1992–93 New York Rangers season

1992–93 New York Rangers
Division 6th Patrick
Conference 10th Wales
1992–93 record 34–39–11
Goals for 304
Goals against 308
Team information
General Manager Neil Smith
Coach Roger Neilson
Ron Smith
Captain Mark Messier
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Mike Gartner (45)
Assists Mark Messier (66)
Points Mark Messier (91)
Penalties in minutes Jeff Beukeboom (153)
Wins John Vanbiesbrouck (20)
Goals against average John Vanbiesbrouck (3.31)
<1991–92 1993–94>

The 1992–93 New York Rangers season was the 67th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers, coming off a season where they won the Presidents' Trophy,[1] finished with a 34–39–11 record in the regular season. The team finished last in the Patrick Division and missed the playoffs.[2][3]

Roger Neilson entered his fourth season as Rangers head coach, but was fired midway through the season and replaced by Ron Smith.[4]

Regular season

On Tuesday, December 15, 1992, the Rangers were shut out at home 3–0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the Rangers had been shut out in a regular-season game since December 17, 1989, when they lost at home 2–0 to the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to their loss to the Flames, the Rangers had gone 236 consecutive regular-season games without being shut out.[5][6][7][8]

Final standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Pittsburgh Penguins 84 56 21 7 367 268 119
Washington Capitals 84 43 34 7 325 286 93
New York Islanders 84 40 37 7 335 297 87
New Jersey Devils 84 40 37 7 308 299 87
Philadelphia Flyers 84 36 37 11 319 319 83
New York Rangers 84 34 39 11 304 308 79

[9]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Wales Conference[10]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p Pittsburgh Penguins PTK 84 56 21 7 367 268 119
2 Boston Bruins ADM 84 51 26 7 332 268 109
3 Quebec Nordiques ADM 84 47 27 10 351 300 104
4 Montreal Canadiens ADM 84 48 30 6 326 280 102
5 Washington Capitals PTK 84 43 34 7 325 286 93
6 New York Islanders PTK 84 40 37 7 335 297 87
7 New Jersey Devils PTK 84 40 37 7 308 299 87
8 Buffalo Sabres ADM 84 38 36 10 335 297 86
9 Philadelphia Flyers PTK 84 36 37 11 319 319 83
10 New York Rangers PTK 84 34 39 11 304 308 79
11 Hartford Whalers ADM 84 26 52 6 284 369 58
12 Ottawa Senators ADM 84 10 70 4 202 395 24

p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1992-93 Game Log

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1993 Stanley Cup playoffs.[11]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Messier, MarkMark Messier 75 25 66 91 -6 72
Amonte, TonyTony Amonte 83 33 43 76 0 49
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner 84 45 23 68 -4 59
Graves, AdamAdam Graves 84 36 29 65 -4 148
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov 81 23 31 54 15 34
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte 71 25 28 53 -3 40
Weight, DougDoug Weight 65 15 25 40 4 55
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev 65 20 18 38 -10 79
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch 36 6 30 36 2 26
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov 49 8 23 31 -1 4
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk 46 13 16 29 9 26
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick 60 5 21 26 1 61
Bourque, PhilPhil Bourque 55 6 14 20 -9 39
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom 82 2 17 19 9 153
Erixon, JanJan Erixon 45 5 11 16 11 10
Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson 31 4 11 15 4 18
Lowe, KevinKevin Lowe 49 3 12 15 -2 58
Broten, PaulPaul Broten 60 5 9 14 -6 48
King, StevenSteven King 24 7 5 12 4 16
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy 44 1 10 11 2 85
Wells, JayJay Wells 53 1 9 10 -2 107
Cirella, JoeJoe Cirella 55 3 6 9 1 85
Kocur, JoeyJoey Kocur 65 3 6 9 -9 131
Hurlbut, MikeMike Hurlbut 23 1 8 9 4 16
Tikkanen, EsaEsa Tikkanen 15 2 5 7 -13 18
Gilhen, RandyRandy Gilhen 33 3 2 5 -8 8
King, KrisKris King 30 0 3 3 -1 67
Domi, TieTie Domi 12 2 0 2 -1 95
Djoos, ParPar Djoos 6 1 1 2 0 2
McIntyre, JohnJohn McIntyre 11 1 0 1 -1 4
Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson 3 0 1 1 0 0
Marcinyshyn, DaveDave Marcinyshyn 2 0 0 0 -1 2
Hartman, MikeMike Hartman 3 0 0 0 0 6
Messier, JobyJoby Messier 11 0 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck 48 2757 20 18 7 152 3.31 1525 .900 4
Richter, MikeMike Richter 38 2105 13 19 3 134 3.82 1180 .886 1
Hirsch, CoreyCorey Hirsch 4 224 1 2 1 14 3.75 116 .879 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.

[12]

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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.[13][14]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 24 Peter Ferraro C  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
2 48 Mattias Norstrom D  Sweden AIK (SEL)
3 72 Eric Cairns LW  Canada Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL)
4 85 Chris Ferraro C  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
5 120 Dmitri Starostenko RW  Belarus CSKA Moscow (Russia)
6 144 David Dal Grande D  Canada Ottawa (MOJHL)
7 168 Matt Oates LW  Canada Miami University (Ohio) (NCAA)
8 192 Mickey Elick D  Canada Calgary (AJHL)
9 216 Daniel Brierley D  United States Choate Academy (Connecticut)
10 240 Vladimir Vorobiev RW  Russia Mettalurg (CIS)

See also

References

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  4. "Rangers fire Coach Neilson". Bangor Daily News. Associated Press. 1993-01-05. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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  6. "1990–91 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
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  8. "1992–93 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  9. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
  10. "1992–1993 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
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  14. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
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