The 1956–57 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 31st season.
1956–57 New York Rangers | |
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League | 4th NHL |
1956–57 record | 26–30–14 |
Home record | 15–12–8 |
Road record | 11–18–6 |
Goals for | 184 |
Goals against | 227 |
Team information | |
General manager | Muzz Patrick |
Coach | Phil Watson |
Captain | Harry Howell |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Andy Bathgate (27) |
Assists | Andy Bathgate (50) |
Points | Andy Bathgate (77) |
Penalty minutes | Lou Fontinato (139) |
Wins | Gump Worsley (26) |
Goals against average | Johnny Bower (3.00) |
Regular season
editSeason standings
editGP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 198 | 157 | +41 | 88 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 210 | 155 | +55 | 82 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 195 | 174 | +21 | 80 |
4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 184 | 227 | −43 | 66 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 21 | 34 | 15 | 174 | 192 | −18 | 57 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 169 | 225 | −56 | 47 |
Record vs. opponents
edit1956–57 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 8–5–1 | 7–4–3 | 7–4–3 | 5–8–1 | 7–3–4 | ||||||
Chicago | 5–8–1 | — | 2–10–2 | 3–8–3 | 1–7–6 | 5–6–3 | ||||||
Detroit | 4–7–3 | 10–2–2 | — | 4–6–4 | 10–3–1 | 10–2–2 | ||||||
Montreal | 4–7–3 | 8–3–3 | 6–4–4 | — | 8–5–1 | 9–4–1 | ||||||
New York | 8–5–1 | 7–1–6 | 3–10–1 | 5–8–1 | — | 3–6–5 | ||||||
Toronto | 3–7–4 | 6–5–3 | 2–10–2 | 4–9–1 | 6–3–5 | — |
Schedule and results
edit1956–57 regular season[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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October: 4–3–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 1–3–0)
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November: 2–7–4 (home: 1–3–3; road: 1–4–1)
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December: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–4–1)
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January: 5–7–1 (home: 1–4–0; road: 4–3–1)
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February: 6–4–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 1–3–2)
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March: 4–3–3 (home: 1–2–2; road: 3–1–1)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
edit1957 Stanley Cup playoffs[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals vs. (2) Montreal Canadiens – Montreal wins 4–1
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
edit- Skaters
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- Goaltenders
Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
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Lorne Worsley | 68 | 4080 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 217 | 3.24 | 2341 | .907 | 3 |
Johnny Bower | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.00 | 47 | .872 | 0 |
Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Lorne Worsley | 5 | 316 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 3.99 | 0 |
†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.
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
edit- ^ "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ a b "1956-57 New York Rangers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
- ^ "1956–57 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.