1933–34 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1933–34 New York Rangers
Division3rd American
1933–34 record17–17–10
Goals for136
Goals against143
Team information
General managerLester Patrick
CoachLester Patrick
CaptainBill Cook
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Team leaders
GoalsBun Cook (18)
AssistsFrank Boucher (30)
PointsFrank Boucher (44)
Penalty minutesChing Johnson (86)
WinsAndy Aitkenhead (21)
Goals against averageAndy Aitkenhead (2.27)

The 1933–34 New York Rangers season was the franchise's eighth season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 21–19–8 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Maroons 2–1 in a two-game, total goals series.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Detroit Red Wings 48 24 14 10 113 98 58
Chicago Black Hawks 48 20 17 11 88 83 51
New York Rangers 48 21 19 8 120 113 50
Boston Bruins 48 18 25 5 111 130 41

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

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

1933–34 NHL records[2]
Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total
Boston — 3–2–1 1–4–1 2–3–1 6–9–3
Chicago 2–3–1 — 1–4–1 2–3–1 5–10–3
Detroit 4–1–1 4–1–1 — 3–3 11–5–2
N.Y. Rangers 3–2–1 3–2–1 3–3 — 9–7–2

Vs. Canadian Division

1933–34 NHL records
Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total
Boston 5–1 1–4–1 3–3 2–4 1–4–1 12–16–2
Chicago 3–2–1 2–2–2 3–1–2 4–0–2 3–2–1 15–7–8
Detroit 2–3–1 2–1–3 3–0–3 4–2 2–3–1 13–9–8
N.Y. Rangers 3–2–1 3–2–1 2–4 4–1–1 0–3–3 12–12–6


Schedule and results

1933–34 Game Log
November: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–4–0)
Game November Opponent Score Record
1 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 0–1–0
2 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 0–2–0
3 16 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 1–2–0
4 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 1–3–0
5 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 – 1 OT 1–3–1
6 25 @ Montreal Maroons 1–0 1–4–1
December: 6–2–4 (Home: 2–2–4; Road: 4–0–0)
Game December Opponent Score Record
7 2 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 2–4–1
8 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 0 OT 3–4–1
9 7 Montreal Canadiens 0 – 0 OT 3–4–2
10 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–4–2
11 12 New York Americans 3–0 4–5–2
12 14 @ Ottawa Senators 4–3 5–5–2
13 17 Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 5–5–3
14 21 Ottawa Senators 0 – 0 OT 5–5–4
15 24 @ New York Americans 3–1 6–5–4
16 25 Montreal Maroons 3–0 7–5–4
17 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – 2 OT 7–5–5
18 31 New York Americans 3–1 7–6–5
January: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 2–4–1)
Game January Opponent Score Record
19 2 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 8–6–5
20 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 8–7–5
21 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 8–7–6
22 9 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 9–7–6
23 11 @ Ottawa Senators 5–3 10–7–6
24 14 Montreal Maroons 3–1 11–7–6
25 16 @ New York Americans 2–1 11–8–6
26 18 Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 12–8–6
27 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–4 12–9–6
28 23 Ottawa Senators 5–2 13–9–6
29 25 @ Ottawa Senators 6–3 14–9–6
30 28 Boston Bruins 4–2 15–9–6
31 30 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 15–10–6
February: 4–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)
Game February Opponent Score Record
32 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 – 5 OT 15–10–7
33 3 @ Montreal Maroons 4–2 16–10–7
34 6 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 17–10–7
35 11 New York Americans 4–3 17–11–7
36 13 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 18–11–7
37 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 18–12–7
38 18 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 18–13–7
39 22 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 19–13–7
40 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 8–3 19–14–7
41 27 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–1 19–15–7
March: 2–4–1 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 2–1–1)
Game March Opponent Score Record
42 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 20–15–7
43 6 Ottawa Senators 5 – 4 OT 20–16–7
44 8 @ Montreal Maroons 2 – 2 OT 20–16–8
45 11 Montreal Maroons 7 – 3 OT 20–17–8
46 13 @ New York Americans 2–1 21–17–8
47 15 Boston Bruins 3–2 21–18–8
48 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 21–19–8

Playoffs

Key:   Win   Loss

1934 Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – Montreal wins series 2 goals to 1 goal
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 March 20 New York Rangers 0–0 Montreal Maroons OT Series tied 0 goals to 0 goals
2 March 25 Montreal Maroons 2–1 New York Rangers Montreal wins series 2 goals to 1 goal

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Frank Boucher 48 14 30 44 4
Cecil Dillon 48 13 26 39 10
Frederick Cook 48 18 15 33 36
Murray Murdoch 48 17 10 27 29
Bill Cook 48 13 13 26 21
Earl Seibert 48 13 10 23 66
Melville Keeling 48 15 5 20 20
Vic Ripley† 35 5 12 17 10
Oscar Asmundson 46 2 6 8 8
Ivan Johnson 48 2 6 8 86
Ehrhardt Heller 48 2 5 7 29
Danny Cox† 15 5 0 5 2
Art Somers 8 1 2 3 5
Loudus Dutkowski† 29 0 3 3 16
Jean Pusie 19 0 2 2 17
Albert Siebert† 13 0 1 1 18
Albert Leduc† 7 0 0 0 6
Lorne Carr 14 0 0 0 0
Doug Brennan 37 0 0 0 18
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Vic Ripley 2 1 0 1 4
Cecil Dillon 2 0 1 1 2
Doug Brennan 1 0 0 0 0
Loudus Dutkowski 2 0 0 0 0
Art Somers 2 0 0 0 0
Danny Cox 2 0 0 0 0
Ehrhardt Heller 2 0 0 0 0
Ivan Johnson 2 0 0 0 4
Oscar Asmundson 1 0 0 0 0
Melville Keeling 2 0 0 0 0
Earl Seibert 2 0 0 0 4
Bill Cook 2 0 0 0 2
Murray Murdoch 2 0 0 0 0
Frederick Cook 2 0 0 0 2
Frank Boucher 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Andy Aitkenhead 48 2990 21 19 8 113 2.27 7
Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SO
Andy Aitkenhead 2 120 0 1 1 2 1.00 1

†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;

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1933–34 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  • "1933–34 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
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