1959–60 New York Rangers season

1959–60 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1959–60 record	17–38–15
Goals for	187
Goals against	247
Team information
General Manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson Muzz Patrick Alf Pike
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Dean Prentice (32)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (74)
Penalties in minutes	Lou Fontinato (137)
Wins	Gump Worsley (7)
Goals against average	Jack McCartan (1.75)
<1958–59 1960–61>

The 1959–60 New York Rangers season was the 34th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers had a 17–38–15 record, and finished with 49 points. Their last-place finish caused them 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	70	40	18	12	255	178	+77	92
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	199	195	+4	79
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	191	180	+11	69
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	15	186	197	−11	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	28	34	8	220	241	−21	64
6	New York Rangers	70	17	38	15	187	247	−60	49

Schedule and results

1959–60 Game Log
October: 2–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–3–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 0–1–0 2 10 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 0–2–0 3 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 0–3–0 4 14 Boston Bruins 4–3 0–4–0 5 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 1–4–0 6 18 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 1–5–0 7 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 1–6–0 8 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 1–6–1 9 25 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 2–6–1 10 28 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 2–6–2
November: 1–8–4 (Home: 1–3–3; Road: 0–5–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 11 1 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 2–7–2 12 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 2–8–2 13 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 8–2 2–9–2 14 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 2–9–3 15 11 Boston Bruins 6–3 3–9–3 16 14 Detroit Red Wings 4–0 3–10–3 17 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 3–10–4 18 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 3–11–4 19 22 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 3–12–4 20 25 Boston Bruins 3–3 3–12–5 21 26 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 3–13–5 22 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 3–14–5 23 29 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 3–14–6
December: 6–6–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–3–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 24 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–4 4–14–6 25 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 4–15–6 26 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–0 5–15–6 27 12 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 6–15–6 28 13 Boston Bruins 4–3 7–15–6 29 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 7–16–6 30 20 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 8–16–6 31 23 Chicago Black Hawks 3–0 8–17–6 32 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 9–17–6 33 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 9–18–6 34 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 9–19–6 35 29 Boston Bruins 4–3 9–20–6
January: 2–8–4 (Home: 1–1–3; Road: 1–7–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 36 1 @ Boston Bruins 7–3 9–21–6 37 3 Montreal Canadiens 8–3 10–21–6 38 6 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 10–22–6 39 9 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 10–22–7 40 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 11–22–7 41 14 @ Boston Bruins 6–0 11–23–7 42 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 11–24–7 43 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 11–25–7 44 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 11–2 11–26–7 45 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 11–27–7 46 24 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 11–27–8 47 27 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 11–27–9 48 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 11–28–9 49 31 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 11–28–10
February: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 50 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 11–29–10 51 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 12–29–10 52 6 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 12–30–10 53 7 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 13–30–10 54 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 13–31–10 55 14 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 13–32–10 56 17 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 13–33–10 57 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–3 13–33–11 58 21 Boston Bruins 7–2 14–33–11 59 24 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 14–33–12 60 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 14–34–12 61 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 14–35–12
March: 3–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 1–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 62 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 14–36–12 63 6 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 15–36–12 64 9 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 15–36–13 65 10 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 15–36–14 66 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 16–36–14 67 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 16–36–15 68 16 Boston Bruins 3–2 16–37–15 69 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–3 16–38–15 70 20 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 17–38–15

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1960 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate 70 26 48 74 28 Prentice, DeanDean Prentice 70 32 34 66 43 Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton 70 19 27 46 4 Sullivan, GeorgeGeorge Sullivan 70 12 25 37 81 Popein, LarryLarry Popein 66 14 22 36 16 Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby 65 9 22 31 60 Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel 69 13 16 29 27 Cullen, BrianBrian Cullen 64 8 21 29 6 Henry, CamilleCamille Henry 49 12 15 27 6 Shack, EddieEddie Shack 62 8 10 18 110 Kabel, RobertRobert Kabel 44 5 11 16 32 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 67 7 6 13 58 Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato 64 2 11 13 137 Bartlett, JimJim Bartlett 44 8 4 12 48 Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna 61 4 8 12 87 Stratton, ArtArt Stratton 18 2 5 7 2 Bownass, JackJack Bownass 37 2 5 7 34 Pearson, MelMel Pearson 23 1 5 6 13 Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield 20 1 2 3 2 Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer 32 1 2 3 20 Sweeney, BillBill Sweeney 4 1 0 1 0 Cushenan, IanIan Cushenan 17 0 1 1 22 Balon, DaveDave Balon 3 0 0 0 0 MacDonald, ParkerParker MacDonald 3 0 0 0 0 Price, NoelNoel Price 6 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Worsley, LorneLorne Worsley	39	2301	7	23	8	135	3.52	1260	.893	0
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	17	1020	6	9	2	67	3.94	515	.870	1
Rollins, AlAl Rollins	10	600	3	4	3	31	3.10	386	.920	0
McCartan, JackJack McCartan	4	240	1	1	2	7	1.75	128	.945	0
Schaefer, JoeJoe Schaefer	1	39	0	1	0	5	7.69	22	.773	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;

Awards and records

• Dean Prentice, left wing, NHL Second All-Star Team^[4]

Roster

1959–1960 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Jack McCartan  1 – Marcel Paille  1 – Al Rollins  1 – Joe Schaefer  1 – Gump Worsley		Defensemen 2 – Jack Bownass  2 – Ian Cushenan  3 – Harry Howell  4 – Bill Gadsby  6 – John Hanna  8 – Lou Fontinato  15 – Noel Price  15 – Irv Spencer		Wingers 5 – Eddie Shack  6 – Pat Hannigan  9 – Andy Bathgate  11 – Dave Balon  11 – Bob Kabel  12 – Andy Hebenton  16 – Mel Pearson  17 – Dean Prentice  18 – Ken Schinkel  21 – Camille Henry  22 – Jim Bartlett		Centers 5 – Bill Sweeney  7 – Red Sullivan –C 10 – Earl Ingarfield  10 – Art Stratton  14 – Brian Cullen  14 – Parker MacDonald  19 – Larry Popein  GM: Muzz Patrick Coach: Phil Watson, Muzz Patrick, Alf Pike

See also

• 1959–60 NHL season

References

1. "1959–60 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
2. "1959–1960 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1959–60 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
4. Halligan, John. "The Greatest Player Not in the Hockey Hall of Fame". New York Rangers. Retrieved 2011-06-04.

External links

• 1959–60 New York Rangers Statistics