1949–50 New York Rangers season

1949–50 New York Rangers
Conference	4th NHL
1949–50 record	28-31-11
Goals for	170
Goals against	189
Team information
General Manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Lynn Patrick
Captain	Buddy O'Connor
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Edgar Laprade (22)
Assists	Tony Leswick and Don Raleigh (25)
Points	Edgar Laprade and Tony Leswick (44)
Penalties in minutes	Gus Kyle (143)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (28)
Goals against average	Chuck Rayner (2.62)

<1948–49	1950–51>

The 1949–50 New York Rangers season saw the Rangers finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 28 wins, 31 losses, and 11 ties for 67 points. They upset the Montreal Canadiens in five games in the Semi-finals before losing a close seven-game Stanley Cup Finals to the Detroit Red Wings. The team reached double-overtime of the seventh game of the Finals before Detroit's Pete Babando scored to give the Red Wings the Cup.

Also of note during this season was that the Rangers were forced to use Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the home ice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as their "home ice" during the Stanley Cup Finals, as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus was then at Madison Square Garden. Garden management found that they could make more money having the circus at the Garden instead of the Rangers. Moreover, at the time, arenas could not be configured to host a circus and a hockey game on the same day, thus forcing the shift in venue.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Schedule and Results
3 Playoffs
- 3.1 Stanley Cup Finals
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Skaters
- 4.2 Goaltenders
5 Awards and records
6 References

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	88	229	164
Montreal Canadiens	70	29	22	19	77	172	150
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	31	27	12	74	176	173
New York Rangers	70	28	31	11	67	170	189
Boston Bruins	70	22	32	16	60	198	228
Chicago Black Hawks	70	22	38	10	54	203	244

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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

1949-50 Game Log

October: 2-4-2 (Home: 1-2-0; Road: 1-2-2)

November: 3-4-4 (Home: 2-2-2; Road: 1-2-2)

December: 9-3-1 (Home: 7-1-0; Road: 2-2-1)

January: 3-8-2 (Home: 2-3-1; Road: 1-5-1)

February: 7-3-2 (Home: 4-0-1; Road: 3-3-1)

March: 4-9-0 (Home: 3-5-0; Road: 1-4-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1950 Stanley Cup playoffs

Main article: 1950 Stanley Cup Final

Stanley Cup Finals

It was the Rangers' first appearance in the Final since their Stanley Cup victory in 1940. Two games were played in Toronto as the circus had taken over Madison Square Garden in New York. New York's Don Raleigh scored two overtime winners and Detroit's Pete Babando scored the Cup-winning goal in overtime of game seven, the first time ever in which the stanley cup was won in extra frames in game seven. Detroit won the Cup without Gordie Howe, who was injured in the first game of the playoffs. As Stanley Cup runner-up, the Rangers would be awarded the O'Brien Cup, the last team to win the trophy, at one time the National Hockey Association championship trophy, which was retired after the season.

Key: Win Loss

1950 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens - New York Rangers win series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 29	Montreal Canadiens	1 - 3	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 1	New York Rangers	3 - 2	Montreal Canadiens		New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 2	Montreal Canadiens	1 - 4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3-0
4	April 4	New York Rangers	2 - 3	Montreal Canadiens	OT	New York Rangers lead series 3-1
5	April 6	New York Rangers	3 - 0	Montreal Canadiens		New York Rangers win series 4-1

Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings - Detroit wins series 4-3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 11	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Detroit Red Wings		Detroit leads series 1-0
2	April 13 (in Toronto, Ontario)	Detroit Red Wings	1 - 3	New York Rangers		Series tied 1-1
3	April 15 (in Toronto, Ontario)	Detroit Red Wings	4 - 0	New York Rangers		Detroit leads series 2-1
4	April 18	New York Rangers	4 - 3	Detroit Red Wings	OT	Series tied 2-2
5	April 20	New York Rangers	2 - 1	Detroit Red Wings	OT	New York Rangers lead series 3-2
6	April 22	New York Rangers	4 - 5	Detroit Red Wings		Series tied 3-3
7	April 23	New York Rangers	3 - 4	Detroit Red Wings	OT	Detroit wins series 4-3

Player stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	60	22	22	44	2
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	69	19	25	44	85
Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski	63	14	23	37	12
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh	70	12	25	37	11
Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher	70	12	21	33	42
O'Connor, HerbertHerbert O'Connor	66	11	22	33	4
Kaleta, AlexAlex Kaleta	67	17	14	31	40
Lund, PenttiPentti Lund	64	18	9	27	16
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	47	10	10	20	10
Egan, PatPat Egan	70	5	11	16	50
McLeod, JackJack McLeod	38	6	9	15	2
Shero, FredFred Shero	67	2	8	10	71
Poile, NormanNorman Poile^‡	28	3	6	9	8
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	55	4	4	8	58
Kyle, WalterWalter Kyle	70	3	5	8	143
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	58	2	6	8	20
Lamirande, JeanJean Lamirande	16	4	3	7	6
Lancien, JackJack Lancien	43	1	4	5	27
Juckes, WinstonWinston Juckes	14	2	1	3	6
Lowe, NormanNorman Lowe	3	1	1	2	0
Smith, DonDon Smith	10	1	1	2	0
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	37	1	1	2	10
White, ShermanSherman White	3	0	2	2	0
Denis, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Denis	4	0	1	1	2
Adam, DougDoug Adam	4	0	1	1	0
Perreault, FernFern Perreault	1	0	0	0	0
Gordon, JackJack Gordon	1	0	0	0	0
Kyle, BillBill Kyle	2	0	0	0	0
Evans, JackJack Evans	3	0	0	0	2
McDonagh, BillBill McDonagh	4	0	0	0	2
Webster, JohnJohn Webster	14	0	0	0	4

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lund, PenttiPentti Lund	12	6	5	11	0
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh	12	4	5	9	4
Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	12	3	5	8	4
Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski	12	2	6	8	6
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	12	2	5	7	10
O'Connor, HerbertHerbert O'Connor	12	4	2	6	4
Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher	12	3	3	6	14
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	12	2	4	6	12
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	12	1	5	6	2
Egan, PatPat Egan	12	3	1	4	6
Kyle, WalterWalter Kyle	12	1	2	3	30
Kaleta, AlexAlex Kaleta	10	0	3	3	0
Gordon, JackJack Gordon	9	1	1	2	7
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	11	0	1	1	4
Lancien, JackJack Lancien	4	0	1	1	0
Shero, FredFred Shero	7	0	1	1	2
Lamirande, JeanJean Lamirande	2	0	0	0	0
McLeod, JackJack McLeod	7	0	0	0	0
Smith, DonDon Smith	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	69	4140	28	30	11	181	2.62	6
Francis, EmileEmile Francis	1	60	0	1	0	8	8.00	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	12	775	7	5	29	2.25	1

^†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

O'Brien Cup: New York Rangers
Hart Memorial Trophy: Chuck Rayner
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Edgar Laprade
Tony Leswick, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
Chuck Rayner, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

^ 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.
^ "1949-50 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481950.html. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

1949–50 NHL season by team

Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto

See also	All-Star Game • 1950 Stanley Cup Finals

New York Rangers

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Owner: Madison Square Garden, Inc. • Managing Partner: James Dolan • President and General Manager: Glen Sather • Head Coach: John Tortorella • Team Captain: Ryan Callahan

Media

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1949–50 New York Rangers season

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and Results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

References