1945–46 New York Rangers season

1945–46 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1945–46 record	13–28–9
Goals for	144
Goals against	191
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Ab DeMarco (20)
Assists	Ab DeMarco (27)
Points	Ab DeMarco (47)
Penalties in minutes	Phil Watson (43)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (12)
Goals against average	Chuck Rayner (3.76)

The 1945–46 New York Rangers season was the 20th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 13–28–9 record and finished with 35 points. With a last-place finish, the Rangers did not qualify for the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	28	17	5	172	134	+38	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	18	8	167	156	+11	56
3	Chicago Black Hawks	50	23	20	7	200	178	+22	53
4	Detroit Red Wings	50	20	20	10	146	159	−13	50
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	19	24	7	174	185	−11	45
6	New York Rangers	50	13	28	9	144	191	−47	35

Schedule and results

1945–46 Game Log

October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)

November: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–4–1)

December: 2–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 0–3–1)

January: 3–6–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–5–1)

February: 2–4–5 (Home: 0–1–4; Road: 2–3–1)

March: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0)

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the fourth consecutive season and missed the 1946 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]^[3]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	50	20	27	47	20
Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick	45	19	18	37	19
Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	49	15	19	34	0
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	49	12	14	26	43
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	50	15	9	24	26
Pike, AlfAlf Pike	33	7	9	16	18
Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky	33	10	5	15	12
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	38	8	6	14	30
Colville, MacMac Colville	39	7	6	13	8
Gardner, CalCal Gardner	16	8	2	10	2
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	49	5	4	9	25
Moe, BillBill Moe	48	4	4	8	14
Trudell, ReneRene Trudell	16	3	5	8	4
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	19	6	1	7	11
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	34	2	3	5	14
Russell, ChurchChurch Russell	17	0	5	5	2
Juzda, BillBill Juzda	32	1	3	4	17
Brown, HaroldHarold Brown	13	2	1	3	2
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	17	0	2	2	6
Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick	24	0	2	2	4
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	3	0	1	1	0
Kuntz, AlanAlan Kuntz	14	0	1	1	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	40	2377	12	21	7	149	3.76	1
Henry, JimJim Henry	11	623	1	7	2	42	4.04	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.

^[4]

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

1 2 "1945–46 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "Detroit Gains First Victory in Hockey Loop". Reading Eagle. United Press. 1946-10-27. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
↑ "1945–46 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

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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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
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 1999–2000
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 2016–17 2017–18
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

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