1967–68 New York Rangers season

1967–68 New York Rangers
Division	2nd East
1967–68 record	39–23–12
Goals for	226
Goals against	183
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Jean Ratelle (32)
Assists	Rod Gilbert (48)
Points	Jean Ratelle (78)
Penalty minutes	Reg Fleming (132)
Wins	Eddie Giacomin (36)
Goals against average	Gilles Villemure (2.40)

The 1967–68 New York Rangers season was the 42nd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 2nd in the East Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.

Pre-season

The Rangers held their training camp in Kitchener, Ontario.

Regular Season

Walt Tkaczuk played his first of 945 games for the Rangers on January 24, 1968.

Final Standings

East Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	74	42	22	10	236	167	94
New York Rangers	74	39	23	12	226	183	90
Boston Bruins	74	37	27	10	259	216	84
Chicago Black Hawks	74	32	26	16	212	222	80
Toronto Maple Leafs	74	33	31	10	209	176	76
Detroit Red Wings	74	27	35	12	245	257	66

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1967	6–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	1–0–0
2	L	October 15, 1967	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	1–1–0
3	T	October 18, 1967	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	1–1–1
4	W	October 21, 1967	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	2–1–1
5	W	October 22, 1967	6–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	3–1–1
6	T	October 25, 1967	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	3–1–2
7	T	October 26, 1967	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	3–1–3
8	W	October 29, 1967	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	4–1–3
9	W	October 31, 1967	6–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	5–1–3
10	W	November 1, 1967	2–0	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	6–1–3
11	L	November 4, 1967	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	6–2–3
12	L	November 8, 1967	3–6	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	6–3–3
13	W	November 12, 1967	5–3	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	7–3–3
14	L	November 16, 1967	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	7–4–3
15	L	November 18, 1967	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	7–5–3
16	W	November 19, 1967	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	8–5–3
17	L	November 22, 1967	1–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	8–6–3
18	L	November 23, 1967	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	8–7–3
19	W	November 26, 1967	1–0	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	9–7–3
20	L	November 29, 1967	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	9–8–3
21	W	December 2, 1967	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	10–8–3
22	W	December 3, 1967	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	11–8–3
23	T	December 6, 1967	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	11–8–4
24	L	December 7, 1967	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	11–9–4
25	L	December 9, 1967	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	11–10–4
26	W	December 10, 1967	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	12–10–4
27	L	December 13, 1967	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	12–11–4
28	L	December 16, 1967	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	12–12–4
29	W	December 17, 1967	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	13–12–4
30	W	December 20, 1967	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	14–12–4
31	L	December 23, 1967	0–4	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	14–13–4
32	W	December 25, 1967	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	15–13–4
33	T	December 27, 1967	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	15–13–5
34	T	December 30, 1967	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	15–13–6
35	W	December 31, 1967	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	16–13–6
36	T	January 3, 1968	5–5	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	16–13–7
37	L	January 6, 1968	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	16–14–7
38	W	January 7, 1968	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	17–14–7
39	T	January 10, 1968	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	17–14–8
40	W	January 13, 1968	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	18–14–8
41	W	January 17, 1968	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	19–14–8
42	L	January 19, 1968	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	19–15–8
43	W	January 20, 1968	3–0	@ Oakland Seals (1967–68)	20–15–8
44	W	January 24, 1968	2–1	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	21–15–8
45	L	January 27, 1968	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1967–68)	21–16–8
46	W	January 28, 1968	4–2	Oakland Seals (1967–68)	22–16–8
47	L	January 31, 1968	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	22–17–8
48	L	February 1, 1968	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	22–18–8
49	T	February 3, 1968	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	22–18–9
50	W	February 4, 1968	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	23–18–9
51	W	February 8, 1968	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	24–18–9
52	T	February 10, 1968	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	24–18–10
53	T	February 11, 1968	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	24–18–11
54	W	February 15, 1968	6–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	25–18–11
55	W	February 17, 1968	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	26–18–11
56	W	February 18, 1968	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	27–18–11
57	L	February 21, 1968	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	27–19–11
58	W	February 24, 1968	6–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	28–19–11
59	W	February 25, 1968	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	29–19–11
60	W	February 29, 1968	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	30–19–11
61	W	March 2, 1968	4–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1967–68)	31–19–11
62	W	March 3, 1968	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	32–19–11
63	W	March 6, 1968	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	33–19–11
64	T	March 9, 1968	1–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1967–68)	33–19–12
65	L	March 10, 1968	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1967–68)	33–20–12
66	L	March 13, 1968	1–2	Boston Bruins (1967–68)	33–21–12
67	L	March 14, 1968	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	33–22–12
68	W	March 17, 1968	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–68)	34–22–12
69	W	March 20, 1968	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1967–68)	35–22–12
70	L	March 23, 1968	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	35–23–12
71	W	March 24, 1968	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1967–68)	36–23–12
72	W	March 28, 1968	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1967–68)	37–23–12
73	W	March 30, 1968	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1967–68)	38–23–12
74	W	March 31, 1968	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1967–68)	39–23–12

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
19	Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	74	32	46	78	18	10	0	5
7	Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	73	29	48	77	12	8	0	6
20	Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	73	25	40	65	10	4	0	7
8	Nevin, BobBob Nevin	RW	74	28	30	58	20	3	0	4
22	Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	70	19	30	49	2	4	0	3
11	Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	LW	59	20	19	39	45	7	0	7
25	Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	73	15	20	35	82	2	0	2
15	Neilson, JimJim Neilson	D	67	6	29	35	60	2	0	1
3	Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	74	5	24	29	62	1	0	2
4	Brown, ArnieArnie Brown	D	74	1	25	26	83	0	0	0
9	Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming	D/LW	73	17	7	24	132	0	1	0
5	Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	59	5	16	21	11	4	0	0
21	Henry, CamilleCamille Henry	C	36	8	12	20	0	1	0	0
16	Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	71	5	11	16	44	0	0	1
12	Stewart, RonRon Stewart	RW	55	7	7	14	19	0	0	1
10, 17	Jeffrey, LarryLarry Jeffrey	LW	47	2	4	6	15	0	0	0
2	Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	D	62	0	5	5	46	0	0	0
24	Berenson, RedRed Berenson	C	19	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
18	Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey	RW	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
24	Attwell, RonRon Attwell	RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
6	Hamilton, AlAl Hamilton	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Simmons, DonDon Simmons	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	66	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	3940	66	36	20	10	160	2.44	8
Simmons, DonDon Simmons	300	5	2	1	2	13	2.60	0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	200	4	1	2	0	8	2.40	1
Team:	4440	74	39	23	12	181	2.45	9

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	6	5	0	5	4	0	0	0
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	6	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Marshall, DonDon Marshall	LW	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	1
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield	LW	6	1	2	3	6	1	0	0
Nevin, BobBob Nevin	RW	6	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Stewart, RonRon Stewart	RW	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming	D/LW	6	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Neilson, JimJim Neilson	D	6	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	6	1	0	1	26	0	0	0
Brown, ArnieArnie Brown	D	6	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Geoffrion, BernieBernie Geoffrion	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Goyette, PhilPhil Goyette	C	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Henry, CamilleCamille Henry	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hextall, DennisDennis Hextall	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeffrey, LarryLarry Jeffrey	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	360	6	2	4	18	3.00	0
Team:	360	6	2	4	18	3.00	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

• Rod Gilbert, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Jim Neilson, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Eddie Giacomin, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star

Trivia

• Rangers who recorded a Hat trick this season include:
  • Rod Gilbert during the 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on December 17, 1967.
  • Jean Ratelle during the 6-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 7, 1968.
  • Rod Gilbert had a four goal game during the 6-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on February 24, 1968.
  • Bob Nevin during the 5-3 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on March 20, 1968.

Gallery

Phil Esposito beats Eddie Giacomin in a September 1967 pre-season game.

Phil Esposito in action, March 13, 1968.

See Also

• 1967–68 NHL season

References

• 1967–68 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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