1942–43 New York Rangers season

The 1942–43 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 17th season. During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–31–8 record and finished with 30 points.^[1] The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL.^[2]

1942–43 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1942–43 record	11–31–8
Goals for	161
Goals against	253
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Ott Heller
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bryan Hextall (27)
Assists	Lynn Patrick (39)
Points	Lynn Patrick (61)
Penalty minutes	Vic Myles (57)
Wins	Jimmy Franks (5)
Goals against average	Jimmy Franks (4.48)
← 1941–42 1943–44 →

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[3]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	169	124	+45	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	195	176	+19	57
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	198	159	+39	53
4	Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	181	191	−10	50
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	179	180	−1	49
6	New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	161	253	−92	30

Record vs. opponents

1942–43 NHL Records ^[4]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	3–4–3	4–4–2	5–4–1	8–2	4–3–3
Chicago	4–3–3	—	2–4–4	1–4–5	4–4–2	6–3–1
Detroit	4–4–2	4–2–4	—	5–3–2	7–1–2	5–4–1
Montreal	4–5–1	4–1–5	3–5–2	—	6–2–2	2–6–2
New York	2–8	4–4–2	1–7–2	2–6–2	—	2–6–2
Toronto	3–4–3	3–6–1	4–5–1	6–2–2	6–2–2	—

Schedule and results

1942–43 Game Log
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 31 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2 0–1–0
November: 4–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–4–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 2 5 @ Detroit Red Wings 12–5 0–2–0 3 7 Montreal Canadiens 4 – 3 OT 1–2–0 4 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 10–4 1–3–0 5 10 Chicago Black Hawks 5 – 3 OT 2–3–0 6 14 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 2–4–0 7 15 Boston Bruins 4–3 2–5–0 8 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–3 2–6–0 9 22 Detroit Red Wings 4–4 2–6–1 10 26 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 3–6–1 11 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 8–6 3–7–1 12 29 Boston Bruins 3–2 4–7–1
December: 3–6–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 13 3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 4–8–1 14 6 @ Boston Bruins 5–4 4–9–1 15 13 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 4–10–1 16 17 Boston Bruins 7–3 4–11–1 17 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 4–11–2 18 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–2 4–12–2 19 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 5–12–2 20 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 6–12–2 21 29 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 7–12–2 22 31 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 7–13–2
January: 0–9–3 (Home: 0–4–1; Road: 0–5–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 23 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–5 7–14–2 24 3 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 7–14–3 25 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 7–14–4 26 10 Montreal Canadiens 7–4 7–15–4 27 14 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 7–16–4 28 16 @ Boston Bruins 7–5 7–17–4 29 17 Boston Bruins 6–3 7–18–4 30 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 7–19–4 31 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–5 7–19–5 32 24 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–0 7–20–5 33 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 10–1 7–21–5 34 31 Boston Bruins 7–2 7–22–5
February: 2–6–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 0–4–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 35 4 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 7–22–6 36 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 7–23–6 37 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 8–4 7–24–6 38 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–4 7–24–7 39 18 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 7–25–7 40 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–1 7–26–7 41 21 Montreal Canadiens 6–1 8–26–7 42 25 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 9–26–7 43 27 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–1 9–27–7 44 28 Detroit Red Wings 5–1 9–28–7
March: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 45 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 10–28–7 46 4 Montreal Canadiens 7–2 10–29–7 47 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 10–29–8 48 14 Chicago Black Hawks 7–5 11–29–8 49 16 @ Boston Bruins 11–5 11–30–8 50 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 11–31–8

Playoffs

The Rangers finished last in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1943 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[2]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Lynn Patrick 50 22 39 61 28 Bryan Hextall 50 27 32 59 28 Phil Watson 46 14 28 42 44 Grant Warwick 50 17 18 35 31 Clint Smith 47 12 21 33 4 Hank Goldup^† 36 11 20 31 33 Bob Kirkpatrick 49 12 12 24 6 Alf Pike 41 6 16 22 48 Scotty Cameron 35 8 11 19 0 Ehrhardt Heller 45 4 14 18 14 Vic Myles 45 6 9 15 57 Gus Mancuso 21 6 8 14 13 Joe Shack 20 5 9 14 6 Joe Bell 15 2 5 7 6 Hubert Macey 9 3 3 6 0 Gordon Davidson 35 2 3 5 4 Linthwaite Bend 8 3 1 4 2 Billy Gooden 12 0 3 3 0 Dudley Garrett 23 1 1 2 18 Walter Pratt^† 4 0 2 2 6 Bill Warwick 1 0 1 1 4 Spence Tatchell 1 0 0 0 0 Vic Lynn 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Jimmy Franks	23	1380	5	14	4	103	4.48	0
Bill Beveridge	17	1020	4	10	3	89	5.24	1
Steve Buzinski	9	560	2	6	1	55	5.89	0
Lionel Bouvrette	1	60	0	1	0	6	6.00	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;

See also

• 1942–43 NHL season

References

1. "1942–43 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
2. "1942–43 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
3. "1942–1943 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
4. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
5. "1942–43 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.