1953–54 New York Rangers season

The 1953–54 New York Rangers season saw the Rangers finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 29 wins, 31 losses, and 10 ties for 68 points.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	191	132	+59	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	24	11	195	141	+54	81
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	24	14	152	131	+21	78
4	Boston Bruins	70	32	28	10	177	181	−4	74
5	New York Rangers	70	29	31	10	161	182	−21	68
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	12	51	7	133	242	−109	31

Schedule and results

1953–54 Game Log

October: 2–6–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–4–1)

November: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–1)

December: 3–8–3 (Home: 3–3–3; Road: 0–5–0)

January: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 5–2–1)

February: 6–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)

March: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–1–2)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1954 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ronty, PaulPaul Ronty	70	13	33	46	18
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh	70	15	30	45	16
Hergesheimer, WallyWally Hergesheimer	66	27	16	43	42
Henry, CamilleCamille Henry	66	24	15	39	10
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	68	19	16	35	22
Bentley, MaxMax Bentley	57	14	18	32	15
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	52	4	13	17	18
Buller, HyHy Buller	41	3	14	17	40
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	67	7	9	16	58
Kullman, EdEd Kullman	70	4	10	14	44
Irwin, IvanIvan Irwin	56	2	12	14	109
Hildebrand, IkeIke Hildebrand^‡	31	6	7	13	12
Bentley, DougDoug Bentley	20	2	10	12	2
Chrystal, BobBob Chrystal	64	5	5	10	44
Evans, JackJack Evans	44	4	4	8	73
Reise, LeoLeo Reise	70	3	5	8	71
Guidolin, AldoAldo Guidolin	68	2	6	8	51
Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	35	1	6	7	2
Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	20	2	2	4	18
Murphy, RonRon Murphy	27	1	3	4	20
Sonmor, GlenGlen Sonmor	15	2	0	2	17
Dea, BillyBilly Dea	14	1	1	2	2
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	10	0	2	2	11
Howe, VicVic Howe	1	0	0	0	0
Chalmers, WilliamWilliam Chalmers	1	0	0	0	0
Kukulowicz, AdolphAdolph Kukulowicz	1	0	0	0	0
McCreary, BillBill McCreary	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bower, JohnnyJohnny Bower	70	4200	29	31	10	182	2.60	5

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

Rangers on Hockey Database

↑ "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1953–54 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

1953–54 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	All-Star Game Detroit Red Wings prison game Stanley Cup Finals

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN-FM

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

Culture and lore

New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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