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
Alternate captains Brad Park
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]

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

East Division[5]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Boston Bruins 78 52 17 9 349 221 +128 113
2 Montreal Canadiens 78 45 24 9 293 240 +53 99
3 New York Rangers 78 40 24 14 300 251 +49 94
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 35 27 16 274 230 +44 86
5 Buffalo Sabres 78 32 34 12 242 250 -8 8 76
6 Detroit Red Wings 78 29 39 10 255 319 -64 64 68
7 Vancouver Canucks 78 24 43 11 224 296 -72 72 59
8 New York Islanders 78 19 41 18 182 247 -65 65 56

Schedule and results

1973-74 Game Log

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1974 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player statistics

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 TOI 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 TOI 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.

[6]

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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[7][8]

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)

See also

References

  1. "1973–74 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  2. "1974 NHL Playoff Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  3. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp.47-48, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
  4. "War hero dies". The Bryan Times. United Press International. 1987-02-06. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  5. "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  6. "1973-74 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  7. "1973 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  8. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-04-21.

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