1948–49 New York Rangers season

1948–49 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1948–49 record	18–31–11
Goals for	133
Goals against	172
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Frank Boucher Lynn Patrick
Captain	None
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Edgar Laprade (18)
Assists	Buddy O'Connor (24)
Points	Buddy O'Connor (35)
Penalty minutes	Tony Leswick (70)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (16)
Goals against average	Emile Francis (2.00)

The 1948–49 New York Rangers season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

On October 8, 1948, the New York Rangers were due to start their season against the Montreal Canadiens, when the team suffered a bad misfortune. Buddy O'Connor, Frank Eddolls, Edgar Laprade, Bill Moe and Tony Leswick were travelling by car from Montreal to Saranac Lake, when it was struck by a truck near Rouse's Point, New York. O'Connor suffered several broken ribs, Eddolls suffered a severed tendon in his knee, Laprade suffered a broken nose, Moe had a cut on the head requiring stitches and Leswick escaped with only a few bruises. This had a major impact on the Rangers season as they only scored 133 goals and finished last.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	60	34	19	7	75	195	145
Boston Bruins	60	29	23	8	66	178	163
Montreal Canadiens	60	28	23	9	65	152	126
Toronto Maple Leafs	60	22	25	13	57	147	161
Chicago Black Hawks	60	21	31	8	50	173	211
New York Rangers	60	18	31	11	47	133	172

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	T	October 14, 1948	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	0–0–1
2	L	October 17, 1948	0–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	0–1–1
3	L	October 24, 1948	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	0–2–1
4	L	October 27, 1948	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	0–3–1
5	W	October 31, 1948	2–0	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	1–3–1
6	T	November 6, 1948	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	1–3–2
7	L	November 7, 1948	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	1–4–2
8	W	November 10, 1948	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	2–4–2
9	L	November 13, 1948	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	2–5–2
10	T	November 14, 1948	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	2–5–3
11	T	November 17, 1948	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	2–5–4
12	W	November 21, 1948	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	3–5–4
13	L	November 25, 1948	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	3–6–4
14	L	November 27, 1948	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	3–7–4
15	L	November 30, 1948	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	3–8–4
16	L	December 4, 1948	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	3–9–4
17	L	December 5, 1948	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	3–10–4
18	T	December 7, 1948	2–2	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	3–10–5
19	L	December 11, 1948	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	3–11–5
20	W	December 12, 1948	2–0	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	4–11–5
21	W	December 15, 1948	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	5–11–5
22	T	December 18, 1948	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	5–11–6
23	W	December 19, 1948	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	6–11–6
24	W	December 23, 1948	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	7–11–6
25	W	December 25, 1948	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	8–11–6
26	L	December 26, 1948	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	8–12–6
27	T	December 31, 1948	2–2	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	8–12–7
28	L	January 1, 1949	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	8–13–7
29	W	January 2, 1949	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	9–13–7
30	W	January 5, 1949	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	10–13–7
31	T	January 9, 1949	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	10–13–8
32	L	January 12, 1949	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	10–14–8
33	L	January 15, 1949	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	10–15–8
34	W	January 16, 1949	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	11–15–8
35	L	January 19, 1949	2–5	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	11–16–8
36	L	January 20, 1949	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	11–17–8
37	T	January 23, 1949	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	11–17–9
38	W	January 26, 1949	5–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	12–17–9
39	W	January 30, 1949	9–0	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	13–17–9
40	L	February 2, 1949	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	13–18–9
41	T	February 5, 1949	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	13–18–10
42	W	February 6, 1949	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	14–18–10
43	L	February 9, 1949	0–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	14–19–10
44	L	February 10, 1949	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	14–20–10
45	L	February 12, 1949	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	14–21–10
46	L	February 13, 1949	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	14–22–10
47	W	February 16, 1949	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	15–22–10
48	L	February 19, 1949	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	15–23–10
49	W	February 20, 1949	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	16–23–10
50	L	February 23, 1949	2–3	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	16–24–10
51	W	February 27, 1949	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	17–24–10
52	L	March 2, 1949	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	17–25–10
53	L	March 5, 1949	1–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	17–26–10
54	L	March 6, 1949	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	17–27–10
55	L	March 9, 1949	1–8	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	17–28–10
56	L	March 12, 1949	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	17–29–10
57	T	March 13, 1949	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	17–29–11
58	L	March 15, 1949	2–4	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	17–30–11
59	L	March 16, 1949	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1948–49)	17–31–11
60	W	March 20, 1949	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	18–31–11

Playoffs

• The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	46	11	24	35	0
Kaleta, AlexAlex Kaleta	LW	56	12	19	31	18
Laprade, EdgarEdgar Laprade	C	56	18	12	30	12
Lund, PenttiPentti Lund	RW	59	14	16	30	16
Leswick, TonyTony Leswick	W	60	13	14	27	70
Raleigh, DonDon Raleigh	C	41	10	16	26	8
Fisher, DuncDunc Fisher	RW	60	9	16	25	40
Mickoski, NickNick Mickoski	LW	54	13	9	22	20
Albright, ClintClint Albright	C	59	14	5	19	19
Gordon, JackJack Gordon	C	31	3	9	12	0
Stanley, AllanAllan Stanley	D	40	2	8	10	22
Kullman, EddieEddie Kullman	RW	18	4	5	9	14
Shero, FredFred Shero	D	59	3	6	9	64
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	D	60	1	8	9	16
Moe, BillBill Moe	D	60	0	9	9	60
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	D	34	4	2	6	10
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	C/D	14	0	5	5	2
Trainor, WesWes Trainor	C/LW	17	1	2	3	6
Slowinski, EdEd Slowinski	RW	20	1	1	2	2
Manson, RayRay Manson	LW	1	0	1	1	0
Morris, MoeMoe Morris	D	18	0	1	1	8
Staley, AlAl Staley	C	1	0	1	1	0
Delory, ValVal Delory	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Buchanan, BuckyBucky Buchanan	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0
Evans, JackJack Evans	D	3	0	0	0	4
Francis, EmileEmile Francis	G	2	0	0	0	0
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	G	58	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rayner, ChuckChuck Rayner	3480	58	16	31	11	168	2.90	7
Francis, EmileEmile Francis	120	2	2	0	0	4	2.00	0
Team:	3600	60	18	31	11	172	2.87	7

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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

• Calder Memorial Trophy: Pentti Lund
• Chuck Rayner, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Fern Flaman, Frank Brimsek, Edgar Laprade, October 31, 1948.

Ottawa

Quebec City

Shawinigan

See Also

• 1948–49 NHL season

References

• 1948–49 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

New York Rangers
Team	Franchise • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • History Madison Square Garden
Stanley Cups	1928, 1933, 1940, 1994
Affiliates	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL), Maine Mariners (ECHL)