1950–51 New York Rangers season

1950–51 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1950–51 record	20–29–21
Goals for	169
Goals against	201
Team information
General Manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Neil Colville
Captain	Frank Eddolls
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Nick Mickoski (20)
Assists	Don Raleigh (24)
Points	Don Raleigh/Reg Sinclair (39)
Penalties in minutes	Tony Leswick (112)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (19)
Goals against average	Chuck Raynor (2.85)
<1949–50 1951–52>

The 1950–51 New York Rangers season was the 25th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished with a 20–29–21 record in the regular season. They ended the season in fifth place with 61 points, and did not make the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	44	13	13	236	139	+97	101
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	41	16	13	212	138	+74	95
3	Montreal Canadiens	70	25	30	15	173	184	−11	65
4	Boston Bruins	70	22	30	18	178	197	−19	62
5	New York Rangers	70	20	29	21	169	201	−32	61
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	13	47	10	171	280	−109	36

Schedule and results

1950–51 Game Log
October: 1–4–3 (Home: 0–0–2; Road: 1–4–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 0–1–0 2 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 1–1–0 3 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–0 1–2–0 4 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 1–3–0 5 22 @ Boston Bruins 0–0 1–3–1 6 25 Boston Bruins 1–1 1–3–2 7 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–1 1–4–2 8 29 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 1–4–3
November: 1–6–6 (Home: 1–4–2; Road: 0–2–4) Game November Opponent Score Record 9 2 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 1–4–4 10 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 1–4–5 11 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 1–5–5 12 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 1–6–5 13 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 1–6–6 14 12 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 1–7–6 15 15 Boston Bruins 4–3 1–8–6 16 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 1–9–6 17 19 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 1–9–7 18 22 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 2–9–7 19 25 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 2–9–8 20 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 2–10–8 21 29 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 2–10–9
December: 5–4–4 (Home: 4–2–2; Road: 1–2–2) Game December Opponent Score Record 22 2 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 3–10–9 23 3 Boston Bruins 5–3 3–11–9 24 6 Detroit Red Wings 9–0 3–12–9 25 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–0 3–13–9 26 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 3–13–10 27 13 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 4–13–10 28 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 4–13–11 29 17 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 4–13–12 30 20 Boston Bruins 4–4 4–13–13 31 24 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 5–13–13 32 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 5–14–13 33 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 6–14–13 34 31 Boston Bruins 3–0 7–14–13
January: 6–5–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 2–4–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 35 1 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 7–15–13 36 3 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 8–15–13 37 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 9–15–13 38 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 10–15–13 39 10 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 10–16–13 40 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 10–17–13 41 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 11–17–13 42 17 Boston Bruins 3–3 11–17–14 43 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 11–17–15 44 21 @ Boston Bruins 5–1 11–18–15 45 25 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 12–18–15 46 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 12–19–15 47 28 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 13–19–15
February: 4–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–3–2) Game February Opponent Score Record 48 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 13–20–15 49 4 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 13–20–16 50 7 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 13–20–17 51 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 14–20–17 52 14 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 15–20–17 53 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–3 16–20–17 54 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 16–21–17 55 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 16–22–17 56 21 Boston Bruins 2–2 16–22–18 57 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 16–23–18 58 25 Detroit Red Wings 6–2 17–23–18
March: 3–6–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 1–3–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 59 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 18–23–18 60 3 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 18–23–19 61 4 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 18–23–20 62 7 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 19–23–20 63 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 19–24–20 64 11 Montreal Canadiens 5–5 19–24–21 65 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 19–25–21 66 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 19–26–21 67 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 19–27–21 68 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 19–28–21 69 21 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 19–29–21 70 25 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 20–29–21

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1951 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Sinclair, ReggieReggie Sinclair 70 18 21 39 70 Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh 64 15 24 39 18 O'Connor, HerbertHerbert O'Connor 66 16 20 36 0 Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski 64 20 15 35 12 Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski 69 14 18 32 15 Kullman, EdEd Kullman 70 14 18 32 88 Toppazzini, ZellioZellio Toppazzini^† 55 14 13 27 27 Leswick, TonyTony Leswick 70 15 11 26 112 Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade 42 10 13 23 0 Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley 70 7 14 21 75 Lund, PenttiPentti Lund 59 4 16 20 6 McLeod, JackJack McLeod 41 5 10 15 2 Egan, PatPat Egan 70 5 10 15 70 Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls 68 3 8 11 24 Kaleta, AlexAlex Kaleta 58 3 4 7 26 Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski 49 1 5 6 28 Kyle, WalterWalter Kyle 64 2 3 5 92 Kyle, BillBill Kyle 1 0 3 3 0 Howe, VicVic Howe 3 1 0 1 0 Harrison, EdEd Harrison^† 4 1 0 1 2 Evans, JackJack Evans 49 1 0 1 95 Gordon, JackJack Gordon 4 0 1 1 0 Lancien, JackJack Lancien 19 0 1 1 8 Kotanen, DickDick Kotanen 1 0 0 0 0 Wylie, BillBill Wylie 1 0 0 0 0 Wood, BobBob Wood 1 0 0 0 0 Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher^‡ 8 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	66	3940	19	28	19	187	2.85	2
Francis, EmileEmile Francis	5	260	1	1	2	14	3.23	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

• 1950–51 NHL season

References

1. "1950–51 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
2. "1950–1951 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1950–51 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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