1942–43 New York Rangers season

1942–43 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1942–43 record	11–31–8
Goals for	161
Goals against	253
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Ott Heller
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bryan Hextall (27)
Assists	Lynn Patrick (39)
Points	Lynn Patrick (61)
Penalties in minutes	Vic Myles (57)
Wins	Jimmy Franks (5)
Goals against average	Jimmy Franks (4.48)
<1941–42 1943–44>

The 1942–43 New York Rangers season was the 17th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–31–8 record and finished with 30 points.^[1] The Rangers 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	Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	169	124	+45	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	195	176	+19	57
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	198	159	+39	53
4	Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	181	191	−10	50
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	179	180	−1	49
6	New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	161	253	−92	30

Schedule and results

1942–43 Game Log
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 0–1–0
November: 4–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–4–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 2 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 12–5 0–2–0 3 7 Montreal Canadiens 4 – 3 OT 1–2–0 4 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 10–4 1–3–0 5 10 Chicago Black Hawks 5 – 3 OT 2–3–0 6 14 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 2–4–0 7 15 Boston Bruins 4–3 2–5–0 8 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 2–6–0 9 22 Detroit Red Wings 4–4 2–6–1 10 26 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 3–6–1 11 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 8–6 3–7–1 12 29 Boston Bruins 3–2 4–7–1
December: 3–6–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 13 3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 4–8–1 14 6 @ Boston Bruins 5–4 4–9–1 15 13 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 4–10–1 16 17 Boston Bruins 7–3 4–11–1 17 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 4–11–2 18 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–2 4–12–2 19 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 5–12–2 20 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 6–12–2 21 29 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 7–12–2 22 31 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 7–13–2
January: 0–9–3 (Home: 0–4–1; Road: 0–5–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 23 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–5 7–14–2 24 3 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 7–14–3 25 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 7–14–4 26 10 Montreal Canadiens 7–4 7–15–4 27 14 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 7–16–4 28 16 @ Boston Bruins 7–5 7–17–4 29 17 Boston Bruins 6–3 7–18–4 30 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 7–19–4 31 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–5 7–19–5 32 24 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–0 7–20–5 33 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 10–1 7–21–5 34 31 Boston Bruins 7–2 7–22–5
February: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 0–4–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 35 4 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 7–22–6 36 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 7–23–6 37 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–4 7–24–6 38 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 7–24–7 39 18 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 7–25–7 40 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–1 7–26–7 41 21 Montreal Canadiens 6–1 8–26–7 42 25 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 9–26–7 43 27 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–1 9–27–7 44 28 Detroit Red Wings 5–1 9–28–7
March: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 45 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 10–28–7 46 4 Montreal Canadiens 7–2 10–29–7 47 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 10–29–8 48 14 Chicago Black Hawks 7–5 11–29–8 49 16 @ Boston Bruins 11–5 11–30–8 50 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 11–31–8

Playoffs

The Rangers finished last in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1943 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[2]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 50 22 39 61 28 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 50 27 32 59 28 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 46 14 28 42 44 Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick 50 17 18 35 31 Smith, ClintClint Smith 47 12 21 33 4 Goldup, HankHank Goldup^† 36 11 20 31 33 Kirkpatrick, BobBob Kirkpatrick 49 12 12 24 6 Pike, AlfAlf Pike 41 6 16 22 48 Cameron, AngusAngus Cameron 35 8 11 19 0 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 45 4 14 18 14 Myles, VicVic Myles 45 6 9 15 57 Mancuso, GusGus Mancuso 21 6 8 14 13 Shack, JoeJoe Shack 20 5 9 14 6 Bell, JoeJoe Bell 15 2 5 7 6 Macey, HubertHubert Macey 9 3 3 6 0 Davidson, GordonGordon Davidson 35 2 3 5 4 Bend, LinthwaiteLinthwaite Bend 8 3 1 4 2 Gooden, BillyBilly Gooden 12 0 3 3 0 Garrett, DudleyDudley Garrett 23 1 1 2 18 Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt^† 4 0 2 2 6 Warwick, BillBill Warwick 1 0 1 1 4 Tatchell, SpenceSpence Tatchell 1 0 0 0 0 Lynn, VicVic Lynn 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	23	1380	5	14	4	103	4.48	0
Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	17	1020	4	10	3	89	5.24	1
Buzinski, SteveSteve Buzinski	9	560	2	6	1	55	5.89	0
Bouvrette, LionelLionel Bouvrette	1	60	0	1	0	6	6.00	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;

See also

• 1942–43 NHL season

References

1. "1942–43 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
2. "1942–43 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
3. "1942–1943 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
4. "1942–43 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23.