1974–75 New York Rangers season

1974–75 New York Rangers
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	2nd Campbell
1974–75 record	37–29–14
Goals for	319
Goals against	276
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Brad Park
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Vickers (41)
Assists	Rod Gilbert (61)
Points	Rod Gilbert (97)
Penalty minutes	Derek Sanderson (106)
Wins	Gilles Villemure (22)
Goals against average	Gilles Villemure (3.16)

The 1974–75 New York Rangers season was the 49th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). A league realignment had the Rangers moved into the new Patrick Division within the Campbell Conference, where the team finished 2nd with 88 points. They qualified for the playoffs, losing in the preliminary round to the New York Islanders 2–1 in a best of three games series.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	18	11	293	181	113
New York Rangers	80	37	29	14	319	276	88
New York Islanders	80	33	25	22	264	221	88
Atlanta Flames	80	34	31	15	243	233	83

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 schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1974	6–3	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	1–0–0
2	L	October 12, 1974	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	1–1–0
3	T	October 16, 1974	5–5	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	1–1–1
4	W	October 19, 1974	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	2–1–1
5	L	October 20, 1974	0–1	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	2–2–1
6	W	October 23, 1974	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	3–2–1
7	W	October 26, 1974	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	4–2–1
8	W	October 27, 1974	4–1	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	5–2–1
9	T	October 30, 1974	1–1	New York Islanders (1974–75)	5–2–2
10	L	October 31, 1974	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	5–3–2
11	L	November 3, 1974	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	5–4–2
12	L	November 5, 1974	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	5–5–2
13	W	November 6, 1974	7–3	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	6–5–2
14	T	November 9, 1974	2–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	6–5–3
15	L	November 13, 1974	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	6–6–3
16	T	November 16, 1974	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	6–6–4
17	W	November 17, 1974	10–0	California Golden Seals (1974–75)	7–6–4
18	W	November 20, 1974	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	8–6–4
19	L	November 23, 1974	2–5	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	8–7–4
20	W	November 24, 1974	7–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	9–7–4
21	W	November 27, 1974	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	10–7–4
22	L	November 29, 1974	2–3	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	10–8–4
23	T	December 1, 1974	4–4	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	10–8–5
24	W	December 4, 1974	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	11–8–5
25	W	December 7, 1974	7–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	12–8–5
26	T	December 8, 1974	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	12–8–6
27	T	December 12, 1974	6–6	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	12–8–7
28	L	December 14, 1974	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	12–9–7
29	T	December 15, 1974	3–3	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	12–9–8
30	W	December 18, 1974	7–0	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	13–9–8
31	L	December 19, 1974	3–11	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	13–10–8
32	L	December 22, 1974	3–4	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	13–11–8
33	W	December 27, 1974	9–5	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	14–11–8
34	W	December 29, 1974	2–1	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	15–11–8
35	W	December 30, 1974	8–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	16–11–8
36	W	January 1, 1975	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	17–11–8
37	W	January 4, 1975	5–3	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	18–11–8
38	W	January 5, 1975	6–2	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	19–11–8
39	W	January 8, 1975	6–1	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	20–11–8
40	W	January 11, 1975	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	21–11–8
41	L	January 12, 1975	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	21–12–8
42	W	January 15, 1975	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	22–12–8
43	T	January 17, 1975	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1974–75)	22–12–9
44	W	January 18, 1975	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	23–12–9
45	W	January 23, 1975	5–2	Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	24–12–9
46	L	January 25, 1975	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	24–13–9
47	W	January 26, 1975	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	25–13–9
48	L	January 28, 1975	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1974–75)	25–14–9
49	L	January 30, 1975	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	25–15–9
50	W	February 1, 1975	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	26–15–9
51	T	February 2, 1975	5–5	Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	26–15–10
52	L	February 5, 1975	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	26–16–10
53	W	February 6, 1975	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	27–16–10
54	L	February 8, 1975	1–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	27–17–10
55	W	February 9, 1975	7–3	Washington Capitals (1974–75)	28–17–10
56	L	February 11, 1975	4–7	@ Washington Capitals (1974–75)	28–18–10
57	W	February 15, 1975	9–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	29–18–10
58	T	February 16, 1975	5–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	29–18–11
59	T	February 18, 1975	2–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	29–18–12
60	T	February 19, 1975	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1974–75)	29–18–13
61	L	February 22, 1975	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1974–75)	29–19–13
62	W	February 23, 1975	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	30–19–13
63	W	February 26, 1975	5–1	St. Louis Blues (1974–75)	31–19–13
64	L	March 2, 1975	6–8	Pittsburgh Penguins (1974–75)	31–20–13
65	L	March 5, 1975	3–6	Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	31–21–13
66	W	March 7, 1975	5–2	@ Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	32–21–13
67	L	March 9, 1975	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1974–75)	32–22–13
68	L	March 11, 1975	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1974–75)	32–23–13
69	W	March 12, 1975	5–3	New York Islanders (1974–75)	33–23–13
70	L	March 14, 1975	0–1	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	33–24–13
71	W	March 19, 1975	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1974–75)	34–24–13
72	L	March 20, 1975	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1974–75)	34–25–13
73	L	March 22, 1975	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1974–75)	34–26–13
74	W	March 23, 1975	7–5	Boston Bruins (1974–75)	35–26–13
75	L	March 26, 1975	2–4	Minnesota North Stars (1974–75)	35–27–13
76	L	March 29, 1975	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1974–75)	35–28–13
77	W	March 30, 1975	8–2	Kansas City Scouts (1974–75)	36–28–13
78	T	April 3, 1975	1–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1974–75)	36–28–14
79	W	April 4, 1975	3–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1974–75)	37–28–14
80	L	April 6, 1975	4–6	New York Islanders (1974–75)	37–29–14

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	76	36	61	97	22	1	11	0	1
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	79	36	55	91	26	1	15	0	6
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	LW	80	41	48	89	64	10	16	0	6
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	RW	80	24	37	61	10	13	7	2	3
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	77	24	35	59	63	-3	3	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	65	13	44	57	104	6	8	0	2
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	75	25	25	50	106	10	3	2	3
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	D	70	8	37	45	93	8	0	0	2
Polis, GregGreg Polis	LW	76	26	15	41	55	3	4	0	4
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	47	22	18	40	19	-6	6	0	2
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	C	62	11	25	36	34	1	2	0	1
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte	D	77	4	32	36	69	0	0	0	1
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	79	17	17	34	66	-15	4	0	3
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	78	17	16	33	102	-5	1	2	1
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	67	3	15	18	19	13	0	0	0
Bednarski, JohnJohn Bednarski	D	35	1	10	11	37	-1	0	0	0
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe	D	42	1	8	9	30	12	1	0	0
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	34	1	7	8	22	0	0	0	0
Wilson, BertBert Wilson	LW	61	5	1	6	66	0	1	0	1
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau	RW	8	2	2	4	0	-2	2	0	1
MacMillan, BobBob MacMillan	RW	22	1	2	3	4	3	0	0	0
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney	D	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
Zanussi, JoeJoe Zanussi	D	8	0	2	2	4	5	0	0	0
Holland, JerryJerry Holland	LW	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Monahan, HartlandHartland Monahan	RW	6	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling	D	4	0	1	1	0	-4	0	0	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	37	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0
Ridley, CurtCurt Ridley	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	G	45	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wilson, DuncDunc Wilson	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	2470	45	22	14	6	130	3.16	2
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	2069	37	13	12	8	120	3.48	1
Ridley, CurtCurt Ridley	81	2	1	1	0	7	5.19	0
Wilson, DuncDunc Wilson	180	3	1	2	0	13	4.33	0
Team:	4800	80	37	29	14	270	3.38	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers	LW	3	2	4	6	6	0	0	0
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	3	1	5	6	2	1	0	0
Park, BradBrad Park	D	3	1	4	5	2	0	0	0
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn	RW	3	4	0	4	13	2	1	0
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	3	1	3	4	2	0	0	0
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk	C	3	1	2	3	5	0	0	0
Butler, JerryJerry Butler	RW	3	1	0	1	16	0	0	0
Harris, RonRon Harris	D	3	1	0	1	9	0	0	1
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski	C	3	1	0	1	10	0	0	0
Beverley, NickNick Beverley	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	D	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Irvine, TedTed Irvine	LW	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte	D	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Bednarski, JohnJohn Bednarski	D	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	G	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Middleton, RickRick Middleton	RW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Polis, GregGreg Polis	LW	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Sanderson, DerekDerek Sanderson	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure	94	2	1	0	6	3.83	0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin	86	2	0	2	4	2.79	0
Team:	180	3	1	2	10	3.33	0

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; 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;

See also

• 1974–75 NHL season

External links

• York Rangers/1975_games.html 1974–75 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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