1945–46 New York Rangers season

1945–46 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1945–46 record	13–28–9
Goals for	144
Goals against	191
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Ab DeMarco (20)
Assists	Ab DeMarco (27)
Points	Ab DeMarco (47)
Penalties in minutes	Phil Watson (43)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (12)
Goals against average	Chuck Rayner (3.76)
<1944–45 1946–47>

The 1945–46 New York Rangers season was the 20th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 13–28–9 record and finished with 35 points. With a last-place finish, the Rangers did not qualify for the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	28	17	5	172	134	+38	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	18	8	167	156	+11	56
3	Chicago Black Hawks	50	23	20	7	200	178	+22	53
4	Detroit Red Wings	50	20	20	10	146	159	−13	50
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	19	24	7	174	185	−11	45
6	New York Rangers	50	13	28	9	144	191	−47	35

Schedule and results

1945–46 Game Log
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 31 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 0–1–0
November: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–4–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 2 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 1–1–0 3 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 1–2–0 4 8 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 1–3–0 5 10 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 2–3–0 6 11 Boston Bruins 7–1 2–4–0 7 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 2–5–0 8 17 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 2–6–0 9 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 2–7–0 10 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 2–7–1 11 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 2–8–1 12 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 3–8–1 13 28 @ Boston Bruins 5–1 3–9–1
December: 2–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 0–3–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 14 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 3–10–1 15 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 4–10–1 16 13 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 4–11–1 17 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–12–1 18 19 @ Boston Bruins 8–7 4–13–1 19 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 4–13–2 20 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 4–14–2 21 26 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 4–15–2 22 30 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 5–15–2 23 31 Montreal Canadiens 0–0 5–15–3
January: 3–6–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–5–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 24 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 5–15–4 25 6 Boston Bruins 4–2 6–15–4 26 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–3 6–16–4 27 13 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 7–16–4 28 16 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 7–17–4 29 17 Boston Bruins 4–2 7–18–4 30 19 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 7–19–4 31 20 @ Chicago Black Hawks 9–1 7–20–4 32 26 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 7–21–4 33 27 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 8–21–4
February: 2–4–5 (Home: 0–1–4; Road: 2–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 34 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–6 8–21–5 35 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 8–22–5 36 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 8–23–5 37 10 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 8–23–6 38 14 Boston Bruins 2–2 8–23–7 39 16 @ Boston Bruins 6–2 9–23–7 40 17 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 9–24–7 41 21 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 9–24–8 42 24 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 9–24–9 43 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 10–24–9 44 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 10–25–9
March: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 45 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 10–26–9 46 6 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–3 10–27–9 47 10 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 11–27–9 48 12 Boston Bruins 3–2 11–28–9 49 13 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 12–28–9 50 17 Montreal Canadiens 8–5 13–28–9

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the fourth consecutive season and missed the 1946 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1][3]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco 50 20 27 47 20 Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick 45 19 18 37 19 Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade 49 15 19 34 0 Watson, PhilPhil Watson 49 12 14 26 43 Leswick, TonyTony Leswick 50 15 9 24 26 Pike, AlfAlf Pike 33 7 9 16 18 Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky 33 10 5 15 12 Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick 38 8 6 14 30 Colville, MacMac Colville 39 7 6 13 8 Gardner, CalCal Gardner 16 8 2 10 2 Colville, NeilNeil Colville 49 5 4 9 25 Moe, BillBill Moe 48 4 4 8 14 Trudell, ReneRene Trudell 16 3 5 8 4 Goldup, HankHank Goldup 19 6 1 7 11 Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller 34 2 3 5 14 Russell, ChurchChurch Russell 17 0 5 5 2 Juzda, BillBill Juzda 32 1 3 4 17 Brown, HaroldHarold Brown 13 2 1 3 2 Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe 17 0 2 2 6 Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick 24 0 2 2 4 Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall 3 0 1 1 0 Kuntz, AlanAlan Kuntz 14 0 1 1 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	40	2377	12	21	7	149	3.76	1
Henry, JimJim Henry	11	623	1	7	2	42	4.04	1

^†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;

See also

• 1945–46 NHL season

References

1. "1945–46 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
2. "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "Detroit Gains First Victory in Hockey Loop". Reading Eagle. United Press. 1946-10-27. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
4. "1945–46 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.