1933–34 New York Rangers season

1933–34 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1933–34 record	17-17-10
Goals for	136
Goals against	143
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bun Cook (18)
Assists	Frank Boucher (30)
Points	Frank Boucher (44)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (86)
Wins	Andy Aitkenhead (21)
Goals against average	Andy Aitkenhead (2.27)

The 1933–34 New York Rangers season was the eighth season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 21-19-8 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Maroons 2–1 in a two game, total goals series.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	14	10	113	98	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	20	17	11	88	83	51
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	120	113	50
Boston Bruins	48	18	25	5	111	130	41

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

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	L	Nov 12, 1933	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0–2–0
4	L	Nov 19, 1933	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings	1–3–0
5	T	Nov 21, 1933	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3–1
6	L	Nov 25, 1933	0–1	@ Montreal Maroons	1–4–1
7	W	Dec 2, 1933	3–0	@ Boston Bruins	2–4–1
8	W	Dec 3, 1933	1–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4–1
9	T	Dec 7, 1933	0–0 OT	Montreal Canadiens	3–4–2
10	W	Dec 9, 1933	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–4–2
11	L	Dec 12, 1933	0–3	New York Americans	4–5–2
12	W	Dec 14, 1933	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators	5–5–2
13	T	Dec 17, 1933	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins	5–5–3
14	T	Dec 21, 1933	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators	5–5–4
15	W	Dec 24, 1933	3–1	@ New York Americans	6–5–4
16	W	Dec 25, 1933	3–0	Montreal Maroons	7–5–4
17	T	Dec 28, 1933	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–5–5
18	L	Dec 31, 1933	1–3	New York Americans	7–6–5
19	W	Jan 2, 1934	3–2	Montreal Canadiens	8–6–5
20	L	Jan 4, 1934	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings	8–7–5
21	T	Jan 7, 1934	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks	8–7–6
22	W	Jan 9, 1934	2–1	Detroit Red Wings	9–7–6
23	W	Jan 11, 1934	5–3	@ Ottawa Senators	10–7–6
24	W	Jan 14, 1934	3–1	Montreal Maroons	11–7–6
25	L	Jan 16, 1934	1–2	@ New York Americans	11–8–6
26	W	Jan 18, 1934	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks	12–8–6
27	L	Jan 20, 1934	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens	12–9–6
28	W	Jan 23, 1934	5–2	Ottawa Senators	13–9–6
29	W	Jan 25, 1934	6–3	@ Ottawa Senators	14–9–6
30	W	Jan 28, 1934	4–2	Boston Bruins	15–9–6
31	L	Jan 30, 1934	1–2	@ Boston Bruins	15–10–6
32	T	Feb 1, 1934	5–5 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	15–10–7
33	W	Feb 3, 1934	4–2	@ Montreal Maroons	16–10–7
34	W	Feb 6, 1934	3–0	Montreal Canadiens	17–10–7
35	L	Feb 11, 1934	3–4	New York Americans	17–11–7
36	W	Feb 13, 1934	6–4	@ Boston Bruins	18–11–7
37	L	Feb 15, 1934	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens	18–12–7
38	L	Feb 18, 1934	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks	18–13–7
39	W	Feb 22, 1934	3–1	Detroit Red Wings	19–13–7
40	L	Feb 24, 1934	3–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	19–14–7
41	L	Feb 27, 1934	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings	19–15–7
42	W	Mar 1, 1934	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks	20–15–7
43	L	Mar 6, 1934	4–5 OT	Ottawa Senators	20–16–7
44	T	Mar 8, 1934	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons	20–16–8
45	L	Mar 11, 1934	3–7 OT	Montreal Maroons	20–17–8
46	W	Mar 13, 1934	2–1	@ New York Americans	21–17–8
47	L	Mar 15, 1934	2–3	Boston Bruins	21–18–8
48	L	Mar 17, 1934	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	21–19–8

Playoffs

Montreal Maroons 2, New York Rangers 1

2 games total goals

• Mar 20 New York Rangers 0-0 at Montreal Maroons
• Mar 25 Montreal Maroons 2-1 at New York Rangers

Player Stats

Frank Boucher led the team in scoring, won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, and was a First Team All-Star.

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	C	48	14	30	44	4
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	RW	48	13	26	39	10
Cook, BunBun Cook	LW	48	18	15	33	36
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	LW	48	17	10	27	29
Cook, BillBill Cook	RW	48	13	13	26	21
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert	D	48	13	10	23	66
Keeling, ButchButch Keeling	LW	48	15	5	20	20
Ripley, VicVic Ripley	LW	34	5	12	17	10
Asmundson, OscarOscar Asmundson	C	46	2	6	8	8
Johnson, ChingChing Johnson	D	48	2	6	8	86
Heller, OttOtt Heller	D	48	2	5	7	29
Dukowski, DukeDuke Dukowski	D	29	0	6	6	18
Cox, DannyDanny Cox	LW	13	5	0	5	2
Somers, ArtArt Somers	C	8	1	2	3	5
Pusie, JeanJean Pusie	D	19	0	2	2	17
Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	13	0	1	1	18
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	10	0	0	0	6
Carr, LorneLorne Carr	RW	14	0	0	0	0
Brennan, DougDoug Brennan	D	37	0	0	0	18
Aitkenhead, AndyAndy Aitkenhead	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Aitkenhead, AndyAndy Aitkenhead	2990	48	21	19	8	113	2.27	7
Team:	2990	48	21	19	8	113	2.27	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ripley, VicVic Ripley	LW	2	1	0	1	4
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	RW	2	0	1	1	2
Asmundson, OscarOscar Asmundson	C	1	0	0	0	0
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	C	2	0	0	0	0
Brennan, DougDoug Brennan	D	1	0	0	0	0
Cook, BillBill Cook	RW	2	0	0	0	2
Cook, BunBun Cook	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Cox, DannyDanny Cox	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Dukowski, DukeDuke Dukowski	D	2	0	0	0	0
Heller, OttOtt Heller	D	2	0	0	0	0
Johnson, ChingChing Johnson	D	2	0	0	0	4
Keeling, ButchButch Keeling	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert	D	2	0	0	0	4
Somers, ArtArt Somers	C	2	0	0	0	0
Aitkenhead, AndyAndy Aitkenhead	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Aitkenhead, AndyAndy Aitkenhead	120	2	0	1	2	1.00	1
Team:	120	2	0	1	2	1.00	1

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Frank Boucher
• Frank Boucher, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
• Lester Patrick, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star
• Ching Johnson, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Bill Cook, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Earl Seibert, Doug Brennan, Ching Johnson, Jean Pusie, Ott Heller in 1933.

On January 28, 1934, Eddie Shore plays in his first game after the Bailey suspension. The Rangers Bun Cook scores on Tiny Thompson while Nels Stewart watches.

Andy Aitkenhead, Howie Morenz, Duke Dukowski, February 6, 1934.

Video

Highlights of the February 22, 1934 game between the Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings, won by the Rangers 3-1. Rangers second goal by #8 Cecil Dillon, assisted by #4 Vic Ripley on Detroit's Wilf Cude is shown. Rangers goalie Andy Aitkenhead plays with a hat.

An Ice Hockey Battle (1934)

See Also

• 1933–34 NHL season

References

• 1933–34 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
• New York Rangers
• 1933-34 New York Rangers Statistics