1988–89 New York Rangers season

The 1988–89 New York Rangers season was the Rangers' 63rd season. The team returned to the playoffs for the 11th time in 12 seasons. A major storyline of the season was Guy Lafleur’s comeback from retirement.

Regular season

Guy Lafleur

After being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, Guy Lafleur returned to the NHL during the 1988–89 with the New York Rangers. Lafleur remained one of the few players that did not wear protective helmets due to the Grandfather clause. A highlight of Lafleur's season was the opportunity to be on the same team with Marcel Dionne. During his first game back in the Montreal Forum, he scored twice against Patrick Roy during the Rangers' 7–5 loss to the Canadiens. Although his high-scoring days were well behind him, his stint with the Rangers was moderately successful and he helped the team to first place in the Patrick Division until being knocked out by a knee injury. The Rangers would finish the season in third place.

Season standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Washington Capitals	80	41	29	10	305	259	92
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	40	33	7	347	349	87
New York Rangers	80	37	35	8	310	307	82
Philadelphia Flyers	80	36	36	8	307	285	80
New Jersey Devils	80	27	41	12	281	325	66
New York Islanders	80	28	47	5	265	325	61

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1988-89 Game Log

October: 8-2-1 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 3-0-1)

November: 6-6-2 (Home: 2-2-1; Road: 4-4-1)

December: 6-6-2 (Home: 4-2-0; Road: 2-4-2)

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

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

March: 4-10-0 (Home: 4-4-0; Road: 0-6-0)

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

Playoffs

Main article: 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1989 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Pittsburgh Penguins - Pittsburgh wins series 4-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 5	New York Rangers	1 - 3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Pittsburgh leads series 1-0
2	April 6	New York Rangers	4 - 7	Pittsburgh Penguins		Pittsburgh leads series 2-0
3	April 8	Pittsburgh Penguins	5 - 4	New York Rangers	OT	Pittsburgh leads series 3-0
4	April 9	Pittsburgh Penguins	4 - 3	New York Rangers		Pittsburgh wins series 4-0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	79	32	56	88	5	148
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	68	23	48	71	8	50
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	78	29	35	64	7	60
Granato, TonyTony Granato	78	36	27	63	17	140
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	70	26	36	62	14	91
Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson^†	41	21	34	55	1	45
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	68	11	36	47	3	41
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	67	18	27	45	1	12
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen	56	24	19	43	-6	50
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	60	13	29	42	0	14
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	73	9	24	33	-6	107
Petit, MichelMichel Petit	69	8	25	33	-15	154
Lafreniere, JasonJason Lafreniere	38	8	16	24	-3	6
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	37	7	16	23	-6	20
Lawton, BrianBrian Lawton^‡	30	7	10	17	-2	39
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw	63	6	11	17	14	88
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	44	4	11	15	-3	27
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	38	7	7	14	-8	177
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy^†	45	2	12	14	-8	45
Maloney, DonDon Maloney^‡	31	4	9	13	2	16
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	58	1	10	11	9	94
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	20	7	3	10	0	4
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver^‡	26	0	10	10	-3	14
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	24	3	5	8	-1	2
Liba, IgorIgor Liba^‡	10	2	5	7	1	15
Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort	11	1	5	6	0	18
Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff^†	13	0	5	5	-6	31
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek	52	0	2	2	-8	199
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser^‡	1	1	0	1	1	0
Wheeldon, SimonSimon Wheeldon	6	0	1	1	-1	2
Horava, MiloslavMiloslav Horava	6	0	1	1	-2	0
Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy^‡	16	0	1	1	-1	40
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	20	0	1	1	-3	84
Brochu, StephaneStephane Brochu	1	0	0	0	1	0
Cyr, PaulPaul Cyr	1	0	0	0	0	2
Latos, JamesJames Latos	1	0	0	0	-1	0
More, JaysonJayson More	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Hammond, KenKen Hammond^†^‡	3	0	0	0	-3	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	5	0	0	0	-4	0
Bloemberg, JeffJeff Bloemberg	9	0	0	0	2	0
Laviolette, PeterPeter Laviolette	12	0	0	0	2	6

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	4	3	2	5	2
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	4	3	2	5	12
Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson	4	1	2	3	2
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw	4	0	2	2	30
Petit, MichelMichel Petit	4	0	2	2	27
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	3	2	0	2	0
Granato, TonyTony Granato	4	1	1	2	21
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	4	0	1	1	6
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	4	0	1	1	31
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	4	0	1	1	28
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	4	0	1	1	2
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	4	1	0	1	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	4	0	1	1	2
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	3	0	1	1	4
Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	2	0	0	0	17
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	1	0	0	0	0
Lafreniere, JasonJason Lafreniere	3	0	0	0	17
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois	4	0	0	0	4
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen	4	0	0	0	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	4	0	0	0	9

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	56	3207	28	21	4	197	3.69	1662	.881	0
Froese, BobBob Froese	30	1621	9	14	4	102	3.78	787	.870	1

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	2	107	1	6	3.36	55	.891
Froese, BobBob Froese	2	72	2	8	6.67	51	.843
Richter, MikeMike Richter	1	58	1	4	4.14	30	.867

^†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;

Roster

New York Rangers

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

8 – Darren Turcotte
10 – Guy Lafleur
11 – Kelly Kisio - C
16 – Marcel Dionne
22 – Paul Cyr
26 – Kevin Miller
27 – Joe Paterson
32 – Stephane Brochu
44 – Lindy Ruff

Centers

41 – Simon Wheeldon
47 – Mark Janssens

GM: Phil Esposito
Coach: Michel Bergeron and Phil Esposito

Forwards

Tomas Sandstrom, Ulf Dahlen, Lucien DeBlois, John Ogrodnick, Jan Erixon, Chris Nilan, Brian Mullen, Paul Cyr, Tony Granato, Kelly Kisio (captain), Carey Wilson, Marcel Dionne, Don Maloney.

Defencemen

Michel Petit, Mark Hardy, David Shaw, Norm MacIver, Norman Rochefort

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1988 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	22	Troy Mallette	LW	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
2	26	Murray Duval	D	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
4	68	Tony Amonte	RW	United States	Thayer Academy (Massachusetts)
5	99	Martin Bergeron	C	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
6	110	Dennis Vial	D	Canada	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
7	131	Mike Rosati	G	Canada	Hamilton Steelhawks (OHL)
8	152	Eric Couvrette	LW	Canada	Saint-Jean Castors (QMJHL)
10	194	Paul Cain	C	Canada	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
10	202	Eric Fenton	RW	United States	N. Yarmouth Academy (Maine)
11	215	Peter Fiorentino	D	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
12	236	Keith Slifstein	RW	United States	Choate Academy (Connecticut)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft.

Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
Mike Hurlbut	D	United States	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
Ron Lecinskas	LW	United States	Salem State College (NCAA)

Awards and records

Brian Leetch, Calder Trophy
Brian Leetch, Most Goals by a Rookie Defenseman in One Season (23)^[3]
Most goals by rookie, season - Tony Granato (1988–89) - 36

References

Rangers on Hockey Database
"1988–89 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1988-89 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 184, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

1988–89 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

Franchise

History

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

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

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TV	Sam Rosen Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

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