1934–35 New York Rangers season

1934–35 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1934–35 record	22–20–6
Goals for	137
Goals against	139
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cecil Dillon (25)
Assists	Frank Boucher (32)
Points	Frank Boucher (45)
Penalty minutes	Earl Seibert (86)
Wins	Dave Kerr (19)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.46)

The 1934–35 New York Rangers season was the 9th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 3rd in the American Division with 50 points, and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoff, the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a two-game total goal series, 6 goals to 5, to advance to the NHL Semi-finals. There, New York lost 5–4 in another two-game total goal series to the Montreal Maroons.

Pre-season

The Rangers held their training camp in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They played a series of exhibition games against the Montreal Maroons, who were also training in Winnipeg.

• October 27 Rangers 2 Maroons 2 @ Winnipeg
• October 30 Rangers 4 Maroons 2 @ Winnipeg
• November 1 Rangers 6 Maroons 4 @ Winnipeg
• November 3 Maroons 6 Rangers 2 @ Winnipeg
• November 5 Maroons 5 Rangers 5 @ St. Paul, Minnesota
• November 8 Maroons 4 Rangers 0 @ Minneapolis, Minnesota

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	26	16	6	129	112	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	26	17	5	118	88	57
New York Rangers	48	22	20	6	137	139	50
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	22	7	127	114	45

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	L	November 10, 1934	2–4	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	0–1–0
2	L	November 15, 1934	2–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	0–2–0
3	W	November 18, 1934	5–0	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	1–2–0
4	W	November 22, 1934	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	2–2–0
5	L	November 25, 1934	1–3	@ New York Americans (1934–35)	2–3–0
6	L	November 27, 1934	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)	2–4–0
7	L	December 1, 1934	2–5	Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	2–5–0
8	L	December 4, 1934	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)	2–6–0
9	W	December 8, 1934	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	3–6–0
10	L	December 9, 1934	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	3–7–0
11	L	December 11, 1934	4–8	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	3–8–0
12	W	December 16, 1934	2–1	Boston Bruins (1934–35)	4–8–0
13	L	December 18, 1934	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)	4–9–0
14	L	December 20, 1934	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	4–10–0
15	W	December 22, 1934	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	5–10–0
16	W	December 25, 1934	3–1	New York Americans (1934–35)	6–10–0
17	T	December 30, 1934	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1934–35)	6–10–1
18	L	January 1, 1935	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)	6–11–1
19	W	January 3, 1935	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	7–11–1
20	T	January 8, 1935	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	7–11–2
21	W	January 12, 1935	3–1	@ New York Americans (1934–35)	8–11–2
22	W	January 13, 1935	3–2	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	9–11–2
23	T	January 15, 1935	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1934–35)	9–11–3
24	W	January 20, 1935	7–1	Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)	10–11–3
25	W	January 22, 1935	7–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)	11–11–3
26	T	January 24, 1935	3–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	11–11–4
27	W	January 27, 1935	4–2	@ New York Americans (1934–35)	12–11–4
28	W	January 29, 1935	7–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	13–11–4
29	W	January 31, 1935	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	14–11–4
30	W	February 3, 1935	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	15–11–4
31	W	February 5, 1935	5–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	16–11–4
32	L	February 7, 1935	4–6	New York Americans (1934–35)	16–12–4
33	W	February 10, 1935	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	17–12–4
34	W	February 12, 1935	5–1	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	18–12–4
35	W	February 14, 1935	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	19–12–4
36	L	February 16, 1935	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	19–13–4
37	W	February 17, 1935	5–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	20–13–4
38	W	February 19, 1935	2–1	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	21–13–4
39	T	February 24, 1935	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1934–35)	21–13–5
40	L	February 26, 1935	1–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	21–14–5
41	L	February 28, 1935	2–5	Montreal Maroons (1934–35)	21–15–5
42	L	March 5, 1935	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35)	21–16–5
43	L	March 7, 1935	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35)	21–17–5
44	W	March 9, 1935	5–1	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35)	22–17–5
45	T	March 10, 1935	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	22–17–6
46	L	March 12, 1935	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)	22–18–6
47	L	March 14, 1935	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35)	22–19–6
48	L	March 17, 1935	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	22–20–6

Playoffs

New York Rangers 6 Goals, Montreal Canadiens 5 Goals

Nels Crutchfield stick-swinging at Bill Cook, Game 1 of the 1935 Quarter-finals, March 24, 1935.

In the first round the Rangers met the Montreal Canadiens, who had placed third in the Canadian Division. The Rangers won the two-games total-goals series 6-5 (2-1, 4-4).

Game 1 of the Quarter-finals at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1935, is remembered for its high level of physicality. In one sequence, an injured Earl Seibert of the Rangers was carried off the ice. Later, the Canadiens' Nels Crutchfield swung his stick into the head of Rangers captain Bill Cook. As a result, Cook collapsed to the ice and a bench-clearing brawl ensued which police had to end. Crutchfield was given a match penalty with no substitution. The Canadiens played for thirteen minutes one man short and two minutes with two men short. Bill Cook returned wearing a helmet over his bandages to score the second Rangers goal.

In Game 2, the Canadiens were down 4–1 in the game and tied it with three straight goals in the third. The Canadiens could not get another goal to tie the series.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 24	Montreal Canadiens	1-2	New York Rangers	1-2
2	March 26	New York Rangers	4-4	Montreal Canadiens	6-5

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	C	48	13	32	45	2
Cook, BillBill Cook	RW	48	21	15	36	23
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	RW	48	25	9	34	4
Cook, BunBun Cook	LW	48	13	21	34	26
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	LW	48	14	15	29	14
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert	D	48	6	19	25	86
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	C/LW	48	9	13	22	17
Connelly, BertBert Connelly	LW	47	10	11	21	23
Keeling, ButchButch Keeling	LW	47	15	4	19	14
Mason, CharleyCharley Mason	RW	46	5	9	14	14
Heller, OttOtt Heller	D	47	3	11	14	31
Johnson, ChingChing Johnson	D	29	2	3	5	34
Somers, ArtArt Somers	C	41	0	5	5	4
Levinsky, AlexAlex Levinsky	D	20	0	4	4	6
Starr, HaroldHarold Starr	D	33	1	1	2	31
Ripley, VicVic Ripley	LW	4	0	2	2	0
MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	15	1	0	1	10
Jackson, PercyPercy Jackson	G	1	0	0	0	0
Aitkenhead, AndyAndy Aitkenhead	G	10	0	0	0	0
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	G	37	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	2290	37	19	12	6	94	2.46	4
Aitkenhead, AndyAndy Aitkenhead	610	10	3	7	0	37	3.64	1
Jackson, PercyPercy Jackson	60	1	0	1	0	8	8.00	0
Team:	2960	48	22	20	6	139	2.82	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	C/LW	4	2	2	4	0
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	RW	4	2	1	3	0
Keeling, ButchButch Keeling	LW	4	2	1	3	0
Cook, BillBill Cook	RW	4	1	2	3	7
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	C	4	0	3	3	0
Cook, BunBun Cook	LW	4	2	0	2	0
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	LW	4	0	2	2	4
Connelly, BertBert Connelly	LW	4	1	0	1	0
Heller, OttOtt Heller	D	4	0	1	1	4
Mason, CharleyCharley Mason	RW	4	0	1	1	0
Somers, ArtArt Somers	C	2	0	0	0	2
MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	3	0	0	0	0
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert	D	4	0	0	0	6
Johnson, ChingChing Johnson	D	4	0	0	0	2
Starr, HaroldHarold Starr	D	4	0	0	0	2
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	G	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	240	4	1	1	10	2.50	0
Team:	240	4	1	1	10	2.50	0

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
• Earl Seibert, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
• Lester Patrick, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star
• Cecil Dillon, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

Bun Cook scores on Alec Connell, January 8, 1935.

Rangers Bert Connelly trips over Americans Al Murray on January 27, 1935.

Video

Game 1 of the Quarter-finals at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1935, is remembered for its high level of physicality. In one sequence, an injured Earl Seibert of the Rangers was carried off the ice. Later, the Canadiens' Nels Crutchfield swung his stick into the head of Rangers captain Bill Cook. As a result, Cook collapsed to the ice and a bench-clearing brawl ensued. Cook returned to the ice wearing a helmet and scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 decision. Game 2 was tied 4-4 and the Rangers won the total goals series 6-5.

See Also

• 1934–35 NHL season

References

• 1934–35 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

New York Rangers
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Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
Affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Maine Mariners (ECHL)