1931–32 New York Rangers season

1931–32 New York Rangers
Division	1st American
1931–32 record	23–17–8
Goals for	134
Goals against	112
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (34)
Assists	Frank Boucher (23)
Points	Bill Cook (48)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (106)
Wins	John Ross Roach (23)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (2.23)

The 1931–32 New York Rangers season was the 6th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 1st in the American Division with a 23–17–8 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3–1 to reach the 1932 Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in franchise history. In the Cup Finals, New York lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs 3 games to 0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	134	112	54
Chicago Black Hawks	48	18	19	11	86	101	47
Detroit Falcons	48	18	20	10	95	108	46
Boston Bruins	48	15	21	12	122	117	42

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 12, 1931	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	1–0–0
2	L	November 15, 1931	1–2	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	1–1–0
3	W	November 17, 1931	3–0	New York Americans (1931–32)	2–1–0
4	W	November 19, 1931	2–1	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	3–1–0
5	W	November 21, 1931	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	4–1–0
6	T	November 24, 1931	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	4–1–1
7	W	November 29, 1931	5–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	5–1–1
8	T	December 3, 1931	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	5–1–2
9	L	December 8, 1931	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	5–2–2
10	W	December 10, 1931	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	6–2–2
11	W	December 13, 1931	2–1	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	7–2–2
12	T	December 15, 1931	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	7–2–3
13	W	December 17, 1931	5–4 OT	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	8–2–3
14	T	December 19, 1931	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	8–2–4
15	W	December 22, 1931	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	9–2–4
16	W	December 25, 1931	6–0	New York Americans (1931–32)	10–2–4
17	W	December 27, 1931	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	11–2–4
18	W	January 1, 1932	3–0	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	12–2–4
19	T	January 3, 1932	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	12–2–5
20	W	January 5, 1932	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	13–2–5
21	L	January 7, 1932	3–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	13–3–5
22	W	January 10, 1932	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	14–3–5
23	W	January 12, 1932	5–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	15–3–5
24	W	January 14, 1932	3–1	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	16–3–5
25	L	January 17, 1932	2–4	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	16–4–5
26	L	January 19, 1932	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	16–5–5
27	W	January 24, 1932	4–3 OT	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	17–5–5
28	L	January 28, 1932	1–4	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	17–6–5
29	L	January 30, 1932	3–6 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	17–7–5
30	W	January 31, 1932	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	18–7–5
31	L	February 2, 1932	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	18–8–5
32	W	February 7, 1932	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	19–8–5
33	L	February 9, 1932	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	19–9–5
34	L	February 13, 1932	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1931–32)	19–10–5
35	T	February 16, 1932	2–2 OT	Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	19–10–6
36	L	February 18, 1932	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	19–11–6
37	L	February 21, 1932	2–3	New York Americans (1931–32)	19–12–6
38	W	February 23, 1932	2–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1931–32)	20–12–6
39	T	February 25, 1932	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1931–32)	20–12–7
40	W	March 3, 1932	2–1	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	21–12–7
41	L	March 6, 1932	3–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	21–13–7
42	W	March 8, 1932	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1931–32)	22–13–7
43	L	March 10, 1932	1–5	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	22–14–7
44	T	March 13, 1932	4–4 OT	Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	22–14–8
45	L	March 15, 1932	3–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1931–32)	22–15–8
46	L	March 18, 1932	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1931–32)	22–16–8
47	W	March 20, 1932	4–2	@ New York Americans (1931–32)	23–16–8
48	L	March 22, 1932	4–5	@ Detroit Falcons (1931–32)	23–17–8

Playoffs

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, New York Rangers 0

The Toronto Maple Leafs swept the best-of-five series against the New York Rangers three games to none. The first two games were to be played in New York City but because the circus was in town, the second game was played in Boston. The third and final game was played in Toronto. It was called the "Tennis Series", because the Leafs scored 6 goals in each game. The Rangers scored 4 times in their own building, twice at Boston Garden, and four more in Toronto.

Player Stats

Skaters

			Regular Season						Playoffs
#	Player		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
5	Bill Cook		48	34	14	48	33		7	3	3	6	2
8	Cecil Dillon		48	23	15	38	22		7	2	1	3	4
7	Frank Boucher		48	12	23	35	18		7	3	6	9	0
6	Bun Cook		45	14	20	34	43		7	6	2	8	12
12	Art Somers		48	11	15	26	45		7	0	1	1	8
9	Murray Murdoch		48	5	16	21	32		7	0	2	2	2
10	Butch Keeling		48	17	3	20	38		7	2	1	3	12
3	Ching Johnson		47	3	10	13	106		7	2	0	2	24
8	Dutch Gainor		46	3	9	12	9		7	0	0	0	2
2	Earl Seibert		46	4	6	10	88		7	1	2	3	14
15	Doug Brennan		38	4	3	7	40		7	1	0	1	10
11	Vic Desjardins		48	3	3	6	16		7	0	0	0	0
3	Ott Heller		21	2	2	4	9		7	3	1	4	8
4	Hib Milks		48	0	4	4	12		7	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

			Regular Season									Playoffs
#	Player		GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
1	John Ross Roach		48	3020	23	17	8	112	9	2.23		7	480	3	4	0	27	1	3.38

Awards and Records

• Prince of Wales Trophy: New York Rangers
• Bill Cook, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Ching Johnson, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
• Lester Patrick, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star

Video

Action from Game 4 of the Rangers-Canadiens Semi-final series on March 27, 1932 featuring the game's only goal by Ott Heller.

The "Lightening" Game (1932)

See Also

• 1931–32 NHL season

References

• 1931-32 New York Rangers Statistics
• New York Rangers 1931-1932 Season

New York Rangers
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Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
Affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Maine Mariners (ECHL)