1959–60 New York Rangers season

The 1959–60 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 34th season. In the regular season, the Rangers had a 17–38–15 record, and finished with 49 points. Their last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

1959–60 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1959–60 record	17–38–15
Goals for	187
Goals against	247
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson Muzz Patrick Alf Pike
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Dean Prentice (32)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (74)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (137)
Wins	Gump Worsley (7)
Goals against average	Jack McCartan (1.75)
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Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	40	18	12	255	178	+77	92
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	199	195	+4	79
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	191	180	+11	69
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	15	186	197	−11	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	28	34	8	220	241	−21	64
6	New York Rangers	70	17	38	15	187	247	−60	49

Record vs. opponents

1959–60 NHL Records [3]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	5–6–3	5–8–1	4–8	8–4–2	6–6–2
Chicago	6–5–3	—	4–8–2	3–7–4	11–1–2	4–8–2
Detroit	8–5–1	8–4–2	—	2–7–5	4–6–4	4–9–1
Montreal	8–4	7–3–4	7–2–5	—	6–6–2	10–3–1
New York	4–8–2	1–11–2	6–4–4	6–6–2	—	2–9–3
Toronto	6–6–2	8–4–2	9–4–1	3–10–1	9–2–3	—

Schedule and results

1959–60 Game Log
October: 2–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–3–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 0–1–0 2 10 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 0–2–0 3 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 0–3–0 4 14 Boston Bruins 4–3 0–4–0 5 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 1–4–0 6 18 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 1–5–0 7 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 1–6–0 8 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1 1–6–1 9 25 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 2–6–1 10 28 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 2–6–2
November: 1–8–4 (Home: 1–3–3; Road: 0–5–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 11 1 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 2–7–2 12 4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 2–8–2 13 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 8–2 2–9–2 14 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 2–9–3 15 11 Boston Bruins 6–3 3–9–3 16 14 Detroit Red Wings 4–0 3–10–3 17 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 3–10–4 18 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 3–11–4 19 22 Detroit Red Wings 5–3 3–12–4 20 25 Boston Bruins 3–3 3–12–5 21 26 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 3–13–5 22 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 3–14–5 23 29 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 3–14–6
December: 6–6–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–3–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 24 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–4 4–14–6 25 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 4–15–6 26 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–0 5–15–6 27 12 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 6–15–6 28 13 Boston Bruins 4–3 7–15–6 29 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 7–16–6 30 20 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 8–16–6 31 23 Chicago Black Hawks 3–0 8–17–6 32 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 9–17–6 33 26 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 9–18–6 34 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 9–19–6 35 29 Boston Bruins 4–3 9–20–6
January: 2–8–4 (Home: 1–1–3; Road: 1–7–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 36 1 @ Boston Bruins 7–3 9–21–6 37 3 Montreal Canadiens 8–3 10–21–6 38 6 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 10–22–6 39 9 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 10–22–7 40 10 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 11–22–7 41 14 @ Boston Bruins 6–0 11–23–7 42 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 11–24–7 43 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 11–25–7 44 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 11–2 11–26–7 45 23 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 11–27–7 46 24 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 11–27–8 47 27 Montreal Canadiens 2–2 11–27–9 48 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 11–28–9 49 31 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 11–28–10
February: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 50 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 11–29–10 51 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 12–29–10 52 6 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 12–30–10 53 7 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 13–30–10 54 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 13–31–10 55 14 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 13–32–10 56 17 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 13–33–10 57 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–3 13–33–11 58 21 Boston Bruins 7–2 14–33–11 59 24 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 14–33–12 60 27 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–2 14–34–12 61 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 14–35–12
March: 3–3–3 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 1–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 62 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 14–36–12 63 6 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 15–36–12 64 9 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 15–36–13 65 10 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 15–36–14 66 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 16–36–14 67 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 16–36–15 68 16 Boston Bruins 3–2 16–37–15 69 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–3 16–38–15 70 20 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 17–38–15

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1960 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Andy Bathgate 70 26 48 74 28 Dean Prentice 70 32 34 66 43 Andy Hebenton 70 19 27 46 4 George Sullivan 70 12 25 37 81 Larry Popein 66 14 22 36 16 Bill Gadsby 65 9 22 31 60 Ken Schinkel 69 13 16 29 27 Brian Cullen 64 8 21 29 6 Camille Henry 49 12 15 27 6 Eddie Shack 62 8 10 18 110 Robert Kabel 44 5 11 16 32 Harry Howell 67 7 6 13 58 Lou Fontinato 64 2 11 13 137 Jim Bartlett 44 8 4 12 48 John Hanna 61 4 8 12 87 Art Stratton 18 2 5 7 2 Jack Bownass 37 2 5 7 34 Mel Pearson 23 1 5 6 13 Earl Ingarfield 20 1 2 3 2 Irv Spencer 32 1 2 3 20 Bill Sweeney 4 1 0 1 0 Ian Cushenan 17 0 1 1 22 Dave Balon 3 0 0 0 0 Parker MacDonald 3 0 0 0 0 Noel Price 6 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lorne Worsley	39	2301	7	23	8	135	3.52	1260	.893	0
Marcel Paille	17	1020	6	9	2	67	3.94	515	.870	1
Al Rollins	10	600	3	4	3	31	3.10	386	.920	0
Jack McCartan	4	240	1	1	2	7	1.75	128	.945	0
Joe Schaefer	1	39	0	1	0	5	7.69	22	.773	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.

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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;

Awards and records

• Dean Prentice, left wing, NHL second All-Star team^[5]

See also

• 1959–60 NHL season

References

1. "1959–60 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
2. "1959–1960 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
4. "1959–60 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
5. Halligan, John. "The Greatest Player Not in the Hockey Hall of Fame". New York Rangers. Retrieved June 4, 2011.

External links

• 1959–60 New York Rangers Statistics