1968–69 New York Rangers | |
Division | 3rd East |
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1968–69 record | 41–26–9 |
Goals for | 231 |
Goals against | 196 |
Team information | |
General manager | Emile Francis |
Coach | Bernie Geoffrion Emile Francis |
Captain | Bob Nevin |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jean Ratelle (32) |
Assists | Rod Gilbert (49) |
Points | Jean Ratelle (78) |
Penalty minutes | Reggie Fleming (138) |
Wins | Ed Giacomin (37) |
Goals against average | Gilles Villemure (2.25) |
The 1968–69 New York Rangers season was the 43rd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 3rd in the East Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 0.
Off-season[]
Regular Season[]
Final Standings[]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |
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Montreal Canadiens | 76 | 46 | 19 | 11 | 271 | 202 | 103 |
Boston Bruins | 76 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 303 | 221 | 100 |
New York Rangers | 76 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 231 | 196 | 91 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 76 | 35 | 26 | 15 | 234 | 217 | 85 |
Detroit Red Wings | 76 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 239 | 221 | 78 |
Chicago Black Hawks | 76 | 34 | 33 | 9 | 280 | 246 | 77 |
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 | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | L | October 13, 1968 | 2–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 0–1–0 |
2 | W | October 16, 1968 | 3–1 | Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 1–1–0 |
3 | L | October 17, 1968 | 2–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 1–2–0 |
4 | W | October 20, 1968 | 7–0 | Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 2–2–0 |
5 | W | October 23, 1968 | 6–1 | Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 3–2–0 |
6 | W | October 26, 1968 | 3–0 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 4–2–0 |
7 | L | October 27, 1968 | 3–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 4–3–0 |
8 | W | October 30, 1968 | 7–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) | 5–3–0 |
9 | W | October 31, 1968 | 2–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 6–3–0 |
10 | W | November 3, 1968 | 2–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 7–3–0 |
11 | L | November 6, 1968 | 0–2 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 7–4–0 |
12 | W | November 8, 1968 | 3–2 | @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 8–4–0 |
13 | W | November 10, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 9–4–0 |
14 | L | November 13, 1968 | 1–3 | St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 9–5–0 |
15 | W | November 16, 1968 | 2–1 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) | 10–5–0 |
16 | W | November 17, 1968 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 11–5–0 |
17 | W | November 20, 1968 | 4–2 | Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 12–5–0 |
18 | L | November 23, 1968 | 1–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 12–6–0 |
19 | W | November 24, 1968 | 3–2 | Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 13–6–0 |
20 | L | November 27, 1968 | 2–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 13–7–0 |
21 | W | November 30, 1968 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 14–7–0 |
22 | W | December 1, 1968 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 15–7–0 |
23 | W | December 4, 1968 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 16–7–0 |
24 | L | December 5, 1968 | 2–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 16–8–0 |
25 | L | December 7, 1968 | 2–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 16–9–0 |
26 | L | December 8, 1968 | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 16–10–0 |
27 | T | December 11, 1968 | 2–2 | Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 16–10–1 |
28 | L | December 14, 1968 | 1–4 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 16–11–1 |
29 | L | December 15, 1968 | 1–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 16–12–1 |
30 | L | December 18, 1968 | 1–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 16–13–1 |
31 | T | December 21, 1968 | 2–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 16–13–2 |
32 | W | December 22, 1968 | 4–2 | Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 17–13–2 |
33 | T | December 25, 1968 | 2–2 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 17–13–3 |
34 | W | December 26, 1968 | 3–1 | Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 18–13–3 |
35 | L | December 28, 1968 | 3–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 18–14–3 |
36 | W | December 29, 1968 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 19–14–3 |
37 | L | January 2, 1969 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 19–15–3 |
38 | L | January 4, 1969 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 19–16–3 |
39 | W | January 5, 1969 | 5–1 | Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 20–16–3 |
40 | W | January 9, 1969 | 3–1 | @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 21–16–3 |
41 | L | January 11, 1969 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 21–17–3 |
42 | L | January 14, 1969 | 1–3 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 21–18–3 |
43 | W | January 17, 1969 | 3–1 | @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 22–18–3 |
44 | T | January 18, 1969 | 2–2 | @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 22–18–4 |
45 | W | January 23, 1969 | 3–1 | Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 23–18–4 |
46 | W | January 25, 1969 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 24–18–4 |
47 | W | January 26, 1969 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 25–18–4 |
48 | W | January 29, 1969 | 2–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 26–18–4 |
49 | W | January 30, 1969 | 4–3 | @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 27–18–4 |
50 | L | February 1, 1969 | 2–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 27–19–4 |
51 | W | February 2, 1969 | 7–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) | 28–19–4 |
52 | L | February 5, 1969 | 2–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) | 28–20–4 |
53 | W | February 8, 1969 | 2–0 | St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 29–20–4 |
54 | T | February 9, 1969 | 3–3 | Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) | 29–20–5 |
55 | L | February 12, 1969 | 2–3 | @ Oakland Seals (1968–69) | 29–21–5 |
56 | L | February 13, 1969 | 1–4 | @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) | 29–22–5 |
57 | L | February 15, 1969 | 2–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 29–23–5 |
58 | W | February 16, 1969 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 30–23–5 |
59 | T | February 19, 1969 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 30–23–6 |
60 | W | February 23, 1969 | 9–0 | Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 31–23–6 |
61 | W | February 26, 1969 | 5–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 32–23–6 |
62 | L | March 1, 1969 | 5–8 | @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 32–24–6 |
63 | W | March 2, 1969 | 2–1 | St. Louis Blues (1968–69) | 33–24–6 |
64 | T | March 5, 1969 | 4–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 33–24–7 |
65 | W | March 6, 1969 | 4–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 34–24–7 |
66 | W | March 8, 1969 | 5–3 | @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) | 35–24–7 |
67 | T | March 9, 1969 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 35–24–8 |
68 | W | March 12, 1969 | 4–3 | Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) | 36–24–8 |
69 | W | March 16, 1969 | 6–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) | 37–24–8 |
70 | W | March 19, 1969 | 4–2 | @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) | 38–24–8 |
71 | L | March 22, 1969 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) | 38–25–8 |
72 | W | March 23, 1969 | 4–2 | Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 39–25–8 |
73 | L | March 26, 1969 | 4–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) | 39–26–8 |
74 | T | March 27, 1969 | 3–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) | 39–26–9 |
75 | W | March 29, 1969 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 40–26–9 |
76 | W | March 30, 1969 | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) | 41–26–9 |
Playoffs[]
Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Rangers 0[]
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | April 2, 1969 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 0–1 |
2 | L | April 3, 1969 | 2–5 | @ Montreal | 0–2 |
3 | L | April 5, 1969 | 1–4 | Montreal | 0–3 |
4 | L | April 6, 1969 | 3–4 | Montreal | 0–4 |
Player Stats[]
Regular Season[]
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
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Jean Ratelle | C | 75 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
Rod Gilbert | RW | 66 | 28 | 49 | 77 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
Vic Hadfield | LW | 73 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 108 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
Bob Nevin | RW | 71 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
Phil Goyette | C | 67 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Jim Neilson | D | 76 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Don Marshall | LW | 74 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
Walt Tkaczuk | C | 71 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dave Balon | LW | 75 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ron Stewart | RW | 75 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Brad Park | D | 54 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Arnie Brown | D | 74 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rod Seiling | D | 73 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Reggie Fleming | D/LW | 72 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Harry Howell | D | 56 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Larry Jeffrey | LW | 75 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Hextall | LW | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Fairbairn | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Jones | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Orland Kurtenbach | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Trottier | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Rivers | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Blackburn | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Hamilton | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Villemure | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Simmons | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Giacomin | G | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Giacomin | 4114 | 70 | 37 | 23 | 7 | 175 | 2.55 | 7 |
Don Simmons | 206 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2.33 | 0 |
Gilles Villemure | 240 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2.25 | 0 |
Team: | 4560 | 76 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 192 | 2.53 | 7 |
Playoffs[]
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vic Hadfield | LW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Neilson | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Nevin | RW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brad Park | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Balon | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Gilbert | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Marshall | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jean Ratelle | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Seiling | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arnie Brown | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Stewart | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Tkaczuk | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Hamilton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Howell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reggie Fleming | D/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Goyette | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Jeffrey | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gilles Villemure | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Giacomin | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Giacomin | 180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 |
Gilles Villemure | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 |
Team: | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3.50 | 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[]
- Eddie Giacomin, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
Transactions[]
Draft Picks[]
Farm Teams[]
Trivia[]
- Rangers who recorded a hat trick this season include:
- Phil Goyette during the 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on October 20, 1968.
Gallery[]
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
- ↑ http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=NYR&yr=1968
- ↑ 1968-69 New York Rangers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.
- 1968–69 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
New York Rangers | |
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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) |
1968–69 NHL season by team | |
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East | Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto |
West | Los Angeles • Minnesota • Oakland • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis |
See also | 1968 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1969 Stanley Cup Finals |