.[2]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Montreal Canadiens 50 38 5 7 83 234 109 557
Detroit Red Wings 50 26 18 6 58 214 177 374
Toronto Maple Leafs 50 23 23 4 50 214 174 303
Chicago Black Hawks 50 22 23 5 49 178 187 240
Boston Bruins 50 19 26 5 43 223 268 207
New York Rangers 50 6 39 5 17 162 310 253

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Schedule and Results

1943-44 Game Log
October: 0-2-0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-2-0)
November: 0-9-1 (Home: 0-5-1; Road: 0-4-0)
December: 4-5-0 (Home: 3-1-0; Road: 1-4-0)
January: 2-9-0 (Home: 1-5-0; Road: 1-4-0)
February: 0-8-2 (Home: 0-4-2; Road: 0-4-0)
March: 0-6-2 (Home: 0-2-1; Road: 0-4-1)

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the second consecutive season and missed the 1944 Stanley Cup playoffs.[2][4]

Player stats

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 50 21 33 54 41
Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller 50 18 22 40 15
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 50 8 27 35 29
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco† 36 14 19 33 2
Mahaffy, JohnJohn Mahaffy 28 9 20 29 0
Aubuchon, OscarOscar Aubuchon† 38 16 12 28 4
Gauthier, FernFern Gauthier 33 14 10 24 0
McDonald, JohnJohn McDonald 43 10 9 19 6
Gooden, BillyBilly Gooden 41 9 8 17 15
Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick 18 8 9 17 14
Macdonald, JamesJames Macdonald 24 7 9 16 4
Dill, BobBob Dill 28 6 10 16 66
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher 15 4 10 14 2
McDonald, WilfredWilfred McDonald† 39 5 6 11 14
Warwick, BillBill Warwick 13 3 2 5 12
Scherza, ChuckChuck Scherza† 24 3 2 5 13
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh 15 2 2 4 2
Davidson, GordonGordon Davidson 16 1 3 4 4
Leger, RogerRoger Leger 7 1 2 3 2
Palazzari, AldoAldo Palazzari† 12 2 0 2 0
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands 9 0 2 2 0
Dewar, TomTom Dewar 9 0 2 2 4
D'Amore, HankHank D'Amore 4 1 0 1 2
Jamieson, JamesJames Jamieson 1 0 1 1 0
Fraser, ArchieArchie Fraser 3 0 1 1 0
McDonald, BobBob McDonald 1 0 0 0 0
Mohns, LloydLloyd Mohns 1 0 0 0 0
Demers, TonyTony Demers 1 0 0 0 0
Dyck, HenryHenry Dyck 1 0 0 0 0
Mann, JackJack Mann 3 0 0 0 0
Labovitch, MaxMax Labovitch 5 0 0 0 4
Strobel, ArtArt Strobel 7 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L T GA GAA SO
McAuley, KenKen McAuley 50 2980 6 39 5 310 6.24 0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley‡ 1 20 0 0 0 0 0.00 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. ^ "New York Rangers Franchise Index". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/. Retrieved 2011-04-16. 
  2. ^ a b "1943–44 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1944.html. Retrieved 2011-04-16. 
  3. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0. 
  4. ^ "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. 1945-10-22. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XBM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JU8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5198,1787102. Retrieved 2011-12-09. 
  5. ^ "1943-44 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481944.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
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