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1974NYR
1973–74 New York Rangers
Division 3rd East
1973–74 record 40–24–14
Goals for 300
Goals against 251
Team information
General manager Emile Francis
Coach Larry Popein
Emile Francis
Captain Vic Hadfield
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Rod Gilbert (36)
Assists Brad Park (57)
Points Brad Park (82)
Penalty minutes Brad Park (148)
Wins Ed Giacomin (30)
Goals against average Ed Giacomin (3.07)

The 1973–74 New York Rangers season was the 48th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 3rd in the East Division and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 in the Quarter-finals. The Rangers then lost in the Semi-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2.

Off-season[]

On July 27, 1973, Michael Burke handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden.[1] This would make Burke the president of the New York Rangers hockey club and the New York Knicks basketball club.

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

East Division
  GP W L T GF GA Pts
Boston Bruins 78 52 17 9 349 221 113
Montreal Canadiens 78 45 24 9 293 240 99
New York Rangers 78 40 24 14 300 251 94
Toronto Maple Leafs 78 35 27 16 274 230 86
Buffalo Sabres 78 32 34 12 242 250 76
Detroit Red Wings 78 29 39 10 255 319 68
Vancouver Canucks 78 24 43 11 224 296 59
New York Islanders 78 19 41 18 182 247 56

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


Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 10, 1973 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 1–0–0
2 W October 13, 1973 8–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 2–0–0
3 T October 14, 1973 1–1 Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 2–0–1
4 W October 17, 1973 4–0 St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 3–0–1
5 L October 20, 1973 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 3–1–1
6 L October 21, 1973 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 3–2–1
7 L October 27, 1973 2–3 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 3–3–1
8 L October 28, 1973 2–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 3–4–1
9 T October 30, 1973 3–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 3–4–2
10 L November 1, 1973 1–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 3–5–2
11 L November 4, 1973 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 3–6–2
12 W November 7, 1973 7–3 Boston Bruins (1973–74) 4–6–2
13 T November 9, 1973 3–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 4–6–3
14 W November 11, 1973 5–2 New York Islanders (1973–74) 5–6–3
15 T November 14, 1973 4–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 5–6–4
16 L November 15, 1973 2–10 @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 5–7–4
17 W November 17, 1973 6–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 6–7–4
18 W November 18, 1973 7–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 7–7–4
19 W November 21, 1973 3–0 California Golden Seals (1973–74) 8–7–4
20 W November 22, 1973 7–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 9–7–4
21 T November 24, 1973 5–5 Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 9–7–5
22 W November 25, 1973 5–0 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 10–7–5
23 T November 29, 1973 2–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 10–7–6
24 T December 1, 1973 4–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 10–7–7
25 W December 2, 1973 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 11–7–7
26 W December 5, 1973 5–1 St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 12–7–7
27 L December 6, 1973 4–8 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 12–8–7
28 W December 9, 1973 6–3 California Golden Seals (1973–74) 13–8–7
29 T December 12, 1973 1–1 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 13–8–8
30 T December 15, 1973 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 13–8–9
31 L December 16, 1973 1–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 13–9–9
32 W December 20, 1973 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 14–9–9
33 W December 22, 1973 4–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 15–9–9
34 L December 23, 1973 1–3 @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 15–10–9
35 W December 26, 1973 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 16–10–9
36 L December 29, 1973 1–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 16–11–9
37 W December 30, 1973 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 17–11–9
38 L January 3, 1974 2–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 17–12–9
39 L January 4, 1974 2–4 Boston Bruins (1973–74) 17–13–9
40 W January 6, 1974 5–2 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 18–13–9
41 L January 10, 1974 2–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 18–14–9
42 W January 12, 1974 6–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 19–14–9
43 W January 13, 1974 7–2 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 20–14–9
44 T January 16, 1974 4–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 20–14–10
45 L January 17, 1974 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 20–15–10
46 W January 19, 1974 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 21–15–10
47 W January 23, 1974 4–1 Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 22–15–10
48 W January 27, 1974 5–3 Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 23–15–10
49 W January 30, 1974 4–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74) 24–15–10
50 W February 2, 1974 3–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 25–15–10
51 T February 3, 1974 5–5 Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 25–15–11
52 W February 6, 1974 6–0 New York Islanders (1973–74) 26–15–11
53 L February 9, 1974 2–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 26–16–11
54 W February 10, 1974 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1973–74) 27–16–11
55 T February 14, 1974 4–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 27–16–12
56 W February 16, 1974 9–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 28–16–12
57 W February 21, 1974 5–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74) 29–16–12
58 W February 22, 1974 4–3 @ California Golden Seals (1973–74) 30–16–12
59 W February 24, 1974 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74) 31–16–12
60 W February 27, 1974 4–2 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 32–16–12
61 W March 2, 1974 3–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74) 33–16–12
62 W March 3, 1974 8–2 California Golden Seals (1973–74) 34–16–12
63 W March 6, 1974 9–2 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 35–16–12
64 L March 9, 1974 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 35–17–12
65 W March 10, 1974 4–2 New York Islanders (1973–74) 36–17–12
66 L March 14, 1974 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74) 36–18–12
67 W March 16, 1974 3–1 @ New York Islanders (1973–74) 37–18–12
68 L March 17, 1974 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1973–74) 37–19–12
69 L March 20, 1974 5–7 Vancouver Canucks (1973–74) 37–20–12
70 T March 21, 1974 5–5 @ Atlanta Flames (1973–74) 37–20–13
71 L March 23, 1974 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 37–21–13
72 W March 24, 1974 5–3 Buffalo Sabres (1973–74) 38–21–13
73 L March 27, 1974 2–3 Boston Bruins (1973–74) 38–22–13
74 L March 30, 1974 3–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 38–23–13
75 T March 31, 1974 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74) 38–23–14
76 W April 3, 1974 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 39–23–14
77 L April 6, 1974 3–8 @ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74) 39–24–14
78 W April 7, 1974 6–4 Montreal Canadiens (1973–74) 40–24–14

Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 2[]

Philadelphia Flyers 4, New York Rangers 2[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Park, BradBrad Park D 78 25 57 82 148 18 4 0 4
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert RW 75 36 41 77 20 11 16 0 8
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski C 78 25 45 70 74 3 2 0 2
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle C 68 28 39 67 16 5 6 0 3
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk C 71 21 42 63 58 15 3 3 0
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn RW 78 18 44 62 12 11 4 3 3
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers LW 75 34 24 58 18 6 5 0 5
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield LW 77 27 28 55 75 1 12 0 4
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 72 10 41 51 4 2 6 0 0
Irvine, TedTed Irvine LW 75 26 20 46 105 2 2 0 5
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor C 66 17 27 44 6 -1 0 2 1
Seiling, RodRod Seiling D 68 7 23 30 32 16 0 0 0
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte D 46 2 17 19 28 7 0 0 1
Butler, JerryJerry Butler RW 26 6 10 16 24 7 1 0 1
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe D 48 3 12 15 56 16 0 1 0
Harris, RonRon Harris D 63 2 12 14 25 -2 0 0 0
Neilson, JimJim Neilson D 72 4 7 11 38 -4 2 0 1
Sacharuk, LarryLarry Sacharuk D 23 2 4 6 4 0 1 0 2
Carr, GeneGene Carr C 29 1 5 6 15 -8 1 0 0
Egers, JackJack Egers RW 28 1 3 4 6 1 0 0 0
Kannegiesser, SheldonSheldon Kannegiesser D 12 1 3 4 6 4 0 0 0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy RW 16 2 1 3 0 -2 0 0 0
Williams, TomTom Williams LW 14 1 2 3 4 -2 0 0 0
Wilson, BertBert Wilson LW 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin G 56 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Lemieux, RealReal Lemieux LW 7 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sather, GlenGlen Sather LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure G 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin 3286 56 30 15 10 168 3.07 5
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure 1054 21 7 7 3 62 3.53 0
McDuffe, PeterPeter McDuffe 340 6 3 2 1 18 3.18 0
Team: 4680 78 40 24 14 248 3.18 5

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Stemkowski, PetePete Stemkowski C 13 6 6 12 35 1 0 0
Park, BradBrad Park D 13 4 8 12 38 2 0 1
Rolfe, DaleDale Rolfe D 13 1 8 9 23 0 0 0
Rousseau, BobbyBobby Rousseau RW 12 1 8 9 4 1 0 0
MacGregor, BruceBruce MacGregor C 13 6 2 8 2 0 0 2
Vickers, SteveSteve Vickers LW 13 4 4 8 17 2 0 0
Fairbairn, BillBill Fairbairn RW 13 3 5 8 6 0 0 0
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert RW 13 3 5 8 4 1 0 1
Irvine, TedTed Irvine LW 13 3 5 8 16 0 0 0
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle C 13 2 4 6 0 0 0 1
Tkaczuk, WaltWalt Tkaczuk C 13 0 5 5 22 0 0 0
Harris, RonRon Harris D 11 3 0 3 14 0 0 2
Butler, JerryJerry Butler RW 12 0 2 2 25 0 0 0
Seiling, RodRod Seiling D 13 0 2 2 19 0 0 0
Egers, JackJack Egers RW 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
Hadfield, VicVic Hadfield LW 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte D 12 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
Neilson, JimJim Neilson D 12 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin G 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Giacomin, EdEd Giacomin 788 13 7 6 37 2.82 0
Villemure, GillesGilles Villemure 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team: 789 13 7 6 37 2.81 0

[2]

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

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Farm Teams[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

Flyers-Rangers 1974 Semi-finals Game 3, April 25, 1973.

Flyers-Rangers 1974 Semi-finals Game 7.

See Also[]

References[]

  1. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp.47-48, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
  2. 1973-74 New York Rangers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.
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