1959–60 New York Rangers season

1959–60 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1959–60 record	17–38–15
Goals for	187
Goals against	247
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson Muzz Patrick Alf Pike
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Dean Prentice (32)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (74)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (137)
Wins	Gump Worsley (7)
Goals against average	Jack McCartan (1.75)

The 1959–60 New York Rangers season was the 34th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Jack McCartan stops Bobby Hull, March 9, 1960.

Phil Watson suffered an ulcer and was quietly dismissed as Ranger coach and replaced by Alf Pike. Gump Worsley was demoted to Springfield of the AHL and Worsley screamed he was finished with hockey. But he reported to Springfield anyway.

Worsley was brought back up as Marcel Paille was even worse in goal. Gump and the Rangers beat the Canadiens 8-3 in his first game back. Then a week later, Gump got bombed 11-2. Nothing had changed. Later against the Chicago Black Hawks, Worsley suffered an injury that finished him for the season. Hawks' winger Bobby Hull skated over his catching glove and severed two tendons in his fingers. Al Rollins was called up to replace him. Later, Olympic hero Jack McCartan played a few games for the Rangers and performed well.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Montreal Canadiens	70	40	18	12	92	255	178
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	79	199	195
Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	69	191	180
Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	15	67	186	197
Boston Bruins	70	28	34	8	64	220	241
New York Rangers	70	17	38	15	49	187	247

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 7, 1959	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	0–1–0
2	L	October 10, 1959	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	0–2–0
3	L	October 11, 1959	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	0–3–0
4	L	October 14, 1959	3–4	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	0–4–0
5	W	October 17, 1959	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	1–4–0
6	L	October 18, 1959	5–6	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	1–5–0
7	L	October 21, 1959	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	1–6–0
8	T	October 24, 1959	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	1–6–1
9	W	October 25, 1959	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	2–6–1
10	T	October 28, 1959	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	2–6–2
11	L	November 1, 1959	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	2–7–2
12	L	November 4, 1959	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	2–8–2
13	L	November 5, 1959	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	2–9–2
14	T	November 8, 1959	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	2–9–3
15	W	November 11, 1959	6–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	3–9–3
16	L	November 14, 1959	0–4	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	3–10–3
17	T	November 15, 1959	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	3–10–4
18	L	November 18, 1959	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	3–11–4
19	L	November 22, 1959	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	3–12–4
20	T	November 25, 1959	3–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	3–12–5
21	L	November 26, 1959	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	3–13–5
22	L	November 28, 1959	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	3–14–5
23	T	November 29, 1959	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	3–14–6
24	W	December 3, 1959	7–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	4–14–6
25	L	December 5, 1959	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	4–15–6
26	W	December 6, 1959	6–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	5–15–6
27	W	December 12, 1959	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	6–15–6
28	W	December 13, 1959	4–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	7–15–6
29	L	December 19, 1959	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	7–16–6
30	W	December 20, 1959	6–5	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	8–16–6
31	L	December 23, 1959	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	8–17–6
32	W	December 25, 1959	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	9–17–6
33	L	December 26, 1959	0–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	9–18–6
34	L	December 27, 1959	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	9–19–6
35	L	December 29, 1959	3–4	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	9–20–6
36	L	January 1, 1960	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	9–21–6
37	W	January 3, 1960	8–3	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	10–21–6
38	L	January 6, 1960	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	10–22–6
39	T	January 9, 1960	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	10–22–7
40	W	January 10, 1960	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	11–22–7
41	L	January 14, 1960	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	11–23–7
42	L	January 16, 1960	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	11–24–7
43	L	January 17, 1960	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	11–25–7
44	L	January 21, 1960	2–11	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	11–26–7
45	L	January 23, 1960	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	11–27–7
46	T	January 24, 1960	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	11–27–8
47	T	January 27, 1960	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	11–27–9
48	L	January 30, 1960	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	11–28–9
49	T	January 31, 1960	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	11–28–10
50	L	February 3, 1960	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	11–29–10
51	W	February 4, 1960	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	12–29–10
52	L	February 6, 1960	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	12–30–10
53	W	February 7, 1960	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	13–30–10
54	L	February 10, 1960	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	13–31–10
55	L	February 14, 1960	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	13–32–10
56	L	February 17, 1960	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	13–33–10
57	T	February 20, 1960	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	13–33–11
58	W	February 21, 1960	7–2	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	14–33–11
59	T	February 24, 1960	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	14–33–12
60	L	February 27, 1960	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	14–34–12
61	L	February 28, 1960	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	14–35–12
62	L	March 5, 1960	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	14–36–12
63	W	March 6, 1960	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	15–36–12
64	T	March 9, 1960	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1959–60)	15–36–13
65	T	March 10, 1960	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1959–60)	15–36–14
66	W	March 12, 1960	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	16–36–14
67	T	March 13, 1960	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1959–60)	16–36–15
68	L	March 16, 1960	2–3	Boston Bruins (1959–60)	16–37–15
69	L	March 19, 1960	3–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1959–60)	16–38–15
70	W	March 20, 1960	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1959–60)	17–38–15

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	A	Pts	PIM
Andy Bathgate	70	26	48	74	28
Dean Prentice	70	32	34	66	43
Andy Hebenton	70	19	27	46	4
George Sullivan	70	12	25	37	81
Larry Popein	66	14	22	36	16
Ken Schinkel	69	13	16	29	27
Brian Cullen	64	8	21	29	6
Camille Henry	49	12	15	27	6
Eddie Shack	62	8	10	18	110
Robert Kabel	44	5	11	16	32
Jim Bartlett	44	8	4	12	48
Art Stratton	18	2	5	7	2
Mel Pearson	23	1	5	6	13
Earl Ingarfield	20	1	2	3	2
Bill Sweeney	4	1	0	1	0
Parker MacDonald	4	0	0	0	0
Dave Balon	3	0	0	0	0

Defencemen

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Gadsby	65	9	22	31	60
Lou Fontinato	64	2	11	13	137
Harry Howell	67	7	6	13	58
John Hanna	61	4	8	12	87
Jack Bownass	37	2	5	7	34
Irv Spencer	32	1	2	3	20
Ian Cushenan	17	0	1	1	22
Noel Price	6	0	0	0	2

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	39	7	23	8	0	3.52
Marcel Paille	17	6	9	2	1	3.94
Al Rollins	10	3	4	3	0	3.10
Jack McCartan	4	1	1	2	0	1.75
Joe Schaefer	1	0	1	0	0	7.69

Awards and Records

• Dean Prentice, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

See Also

• 1959–60 NHL season

External Links

• 1959–60 New York Rangers Statistics

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)