1954–55 New York Rangers season

1954–55 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1954–55 record	17-35-18
Goals for	150
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Muzz Patrick
Captain	Don Raleigh
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Danny Lewicki (29)
Assists	Don Raleigh (32)
Points	Danny Lewicki (53)
Penalty minutes	Jack Evans (91)
Wins	Gump Worsley (15)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.60)

The 1954–55 New York Rangers season was the 29th 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	42	17	11	95	204	134
Montreal Canadiens	70	41	18	11	93	228	157
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	24	24	22	70	147	135
Boston Bruins	70	23	26	21	67	169	188
New York Rangers	70	17	35	18	52	150	210
Chicago Black Hawks	70	13	40	17	43	161	235

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 9, 1954	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	0–1–0
2	W	October 10, 1954	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	1–1–0
3	L	October 14, 1954	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	1–2–0
4	W	October 16, 1954	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	2–2–0
5	W	October 20, 1954	6–2	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	3–2–0
6	L	October 23, 1954	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	3–3–0
7	W	October 24, 1954	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	4–3–0
8	W	October 27, 1954	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	5–3–0
9	L	October 30, 1954	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	5–4–0
10	T	October 31, 1954	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	5–4–1
11	L	November 4, 1954	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	5–5–1
12	L	November 7, 1954	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	5–6–1
13	L	November 10, 1954	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	5–7–1
14	L	November 13, 1954	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	5–8–1
15	W	November 14, 1954	5–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	6–8–1
16	T	November 17, 1954	2–2	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	6–8–2
17	L	November 20, 1954	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	6–9–2
18	T	November 21, 1954	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	6–9–3
19	W	November 24, 1954	3–1	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	7–9–3
20	T	November 25, 1954	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	7–9–4
21	L	November 27, 1954	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	7–10–4
22	W	November 28, 1954	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	8–10–4
23	L	December 1, 1954	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	8–11–4
24	L	December 4, 1954	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	8–12–4
25	T	December 5, 1954	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	8–12–5
26	L	December 8, 1954	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	8–13–5
27	L	December 9, 1954	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	8–14–5
28	L	December 11, 1954	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	8–15–5
29	T	December 12, 1954	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	8–15–6
30	T	December 15, 1954	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	8–15–7
31	L	December 16, 1954	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	8–16–7
32	L	December 18, 1954	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	8–17–7
33	T	December 19, 1954	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	8–17–8
34	T	December 22, 1954	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	8–17–9
35	L	December 25, 1954	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	8–18–9
36	T	December 26, 1954	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	8–18–10
37	W	December 30, 1954	6–1	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	9–18–10
38	L	January 1, 1955	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	9–19–10
39	T	January 2, 1955	3–3	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	9–19–11
40	L	January 5, 1955	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	9–20–11
41	L	January 8, 1955	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	9–21–11
42	L	January 9, 1955	1–7	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	9–22–11
43	T	January 12, 1955	0–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	9–22–12
44	W	January 14, 1955	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	10–22–12
45	L	January 16, 1955	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	10–23–12
46	W	January 19, 1955	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	11–23–12
47	L	January 22, 1955	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	11–24–12
48	W	January 23, 1955	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	12–24–12
49	T	January 27, 1955	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	12–24–13
50	W	January 29, 1955	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	13–24–13
51	L	January 30, 1955	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	13–25–13
52	L	February 5, 1955	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	13–26–13
53	L	February 6, 1955	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	13–27–13
54	T	February 9, 1955	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	13–27–14
55	T	February 12, 1955	5–5	@ Boston Bruins (1954–55)	13–27–15
56	W	February 13, 1955	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	14–27–15
57	T	February 16, 1955	2–2	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	14–27–16
58	L	February 19, 1955	2–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	14–28–16
59	L	February 20, 1955	0–5	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	14–29–16
60	L	February 23, 1955	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	14–30–16
61	T	February 25, 1955	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	14–30–17
62	L	February 27, 1955	1–7	Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	14–31–17
63	L	March 2, 1955	1–2	Boston Bruins (1954–55)	14–32–17
64	L	March 5, 1955	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	14–33–17
65	L	March 6, 1955	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1954–55)	14–34–17
66	W	March 12, 1955	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	15–34–17
67	W	March 13, 1955	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	16–34–17
68	T	March 16, 1955	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1954–55)	16–34–18
69	L	March 19, 1955	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1954–55)	16–35–18
70	W	March 20, 1955	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1954–55)	17–35–18

Playoffs

• The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Forwards

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Danny Lewicki	70	29	24	53	8
Andy Bathgate	70	20	20	40	37
Don Raleigh	69	8	32	40	19
Dean Prentice	70	16	15	31	20
Ron Murphy	66	14	16	30	36
Larry Popein	70	11	17	28	27
Pete Conacher	52	10	7	17	10
Paul Ronty	55	4	11	15	8
Nick Mickoski	18	0	14	14	6
Edgar Laprade	60	3	11	14	0
Aldo Guidolin	70	2	5	7	34
Camille Henry	21	5	2	7	4
Vic Howe	29	2	4	6	10
Wally Hergesheimer	14	4	2	6	4
Bill Ezinicki	16	2	2	4	22
Jack McLeod	11	1	1	2	4
Bill McCreary	8	0	2	2	0
Dick Bouchard	1	0	0	0	0
Glen Sonmor	13	0	0	0	4

Defencemen

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

Player	GP	G	AST	PTS	PIM
Harry Howell	70	2	14	16	87
Bill Gadsby	52	8	8	16	44
Bob Chrystal	68	6	9	15	68
Ivan Irwin	60	0	13	13	85
Jack Evans	47	0	5	5	91
Lou Fontinato	27	2	2	4	60
Allan Stanley	12	0	1	1	2
Ron Howell	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Gump Worsley	65	15	33	17	4	3.03
Johnny Bower	5	2	2	1	0	2.60

Awards and Records

• Danny Lewicki, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Farm Teams

• New York Rovers, Eastern Hockey League
• Saskatoon Quakers, Western Hockey League
• Vancouver Canucks, Western Hockey League

Gallery

Pre-season @ Regina

Pre-season @ Saskatoon

Milt Schmidt scores the second last goal of his career on Gump Worsley, November 17, 1954.

Goalie John Henderson playing his first NHL game is assisted by Bob Armstrong against the Rangers, November 17, 1954.

Montreal's Calum MacKay scores one of his two goals during the Canadiens 7-3 win over the Rangers, February 6, 1955.

Bruins Warren Godfrey and Rangers Lou Fontinato battle for the puck while Hal Laycoe looks on, March 2, 1955.

References

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)