1945–46 New York Rangers season

The 1945–46 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 20th season. During the regular season, the Rangers compiled a 13–28–9 record and finished with 35 points. With a last-place finish, the Rangers did not qualify for the NHL playoffs.^[1]

1945–46 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1945–46 record	13–28–9
Goals for	144
Goals against	191
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Neil Colville
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Ab DeMarco (20)
Assists	Ab DeMarco (27)
Points	Ab DeMarco (47)
Penalty minutes	Phil Watson (43)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (12)
Goals against average	Chuck Rayner (3.76)
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Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]

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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	28	17	5	172	134	+38	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	18	8	167	156	+11	56
3	Chicago Black Hawks	50	23	20	7	200	178	+22	53
4	Detroit Red Wings	50	20	20	10	146	159	−13	50
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	19	24	7	174	185	−11	45
6	New York Rangers	50	13	28	9	144	191	−47	35

Record vs. opponents

1945–46 NHL Records ^[3]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	4–6	4–3–3	4–5–1	6–3–1	6–1–3
Chicago	6–4	—	3–4–3	4–5–1	5–2–3	5–5
Detroit	3–4–3	4–3–3	—	6–3–1	4–4–2	3–6–1
Montreal	5–4–1	5–4–1	3–6–1	—	8–1–1	7–2–1
New York	3–6–1	2–5–3	4–4–2	1–8–1	—	3–5–2
Toronto	1–6–3	5–5	6–3–1	2–7–1	5–3–2	—

Schedule and results

1945–46 Game Log
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 31 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 0–1–0
November: 3–8–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–4–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 2 3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 1–1–0 3 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 1–2–0 4 8 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 1–3–0 5 10 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 2–3–0 6 11 Boston Bruins 7–1 2–4–0 7 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 2–5–0 8 17 Montreal Canadiens 7–3 2–6–0 9 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 2–7–0 10 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 2–7–1 11 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 2–8–1 12 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 3–8–1 13 28 @ Boston Bruins 5–1 3–9–1
December: 2–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 0–3–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 14 1 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–3 3–10–1 15 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 4–10–1 16 13 Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 4–11–1 17 16 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–12–1 18 19 @ Boston Bruins 8–7 4–13–1 19 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–5 4–13–2 20 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 4–14–2 21 26 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 4–15–2 22 30 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 5–15–2 23 31 Montreal Canadiens 0–0 5–15–3
January: 3–6–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–5–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 24 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 5–15–4 25 6 Boston Bruins 4–2 6–15–4 26 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–3 6–16–4 27 13 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 7–16–4 28 16 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 7–17–4 29 17 Boston Bruins 4–2 7–18–4 30 19 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 7–19–4 31 20 @ Chicago Black Hawks 9–1 7–20–4 32 26 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 7–21–4 33 27 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 8–21–4
February: 2–4–5 (Home: 0–1–4; Road: 2–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 34 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–6 8–21–5 35 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 8–22–5 36 7 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 8–23–5 37 10 Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 8–23–6 38 14 Boston Bruins 2–2 8–23–7 39 16 @ Boston Bruins 6–2 9–23–7 40 17 Montreal Canadiens 5–4 9–24–7 41 21 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 9–24–8 42 24 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 9–24–9 43 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 10–24–9 44 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 10–25–9
March: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 45 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 10–26–9 46 6 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–3 10–27–9 47 10 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 11–27–9 48 12 Boston Bruins 3–2 11–28–9 49 13 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 12–28–9 50 17 Montreal Canadiens 8–5 13–28–9

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the fourth consecutive season and missed the 1946 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1][4]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Ab DeMarco 50 20 27 47 20 Grant Warwick 45 19 18 37 19 Edgar Laprade 49 15 19 34 0 Phil Watson 49 12 14 26 43 Tony Leswick 50 15 9 24 26 Alf Pike 33 7 9 16 18 Alex Shibicky 33 10 5 15 12 Lynn Patrick 38 8 6 14 30 Mac Colville 39 7 6 13 8 Cal Gardner 16 8 2 10 2 Neil Colville 49 5 4 9 25 Bill Moe 48 4 4 8 14 Rene Trudell 16 3 5 8 4 Hank Goldup 19 6 1 7 11 Ehrhardt Heller 34 2 3 5 14 Church Russell 17 0 5 5 2 Bill Juzda 32 1 3 4 17 Harold Brown 13 2 1 3 2 Hal Laycoe 17 0 2 2 6 Murray Patrick 24 0 2 2 4 Bryan Hextall 3 0 1 1 0 Alan Kuntz 14 0 1 1 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Chuck Rayner	40	2377	12	21	7	149	3.76	1
Jim Henry	11	623	1	7	2	42	4.04	1

^†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

• 1945–46 NHL season

References

1. "1945–46 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
2. "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
4. "Detroit Gains First Victory in Hockey Loop". Reading Eagle. United Press. October 27, 1946. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
5. "1945–46 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 19, 2010.