1953–54 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1953–54 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
Conference	NHL
1953–54 record	29–31–10
Goals for	161
Goals against	182
Team information
General manager	Frank Boucher
Coach	Frank Boucher Muzz Patrick
Captain	Don Raleigh
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Wally Hergesheimer (27)
Assists	Paul Ronty (33)
Points	Paul Ronty (46)
Penalty minutes	Ivan Irwin (109)
Wins	Johnny Bower (29)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (2.60)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 28th season. The season saw the Rangers finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 29 wins, 31 losses, and 10 ties for 68 points.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	37	19	14	191	132	+59	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	24	11	195	141	+54	81
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	32	24	14	152	131	+21	78
4	Boston Bruins	70	32	28	10	177	181	−4	74
5	New York Rangers	70	29	31	10	161	182	−21	68
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	12	51	7	133	242	−109	31

Record vs. opponents

1953–54 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	11–1–2	3–8–3	4–6–4	7–7	7–6–1
Chicago	1–11–2	—	2–11–1	3–9–2	3–9–2	3–11
Detroit	8–3–3	11–2–1	—	6–6–2	6–5–3	6–3–5
Montreal	6–4–4	9–3–2	6–6–2	—	9–5	5–6–3
New York	7–7	9–3–2	5–6–3	5–9	—	3–6–5
Toronto	6–7–1	11–3	3–6–5	6–5–3	6–3–5	—

Schedule and results

1953–54 Game Log

October: 2–6–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–4–1)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Record
1	8	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–1	0–1–0
2	11	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	1–1–0
3	15	@ Montreal Canadiens	6–1	1–2–0
4	17	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	1–2–1
5	18	@ Boston Bruins	3–2	1–3–1
6	22	Boston Bruins	4–3	2–3–1
7	25	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	2–4–1
8	28	Chicago Black Hawks	6–1	2–5–1
9	31	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	2–6–1

November: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
10	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	2–6–2
11	5	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–3	2–7–2
12	7	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	3–7–2
13	8	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–2	3–7–3
14	11	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	4–7–3
15	14	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	4–8–3
16	15	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–1	4–9–3
17	18	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	5–9–3
18	21	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0	5–10–3
19	22	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	5–11–3
20	25	Boston Bruins	5–3	6–11–3
21	26	@ Boston Bruins	5–2	6–12–3
22	29	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	7–12–3

December: 3–8–3 (Home: 3–3–3; Road: 0–5–0)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
23	2	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	7–12–4
24	3	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–0	7–13–4
25	5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	7–14–4
26	6	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	7–14–5
27	9	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	7–14–6
28	12	@ Montreal Canadiens	7–2	7–15–6
29	13	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	7–16–6
30	16	Boston Bruins	4–3	8–16–6
31	19	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	8–17–6
32	20	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	9–17–6
33	23	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	10–17–6
34	26	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–0	10–18–6
35	27	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1	10–19–6
36	29	Boston Bruins	6–2	10–20–6

January: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 5–2–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
37	1	@ Boston Bruins	2–1	11–20–6
38	3	Montreal Canadiens	4–3	12–20–6
39	6	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	13–20–6
40	10	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	14–20–6
41	13	Detroit Red Wings	3–1	14–21–6
42	14	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–0	15–21–6
43	16	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–0	15–22–6
44	17	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–2	16–22–6
45	20	Boston Bruins	8–3	17–22–6
46	23	@ Boston Bruins	4–3	18–22–6
47	24	@ Boston Bruins	2–1	18–23–6
48	28	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–3	18–23–7
49	30	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–1	19–23–7

February: 6–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
50	4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	20–23–7
51	6	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–3	20–24–7
52	7	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	20–25–7
53	10	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	21–25–7
54	13	@ Boston Bruins	1–0	21–26–7
55	14	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	21–26–8
56	17	Boston Bruins	2–1	22–26–8
57	19	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–0	23–26–8
58	21	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–1	24–26–8
59	24	Boston Bruins	5–3	24–27–8
60	27	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–0	24–28–8
61	28	Montreal Canadiens	2–0	25–28–8

March: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–1–2)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
62	3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	25–28–9
63	5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0–0	25–28–10
64	7	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–0	25–29–10
65	10	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	26–29–10
66	11	@ Boston Bruins	1–0	26–30–10
67	13	@ Detroit Red Wings	5–2	27–30–10
68	14	Detroit Red Wings	2–0	28–30–10
69	20	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–2	29–30–10
70	21	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	29–31–10

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1954 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Paul Ronty	70	13	33	46	18
Don Raleigh	70	15	30	45	16
Wally Hergesheimer	66	27	16	43	42
Camille Henry	66	24	15	39	10
Nick Mickoski	68	19	16	35	22
Max Bentley	57	14	18	32	15
Dean Prentice	52	4	13	17	18
Hy Buller	41	3	14	17	40
Harry Howell	67	7	9	16	58
Ed Kullman	70	4	10	14	44
Ivan Irwin	56	2	12	14	109
Ike Hildebrand^‡	31	6	7	13	12
Doug Bentley	20	2	10	12	2
Bob Chrystal	64	5	5	10	44
Jack Evans	44	4	4	8	73
Leo Reise	70	3	5	8	71
Aldo Guidolin	68	2	6	8	51
Edgar Laprade	35	1	6	7	2
Andy Bathgate	20	2	2	4	18
Ron Murphy	27	1	3	4	20
Glen Sonmor	15	2	0	2	17
Billy Dea	14	1	1	2	2
Allan Stanley	10	0	2	2	11
Vic Howe	1	0	0	0	0
William Chalmers	1	0	0	0	0
Aggie Kukulowicz	1	0	0	0	0
Bill McCreary	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Johnny Bower	70	4200	29	31	10	182	2.60	5

^†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;

References

^ "1953–1954 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1953–54 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

External links

Rangers on Hockey Database

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