1937–38 New York Rangers season

1937–38 New York Rangers
Division	2nd American
1937–38 record	27–15–6
Goals for	149
Goals against	96
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Art Coulter
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cecil Dillon (21)
Assists	Phil Watson (25)
Points	Cecil Dillon (39)
Penalties in minutes	Art Coulter (90)
Wins	Dave Kerr (27)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (1.95)
<1936–37 1938–39>

The 1937–38 New York Rangers season was the 12th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). New York finished second in the American Division in regular season with a record of 27–15–6, and qualified for the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the New York Americans 2–1 in a best of three games series.

Offseason

The team played an exhibition game against the New York Americans in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 30 October to open the new Saskatoon Arena.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	30	11	7	142	89	67
New York Rangers	48	27	15	6	149	96	60
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	25	9	97	139	37
Detroit Red Wings	48	12	25	11	99	133	35

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

Schedule and results

1937–38 Game Log
November: 3–4–1 (Home: 1–2–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–0 1–0–0 2 11 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 1–1–0 3 14 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 1–2–0 4 16 New York Americans 1–0 2–2–0 5 20 @ Montreal Maroons 3–0 3–2–0 6 21 Montreal Maroons 3 – 3 OT 3–2–1 7 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 3–3–1 8 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 3–4–1
December: 7–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 4–2–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 9 2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 3–5–1 10 5 Boston Bruins 4–0 4–5–1 11 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 5–5–1 12 12 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 6–5–1 13 14 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 7–5–1 14 16 @ New York Americans 2–0 8–5–1 15 19 Montreal Canadiens 2 – 2 OT 8–5–2 16 23 @ Montreal Maroons 4–0 9–5–2 17 26 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 9–6–2 18 28 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 9–7–2 19 31 Boston Bruins 5–3 10–7–2
January: 6–2–3 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 3–2–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 20 4 New York Americans 5 – 5 OT 10–7–3 21 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 11–7–3 22 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 11–8–3 23 9 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 12–8–3 24 13 Detroit Red Wings 3 – 3 OT 12–8–4 25 16 @ New York Americans 4–0 13–8–4 26 18 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 1 OT 14–8–4 27 23 Montreal Maroons 8–2 15–8–4 28 25 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 16–8–4 29 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 16–9–4 30 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2 – 2 OT 16–9–5
February: 8–3–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–1–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 31 1 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 17–9–5 32 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 18–9–5 33 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–0 19–9–5 34 12 @ Montreal Maroons 5–3 20–9–5 35 13 Montreal Maroons 4–1 21–9–5 36 17 Boston Bruins 3 – 2 OT 21–10–5 37 20 @ Boston Bruins 3 – 2 OT 21–11–5 38 22 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 21–12–5 39 24 Chicago Black Hawks 6–3 22–12–5 40 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 23–12–5 41 27 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 24–12–5
March: 3–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 42 3 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 25–12–5 43 6 @ New York Americans 3–1 25–13–5 44 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 26–13–5 45 13 Boston Bruins 2–1 26–14–5 46 17 New York Americans 5–3 27–14–5 47 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 1 – 1 OT 27–14–6 48 20 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 27–15–6

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1938 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Quarter-finals: vs. New York Americans – New York Americans win series 2–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 22 New York Americans 2–1 New York Rangers OT New York Americans lead series 1–0 2 March 24 New York Rangers 4–3 New York Americans Series tied 1–1 3 March 27 New York Americans 3–2 New York Rangers OT New York Americans win series 2–1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon 48 21 18 39 6 Smith, ClintClint Smith 48 14 23 37 0 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 45 17 19 36 11 Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky 48 17 18 35 26 Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 48 15 19 34 24 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 48 7 25 32 52 Colville, MacMac Colville 48 14 14 28 18 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 48 17 4 21 6 Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt 47 5 14 19 56 Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling 39 8 9 17 12 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 48 2 14 16 68 Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter 43 5 10 15 90 Kirk, BobbyBobby Kirk 39 4 8 12 14 Cooper, JoeJoe Cooper 46 3 2 5 56 Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick 1 0 2 2 0 Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher 9 0 1 1 2 Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller 9 0 1 1 2 Molyneaux, LarryLarry Molyneaux 2 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 3 2 0 2 0 Colville, MacMac Colville 3 0 2 2 0 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 3 0 2 2 0 Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky 3 2 0 2 2 Smith, ClintClint Smith 3 2 0 2 0 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 3 0 1 1 2 Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling 3 0 1 1 2 Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 3 0 1 1 2 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 3 0 1 1 0 Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon 3 1 0 1 0 Molyneaux, LarryLarry Molyneaux 3 0 0 0 8 Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller 1 0 0 0 0 Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick 3 0 0 0 2 Cooper, JoeJoe Cooper 3 0 0 0 4 Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt 2 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	48	2960	27	15	6	96	1.95	8

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	3	262	1	2	8	1.83	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;

See also

• 1937–38 NHL season

References

1. O'Brien, Jeff, City Archivist. Saskatoon Chronology: 1882–2005, p.3.
2. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. "1937–38 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

External links

• "1937–38 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.