1954–55 New York Rangers season

1954–55 New York Rangers
1954–55 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1954–55 record	17–35–18
Goals for	150
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Muzz Patrick
Captain	Don Raleigh
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Danny Lewicki (29)
Assists	Don Raleigh (32)
Points	Danny Lewicki (53)
Penalty minutes	Jack Evans (91)
Wins	Gump Worsley (15)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.60)
	← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 29th season. The season saw the Rangers finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League with a record of 17 wins, 35 losses, and 18 ties for 52 points.

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

National Hockey League^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	42	17	11	204	134	+70	95
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	41	18	11	228	157	+71	93
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	24	24	22	147	135	+12	70
4	Boston Bruins	70	23	26	21	169	188	−19	67
5	New York Rangers	70	17	35	18	150	210	−60	52
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	13	40	17	161	235	−74	43

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1954–55 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	7–4–3	3–7–4	4–7–3	5–4–5	4–4–6
Chicago	4–7–3	—	1–12–1	0–11–3	5–4–5	3–6–5
Detroit	7–3–4	12–1–1	—	7–7	9–2–3	7–4–3
Montreal	7–4–3	11–0–3	7–7	—	10–3–1	6–4–4
New York	4–5–5	4–5–5	2–9–3	3–10–1	—	4–6–4
Toronto	4–4–6	6–3–5	4–7–3	4–6–4	6–4–4	—

Schedule and results[edit]

1954–55 Game Log

October: 5–4–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 2–4–0)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Record
1	9	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–0	0–1–0
2	10	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	1–1–0
3	14	@ Boston Bruins	5–3	1–2–0
4	16	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	2–2–0
5	20	Boston Bruins	6–2	3–2–0
6	23	@ Montreal Canadiens	7–1	3–3–0
7	24	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	4–3–0
8	27	Detroit Red Wings	5–2	5–3–0
9	30	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	5–4–0
10	31	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	5–4–1

November: 3–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 1–4–2)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
11	4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	5–5–1
12	7	@ Detroit Red Wings	1–0	5–6–1
13	10	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	5–7–1
14	13	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	5–8–1
15	14	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–0	6–8–1
16	17	Boston Bruins	2–2	6–8–2
17	20	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–1	6–9–2
18	21	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	6–9–3
19	24	Boston Bruins	3–1	7–9–3
20	25	@ Boston Bruins	2–2	7–9–4
21	27	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	7–10–4
22	28	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	8–10–4

December: 1–8–6 (Home: 1–2–6; Road: 0–6–0)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
23	1	Detroit Red Wings	6–1	8–11–4
24	4	@ Boston Bruins	6–3	8–12–4
25	5	Montreal Canadiens	3–3	8–12–5
26	8	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	8–13–5
27	9	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–2	8–14–5
28	11	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–1	8–15–5
29	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	8–15–6
30	15	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	8–15–7
31	16	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–1	8–16–7
32	18	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	8–17–7
33	19	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	8–17–8
34	22	Detroit Red Wings	2–2	8–17–9
35	25	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–1	8–18–9
36	26	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	8–18–10
37	30	Boston Bruins	6–1	9–18–10

January: 4–7–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 3–5–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
38	1	@ Boston Bruins	4–0	9–19–10
39	2	Boston Bruins	3–3	9–19–11
40	5	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	9–20–11
41	8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–0	9–21–11
42	9	Montreal Canadiens	7–1	9–22–11
43	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–0	9–22–12
44	14	@ Chicago Black Hawks	6–2	10–22–12
45	16	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–0	10–23–12
46	19	Detroit Red Wings	2–0	11–23–12
47	22	@ Boston Bruins	3–1	11–24–12
48	23	@ Boston Bruins	2–0	12–24–12
49	27	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–3	12–24–13
50	29	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	13–24–13
51	30	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	13–25–13

February: 1–6–4 (Home: 1–4–2; Road: 0–2–2)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
52	5	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–1	13–26–13
53	6	Montreal Canadiens	7–3	13–27–13
54	9	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	13–27–14
55	12	@ Boston Bruins	5–5	13–27–15
56	13	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	14–27–15
57	16	Boston Bruins	2–2	14–27–16
58	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	10–2	14–28–16
59	20	Detroit Red Wings	5–0	14–29–16
60	23	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	14–30–16
61	25	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	14–30–17
62	27	Montreal Canadiens	7–1	14–31–17

March: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–2–1)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
63	2	Boston Bruins	2–1	14–32–17
64	5	@ Detroit Red Wings	6–2	14–33–17
65	6	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	14–34–17
66	12	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	15–34–17
67	13	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	16–34–17
68	16	@ Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	16–34–18
69	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–2	16–35–18
70	20	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	17–35–18

Playoffs[edit]

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1955 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics[edit]

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Danny Lewicki	70	29	24	53	8
Andy Bathgate	70	20	20	40	37
Don Raleigh	69	8	32	40	19
Dean Prentice	70	16	15	31	20
Ron Murphy	66	14	16	30	36
Larry Popein	70	11	17	28	27
Pete Conacher^†	52	10	7	17	10
Bill Gadsby^†	52	8	8	16	44
Harry Howell	70	2	14	16	87
Bob Chrystal	68	6	9	15	68
Paul Ronty^‡	54	4	11	15	10
Nick Mickoski^‡	18	1	14	15	6
Edgar Laprade	60	3	11	14	0
Ivan Irwin	60	0	13	13	85
Camille Henry	21	5	2	7	4
Aldo Guidolin	70	2	5	7	34
Wally Hergesheimer	14	4	2	6	4
Vic Howe	29	2	4	6	10
Jack Evans	47	0	5	5	91
Bill Ezinicki	16	2	2	4	22
Lou Fontinato	28	2	2	4	60
Jackie McLeod	11	1	1	2	2
Bill McCreary	8	0	2	2	0
Allan Stanley^‡	12	0	1	1	2
Dick Bouchard	1	0	0	0	0
Ron Howell	3	0	0	0	0
Glen Sonmor	13	0	0	0	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lorne Worsley	65	3900	15	33	17	195	3.00	2312	.916	4
Johnny Bower	5	300	2	2	1	13	2.60	156	.917	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;

Awards and records[edit]

Danny Lewicki, left wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

References[edit]

^ "1954–1955 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1954–55 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

[standings-div-1] "1954–1955 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[3] "1954–55 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

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See also	All-Star Game Intra-League Draft Richard Riot Topps Hockey Stanley Cup Finals