1953–54 New York Rangers season

The 1953–54 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 28th season. The 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.

1953–54 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
Conference	NHL
1953–54 record	29–31–10
Goals for	161
Goals against	182
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Frank Boucher Muzz Patrick
Captain	Don Raleigh
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Wally Hergesheimer (27)
Assists	Paul Ronty (33)
Points	Paul Ronty (46)
Penalty minutes	Ivan Irwin (109)
Wins	Johnny Bower (29)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.60)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]

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		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

Record vs. opponents

1953–54 NHL Records [2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	11–1–2	3–8–3	4–6–4	7–7	7–6–1
Chicago	1–11–2	—	2–11–1	3–9–2	3–9–2	3–11
Detroit	8–3–3	11–2–1	—	6–6–2	6–5–3	6–3–5
Montreal	6–4–4	9–3–2	6–6–2	—	9–5	5–6–3
New York	7–7	9–3–2	5–6–3	5–9	—	3–6–5
Toronto	6–7–1	11–3	3–6–5	6–5–3	6–3–5	—

Schedule and results

1953–54 Game Log
October: 2–6–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–4–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 0–1–0 2 11 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 1–1–0 3 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–1 1–2–0 4 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 1–2–1 5 18 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 1–3–1 6 22 Boston Bruins 4–3 2–3–1 7 25 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 2–4–1 8 28 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 2–5–1 9 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 2–6–1
November: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 10 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 2–6–2 11 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 2–7–2 12 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 3–7–2 13 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 3–7–3 14 11 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 4–7–3 15 14 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 4–8–3 16 15 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 4–9–3 17 18 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 5–9–3 18 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 5–10–3 19 22 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 5–11–3 20 25 Boston Bruins 5–3 6–11–3 21 26 @ Boston Bruins 5–2 6–12–3 22 29 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 7–12–3
December: 3–8–3 (Home: 3–3–3; Road: 0–5–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 23 2 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 7–12–4 24 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–0 7–13–4 25 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 7–14–4 26 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 7–14–5 27 9 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 7–14–6 28 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–2 7–15–6 29 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 7–16–6 30 16 Boston Bruins 4–3 8–16–6 31 19 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 8–17–6 32 20 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 9–17–6 33 23 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 10–17–6 34 26 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 10–18–6 35 27 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 10–19–6 36 29 Boston Bruins 6–2 10–20–6
January: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 5–2–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 37 1 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 11–20–6 38 3 Montreal Canadiens 4–3 12–20–6 39 6 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 13–20–6 40 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 14–20–6 41 13 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 14–21–6 42 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 15–21–6 43 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 15–22–6 44 17 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 16–22–6 45 20 Boston Bruins 8–3 17–22–6 46 23 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 18–22–6 47 24 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 18–23–6 48 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 18–23–7 49 30 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 19–23–7
February: 6–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 50 4 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 20–23–7 51 6 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 20–24–7 52 7 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 20–25–7 53 10 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 21–25–7 54 13 @ Boston Bruins 1–0 21–26–7 55 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 21–26–8 56 17 Boston Bruins 2–1 22–26–8 57 19 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–0 23–26–8 58 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1 24–26–8 59 24 Boston Bruins 5–3 24–27–8 60 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–0 24–28–8 61 28 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 25–28–8
March: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–1–2) Game March Opponent Score Record 62 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 25–28–9 63 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 0–0 25–28–10 64 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 25–29–10 65 10 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 26–29–10 66 11 @ Boston Bruins 1–0 26–30–10 67 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 27–30–10 68 14 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 28–30–10 69 20 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 29–30–10 70 21 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 29–31–10

Playoffs

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Paul Ronty 70 13 33 46 18 Don Raleigh 70 15 30 45 16 Wally Hergesheimer 66 27 16 43 42 Camille Henry 66 24 15 39 10 Nick Mickoski 68 19 16 35 22 Max Bentley 57 14 18 32 15 Dean Prentice 52 4 13 17 18 Hy Buller 41 3 14 17 40 Harry Howell 67 7 9 16 58 Ed Kullman 70 4 10 14 44 Ivan Irwin 56 2 12 14 109 Ike Hildebrand‡ 31 6 7 13 12 Doug Bentley 20 2 10 12 2 Bob Chrystal 64 5 5 10 44 Jack Evans 44 4 4 8 73 Leo Reise 70 3 5 8 71 Aldo Guidolin 68 2 6 8 51 Edgar Laprade 35 1 6 7 2 Andy Bathgate 20 2 2 4 18 Ron Murphy 27 1 3 4 20 Glen Sonmor 15 2 0 2 17 Billy Dea 14 1 1 2 2 Allan Stanley 10 0 2 2 11 Vic Howe 1 0 0 0 0 William Chalmers 1 0 0 0 0 Aggie Kukulowicz 1 0 0 0 0 Bill McCreary 2 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnny 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

1. "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1953–54 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

External links

• Rangers on Hockey Database