1962–63 New York Rangers season

1962–63 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1962–63 record	22–36–12
Goals for	211
Goals against	233
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Muzz Patrick Red Sullivan
Captain	Andy Bathgate
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Camille Henry (37)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (46)
Points	Andy Bathgate (81)
Penalty minutes	Doug Harvey (92)
Wins	Gump Worsley (22)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (3.27)

The 1962–63 New York Rangers season was the 37th 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

The career of Lou Fontinato was ended, March 9, 1963.

Lou Fontinato's career came to a tragic end March 9th when he tried to check Vic Hadfield and instead was thrown headlong into the boards by the Ranger player. Fontinato lay motionless on the ice for some time before being carried off the ice on a stretcher and taken to Montreal General Hospital where the diagnosis was a fractured neck, a crushed cervical vertebra. He gradually recovered from his paralyzed condition, but would never play hockey again. Jacques Laperriere replaced Fontinato on the Canadiens defence.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	23	12	221	180	816	82
Chicago Black Hawks	70	32	21	17	194	178	906	81
Montreal Canadiens	70	28	19	23	225	183	751	79
Detroit Red Wings	70	32	25	13	200	194	964	77
New York Rangers	70	22	36	12	211	233	657	56
Boston Bruins	70	14	39	17	198	281	636	45

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1962	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	0–1–0
2	L	October 13, 1962	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	0–2–0
3	W	October 14, 1962	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	1–2–0
4	L	October 17, 1962	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	1–3–0
5	T	October 21, 1962	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	1–3–1
6	W	October 27, 1962	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	2–3–1
7	L	October 28, 1962	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	2–4–1
8	L	October 30, 1962	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	2–5–1
9	L	November 1, 1962	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	2–6–1
10	T	November 3, 1962	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	2–6–2
11	W	November 4, 1962	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	3–6–2
12	L	November 7, 1962	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	3–7–2
13	L	November 10, 1962	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	3–8–2
14	L	November 11, 1962	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	3–9–2
15	W	November 14, 1962	6–2	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	4–9–2
16	L	November 17, 1962	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	4–10–2
17	W	November 18, 1962	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	5–10–2
18	W	November 21, 1962	4–2	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	6–10–2
19	W	November 22, 1962	7–1	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	7–10–2
20	L	November 24, 1962	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	7–11–2
21	L	November 25, 1962	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	7–12–2
22	W	November 29, 1962	5–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	8–12–2
23	L	December 2, 1962	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	8–13–2
24	T	December 5, 1962	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	8–13–3
25	T	December 8, 1962	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	8–13–4
26	L	December 9, 1962	2–4	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	8–14–4
27	L	December 12, 1962	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	8–15–4
28	L	December 13, 1962	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	8–16–4
29	W	December 15, 1962	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	9–16–4
30	W	December 16, 1962	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	10–16–4
31	L	December 22, 1962	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	10–17–4
32	L	December 23, 1962	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	10–18–4
33	L	December 25, 1962	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	10–19–4
34	W	December 27, 1962	9–3	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	11–19–4
35	T	December 30, 1962	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	11–19–5
36	T	December 31, 1962	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	11–19–6
37	W	January 2, 1963	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	12–19–6
38	T	January 5, 1963	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	12–19–7
39	L	January 6, 1963	0–6	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	12–20–7
40	L	January 12, 1963	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	12–21–7
41	L	January 13, 1963	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	12–22–7
42	W	January 19, 1963	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	13–22–7
43	L	January 20, 1963	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	13–23–7
44	T	January 23, 1963	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	13–23–8
45	W	January 26, 1963	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	14–23–8
46	L	January 27, 1963	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	14–24–8
47	L	January 30, 1963	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	14–25–8
48	T	February 2, 1963	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	14–25–9
49	L	February 3, 1963	4–6	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	14–26–9
50	W	February 6, 1963	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	15–26–9
51	T	February 9, 1963	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	15–26–10
52	L	February 10, 1963	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	15–27–10
53	L	February 12, 1963	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	15–28–10
54	L	February 16, 1963	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	15–29–10
55	W	February 17, 1963	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	16–29–10
56	T	February 20, 1963	3–3	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	16–29–11
57	L	February 23, 1963	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	16–30–11
58	L	February 24, 1963	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	16–31–11
59	W	February 26, 1963	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	17–31–11
60	W	February 28, 1963	6–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	18–31–11
61	L	March 2, 1963	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	18–32–11
62	L	March 3, 1963	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	18–33–11
63	W	March 6, 1963	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	19–33–11
64	W	March 9, 1963	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	20–33–11
65	L	March 10, 1963	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	20–34–11
66	L	March 14, 1963	4–9	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63)	20–35–11
67	L	March 17, 1963	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	20–36–11
68	W	March 20, 1963	5–1	Boston Bruins (1962–63)	21–36–11
69	T	March 21, 1963	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63)	21–36–12
70	W	March 24, 1963	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63)	22–36–12

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	35	46	81	54
Henry, CamilleCamille Henry	C	60	37	23	60	8
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield	C	69	19	24	43	40
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	68	4	35	39	92
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	49	13	25	38	18
Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton	RW	70	15	22	37	8
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	70	11	20	31	20
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	70	5	20	25	55
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	70	11	13	24	72
McKenney, DonDon McKenney	C	21	8	16	24	4
Horvath, BroncoBronco Horvath	C	41	7	15	22	34
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	48	11	9	20	8
Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan	D	56	6	14	20	47
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	D	69	5	11	16	38
Langlois, AlbertAlbert Langlois	D	60	2	14	16	62
Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	RW	69	6	9	15	15
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	LW	36	5	6	11	32
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	23	5	4	9	6
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	46	4	2	6	2
Johns, DonDon Johns	D	6	0	4	4	6
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	C	21	0	2	2	10
Keller, RalphRalph Keller	D	3	1	0	1	6
Pearson, MelMel Pearson	LW	5	1	0	1	6
Rupp, DuaneDuane Rupp	D	2	0	0	0	0
Pelletier, MarcelMarcel Pelletier	G	2	0	0	0	0
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	G	3	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	67	0	0	0	14

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	3980	67	22	34	10	217	3.27	2
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	180	3	0	1	2	10	3.33	0
Pelletier, MarcelMarcel Pelletier	40	2	0	1	0	3	4.50	0
Team:	4200	70	22	36	12	230	3.29	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

• Andy Bathgate, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Game Ads

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

See Also

• 1962–63 NHL season

References

• 1962–63 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)