1958–59 New York Rangers season

1958–59 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1958–59 record	26–32–12
Goals for	201
Goals against	217
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	12,952
Team leaders
Goals	Andy Bathgate (40)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (88)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (149)
Wins	Gump Worsley (26)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (2.97)

The 1958–59 New York Rangers season was the 33rd 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
Montreal Canadiens	70	39	18	13	91	258	158
Boston Bruins	70	32	29	9	73	205	215
Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	69	197	208
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	27	32	11	65	189	201
New York Rangers	70	26	32	12	64	201	217
Detroit Red Wings	70	25	37	8	58	167	218

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	T	October 8, 1958	1–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	0–0–1
2	T	October 11, 1958	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	0–0–2
3	L	October 12, 1958	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	0–1–2
4	T	October 15, 1958	4–4	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	0–1–3
5	T	October 18, 1958	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	0–1–4
6	L	October 19, 1958	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	0–2–4
7	W	October 25, 1958	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	1–2–4
8	W	October 26, 1958	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	2–2–4
9	T	October 29, 1958	2–2	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	2–2–5
10	L	October 30, 1958	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	2–3–5
11	L	November 1, 1958	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	2–4–5
12	L	November 2, 1958	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	2–5–5
13	L	November 4, 1958	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	2–6–5
14	W	November 8, 1958	6–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	3–6–5
15	W	November 9, 1958	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	4–6–5
16	W	November 15, 1958	4–2	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	5–6–5
17	W	November 16, 1958	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	6–6–5
18	W	November 19, 1958	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	7–6–5
19	T	November 22, 1958	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	7–6–6
20	L	November 23, 1958	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	7–7–6
21	W	November 26, 1958	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	8–7–6
22	L	November 27, 1958	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	8–8–6
23	L	November 29, 1958	1–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	8–9–6
24	T	November 30, 1958	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	8–9–7
25	W	December 3, 1958	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	9–9–7
26	L	December 6, 1958	0–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	9–10–7
27	L	December 7, 1958	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	9–11–7
28	L	December 10, 1958	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	9–12–7
29	T	December 13, 1958	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	9–12–8
30	T	December 14, 1958	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	9–12–9
31	W	December 18, 1958	2–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	10–12–9
32	W	December 21, 1958	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	11–12–9
33	L	December 25, 1958	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	11–13–9
34	W	December 28, 1958	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	12–13–9
35	W	December 31, 1958	4–3	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	13–13–9
36	W	January 1, 1959	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	14–13–9
37	L	January 3, 1959	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	14–14–9
38	L	January 4, 1959	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	14–15–9
39	L	January 7, 1959	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	14–16–9
40	T	January 10, 1959	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	14–16–10
41	W	January 11, 1959	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	15–16–10
42	W	January 14, 1959	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	16–16–10
43	L	January 17, 1959	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	16–17–10
44	W	January 18, 1959	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	17–17–10
45	L	January 24, 1959	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	17–18–10
46	W	January 25, 1959	8–3	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	18–18–10
47	L	January 28, 1959	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	18–19–10
48	W	January 31, 1959	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	19–19–10
49	W	February 1, 1959	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	20–19–10
50	W	February 5, 1959	5–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	21–19–10
51	L	February 7, 1959	3–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	21–20–10
52	L	February 8, 1959	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	21–21–10
53	L	February 11, 1959	3–5	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	21–22–10
54	L	February 12, 1959	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	21–23–10
55	L	February 15, 1959	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	21–24–10
56	L	February 18, 1959	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	21–25–10
57	T	February 21, 1959	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	21–25–11
58	W	February 22, 1959	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	22–25–11
59	W	February 25, 1959	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	23–25–11
60	L	February 28, 1959	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	23–26–11
61	T	March 1, 1959	1–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	23–26–12
62	W	March 7, 1959	6–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	24–26–12
63	W	March 8, 1959	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	25–26–12
64	L	March 11, 1959	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1958–59)	25–27–12
65	L	March 12, 1959	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1958–59)	25–28–12
66	L	March 14, 1959	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	25–29–12
67	L	March 15, 1959	5–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1958–59)	25–30–12
68	L	March 18, 1959	3–5	Boston Bruins (1958–59)	25–31–12
69	W	March 21, 1959	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1958–59)	26–31–12
70	L	March 22, 1959	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1958–59)	26–32–12

Playoffs

• The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	RW	70	40	48	88	48
Sullivan, RedRed Sullivan	C	70	21	42	63	56
Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton	RW	70	33	29	62	8
Henry, CamilleCamille Henry	C	70	23	35	58	2
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	70	5	46	51	56
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	70	17	33	50	11
Popein, LarryLarry Popein	C	61	13	21	34	28
Shack, EddieEddie Shack	LW	67	7	14	21	109
Bartlett, JimJim Bartlett	LW	70	11	9	20	118
Ciesla, HankHank Ciesla	C	69	6	14	20	21
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	70	4	10	14	101
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato	D	64	7	6	13	149
Colwill, LesLes Colwill	RW	69	7	6	13	16
Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna	D	70	1	10	11	83
Hergesheimer, WallyWally Hergesheimer	RW	22	3	0	3	6
Bownass, JackJack Bownass	D	35	1	2	3	20
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield	C	35	1	2	3	10
Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan	D	16	1	0	1	8
Klymkiw, JulianJulian Klymkiw	G	1	0	0	0	0
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	G	1	0	0	0	0
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	G	2	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	67	0	0	0	10

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	4001	67	26	30	11	198	2.97	2
Gamble, BruceBruce Gamble	120	2	0	2	0	6	3.00	0
Klymkiw, JulianJulian Klymkiw	19	1	0	0	0	2	6.32	0
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	60	1	0	0	1	4	4.00	0
Team:	4200	70	26	32	12	210	3.00	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

• Hart Memorial Trophy: Andy Bathgate
• Andy Bathgate, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Bill Gadsby, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star

1959 Boston Bruins–New York Rangers European tour

John Bucyk scores on Gump Worsley during the Bruins 12-4 romp in Geneva, May 3, 1959.

In 1959, the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers went on a 23 game tour of Europe, visiting England, Switzerland, France, Belgium, West Germany and Austria. The Rangers line-up was supplemented by Bobby Hull, Ed Litzenberger, Eric Nesterenko and Pierre Pilote of the Chicago Black Hawks while Andy Bathgate of the Rangers didn't participate as his wife had given birth just before the tour.

It was the first time NHL teams played in Europe since the 1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour, a nine-game affair in Paris and London that the Canadiens won, 5-3-1.

During the tour, the teams experimented with an orange puck, designed by Clair Kenney. The players didn't like it and complained it looked like a blur on the ice.

Bobby Hull credits the series for his later success as he was allowed to play a freewheeling style instead of a checking role, which he had during his first two years with Chicago. The Rangers won the series with a record of 11–9–3.

See Also

• 1958–59 NHL season

References

• 1958–59 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)