1948–49 New York Rangers season

1948–49 New York Rangers
Division 6th NHL
1948–49 record 18–31–11
Goals for 133
Goals against 172
Team information
General Manager Frank Boucher
Coach Frank Boucher
Lynn Patrick
Captain Neil Colville
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Edgar Laprade (18)
Assists Buddy O'Connor (24)
Points Buddy O'Connor (35)
Penalties in minutes Tony Leswick (70)
Wins Chuck Rayner (16)
Goals against average Emile Francis (2.00)
<1947–48 1949–50>

The 1948–49 New York Rangers season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 18–31–11 record, and finished with 47 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.[1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Detroit Red Wings 60 34 19 7 75 195 145
Boston Bruins 60 29 23 8 66 178 163
Montreal Canadiens 60 28 23 9 65 152 126
Toronto Maple Leafs 60 22 25 13 57 147 161
Chicago Black Hawks 60 21 31 8 50 173 211
New York Rangers 60 18 31 11 47 133 172

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

Schedule and Results

1948-49 Game Log
October: 1-3-1 (Home: 1-1-0; Road: 0-2-1)
November: 2-5-3 (Home: 1-2-1; Road: 1-3-2)
December: 5-4-3 (Home: 3-2-2; Road: 2-2-1)
January: 5-5-2 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 1-3-1)
February: 4-7-1 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 1-4-1)
March: 1-7-1 (Home: 1-2-1; Road: 0-5-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1949 Stanley Cup playoffs.[1]

Player stats

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
O'Connor, HerbertHerbert O'Connor 46 11 24 35 0
Kaleta, AlexAlex Kaleta 56 12 19 31 18
Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade 56 18 12 30 12
Lund, PenttiPentti Lund 59 14 16 30 16
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick 60 13 14 27 70
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh 41 10 16 26 8
Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher 60 9 16 25 40
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski 54 13 9 22 20
Albright, ClintClint Albright 59 14 5 19 19
Gordon, JackJack Gordon 31 3 9 12 0
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley 40 2 8 10 22
Kullman, EdEd Kullman 18 4 5 9 14
Shero, FredFred Shero 59 3 6 9 64
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski 60 1 8 9 16
Moe, BillBill Moe 60 0 9 9 60
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls 34 4 2 6 10
Colville, NeilNeil Colville 14 0 5 5 2
Trainor, WesWes Trainor 17 1 2 3 6
Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski 20 1 1 2 2
Staley, AlanAlan Staley 1 0 1 1 0
Manson, RayRay Manson 1 0 1 1 0
Morris, ElwinElwin Morris 18 0 1 1 8
Delory, ValVal Delory 1 0 0 0 0
Kotanen, DickDick Kotanen 1 0 0 0 0
Lowe, NormanNorman Lowe 1 0 0 0 0
Buchanan, RalphRalph Buchanan 2 0 0 0 0
Evans, JackJack Evans 3 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP Min W L T GA GAA SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner 58 3480 16 31 11 168 2.90 7
Francis, EmileEmile Francis 2 120 2 0 0 4 2.00 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 "1948–49 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1949.html. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ "1948-49 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481949.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 

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