1926–27 New York Rangers season

1926–27 New York Rangers
Division	1st American
1926–27 record	25–13–6
Goals for	95
Goals against	72
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (33)
Assists	Frank Boucher (15)
Points	Bill Cook (37)
Penalty minutes	Taffy Abel (78)
Wins	Lorne Chabot (22)
Goals against average	Lorne Chabot (1.56)

The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the 1st season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team placed 1st in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing in the Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins by 3 goals to 1.

Off-season

The Rangers team was organized by Conn Smythe who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League (WHL):

• The brothers Bill and Bun Cook were part of the dispersed players of the WHL, having played for the Saskatoon Sheiks;
• Frank Boucher was from the Vancouver Maroons of the WHL;
• Leo Bourgeault was also from Saskatoon of the WHL;
• Murray Murdoch had been a member of the 1923 Memorial Cup-winning University of Manitoba;
• Paul Thompson was a member of the junior Calgary Canadians, Memorial Cup winners in 1926;
• Taffy Abel had been a member of the silver-medal-winning United States team in the 1924 Olympics;
• Stan Brown had been a member of the Allan Cup-winning Toronto Dentals team.

Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland and Tiny Thompson, Paul Thompson's brother.

However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.

Lester Patrick played one game for the Rangers during the season, on March 20, 1927 as the Rangers beat the New York Americans 2-1. Patrick was 43 years old and took a penalty during the game.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	44	25	13	6	95	72	56
Boston Bruins	44	21	20	3	97	89	45
Chicago Black Hawks	44	19	22	3	115	116	41
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	15	26	3	79	108	33
Detroit Cougars	44	12	28	4	76	105	28

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	W	November 20, 1926	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	2–0–0
3	L	November 25, 1926	0–2	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	2–1–0
4	W	November 27, 1926	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	3–1–0
5	W	November 30, 1926	4–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	4–1–0
6	L	December 4, 1926	0–1	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	4–2–0
7	W	December 7, 1926	1–0	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	5–2–0
8	W	December 12, 1926	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	6–2–0
9	L	December 15, 1926	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	6–3–0
10	T	December 19, 1926	1–1 OT	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	6–3–1
11	W	December 21, 1926	1–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	7–3–1
12	L	December 23, 1926	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	7–4–1
13	L	December 26, 1926	2–5	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	7–5–1
14	L	December 28, 1926	2–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	7–6–1
15	W	January 1, 1927	4–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	8–6–1
16	W	January 6, 1927	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	9–6–1
17	W	January 9, 1927	4–1	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	10–6–1
18	W	January 11, 1927	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	11–6–1
19	T	January 13, 1927	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	11–6–2
20	W	January 16, 1927	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	12–6–2
21	L	January 18, 1927	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	12–7–2
22	T	January 20, 1927	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	12–7–3
23	W	January 23, 1927	2–0	New York Americans (1926–27)	13–7–3
24	W	January 27, 1927	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	14–7–3
25	W	January 29, 1927	2–0	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	15–7–3
26	L	February 1, 1927	0–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	15–8–3
27	W	February 6, 1927	2–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	16–8–3
28	W	February 10, 1927	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	17–8–3
29	W	February 12, 1927	3–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	18–8–3
30	T	February 15, 1927	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	18–8–4
31	L	February 17, 1927	1–4	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	18–9–4
32	W	February 20, 1927	3–1	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	19–9–4
33	L	February 22, 1927	2–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	19–10–4
34	L	February 24, 1927	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	19–11–4
35	W	February 27, 1927	4–1	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	20–11–4
36	L	March 1, 1927	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	20–12–4
37	T	March 5, 1927	0–0 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	20–12–5
38	T	March 13, 1927	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	20–12–6
39	W	March 15, 1927	5–0	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	21–12–6
40	W	March 17, 1927	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	22–12–6
41	W	March 20, 1927	2–1	New York Americans (1926–27)	23–12–6
42	W	March 22, 1927	4–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	24–12–6
43	W	March 25, 1927	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	25–12–6
44	L	March 26, 1927	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	25–13–6

Playoffs

Boston Bruins 3 Goals, New York Rangers 1 Goal

The Rangers by their placing earned a bye in the first round and met the Boston Bruins in the Semi-finals. The Rangers were limited to one goal in the two games, losing the series by three goals to one.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 2	New York Rangers	0	Boston Bruins	0
April 4	Boston Bruins	3	New York Rangers	1

Player Stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular Season							Playoffs
#		Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
5		Bill Cook	44	33	4	37	58		2	1	0	1	10
7		Frank Boucher	44	13	15	28	17		2	0	0	0	4
6		Bun Cook	44	14	9	23	42		2	0	0	0	6
4		Taffy Abel	44	8	4	12	78		2	0	1	1	8
10		Paul Thompson	43	7	3	10	12		2	0	0	0	0
9		Murray Murdoch	44	6	4	10	12		2	0	0	0	0
14		Stan Brown	24	6	2	8	14		2	0	0	0	0
8		Billy Boyd	41	4	1	5	40		-	-	-	-	-
3		Ching Johnson	27	3	2	5	66		2	0	0	0	8
12		Leo Bourgeault	20	1	1	2	28		2	0	0	0	4
16		Lester Patrick	1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
12		Ollie Reinikka	16	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
11		Reg Mackey	34	0	0	0	16		1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts

		Regular Season										Playoffs
#		Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO		GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
2		Lorne Chabot	36	2307	22	9	5	56	1.46	10		2	120	0	1	1	3	1.50	1
1		Hal Winkler	8	514	3	4	1	16	1.87	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and Records

• NHL Scoring Leader: Bill Cook

See Also

• 1926–27 NHL season

References

• 1926-27 New York Rangers Statistics
• New York Rangers 1926-1927 Season

New York Rangers
Team	Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • History Madison Square Garden
Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
Affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Maine Mariners (ECHL)