1963–64 New York Rangers season

The 1963–64 New York Rangers season was the 38th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The highlight of the season was trading for goaltender Jacques Plante.

1963–64 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1963–64 record	22–38–10
Home record	14–13–8
Road record	8–25–2
Goals for	186
Goals against	242
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	George Sullivan
Captain	Andy Bathgate
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Camille Henry (29)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (43)
Points	Phil Goyette (65)
Penalty minutes	Vic Hadfield (151)
Wins	Jacques Plante (22)
Goals against average	Jacques Plante (3.38)

Offseason

On June 4, 1963, Plante was traded to the New York Rangers, with Phil Goyette and Don Marshall in exchange for Gump Worsley, Dave Balon, and Leon Rochefort.

Final standings

Regular season

National Hockey League[1]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	36	21	13	209	167	+42	85
2	Chicago Black Hawks	70	36	22	12	218	169	+49	84
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	33	25	12	192	172	+20	78
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	30	29	11	191	204	−13	71
5	New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	186	242	−56	54
6	Boston Bruins	70	18	40	12	170	212	−42	48

Record vs. opponents

1963–64 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	3–9–2	3–10–1	2–7–5	5–7–2	5–7–2
Chicago	9–3–2	—	5–6–3	7–5–2	9–3–2	7–5–2
Detroit	10–3–1	6–5–3	—	5–7–2	6–6–2	3–8–3
Montreal	7–2–5	5–7–2	7–5–2	—	10–3–1	7–5–2
New York	7–5–2	3–9–2	6–6–2	3–10–1	—	3–8–3
Toronto	7–5–2	5–7–2	8–3–3	5–7–2	8–3–3	—

Schedule and results

Regular season

1963–64 Game Log
October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–4–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 9 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 0–1–0 2 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–2 0–2–0 3 16 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 1–2–0 4 20 Boston Bruins 5–1 2–2–0 5 24 @ Boston Bruins 2–0 3–2–0 6 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 3–3–0 7 27 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 3–4–0 8 30 Boston Bruins 4–3 4–4–0 9 31 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 4–5–0
November: 2–8–2 (Home: 2–3–2; Road: 0–5–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 10 3 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 4–6–0 11 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 4–7–0 12 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–0 4–8–0 13 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–9–0 14 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 4–10–0 15 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 4–11–0 16 17 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 5–11–0 17 20 Boston Bruins 1–1 5–11–1 18 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 5–11–2 19 27 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 6–11–2 20 28 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 6–12–2 21 30 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 6–13–2
December: 2–7–4 (Home: 2–2–3; Road: 0–5–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 22 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 6–13–3 23 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 6–14–3 24 7 @ Boston Bruins 8–6 6–15–3 25 8 Boston Bruins 2–2 6–15–4 26 11 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 6–16–4 27 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–4 6–17–4 28 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 6–18–4 29 15 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 7–18–4 30 18 Detroit Red Wings 1–1 7–18–5 31 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 7–18–6 32 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 7–19–6 33 27 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 8–19–6 34 29 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 8–20–6
January: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 5–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 35 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 9–20–6 36 4 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 10–20–6 37 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 11–20–6 38 9 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 12–20–6 39 12 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 12–21–6 40 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 13–21–6 41 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 13–22–6 42 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 14–22–6 43 22 Boston Bruins 6–4 15–22–6 44 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 15–23–6 45 25 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 15–23–7 46 26 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 16–23–7 47 30 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 17–23–7
February: 3–9–1 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–5–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 48 1 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 17–23–8 49 2 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 18–23–8 50 5 Boston Bruins 3–2 18–24–8 51 6 @ Boston Bruins 4–0 18–25–8 52 8 Montreal Canadiens 8–2 18–26–8 53 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 18–27–8 54 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 18–28–8 55 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 19–28–8 56 19 Chicago Black Hawks 7–2 19–29–8 57 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 19–30–8 58 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 19–31–8 59 27 @ Boston Bruins 4–2 20–31–8 60 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–0 20–32–8
March: 2–6–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 1–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 61 1 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 20–32–9 62 4 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 21–32–9 63 7 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 22–32–9 64 8 Montreal Canadiens 0–0 22–32–10 65 11 Boston Bruins 5–3 22–33–10 66 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 22–34–10 67 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 22–35–10 68 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 22–36–10 69 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 9–3 22–37–10 70 22 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 22–38–10

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Phil Goyette 67 24 41 65 15 Rod Gilbert 70 24 40 64 62 Andy Bathgate^‡ 56 16 43 59 26 Camille Henry 68 29 26 55 8 Harry Howell 70 5 31 36 75 Jim Neilson 69 5 24 29 93 Earl Ingarfield 63 15 11 26 26 Don McKenney^‡ 55 9 17 26 6 Vic Hadfield 69 14 11 25 151 Val Fonteyne 69 7 18 25 4 Don Marshall 70 11 12 23 8 Larry Cahan 53 4 8 12 80 Don Johns 57 1 9 10 26 Bob Nevin^† 14 5 4 9 9 Dick Duff^† 14 4 4 8 2 Dick Meissner 35 3 5 8 0 Jean Ratelle 15 0 7 7 6 Albert Langlois^‡ 44 4 2 6 32 Dave Richardson 34 3 1 4 21 Ron Ingram^‡ 16 1 3 4 8 Doug Harvey 14 0 2 2 10 Marc Dufour 10 1 0 1 2 Howie Glover 25 1 0 1 9 Rod Seiling 2 0 1 1 0 Mike McMahon 18 0 1 1 16 Donald McGregor 2 0 0 0 2 Ken Schinkel 4 0 0 0 0 Gord Labossiere 15 0 0 0 12

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Jacques Plante	65	3900	22	36	7	220	3.38	2442	.910	3
Gilles Villemure	5	300	0	2	3	18	3.60	179	.899	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;

Roster

1963–1964 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Jacques Plante  1 – Gilles Villemure		Defenсemen 2 – Doug Harvey  3 – Harry Howell  4 – Ron Ingram  4 – Albert Langlois  5 – Larry Cahan  6 – Don Johns  6 – Mike McMahon  15 – Jim Neilson  16 – Rod Seiling		Wingers 6 – Marc Dufour  7 – Rod Gilbert  8 – Howie Glover  8 – Bob Nevin  9 – Andy Bathgate (C) 9 – Dick Duff  11 – Vic Hadfield  12 – Dick Meissner  14 – Val Fonteyne  16 – Donald "Sandy" McGregor  18 – Dave Richardson  18 – Ken Schinkel  21 – Camille Henry		Centers 10 – Earl Ingarfield  17 – Don McKenney  19 – Gord Labossiere  19 – Jean Ratelle  20 – Phil Goyette  22 – Don Marshall  GM: Muzz Patrick Coach: Red Sullivan

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	Position	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Al Osborne	Canada	RW	Weston (OHA Jr. B)
2	10	Terry Jones	Canada	C	Weston (Ont. Midgets)
3	15	Mike Cummins	Canada	F	Georgetown (Ont. Midgets)
4	20	Cam Allison	Canada	D	Portage la Prairie (Man. Jr. A)

References

• Rangers on Hockey Database

1. "1963–1964 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "1963–64 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.