1947–48 New York Rangers season

1947–48 New York Rangers
Division	4th NHL
1947–48 record	21–26–13
Goals for	176
Goals against	201
Team information
General Manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Tony Leswick/Buddy O'Connor (24)
Assists	Buddy O'Connor (36)
Points	Buddy O'Connor (60)
Penalties in minutes	Tony Leswick (76)
Wins	Jim Henry (17)
Goals against average	Jim Henry (3.19)
<1946–47 1948–49>

The 1947–48 New York Rangers season was the 22nd season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers had a 21–26–13 record and made the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings in six games.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	32	15	13	182	143	+39	77
2	Detroit Red Wings	60	30	18	12	187	148	+39	72
3	Boston Bruins	60	23	24	13	167	168	−1	59
4	New York Rangers	60	21	26	13	176	201	−25	55
5	Montreal Canadiens	60	20	29	11	147	169	−22	51
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	20	34	6	195	225	−30	46

Schedule and results

1947–48 Game Log
October: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 1–0–0 2 19 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 1–1–0 3 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 1–2–0 4 29 Boston Bruins 3–1 1–3–0
November: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 5 1 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 2–3–0 6 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 3–3–0 7 6 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–1 3–4–0 8 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 3–5–0 9 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–5 3–6–0 10 12 Boston Bruins 8–2 3–7–0 11 15 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 3–8–0 12 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–8–0 13 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–5 5–8–0 14 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 6–8–0 15 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 7–8–0
December: 6–3–4 (Home: 3–2–3; Road: 3–1–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 16 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 7–9–0 17 6 @ Boston Bruins 5–5 7–9–1 18 7 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 8–9–1 19 10 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 8–9–2 20 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 9–9–2 21 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 10–9–2 22 14 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 10–9–3 23 17 Boston Bruins 5–2 11–9–3 24 21 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 11–10–3 25 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–1 11–11–3 26 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 12–11–3 27 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 12–11–4 28 31 Boston Bruins 7–3 13–11–4
January: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–3–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 29 1 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 13–12–4 30 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 13–12–5 31 4 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 13–13–5 32 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–0 13–14–5 33 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 13–14–6 34 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 14–14–6 35 14 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 15–14–6 36 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 15–14–7 37 21 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 15–15–7 38 25 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 15–16–7 39 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 16–16–7 40 31 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 17–16–7
February: 2–3–5 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 0–1–3) Game February Opponent Score Record 41 1 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 17–16–8 42 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–4 17–16–9 43 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 17–17–9 44 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 17–17–10 45 14 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 17–17–11 46 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 17–17–12 47 18 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 17–18–12 48 22 Boston Bruins 4–1 18–18–12 49 25 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 18–19–12 50 29 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 19–19–12
March: 2–7–1 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–4–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 51 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 20–19–12 52 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 20–20–12 53 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 20–21–12 54 7 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 20–21–13 55 10 @ Boston Bruins 6–3 20–22–13 56 13 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 20–23–13 57 14 Montreal Canadiens 6–3 20–24–13 58 16 Boston Bruins 6–2 20–25–13 59 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 21–25–13 60 21 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 21–26–13

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1948 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 24 New York Rangers 1–2 Detroit Red Wings Detroit leads series 1–0 2 March 26 New York Rangers 2–5 Detroit Red Wings Detroit leads series 2–0 3 March 28 Detroit Red Wings 2–3 New York Rangers Detroit leads series 2–1 4 March 30 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 New York Rangers Series tied 2–2 5 April 1 New York Rangers 1–3 Detroit Red Wings Detroit leads series 3–2 6 April 4 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 New York Rangers Detroit wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM O'Connor, HerbertHerbert O'Connor 60 24 36 60 8 Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade 59 13 24 47 7 Leswick, TonyTony Leswick 60 24 16 40 76 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 54 18 15 33 54 Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh 52 15 18 33 2 Kullman, EdEd Kullman 51 15 17 32 32 Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick^‡ 40 17 12 29 30 Gardner, CalCal Gardner 58 7 18 25 71 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 43 8 14 22 18 Trudell, ReneRene Trudell 54 13 7 20 30 Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls 58 6 13 19 16 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 55 4 12 16 25 Moe, BillBill Moe 59 1 15 16 31 Juzda, BillBill Juzda 60 3 9 12 70 Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski 38 6 5 11 2 Russell, ChurchChurch Russell 19 0 3 3 2 Rowe, RonnieRonnie Rowe 5 1 0 1 0 Shero, FredFred Shero 19 1 0 1 2 Lamirande, JeanJean Lamirande 18 0 1 1 6 Foster, HerbHerb Foster 1 0 0 0 0 Kwong, LarryLarry Kwong 1 0 0 0 0 Perreault, FernFern Perreault 2 0 0 0 0 Anslow, HubHub Anslow 2 0 0 0 0 Taylor, BillyBilly Taylor^† 2 0 0 0 0 Juckes, WinstonWinston Juckes 2 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Watson, PhilPhil Watson 5 2 3 5 2 Leswick, TonyTony Leswick 6 3 2 5 8 Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade 6 1 4 5 0 O'Connor, HerbertHerbert O'Connor 6 1 4 5 0 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 6 1 3 4 0 Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh 6 2 0 2 2 Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski 2 0 1 1 0 Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher 1 0 1 1 0 Shero, FredFred Shero 7 0 1 1 2 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 7 0 1 1 2 Kullman, EdEd Kullman 7 0 1 1 2 Lancien, JackJack Lancien 2 0 0 0 2 Davies, KenKen Davies 1 0 0 0 0 Lamirande, JeanJean Lamirande 6 0 0 0 4 Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski 4 0 0 0 0 Juzda, BillBill Juzda 6 0 0 0 9 Moe, BillBill Moe 1 0 0 0 0 Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls 2 0 0 0 0 Trudell, ReneRene Trudell 5 0 0 0 0 Gardner, CalCal Gardner 5 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Henry, JimJim Henry	48	2880	17	18	13	153	3.19	2
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	12	691	4	7	0	42	3.65	0
DeCourcy, BobBob DeCourcy	1	29	0	1	0	6	12.41	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	6	360	2	4	17	2.83	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

• 1947–48 NHL season

References

1. "1947–48 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
2. "1947–1948 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1947–48 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

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