1973–74 New York Rangers season

1973–74 New York Rangers
Division	3rd East
1973–74 record	40–24–14
Goals for	300
Goals against	251
Team information
General Manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Larry Popein Emile Francis
Captain	Vic Hadfield
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Rod Gilbert (36)
Assists	Brad Park (57)
Points	Brad Park (82)
Penalties in minutes	Brad Park (148)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (30)
Goals against average	Ed Giacomin (3.07)

<1972–73	1974–75>

The 1973–74 New York Rangers season was the 48th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers compiled 94 points during the regular season and finished third in the East Division.^[1] The team made the Stanley Cup playoffs, where New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 in the quarter-finals. The Rangers then lost in a seven-game semi-finals series to the Philadelphia Flyers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that season.^[2]

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Schedule and Results
3 Playoffs
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Skaters
- 4.2 Goaltenders
5 Awards and records
6 Transactions
7 Roster
8 Draft picks
9 Farm teams
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

Offseason

On July 27, 1973, E. Michael Burke handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden.^[3] This would make Burke the president of the New York Rangers hockey club and the New York Knicks basketball club.^[4]

Regular season

Final standings

East Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	78	52	17	9	349	221	113
Montreal Canadiens	78	45	24	9	293	240	99
New York Rangers	78	40	24	14	300	251	94
Toronto Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	274	230	86
Buffalo Sabres	78	32	34	12	242	250	76
Detroit Red Wings	78	29	39	10	255	319	68
Vancouver Canucks	78	24	43	11	224	296	59
New York Islanders	78	19	41	18	182	247	56

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and Results

1973-74 Game Log

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

November: 7-3-4 (Home: 5-0-2; Road: 2-3-2)

December: 7-4-3 (Home: 6-1-1; Road: 1-3-2)

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

February: 8-1-2 (Home: 4-0-1; Road: 4-1-1)

March: 6-7-2 (Home: 4-3-1; Road: 2-4-1)

April: 2-1-0 (Home: 2-0-0; Road: 0-1-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1974 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens - New York Rangers win series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 10	New York Rangers	4 - 1	Montreal Canadiens		New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 11	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Montreal Canadiens		Series tied 1-1
3	April 13	Montreal Canadiens	4 - 2	New York Rangers		Montreal leads series 2-1
4	April 14	Montreal Canadiens	4 - 6	New York Rangers		Series tied 2-2
5	April 16	New York Rangers	3 - 2	Montreal Canadiens	OT	New York Rangers lead series 3-2
6	April 18	Montreal Canadiens	2 - 5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 4-2

Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - Philadelphia wins series 4-3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 20	New York Rangers	0 - 4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 1-0
2	April 23	New York Rangers	2 - 5	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 2-0
3	April 25	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 5	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 2-1
4	April 28	Philadelphia Flyers	1 - 2	New York Rangers	OT	Series tied 2-2
5	April 30	New York Rangers	1 - 4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 3-2
6	May 2	Philadelphia Flyers	1 - 4	New York Rangers		Series tied 3-3
7	May 5	New York Rangers	3 - 4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia wins series 4-2

Player stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Park, BradBrad Park	78	25	57	82	148
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	75	36	41	77	20
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	78	25	45	70	74
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	68	28	39	67	16
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	71	21	42	63	58
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	78	18	44	62	12
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	75	34	24	58	18
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	77	27	28	55	75
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	72	10	41	51	4
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	75	26	20	46	105
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	66	17	27	44	6
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	68	7	23	30	32
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte^†	46	2	17	19	28
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	26	6	10	16	24
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	48	3	12	15	56
Harris, RonRon Harris	63	2	12	14	25
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	72	4	7	11	38
Sacharuk, LarryLarry Sacharuk	23	2	4	6	4
Carr, GeneGene Carr^‡	29	1	5	6	15
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser^‡	12	1	3	4	6
Egers, JackJack Egers^†	28	1	3	4	6
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy^‡	16	2	1	3	0
Williams, TomTom Williams^‡	14	1	2	3	4
Wilson, BertBert Wilson	5	1	1	2	2
Sather, GlenGlen Sather^‡	2	0	0	0	0
Lemieux, RealReal Lemieux^†^‡	7	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	13	6	6	12	35
Park, BradBrad Park	13	4	8	12	38
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	13	1	8	9	23
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	12	1	8	9	4
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor	13	6	2	8	2
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	13	3	5	8	16
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	13	4	4	8	17
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	13	3	5	8	6
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	13	3	5	8	4
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	13	2	4	6	0
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	13	0	5	5	22
Harris, RonRon Harris	11	3	0	3	14
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	12	0	2	2	25
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	13	0	2	2	19
Egers, JackJack Egers	8	1	0	1	4
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	12	0	1	1	4
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte	12	0	1	1	6
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	6	1	0	1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	56	3286	30	15	10	168	3.07	5
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	21	1054	7	7	3	62	3.53	0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe	6	340	3	2	1	18	3.18	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	13	788	7	6	37	2.82	0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	1	1	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

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	14	Rick Middleton	RW	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
2	30	Pat Hickey	LW	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
3	46	John Campbell	LW	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
4	62	Brian Molvik	D	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
5	78	Pierre Laganiere	RW	Canada	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
6	94	Dwayne Pentland	D	CAN	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)

Farm teams

References

^ "1973–74 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1974.html. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
^ "1974 NHL Playoff Summary". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/NHL_1974.html. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
^ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp.47-48, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
^ "War hero dies". The Bryan Times. United Press International. 1987-02-06. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O1kdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xlcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3230,3179541. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
^ "1973-74 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481974.html. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

External links

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Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1973–74 NHL season by team

East	Boston • Buffalo • Detroit • Montreal • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Toronto • Vancouver

West	Atlanta • California • Chicago • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

See also	1973 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1974 Stanley Cup Finals

1973–74 New York Rangers season

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and Results

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links