1928–29 New York Rangers season

1928–29 New York Rangers
Division	2nd American
1928–29 record	21–13–10
Goals for	72
Goals against	65
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (15)
Assists	Frank Boucher (16)
Points	Frank Boucher (26)
Penalty minutes	Bun Cook (70)
Wins	John Ross Roach (21)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (1.41)

The 1928–29 New York Rangers season was the 3rd season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 2nd in the American Division with a 21–13–10 record and qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the post season, the Rangers won series against the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals where they lost to the Boston Bruins 2–0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	22

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
1	W	November 15, 1928	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	1–0–0
2	T	November 18, 1928	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	1–0–1
3	L	November 20, 1928	0–1	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	1–1–1
4	W	November 22, 1928	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	2–1–1
5	W	November 25, 1928	2–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	3–1–1
6	W	November 29, 1928	2–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	4–1–1
7	L	December 1, 1928	0–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–2–1
8	L	December 4, 1928	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	4–3–1
9	T	December 6, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	4–3–2
10	T	December 9, 1928	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	4–3–3
11	W	December 11, 1928	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	5–3–3
12	W	December 13, 1928	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	6–3–3
13	W	December 16, 1928	3–0	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	7–3–3
14	W	December 20, 1928	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	8–3–3
15	L	December 25, 1928	0–1	New York Americans (1928–29)	8–4–3
16	W	December 30, 1928	2–0	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	9–4–3
17	W	January 1, 1929	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	10–4–3
18	T	January 3, 1929	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	10–4–4
19	T	January 6, 1929	0–0 OT	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	10–4–5
20	W	January 10, 1929	9–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	11–4–5
21	W	January 13, 1929	1–0	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	12–4–5
22	L	January 15, 1929	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	12–5–5
23	W	January 17, 1929	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	13–5–5
24	T	January 19, 1929	0–0 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	13–5–6
25	L	January 20, 1929	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	13–6–6
26	W	January 22, 1929	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	14–6–6
27	W	January 24, 1929	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	15–6–6
28	L	January 27, 1929	1–2	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	15–7–6
29	W	January 31, 1929	2–1	New York Americans (1928–29)	16–7–6
30	W	February 3, 1929	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	17–7–6
31	T	February 5, 1929	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	17–7–7
32	L	February 7, 1929	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	17–8–7
33	T	February 10, 1929	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	17–8–8
34	L	February 14, 1929	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	17–9–8
35	W	February 17, 1929	2–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	18–9–8
36	L	February 21, 1929	0–1	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	18–10–8
37	L	February 23, 1929	1–9	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	18–11–8
38	W	February 26, 1929	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	19–11–8
39	T	February 28, 1929	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	19–11–9
40	W	March 3, 1929	3–2	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	20–11–9
41	L	March 5, 1929	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	20–12–9
42	L	March 10, 1929	2–3	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	20–13–9
43	T	March 14, 1929	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	20–13–10
44	W	March 17, 1929	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	21–13–10

Playoffs

New York Rangers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 0

Program from the playoffs.

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division. The Boston Bruins knocked off the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers beat the New York Americans and, the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Cougars. The Rangers beat Toronto and then the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup defeating the Rangers. In the process, Boston became one of the few Cup winners in history to not lose a single game in the playoffs, and the last team until 1952 to win every playoff game they had.

Boston Bruins 2, New York Rangers 0

Third line center Bill Carson scored the Bruins first Cup winning goal.

In the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals, the Boston Bruins faced their divisional rival, the New York Rangers, who had eliminated them from the playoffs the previous season in a best-of-three series. New York had defeated the Detroit Cougars and the Toronto Maple Leafs to earn a spot in the Finals.

Game 1 was played at the Boston Garden where second period goals by Dit Clapper and Dutch Gainor led the Bruins to a 2-0 win. Tiny Thompson posted his third shutout in four playoff games.

Game 2 moved to Madison Square Garden in New York City where the teams played to a scoreless first period. Boston jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a goal by Harry Oliver in the second. Desperate, the Rangers played furiously in the third and Butch Keeling scored his third of the playoffs to tie it up. With less than two minutes to go, Bill Carson was the hero, defeating the Rangers 2–1, to clinch the first Stanley Cup in Bruins history and making them the third American team to win the Cup.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 28	New York Rangers	0–2	Boston Bruins	1–0
2	March 29	Boston Bruins	2–1	New York Rangers	2–0

Player Stats

Skaters

			Regular Season						Playoffs
#	Player		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	Frank Boucher		44	10	16	26	8		6	1	0	1	0
5	Bill Cook		43	15	8	23	41		6	0	0	0	6
6	Bun Cook		43	13	5	18	70		6	1	0	1	12
10	Paul Thompson		44	10	7	17	38		6	0	2	2	6
9	Murray Murdoch		44	8	6	14	18		6	0	0	0	2
11	Butch Keeling		43	6	3	9	35		6	3	0	3	2
2	Leo Bourgeault		44	2	3	5	59		6	0	0	0	0
4	Clarence Abel		44	3	1	4	41		6	0	0	0	8
12	Melville Vail		18	3	0	3	16		6	0	0	0	2
14	Russell Oatman		27	1	1	2	10		4	0	0	0	0
12	Myles Lane		24	1	0	1	22		-	-	-	-	-
15	Gerry Carson		14	0	0	0	5		5	0	0	0	0
8	Billy Boyd		11	0	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0
3	Ching Johnson		8	0	0	0	14		6	0	0	0	26
14	Leroy Goldsworthy		-	-	-	-	-		1	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

			Regular Season									Playoffs
#	Player		GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
1	John Ross Roach		44	2760	21	13	10	65	13	1.41		6	392	3	2	1	5	3	0.77

Awards and Records

• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Frank Boucher

See Also

• 1928–29 NHL season

References

• 1928-29 New York Rangers Statistics
• New York Rangers 1928-1929 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)