1951–52 New York Rangers season

1951–52 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1951–52 record	23–34–13
Goals for	192
Goals against	219
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Neil Colville Bill Cook
Captain	Allan Stanley
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Wally Hergesheimer (26)
Assists	Don Raleigh (42)
Points	Don Raleigh (61)
Penalty minutes	Hy Buller (96)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (18)
Goals against average	Emile Francis Chuck Rayner (3.00)

The 1951–52 New York Rangers season was the 26th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	44	14	12	100	215	133
Montreal Canadiens	70	34	26	10	78	195	164
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	29	25	16	74	168	157
Boston Bruins	70	25	29	16	66	162	176
New York Rangers	70	23	34	13	59	192	219
Chicago Black Hawks	70	17	44	9	43	158	241

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	October 14, 1951	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	0–1–0
2	L	October 18, 1951	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	0–2–0
4	T	October 21, 1951	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	1–2–1
5	L	October 24, 1951	1–3	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	1–3–1
6	W	October 28, 1951	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	2–3–1
7	L	October 29, 1951	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	2–4–1
8	L	November 1, 1951	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	2–5–1
9	W	November 3, 1951	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	3–5–1
10	L	November 4, 1951	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	3–6–1
11	T	November 7, 1951	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	3–6–2
12	W	November 11, 1951	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	4–6–2
13	T	November 14, 1951	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	4–6–3
14	L	November 17, 1951	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	4–7–3
15	L	November 18, 1951	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	4–8–3
16	T	November 21, 1951	3–3	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	4–8–4
17	L	November 22, 1951	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	4–9–4
18	W	November 25, 1951	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	5–9–4
19	T	November 27, 1951	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	5–9–5
20	W	November 28, 1951	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	6–9–5
21	L	December 1, 1951	2–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	6–10–5
22	L	December 2, 1951	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	6–11–5
23	L	December 5, 1951	2–3	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	6–12–5
24	W	December 9, 1951	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	7–12–5
25	L	December 11, 1951	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	7–13–5
26	W	December 12, 1951	6–3	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	8–13–5
27	L	December 15, 1951	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	8–14–5
28	L	December 16, 1951	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	8–15–5
29	W	December 19, 1951	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	9–15–5
30	W	December 23, 1951	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	10–15–5
31	L	December 25, 1951	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	10–16–5
32	W	December 26, 1951	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	11–16–5
33	L	December 29, 1951	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	11–17–5
34	T	December 30, 1951	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	11–17–6
35	W	January 1, 1952	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	12–17–6
36	W	January 2, 1952	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	13–17–6
37	W	January 6, 1952	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	14–17–6
38	L	January 9, 1952	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	14–18–6
39	L	January 10, 1952	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	14–19–6
40	T	January 13, 1952	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	14–19–7
41	L	January 16, 1952	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	14–20–7
42	T	January 17, 1952	6–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	14–20–8
43	W	January 20, 1952	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	15–20–8
44	T	January 22, 1952	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	15–20–9
45	T	January 26, 1952	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	15–20–10
46	L	January 27, 1952	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	15–21–10
47	L	January 31, 1952	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	15–22–10
48	L	February 3, 1952	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	15–23–10
49	W	February 7, 1952	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	16–23–10
50	W	February 9, 1952	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	17–23–10
51	L	February 10, 1952	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	17–24–10
52	W	February 13, 1952	6–2	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	18–24–10
53	L	February 16, 1952	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	18–25–10
54	W	February 17, 1952	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	19–25–10
55	T	February 19, 1952	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	19–25–11
56	T	February 20, 1952	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	19–25–12
57	W	February 24, 1952	5–2	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	20–25–12
58	L	February 27, 1952	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	20–26–12
59	T	February 28, 1952	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	20–26–13
60	L	March 1, 1952	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	20–27–13
61	L	March 2, 1952	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	20–28–13
62	L	March 4, 1952	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1951–52)	20–29–13
63	W	March 6, 1952	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	21–29–13
64	L	March 9, 1952	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1951–52)	21–30–13
65	W	March 12, 1952	10–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	22–30–13
66	L	March 15, 1952	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	22–31–13
67	L	March 16, 1952	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1951–52)	22–32–13
68	W	March 19, 1952	6–4	Boston Bruins (1951–52)	23–32–13
69	L	March 20, 1952	3–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1951–52)	23–33–13
70	L	March 23, 1952	6–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1951–52)	23–34–13

Playoffs

• The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh	C	70	19	42	61	14
Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski	RW	64	21	22	43	18
Ronty, PaulPaul Ronty	C	65	12	31	43	16
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	LW	69	15	25	40	22
Hergesheimer, WallyWally Hergesheimer	RW	68	26	12	38	6
Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	C	70	9	29	38	8
Buller, HyHy Buller	D	68	12	23	35	96
Sinclair, RegReg Sinclair	RW/C	69	20	10	30	33
Dickenson, HerbHerb Dickenson	W	37	14	13	27	8
Kullman, EddieEddie Kullman	RW	64	11	10	21	59
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	LW	43	7	13	20	20
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	D	50	5	14	19	52
Kraftcheck, StephenStephen Kraftcheck	D	58	8	9	17	30
Ross, JimJim Ross	D	51	2	9	11	25
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	D	42	3	5	8	18
Evans, JackJack Evans	D	52	1	6	7	83
Stoddard, JackJack Stoddard	RW	20	4	2	6	2
McLeod, JackieJackie McLeod	RW	13	2	3	5	2
Toppazzini, ZellioZellio Toppazzini	RW	16	1	1	2	4
Conacher, JimJim Conacher	C	16	0	1	1	2
Martin, ClareClare Martin	D	14	0	1	1	6
Ailsby, LloydLloyd Ailsby	D	3	0	0	0	2
Anderson, LorneLorne Anderson	G	3	0	0	0	0
Francis, EmileEmile Francis	G	14	0	0	0	0
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	G	53	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	3180	53	18	25	10	159	3.00	2
Francis, EmileEmile Francis	840	14	4	7	3	42	3.00	0
Anderson, LorneLorne Anderson	180	3	1	2	0	18	6.00	0
Team:	4200	70	23	34	13	219	3.13	2

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

• Calder Memorial Trophy: Hy Buller, Runner-up

See Also

• 1951–52 NHL season

References

• 1951–52 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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)