1960–61 New York Rangers season

1960–61 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1960–61 record	22–38–10
Goals for	204
Goals against	248
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Alf Pike
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Andy Bathgate (29)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (77)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (100)
Wins	Gump Worsley (20)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (3.28)

The 1960–61 New York Rangers season was the 35th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	70	41	19	10	254	188	92
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	39	19	12	234	176	90
Chicago Black Hawks	70	29	24	17	198	180	75
Detroit Red Wings	70	25	29	16	195	215	66
New York Rangers	70	22	38	10	204	248	54
Boston Bruins	70	15	42	13	176	254	43

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	October 5, 1960	2–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	1–0–0
2	W	October 8, 1960	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	2–0–0
3	L	October 9, 1960	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	2–1–0
4	L	October 11, 1960	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	2–2–0
5	L	October 15, 1960	4–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	2–3–0
6	L	October 16, 1960	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	2–4–0
7	W	October 19, 1960	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	3–4–0
8	L	October 23, 1960	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	3–5–0
9	W	October 26, 1960	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	4–5–0
10	L	October 27, 1960	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	4–6–0
11	L	October 30, 1960	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	4–7–0
12	T	November 2, 1960	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	4–7–1
13	L	November 5, 1960	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	4–8–1
14	L	November 6, 1960	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	4–9–1
15	L	November 9, 1960	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	4–10–1
16	L	November 10, 1960	7–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	4–11–1
17	L	November 13, 1960	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	4–12–1
18	W	November 16, 1960	4–3	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	5–12–1
19	L	November 20, 1960	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	5–13–1
20	W	November 23, 1960	6–3	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	6–13–1
21	W	November 24, 1960	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	7–13–1
22	T	November 27, 1960	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	7–13–2
23	L	December 3, 1960	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	7–14–2
24	W	December 4, 1960	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	8–14–2
25	L	December 7, 1960	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	8–15–2
26	W	December 10, 1960	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	9–15–2
27	T	December 11, 1960	2–2	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	9–15–3
28	L	December 14, 1960	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	9–16–3
29	T	December 15, 1960	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	9–16–4
30	L	December 17, 1960	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	9–17–4
31	L	December 18, 1960	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	9–18–4
32	T	December 21, 1960	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	9–18–5
33	W	December 25, 1960	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	10–18–5
34	L	December 28, 1960	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	10–19–5
35	L	December 31, 1960	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	10–20–5
36	L	January 1, 1961	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	10–21–5
37	L	January 4, 1961	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	10–22–5
38	L	January 7, 1961	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	10–23–5
39	W	January 8, 1961	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	11–23–5
40	T	January 12, 1961	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	11–23–6
41	T	January 14, 1961	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	11–23–7
42	W	January 15, 1961	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	12–23–7
43	T	January 18, 1961	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	12–23–8
44	L	January 21, 1961	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	12–24–8
45	W	January 22, 1961	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	13–24–8
46	W	January 25, 1961	2–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	14–24–8
47	L	January 29, 1961	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	14–25–8
48	W	February 1, 1961	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	15–25–8
49	L	February 2, 1961	5–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	15–26–8
50	W	February 4, 1961	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	16–26–8
51	W	February 5, 1961	5–2	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	17–26–8
52	L	February 8, 1961	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	17–27–8
53	L	February 9, 1961	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	17–28–8
54	T	February 11, 1961	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	17–28–9
55	L	February 12, 1961	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	17–29–9
56	L	February 15, 1961	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	17–30–9
57	L	February 18, 1961	4–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	17–31–9
58	W	February 19, 1961	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	18–31–9
59	W	February 22, 1961	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	19–31–9
60	L	February 26, 1961	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	19–32–9
61	W	March 1, 1961	3–1	Boston Bruins (1960–61)	20–32–9
62	L	March 2, 1961	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	20–33–9
63	L	March 4, 1961	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	20–34–9
64	W	March 5, 1961	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	21–34–9
65	L	March 8, 1961	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	21–35–9
66	L	March 9, 1961	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61)	21–36–9
67	W	March 12, 1961	7–3	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	22–36–9
68	L	March 14, 1961	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61)	22–37–9
69	L	March 15, 1961	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61)	22–38–9
70	T	March 19, 1961	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	22–38–10

Playoffs

• The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bathgate, AndyAndy Bathgate	RW	70	29	48	77	22
Hebenton, AndyAndy Hebenton	RW	70	26	28	54	10
Henry, CamilleCamille Henry	C	53	28	25	53	8
Prentice, DeanDean Prentice	LW	56	20	25	45	17
Sullivan, RedRed Sullivan	C	70	9	31	40	66
Gadsby, BillBill Gadsby	D	65	9	26	35	49
Ingarfield, EarlEarl Ingarfield	C	66	13	21	34	18
Cullen, BrianBrian Cullen	C	42	11	19	30	6
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	56	14	12	26	24
Hannigan, PatPat Hannigan	LW	53	11	9	20	24
Hampson, TedTed Hampson	C	69	6	14	20	4
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	70	7	10	17	62
Smith, FloydFloyd Smith	RW	29	5	9	14	0
Hanna, JohnJohn Hanna	D	46	1	8	9	34
Spencer, IrvIrv Spencer	D	56	1	8	9	30
Schinkel, KenKen Schinkel	RW	38	2	6	8	18
Johns, DonDon Johns	D	63	1	7	8	34
Morrison, JimJim Morrison	D	19	1	6	7	6
Kurtenbach, OrlandOrland Kurtenbach	C	10	0	6	6	2
Fontinato, LouLou Fontinato	D	53	2	3	5	100
Ratelle, JeanJean Ratelle	C	3	2	1	3	0
Ronson, LenLen Ronson	LW	13	2	1	3	10
Shack, EddieEddie Shack	LW	12	1	2	3	17
Balon, DaveDave Balon	LW	13	1	2	3	8
Belisle, DannyDanny Belisle	RW	4	2	0	2	0
Kabel, BobBob Kabel	C	4	0	2	2	2
LeBrun, AlAl LeBrun	D	4	0	2	2	4
Gilbert, RodRod Gilbert	RW	1	0	1	1	2
Cunningham, BobBob Cunningham	C	3	0	1	1	0
Popein, LarryLarry Popein	C	4	0	1	1	0
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	1	0	0	0	2
Rochefort, LeonLeon Rochefort	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Hall, WayneWayne Hall	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Latreille, PhilPhil Latreille	C/RW	4	0	0	0	2
Hutchinson, RonRon Hutchinson	C	9	0	0	0	0
Schaefer, JoeJoe Schaefer	G	1	0	0	0	0
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	G	4	0	0	0	0
McCartan, JackJack McCartan	G	8	0	0	0	0
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	G	59	0	0	0	10

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Worsley, GumpGump Worsley	3473	59	20	29	8	190	3.28	1
McCartan, JackJack McCartan	440	8	1	6	1	35	4.77	1
Paille, MarcelMarcel Paille	240	4	1	2	1	16	4.00	0
Schaefer, JoeJoe Schaefer	47	1	0	1	0	3	3.83	0
Team:	4200	70	22	38	10	244	3.49	2

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

• The Rangers did not win any awards this season.

Gallery

Pre-season @ Hull

Pre-season @ Quebec City

See Also

• 1960–61 NHL season

References

• 1960–61 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)