1943–44 New York Rangers season

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]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[3]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	38	5	7	234	109	+125	83
2	Detroit Red Wings	50	26	18	6	214	177	+37	58
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	23	23	4	214	174	+40	50
4	Chicago Black Hawks	50	22	23	5	178	187	−9	49
5	Boston Bruins	50	19	26	5	223	268	−45	43
6	New York Rangers	50	6	39	5	162	310	−148	17

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 statistics

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	TOI	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;

References

↑ "New York Rangers Franchise Index". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
1 2 "1943–44 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
↑ "1943–1944 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. 1945-10-22. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
↑ "1943–44 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN-FM

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

Culture and lore

New York Rangers seasons

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1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1943–44 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

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