1946–47 New York Rangers season

1946–47 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1946–47 record	22–32–6
Goals for	167
Goals against	186
Team information
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Tony Leswick (27)
Assists	Edgar Laprade (25)
Points	Tony Leswick (41)
Penalties in minutes	Bill Juzda (60)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (22)
Goals against average	Chuck Rayner (3.05)
<1945–46 1947–48>

The 1946–47 New York Rangers season was the 21st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers compiled a 22–32–6 record in the regular season and finished with 50 points. The team's fifth-place finish caused it to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	60	34	16	10	189	138	+51	78
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	31	19	10	209	172	+37	72
3	Boston Bruins	60	26	23	11	190	175	+15	63
4	Detroit Red Wings	60	22	27	11	190	193	−3	55
5	New York Rangers	60	22	32	6	167	186	−19	50
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	19	37	4	193	274	−81	42

Schedule and results

1946–47 Game Log
October: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 0–1–0 2 20 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 1–1–0 3 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 2–1–0 4 26 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 2–2–0 5 30 Boston Bruins 3–3 2–2–1
November: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 2–5–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 6 2 Detroit Red Wings 7–4 3–2–1 7 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 3–3–1 8 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 3–4–1 9 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 3–5–1 10 10 Boston Bruins 4–0 3–6–1 11 13 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 3–6–2 12 16 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 3–7–2 13 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 3–8–2 14 21 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 3–9–2 15 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 4–9–2 16 24 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 5–9–2 17 27 @ Boston Bruins 5–2 5–10–2
December: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 2–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 18 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 6–10–2 19 4 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 7–10–2 20 8 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 8–10–2 21 11 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 8–10–3 22 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 8–11–3 23 15 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 8–12–3 24 18 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 8–13–3 25 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 8–14–3 26 25 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 9–14–3 27 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 9–14–4 28 29 Boston Bruins 2–2 9–14–5 29 31 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 9–15–5
January: 7–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 30 1 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 9–16–5 31 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 9–17–5 32 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 10–17–5 33 5 Chicago Black Hawks 9–0 11–17–5 34 8 Boston Bruins 3–1 11–18–5 35 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 12–18–5 36 15 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 13–18–5 37 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 13–19–5 38 19 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 14–19–5 39 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 15–19–5 40 25 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 16–19–5
February: 4–5–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–4–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 41 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 16–20–5 42 2 Montreal Canadiens 7–1 17–20–5 43 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 18–20–5 44 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 18–21–5 45 12 @ Boston Bruins 10–1 18–22–5 46 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 19–22–5 47 19 Boston Bruins 6–0 20–22–5 48 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 20–23–5 49 23 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 20–23–6 50 26 Chicago Black Hawks 9–7 20–24–6
March: 2–8–0 (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 1–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 51 2 Boston Bruins 3–2 20–25–6 52 3 Chicago Black Hawks 9–4 20–26–6 53 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 21–26–6 54 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 21–27–6 55 12 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 21–28–6 56 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–0 21–29–6 57 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 21–30–6 58 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 21–31–6 59 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 21–32–6 60 23 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 22–32–6

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.^[3]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Leswick, TonyTony Leswick 59 27 14 41 51 Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick 54 20 20 40 24 Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade 58 15 25 40 9 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 60 20 10 30 18 Gardner, CalCal Gardner 52 13 16 29 30 Russell, ChurchChurch Russell 54 20 8 28 8 Trudell, ReneRene Trudell 59 8 16 24 38 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 60 4 16 20 16 DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco 44 9 10 19 4 Pike, AlfAlf Pike 31 7 11 18 2 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 48 6 12 18 17 Moe, BillBill Moe 59 4 10 14 44 Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe 58 1 12 13 25 Bell, JoeJoe Bell 47 6 4 10 12 Cooper, JoeJoe Cooper 59 2 8 10 38 Juzda, BillBill Juzda 45 3 5 8 60 Levandoski, JoeJoe Levandoski 8 1 1 2 0 Lamirande, JeanJean Lamirande 14 1 1 2 14 Bell, HarryHarry Bell 1 0 1 1 0 Denis, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Denis 6 0 1 1 0 Lancien, JackJack Lancien 1 0 0 0 0 Larson, NormNorm Larson 1 0 0 0 0 White, ShermanSherman White 1 0 0 0 0 Read, MelvinMelvin Read 6 0 0 0 8 Colville, MacMac Colville 14 0 0 0 8

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	58	3480	22	30	6	177	3.05	5
Henry, JimJim Henry	2	120	0	2	0	9	4.50	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

• 1946–47 NHL season

References

1. "1946–47 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
2. "1946–1947 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. Mitchell, Jack (1947-03-22). "Records Few Tho' Season Much Longer". The Windsor Daily Star (Canadian Press). Retrieved 2011-12-17.
4. "1946–47 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

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