1934–35 New York Rangers season

The 1934–35 New York Rangers season was the ninth season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in third place in the American Division with 50 points, and qualified for the playoffs.[1] In the first round of the playoffs, the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a two-game total goal series, 6–5, to advance to the NHL semi-finals. There, New York lost 5–4 in another two-game total goal series to the Montreal Maroons.[2]

1934–35 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1934–35 record	22–20–6
Goals for	137
Goals against	139
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cecil Dillon (25)
Assists	Frank Boucher (32)
Points	Frank Boucher (45)
Penalty minutes	Earl Seibert (86)
Wins	Dave Kerr (19)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.46)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	26	16	6	129	112	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	26	17	5	118	88	57
New York Rangers	48	22	20	6	137	139	50
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	22	7	127	114	45

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1934-35 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	STL	TOR
Boston	—	1–4–1	5–0–1	4–2	1–4–1	4–2	3–1–2	5–1	3–2–1
Chicago	4–1–1	—	3–3	4–1–1	3–3	4–2	3–1–2	4–1–1	1–5
Detroit	0–5–1	3–3	—	4–1–1	2–3–1	2–1–3	2–4	3–3	3–2–1
M. Canadiens	2–4	1–4–1	1–4–1	—	4–1–1	2–3–1	4–2	4–0–2	1–5
M. Maroons	4–1–1	3–3	3–2–1	1–4–1	—	4–1–1	3–2–1	5–1	1–5
N.Y. Americans	2–4	2–4	1–2–3	3–2–1	1–4–1	—	2–3–1	0–4–2	1–4–1
N.Y. Rangers	1–3–2	1–3–2	4–2	2–4	2–3–1	3–2–1	—	5–1	4–2
St. Louis	1–5	1–4–1	3–3	0–4–2	1–5	4–0–2	1–5	—	0–5–1
Toronto	2–3–1	5–1	2–3–1	5–1	5–1	4–1–1	2–4	5–0–1	—

Schedule and results

1934–35 Game Log
November: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–3–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 10 @ St. Louis Eagles 4–2 0–1–0 2 15 @ Detroit Red Wings 8–2 0–2–0 3 18 St. Louis Eagles 5–0 1–2–0 4 22 Detroit Red Wings 4 – 3 OT 2–2–0 5 25 @ New York Americans 3–1 2–3–0 6 27 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 2–4–0
December: 4–6–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–3–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 7 1 Montreal Maroons 5–2 2–5–0 8 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 2–6–0 9 8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 3–6–0 10 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 3–7–0 11 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–4 3–8–0 12 16 Boston Bruins 2–1 4–8–0 13 18 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 4–9–0 14 20 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 4–10–0 15 22 @ Montreal Maroons 2–1 5–10–0 16 25 New York Americans 3–1 6–10–0 17 30 Boston Bruins 0 – 0 OT 6–10–1
January: 8–1–3 (Home: 4–0–3; Road: 4–1–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 18 1 @ Boston Bruins 5–2 6–11–1 19 3 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 7–11–1 20 8 Montreal Maroons 1 – 1 OT 7–11–2 21 12 @ New York Americans 3–1 8–11–2 22 13 St. Louis Eagles 3–2 9–11–2 23 15 New York Americans 1 – 1 OT 9–11–3 24 20 Montreal Canadiens 7–1 10–11–3 25 22 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–0 11–11–3 26 24 Chicago Black Hawks 3 – 3 OT 11–11–4 27 27 @ New York Americans 4–2 12–11–4 28 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–5 13–11–4 29 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 14–11–4
February: 7–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–2–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 30 3 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 15–11–4 31 5 @ Montreal Maroons 5–4 16–11–4 32 7 New York Americans 6–4 16–12–4 33 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 17–12–4 34 12 @ St. Louis Eagles 5–1 18–12–4 35 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 19–12–4 36 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 19–13–4 37 17 @ Detroit Red Wings 5 – 3 OT 20–13–4 38 19 St. Louis Eagles 2–1 21–13–4 39 24 Boston Bruins 0 – 0 OT 21–13–5 40 26 @ Montreal Maroons 3–1 21–14–5 41 28 Montreal Maroons 5–2 21–15–5
March: 1–5–1 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 1–3–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 42 5 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 21–16–5 43 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–1 21–17–5 44 9 @ St. Louis Eagles 5–1 22–17–5 45 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 22–17–6 46 12 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 22–18–6 47 14 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–4 22–19–6 48 17 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 22–20–6

Playoffs

Key:   Win   Loss

1935 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 5 goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2 goals to 1 goal 2 March 26 New York Rangers 4–4 Montreal Canadiens OT New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 5 goals Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – Montreal wins series 5 goals to 4 goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 28 Montreal Maroons 2–1 New York Rangers Montreal leads series 2 goals to 1 goal 2 March 30 New York Rangers 3–3 Montreal Maroons OT Montreal wins series 5 goals to 4 goals

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Frank Boucher 48 13 32 45 2 Bill Cook 48 21 15 36 23 Cecil Dillon 48 25 9 34 4 Frederick Cook 48 13 21 34 26 Murray Murdoch 48 14 15 29 14 Earl Seibert 48 6 19 25 86 Lynn Patrick 48 9 13 22 17 Bert Connelly 47 10 11 21 23 Melville Keeling 47 15 4 19 14 Charlie Mason 46 5 9 14 14 Ehrhardt Heller 47 3 11 14 31 Ivan Johnson 26 2 3 5 34 Art Somers 41 0 5 5 4 Alex Levinsky^† 21 0 4 4 6 Vic Ripley^‡ 4 0 2 2 2 Bill MacKenzie^† 15 1 0 1 10 Harold Starr^† 30 0 0 0 26

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Lynn Patrick 4 2 2 4 0 Melville Keeling 4 2 1 3 0 Cecil Dillon 4 2 1 3 0 Bill Cook 4 1 2 3 7 Frank Boucher 4 0 3 3 0 Murray Murdoch 4 0 2 2 4 Frederick Cook 4 2 0 2 0 Ehrhardt Heller 4 0 1 1 4 Charlie Mason 4 0 1 1 0 Bert Connelly 4 1 0 1 0 Harold Starr 4 0 0 0 2 Bill MacKenzie 3 0 0 0 0 Art Somers 2 0 0 0 2 Ivan Johnson 3 0 0 0 2 Earl Seibert 4 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	37	2290	19	12	6	94	2.46	4
Andy Aitkenhead	10	610	3	7	0	37	3.64	1
Percy Jackson^†	1	60	0	1	0	8	8.00	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	4	240	1	1	2	10	2.50	0

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^†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

1. "1934–35 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
2. "1934–35 NHL Playoff Results". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
3. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
4. "1934–35 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23.