1956–57 New York Rangers season

1956–57 New York Rangers
Division	4th NHL
1956–57 record	26–30–14
Goals for	184
Goals against	227
Team information
General Manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	Harry Howell
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Andy Bathgate (27)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (50)
Points	Andy Bathgate (77)
Penalties in minutes	Lou Fontinato (139)
Wins	Gump Worsley (26)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (3.00)
<1955–56 1957–58>

The 1956–57 New York Rangers season was the 31st season for the team in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Season Standings

National Hockey League^[1]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	20	12	198	157	+41	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	23	12	210	155	+55	82
3	Boston Bruins	70	34	24	12	195	174	+21	80
4	New York Rangers	70	26	30	14	184	227	−43	66
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	174	192	−18	57
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	16	39	15	169	225	−56	47

Schedule and results

1956–57 Game Log
October: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 1–3–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–0 1–0–0 2 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–1 1–1–0 3 17 Boston Bruins 2–0 2–1–0 4 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–0 2–2–0 5 21 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 3–2–0 6 24 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 4–2–0 7 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 4–2–1 8 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 4–3–1
November: 2–7–4 (Home: 1–3–3; Road: 1–4–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 9 4 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 4–4–1 10 7 Boston Bruins 4–2 4–5–1 11 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–6–1 12 10 Detroit Red Wings 6–4 4–7–1 13 14 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 4–8–1 14 17 Boston Bruins 4–4 4–8–2 15 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 4–8–3 16 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 4–8–4 17 22 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 5–8–4 18 24 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–1 5–9–4 19 25 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 5–9–5 20 28 Boston Bruins 2–1 6–9–5 21 29 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 6–10–5
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 22 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 7–10–5 23 5 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 7–10–6 24 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 0–0 7–10–7 25 9 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 8–10–7 26 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–1 8–11–7 27 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 8–12–7 28 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 9–12–7 29 21 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 10–12–7 30 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 10–13–7 31 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 8–1 10–14–7 32 27 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 11–14–7 33 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 11–15–7 34 31 Detroit Red Wings 1–0 11–16–7
January: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 4–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 35 1 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 11–17–7 36 5 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 12–17–7 37 6 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 12–18–7 38 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 12–19–7 39 11 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 13–19–7 40 12 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–4 14–19–7 41 13 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 14–20–7 42 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–0 14–21–7 43 20 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 14–22–7 44 23 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 14–22–8 45 26 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 15–22–8 46 27 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 16–22–8 47 30 Chicago Black Hawks 7–2 16–23–8
February: 6–4–3 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 1–3–2) Game February Opponent Score Record 48 2 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 16–24–8 49 3 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 16–25–8 50 6 Boston Bruins 3–2 17–25–8 51 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 17–25–9 52 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 17–25–10 53 10 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 18–25–10 54 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 18–26–10 55 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 19–26–10 56 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 20–26–10 57 20 Boston Bruins 5–2 21–26–10 58 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 21–27–10 59 24 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 22–27–10 60 27 Chicago Black Hawks 6–6 22–27–11
March: 4–3–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 3–1–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 61 2 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 23–27–11 62 3 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 23–27–12 63 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 23–27–13 64 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 24–27–13 65 10 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 25–27–13 66 13 Boston Bruins 2–1 25–28–13 67 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 14–1 25–29–13 68 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 25–30–13 69 23 @ Boston Bruins 4–2 26–30–13 70 24 Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 26–30–14

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1957 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – Montreal wins series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 26 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 New York Rangers Montreal leads series 1–0 2 March 28 Montreal Canadiens 3–4 New York Rangers OT Series tied 1–1 3 March 30 New York Rangers 3–8 Montreal Canadiens Montreal leads series 2–1 4 April 2 New York Rangers 1–3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal leads series 3–1 5 April 4 New York Rangers 3–4 Montreal Canadiens OT Montreal wins series 4–1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate 70 27 50 77 60 Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton 70 21 23 44 10 Prentice, DeanDean Prentice 68 19 23 42 38 Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby 70 4 37 41 72 Creighton, DaveDave Creighton 70 18 21 39 42 Lewicki, DannyDanny Lewicki 70 18 20 38 47 Popein, LarryLarry Popein 67 11 19 30 20 Henry, CamilleCamille Henry 36 14 15 29 2 Sullivan, GeorgeGeorge Sullivan 42 6 17 23 36 Murphy, RonRon Murphy 33 7 12 19 14 Foley, GerryGerry Foley 69 7 9 16 48 Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron 70 9 6 15 40 MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald 45 7 8 15 24 Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato 70 3 12 15 139 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 65 2 10 12 70 Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan 61 5 4 9 65 Evans, JackJack Evans 70 3 6 9 110 Cline, BruceBruce Cline 30 2 3 5 10 Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath^‡ 7 1 2 3 4

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Henry, CamilleCamille Henry 5 2 3 5 0 Creighton, DaveDave Creighton 5 2 2 4 2 Sullivan, GeorgeGeorge Sullivan 5 1 2 3 4 Popein, LarryLarry Popein 5 0 3 3 0 Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby 5 1 2 3 2 MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald 1 1 1 2 0 Prentice, DeanDean Prentice 5 0 2 2 4 Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton 5 2 0 2 2 Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate 5 2 0 2 7 Evans, JackJack Evans 5 0 1 1 4 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 5 1 0 1 6 Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron 5 0 1 1 6 Lewicki, DannyDanny Lewicki 5 0 1 1 2 Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan 3 0 0 0 2 Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato 5 0 0 0 7 Foley, GerryGerry Foley 3 0 0 0 0 Murphy, RonRon Murphy 5 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Worsley, LorneLorne Worsley	68	4080	26	28	14	217	3.24	2341	.907	3
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	2	120	0	2	0	6	3.00	47	.872	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, LorneLorne Worsley	5	316	1	4	21	3.99	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;

References

• Rangers on Hockey Database

1. "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "1956–57 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.