1960–61 New York Rangers season

1960–61 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1960–61 record	22–38–10
Goals for	204
Goals against	248
Team information
General Manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Alf Pike
Captain	George Sullivan
Alternate captains	Camille Henry
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Andy Bathgate (29)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (77)
Penalties in minutes	Lou Fontinato (100)
Wins	Gump Worsley (20)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (3.28)
<1959–60 1961–62>

The 1960–61 New York Rangers season was the 35th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished in fifth place in the regular season with 54 points, and did not qualify for the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	41	19	10	254	188	+66	92
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	39	19	12	234	176	+58	90
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	29	24	17	198	180	+18	75
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	25	29	16	195	215	−20	66
5	New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	204	248	−44	54
6	Boston Bruins	70	15	42	13	176	254	−78	43

Schedule and results

1960–61 Game Log
October: 4–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 1–3–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 5 Boston Bruins 2–1 1–0–0 2 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 2–0–0 3 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 2–1–0 4 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 2–2–0 5 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 8–4 2–3–0 6 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 2–4–0 7 19 Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 3–4–0 8 23 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 3–5–0 9 26 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 4–5–0 10 27 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 4–6–0 11 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 4–7–0
November: 3–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–3–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 12 2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–4 4–7–1 13 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 4–8–1 14 6 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 4–9–1 15 9 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 4–10–1 16 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–7 4–11–1 17 13 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 4–12–1 18 16 Boston Bruins 4–3 5–12–1 19 20 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 5–13–1 20 23 Boston Bruins 6–3 6–13–1 21 24 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 7–13–1 22 27 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 7–13–2
December: 3–7–3 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 2–4–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 23 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 7–14–2 24 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 8–14–2 25 7 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 8–15–2 26 10 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 9–15–2 27 11 Boston Bruins 2–2 9–15–3 28 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 9–16–3 29 15 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–1 9–16–4 30 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 9–17–4 31 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 9–18–4 32 21 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 9–18–5 33 25 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 10–18–5 34 28 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 10–19–5 35 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 10–20–5
January: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 2–2–3) Game January Opponent Score Record 36 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 10–21–5 37 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 10–22–5 38 7 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 10–23–5 39 8 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 11–23–5 40 12 @ Boston Bruins 4–4 11–23–6 41 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 11–23–7 42 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 12–23–7 43 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 12–23–8 44 21 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 12–24–8 45 22 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 13–24–8 46 25 Boston Bruins 2–1 14–24–8 47 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 14–25–8
February: 5–7–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 1–6–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 48 1 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 15–25–8 49 2 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–5 15–26–8 50 4 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 16–26–8 51 5 Boston Bruins 5–2 17–26–8 52 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 17–27–8 53 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 17–28–8 54 11 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 17–28–9 55 12 @ Boston Bruins 8–3 17–29–9 56 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 17–30–9 57 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–4 17–31–9 58 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 18–31–9 59 22 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 19–31–9 60 26 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 19–32–9
March: 3–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 0–5–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 61 1 Boston Bruins 3–1 20–32–9 62 2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–1 20–33–9 63 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 20–34–9 64 5 Detroit Red Wings 8–3 21–34–9 65 8 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 21–35–9 66 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–1 21–36–9 67 12 Detroit Red Wings 7–3 22–36–9 68 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 22–37–9 69 15 @ Boston Bruins 6–2 22–38–9 70 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 22–38–10

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1961 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate 70 29 48 77 22 Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton 70 26 28 54 10 Henry, CamilleCamille Henry 53 28 25 53 8 Prentice, DeanDean Prentice 56 20 25 45 17 Sullivan, GeorgeGeorge Sullivan 70 9 31 40 66 Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby 65 9 26 35 49 Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield 66 13 21 34 18 Cullen, BrianBrian Cullen 42 11 19 30 6 Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson^† 56 14 12 26 24 Hannigan, PatPat Hannigan 53 11 9 20 24 Hampson, TedTed Hampson 69 6 14 20 4 Howell, HarryHarry Howell 70 7 10 17 62 Smith, FloydFloyd Smith 29 5 9 14 0 Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna 46 1 8 9 34 Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer 56 1 8 9 30 Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel 38 2 6 8 18 Johns, DonDon Johns 63 1 7 8 34 Morrison, JimJim Morrison 19 1 6 7 6 Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach 10 0 6 6 2 Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato 53 2 3 5 100 Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle 3 2 1 3 0 Ronson, LenLen Ronson 13 2 1 3 10 Shack, EddieEddie Shack^‡ 12 1 2 3 17 Balon, DaveDave Balon 13 1 2 3 8 Belisle, DanDan Belisle 4 2 0 2 0 Kabel, RobertRobert Kabel 4 0 2 2 2 LeBrun, AlAl LeBrun 4 0 2 2 4 Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert 1 0 1 1 2 Cunningham, BobBob Cunningham 3 0 1 1 0 Popein, LarryLarry Popein 4 0 1 1 0 Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort 1 0 0 0 0 Price, NoelNoel Price 1 0 0 0 2 Hall, WayneWayne Hall 4 0 0 0 0 Latreille, PhilPhil Latreille 4 0 0 0 2 Hutchinson, RonRon Hutchinson 9 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Worsley, LorneLorne Worsley	59	3473	20	29	8	191	3.30	2161	.912	1
McCartan, JackJack McCartan	8	440	1	6	1	35	4.77	238	.853	1
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	4	240	1	2	1	16	4.00	153	.895	0
Schaefer, JoeJoe Schaefer	1	47	0	1	0	3	3.83	30	.900	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.

^[3]

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;

Roster

1960–1961 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Jack McCartan  1 – Marcel Paille  1 – Joe Schaefer  1 – Gump Worsley		Defensemen 2 – John Hanna  2 – Jim Morrison  3 – Harry Howell  4 – Bill Gadsby  5 – Don Johns  8 – Lou Fontinato  15 – Noel Price  15 – Irv Spencer  18 – Al LeBrun		Wingers 6 – Pat Hannigan  6 – Eddie Shack  9 – Andy Bathgate  11 – Dave Balon  12 – Andy Hebenton  16 – Rod Gilbert  16 – Léon Rochefort  16 – Johnny Wilson  17 – Dean Prentice  18 – Phil Latreille  18 – Ken Schinkel  19 – Danny Belisle  19 – Bob Cunningham  19 – Wayne Hall  19 – Len Ronson  19 – Floyd Smith		Centers 7 – Red Sullivan –C 10 – Earl Ingarfield  11 – Ron Hutchinson  11 – Bob Kabel  14 – Brian Cullen  14 – Jean Ratelle  19 – Larry Popein  21 – Camille Henry  22 – Ted Hampson  25 – Orland Kurtenbach  GM: Muzz Patrick Coach: Alf Pike

See also

• 1960–61 NHL season

References

1. "1960–61 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
2. "1960–1961 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1960–61 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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