1946–47 New York Rangers season

The 1946–47 New York Rangers season was the 21st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers compiled a 22–32–6 record in the regular season and finished with 50 points. The team's fifth-place finish caused it to miss the NHL playoffs.[1]

1946–47 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1946–47 record	22–32–6
Goals for	167
Goals against	186
Team information
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Tony Leswick (27)
Assists	Edgar Laprade (25)
Points	Tony Leswick (41)
Penalty minutes	Bill Juzda (60)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (22)
Goals against average	Chuck Rayner (3.05)

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	60	34	16	10	189	138	+51	78
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	31	19	10	209	172	+37	72
3	Boston Bruins	60	26	23	11	190	175	+15	63
4	Detroit Red Wings	60	22	27	11	190	193	−3	55
5	New York Rangers	60	22	32	6	167	186	−19	50
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	19	37	4	193	274	−81	42

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	6–5–1	6–3–3	1–9–2	7–3–2	5–5–2
Chicago	5–6–1	—	4–7–1	3–8–1	4–8	3–8–1
Detroit	3–6–3	7–4–1	—	4–6–2	6–3–3	2–8–2
Montreal	9–1–2	8–3–1	6–4–2	—	6–5–1	5–3–4
New York	3–7–2	8–4	3–6–3	5–6–1	—	4–8
Toronto	5–5–2	8–3–1	8–2–2	3–5–4	8–4	—

Schedule and results

1946–47 Game Log
October: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 0–1–0 2 20 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 1–1–0 3 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 2–1–0 4 26 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 2–2–0 5 30 Boston Bruins 3–3 2–2–1
November: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 2–5–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 6 2 Detroit Red Wings 7–4 3–2–1 7 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 3–3–1 8 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 3–4–1 9 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 3–5–1 10 10 Boston Bruins 4–0 3–6–1 11 13 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 3–6–2 12 16 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 3–7–2 13 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 3–8–2 14 21 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 3–9–2 15 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 4–9–2 16 24 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 5–9–2 17 27 @ Boston Bruins 5–2 5–10–2
December: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 2–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 18 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 6–10–2 19 4 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 7–10–2 20 8 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 8–10–2 21 11 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 8–10–3 22 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 8–11–3 23 15 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 8–12–3 24 18 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 8–13–3 25 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 8–14–3 26 25 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 9–14–3 27 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 9–14–4 28 29 Boston Bruins 2–2 9–14–5 29 31 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 9–15–5
January: 7–4–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 3–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 30 1 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 9–16–5 31 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 9–17–5 32 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 10–17–5 33 5 Chicago Black Hawks 9–0 11–17–5 34 8 Boston Bruins 3–1 11–18–5 35 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 12–18–5 36 15 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 13–18–5 37 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 13–19–5 38 19 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 14–19–5 39 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 15–19–5 40 25 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 16–19–5
February: 4–5–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 1–4–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 41 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 16–20–5 42 2 Montreal Canadiens 7–1 17–20–5 43 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 18–20–5 44 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 18–21–5 45 12 @ Boston Bruins 10–1 18–22–5 46 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 19–22–5 47 19 Boston Bruins 6–0 20–22–5 48 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 20–23–5 49 23 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 20–23–6 50 26 Chicago Black Hawks 9–7 20–24–6
March: 2–8–0 (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 1–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 51 2 Boston Bruins 3–2 20–25–6 52 3 Chicago Black Hawks 9–4 20–26–6 53 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 21–26–6 54 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 21–27–6 55 12 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 21–28–6 56 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–0 21–29–6 57 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 21–30–6 58 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 21–31–6 59 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 21–32–6 60 23 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 22–32–6

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.[3]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Tony Leswick 59 27 14 41 51 Grant Warwick 54 20 20 40 24 Edgar Laprade 58 15 25 40 9 Bryan Hextall 60 20 10 30 18 Cal Gardner 52 13 16 29 30 Church Russell 54 20 8 28 8 Rene Trudell 59 8 16 24 38 Neil Colville 60 4 16 20 16 Ab DeMarco 44 9 10 19 4 Alf Pike 31 7 11 18 2 Phil Watson 48 6 12 18 17 Bill Moe 59 4 10 14 44 Hal Laycoe 58 1 12 13 25 Joe Bell 47 6 4 10 12 Joe Cooper 59 2 8 10 38 Bill Juzda 45 3 5 8 60 Joe Levandoski 8 1 1 2 0 Jean Lamirande 14 1 1 2 14 Harry Bell 1 0 1 1 0 Jean-Paul Denis 6 0 1 1 0 Jack Lancien 1 0 0 0 0 Norm Larson 1 0 0 0 0 Sherman White 1 0 0 0 0 Melvin Read 6 0 0 0 8 Mac Colville 14 0 0 0 8

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Chuck Rayner	58	3480	22	30	6	177	3.05	5
Jim Henry	2	120	0	2	0	9	4.50	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.

[4]

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

Regular Season

Player	Nat	Age
Huddy Bell	Canadian	21
Joe Bell	Canadian	23
Mac Colville	Canadian	31
Neil Colville	Canadian	32
Joe Cooper	Canadian	32
Ab DeMarco	Canadian	30
Jean-Paul Denis	Canadian	22
Cal Gardner	Canadian	22
Jim Henry	Canadian	26
Bryan Hextall	Canadian	33
Bill Juzda	Canadian	26
Jean-Paul Lamirande	Canadian	22
Jack Lancien	Canadian	23
Edgar Laprade	Canadian	27
Norm Larson	Canadian	26
Hal Laycoe	Canadian	24
Tony Leswick	Canadian	23
Joe Levandoski	Canadian	25
Bill Moe	American	30
Alf Pike	Canadian	29
Chuck Rayner	Canadian	26
Mel Read	Canadian	24
Chuck Russell	Canadian	23
Rene Trudell	Canadian	28
Grant Warwick	Canadian	25
Phil Watson	Canadian	32
Sherman White	Canadian	23

[1]

See also

• 1946–47 NHL season

References

1. "1946–47 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
2. "Standings: 1946–1947". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
3. Mitchell, Jack (March 22, 1947). "Records Few Tho' Season Much Longer". The Windsor Daily Star. Canadian Press. sec. 3, p. 3. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
4. "1946–47 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010.

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