1955–56 New York Rangers season

1955–56 New York Rangers
Division	3rd NHL
1955–56 record	17-17-10
Goals for	136
Goals against	143
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	Harry Howell
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Andy Hebenton Dean Prentice (24)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (47)
Points	Andy Bathgate (66)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (202)
Wins	Gump Worsley (32)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (2.84)

The 1955–56 New York Rangers season was the 30th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 3rd in the league and qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in five seasons. They lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1.

Regular Season

Wally Hergesheimer scores on Al Rollins to make it 5-3 Rangers in the last Hawks home game played in St. Louis, March 8, 1956.

With poor attendance at home and having played three home games in Indianapolis during the 1953–54 season, and six home games in St. Louis in the 1954–55 season, the Chicago Black Hawks played another five home games in St. Louis in 1955-56 but for the last time. The New York Rangers won 6-4 in the last Chicago home game played in St. Louis on March 8, 1956.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	70	45	15	10	100	222	131
Detroit Red Wings	70	30	24	16	76	183	148
New York Rangers	70	32	28	10	74	204	203
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	24	33	13	61	153	181
Boston Bruins	70	23	34	13	59	147	185
Chicago Black Hawks	70	19	39	12	50	155	216

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1955	7–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	1–0–0
2	W	October 9, 1955	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	2–0–0
3	L	October 15, 1955	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	2–1–0
4	L	October 16, 1955	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	2–2–0
5	W	October 19, 1955	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	3–2–0
6	L	October 22, 1955	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	3–3–0
7	W	October 23, 1955	5–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	4–3–0
8	W	October 26, 1955	6–2	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	5–3–0
9	L	October 29, 1955	0–1	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	5–4–0
10	T	November 3, 1955	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	5–4–1
11	W	November 5, 1955	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	6–4–1
12	W	November 6, 1955	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	7–4–1
13	T	November 9, 1955	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	7–4–2
14	L	November 10, 1955	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	7–5–2
15	W	November 13, 1955	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	8–5–2
16	T	November 16, 1955	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	8–5–3
17	L	November 19, 1955	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	8–6–3
18	T	November 20, 1955	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	8–6–4
19	W	November 23, 1955	4–0	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	9–6–4
20	W	November 24, 1955	5–0	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	10–6–4
21	T	November 27, 1955	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	10–6–5
22	W	November 30, 1955	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	11–6–5
23	W	December 2, 1955	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	12–6–5
24	W	December 4, 1955	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	13–6–5
25	W	December 7, 1955	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	14–6–5
26	L	December 10, 1955	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	14–7–5
27	L	December 11, 1955	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	14–8–5
28	L	December 14, 1955	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	14–9–5
29	L	December 15, 1955	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	14–10–5
30	W	December 18, 1955	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	15–10–5
31	T	December 21, 1955	3–3	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	15–10–6
32	W	December 25, 1955	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	16–10–6
33	L	December 29, 1955	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	16–11–6
34	W	December 31, 1955	6–2	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	17–11–6
35	W	January 1, 1956	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	18–11–6
36	W	January 4, 1956	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	19–11–6
37	L	January 8, 1956	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	19–12–6
38	W	January 11, 1956	6–1	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	20–12–6
39	L	January 12, 1956	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	20–13–6
40	W	January 14, 1956	6–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	21–13–6
41	W	January 15, 1956	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	22–13–6
42	T	January 17, 1956	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	22–13–7
43	L	January 21, 1956	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	22–14–7
44	L	January 22, 1956	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	22–15–7
45	L	January 26, 1956	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	22–16–7
46	W	January 28, 1956	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	23–16–7
47	W	January 29, 1956	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	24–16–7
48	W	February 1, 1956	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	25–16–7
49	L	February 4, 1956	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	25–17–7
50	T	February 5, 1956	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	25–17–8
51	T	February 8, 1956	3–3	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	25–17–9
52	L	February 11, 1956	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	25–18–9
53	W	February 12, 1956	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	26–18–9
54	L	February 14, 1956	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	26–19–9
55	W	February 15, 1956	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	27–19–9
56	L	February 18, 1956	4–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	27–20–9
57	L	February 19, 1956	0–3	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	27–21–9
58	L	February 22, 1956	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	27–22–9
59	L	February 23, 1956	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	27–23–9
60	W	February 26, 1956	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	28–23–9
61	L	February 28, 1956	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	28–24–9
62	W	February 29, 1956	4–2	Boston Bruins (1955–56)	29–24–9
63	L	March 3, 1956	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1955–56)	29–25–9
64	W	March 4, 1956	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	30–25–9
65	W	March 8, 1956	6–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1955–56)	31–25–9
66	L	March 10, 1956	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	31–26–9
67	W	March 11, 1956	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1955–56)	32–26–9
68	T	March 15, 1956	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1955–56)	32–26–10
69	L	March 17, 1956	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	32–27–10
70	L	March 18, 1956	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1955–56)	32–28–10

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	RW	70	19	47	66	59
Creighton, DaveDave Creighton	C	70	20	31	51	43
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	70	9	42	51	84
Lewicki, DannyDanny Lewicki	LW	70	18	27	45	26
Murphy, RonRon Murphy	LW	66	16	28	44	71
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	70	24	18	42	44
Hergesheimer, WallyWally Hergesheimer	RW	70	22	18	40	26
Popein, LarryLarry Popein	C	64	14	25	39	37
Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton	RW	70	24	14	38	8
Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath	C	66	12	17	29	40
Conacher, PetePete Conacher	LW	41	11	11	22	10
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato	D	70	3	15	18	202
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	70	3	15	18	77
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh	C	29	1	12	13	4
Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	LW	63	5	7	12	38
Evans, JackJack Evans	D	70	2	9	11	104
Guidolin, AldoAldo Guidolin	RW/D	14	1	0	1	8
Bartlett, JimJim Bartlett	LW	12	0	1	1	8
Irwin, IvanIvan Irwin	D	34	0	1	1	20
Howell, RonRon Howell	D/LW	1	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	70	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	4200	70	32	28	10	198	2.83	4
Team:	4200	70	32	28	10	198	2.83	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	5	1	3	4	4
Gendron, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Gendron	LW	5	2	1	3	2
Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	RW	5	1	2	3	2
Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath	C	5	1	2	3	4
Lewicki, DannyDanny Lewicki	LW	5	0	3	3	0
Evans, JackJack Evans	D	5	1	0	1	18
Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton	RW	5	1	0	1	2
Hergesheimer, WallyWally Hergesheimer	RW	5	1	0	1	0
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	5	1	0	1	2
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	5	0	1	1	4
Murphy, RonRon Murphy	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Popein, LarryLarry Popein	C	5	0	1	1	2
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato	D	4	0	0	0	6
Conacher, PetePete Conacher	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Creighton, DaveDave Creighton	C	5	0	0	0	4
Irwin, IvanIvan Irwin	D	5	0	0	0	8
Bell, GordieGordie Bell	G	2	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bell, GordieGordie Bell	120	2	1	1	9	4.50	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	180	3	0	3	14	4.67	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	23	4.60	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

• Bill Gadsby, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star

Gallery

Rangers Bronco Horvath scores on Leafs Harry Lumley, October 19, 1955.

Larry Popein scores on Gil Mayer, February 1, 1956.

Bill Gadsby scores on Jacques Plante, 1956 Semi-finals Game 4, March 25, 1956.

Pre-season @ Regina

Pre-season @ Saskatoon

Video

Over nine minutes of highlights beginning with a minute of the Rangers-Canadiens Semi-finals then goals of all five games of the 1956 Stanley Cup Finals.

1956 Stanley cup win 9 min

See Also

• 1955–56 NHL season

References

• 1955–56 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)