1956–57 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1956–57 New York Rangers
Division	4th NHL
1956–57 record	26–30–14
Goals for	184
Goals against	227
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson
Captain	Harry Howell
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Andy Bathgate (27)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (50)
Points	Andy Bathgate (77)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (139)
Wins	Gump Worsley (26)
Goals against average	Johnny Bower (3.00)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

The 1956–57 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 31st season.

Regular season

Season standings

National Hockey League^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	20	12	198	157	+41	88
2	Montreal Canadiens	70	35	23	12	210	155	+55	82
3	Boston Bruins	70	34	24	12	195	174	+21	80
4	New York Rangers	70	26	30	14	184	227	−43	66
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	21	34	15	174	192	−18	57
6	Chicago Black Hawks	70	16	39	15	169	225	−56	47

Record vs. opponents

1956–57 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	8–5–1	7–4–3	7–4–3	5–8–1	7–3–4
Chicago	5–8–1	—	2–10–2	3–8–3	1–7–6	5–6–3
Detroit	4–7–3	10–2–2	—	4–6–4	10–3–1	10–2–2
Montreal	4–7–3	8–3–3	6–4–4	—	8–5–1	9–4–1
New York	8–5–1	7–1–6	3–10–1	5–8–1	—	3–6–5
Toronto	3–7–4	6–5–3	2–10–2	4–9–1	6–3–5	—

Schedule and results

1956–57 Game Log

October: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–0–1; Road: 1–3–0)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Record
1	12	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–0	1–0–0
2	14	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–1	1–1–0
3	17	Boston Bruins	2–0	2–1–0
4	20	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–0	2–2–0
5	21	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1	3–2–0
6	24	Montreal Canadiens	3–2	4–2–0
7	28	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	4–2–1
8	31	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	7–2	4–3–1

November: 2–7–4 (Home: 1–3–3; Road: 1–4–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
9	4	@ Boston Bruins	4–1	4–4–1
10	7	Boston Bruins	4–2	4–5–1
11	8	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–2	4–6–1
12	10	Detroit Red Wings	6–4	4–7–1
13	14	Montreal Canadiens	5–3	4–8–1
14	17	Boston Bruins	4–4	4–8–2
15	18	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	4–8–3
16	21	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	4–8–4
17	22	@ Boston Bruins	4–3	5–8–4
18	24	@ Montreal Canadiens	6–1	5–9–4
19	25	Montreal Canadiens	1–1	5–9–5
20	28	Boston Bruins	2–1	6–9–5
21	29	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–1	6–10–5

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

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
22	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	7–10–5
23	5	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	7–10–6
24	8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	0–0	7–10–7
25	9	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	8–10–7
26	13	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–1	8–11–7
27	15	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	8–12–7
28	16	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	9–12–7
29	21	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	10–12–7
30	23	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	10–13–7
31	25	@ Detroit Red Wings	8–1	10–14–7
32	27	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	11–14–7
33	29	@ Montreal Canadiens	6–3	11–15–7
34	31	Detroit Red Wings	1–0	11–16–7

January: 5–7–1 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 4–3–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
35	1	@ Boston Bruins	5–3	11–17–7
36	5	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1	12–17–7
37	6	Montreal Canadiens	3–2	12–18–7
38	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	12–19–7
39	11	@ Chicago Black Hawks	7–4	13–19–7
40	12	@ Detroit Red Wings	5–4	14–19–7
41	13	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	14–20–7
42	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–0	14–21–7
43	20	@ Detroit Red Wings	5–2	14–22–7
44	23	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–4	14–22–8
45	26	@ Boston Bruins	5–3	15–22–8
46	27	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	16–22–8
47	30	Chicago Black Hawks	7–2	16–23–8

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

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
48	2	Detroit Red Wings	5–4	16–24–8
49	3	@ Boston Bruins	4–1	16–25–8
50	6	Boston Bruins	3–2	17–25–8
51	7	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	17–25–9
52	9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–4	17–25–10
53	10	Montreal Canadiens	5–4	18–25–10
54	14	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–2	18–26–10
55	16	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–1	19–26–10
56	17	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	20–26–10
57	20	Boston Bruins	5–2	21–26–10
58	23	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–1	21–27–10
59	24	Montreal Canadiens	4–3	22–27–10
60	27	Chicago Black Hawks	6–6	22–27–11

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

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
61	2	@ Boston Bruins	3–2	23–27–11
62	3	Detroit Red Wings	1–1	23–27–12
63	7	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	23–27–13
64	9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	24–27–13
65	10	Detroit Red Wings	4–1	25–27–13
66	13	Boston Bruins	2–1	25–28–13
67	16	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	14–1	25–29–13
68	17	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	25–30–13
69	23	@ Boston Bruins	4–2	26–30–13
70	24	Chicago Black Hawks	4–4	26–30–14

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1957 Stanley Cup playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – Montreal wins series 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 26	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	New York Rangers		Montreal leads series 1–0
2	March 28	Montreal Canadiens	3–4	New York Rangers	OT	Series tied 1–1
3	March 30	New York Rangers	3–8	Montreal Canadiens		Montreal leads series 2–1
4	April 2	New York Rangers	1–3	Montreal Canadiens		Montreal leads series 3–1
5	April 4	New York Rangers	3–4	Montreal Canadiens	OT	Montreal wins series 4–1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Andy Bathgate	70	27	50	77	60
Andy Hebenton	70	21	23	44	10
Dean Prentice	68	19	23	42	38
Bill Gadsby	70	4	37	41	72
Dave Creighton	70	18	21	39	42
Danny Lewicki	70	18	20	38	47
Larry Popein	67	11	19	30	20
Camille Henry	36	14	15	29	2
George Sullivan	42	6	17	23	36
Ron Murphy	33	7	12	19	14
Gerry Foley	69	7	9	16	48
Jean-Guy Gendron	70	9	6	15	40
Parker MacDonald	45	7	8	15	24
Lou Fontinato	70	3	12	15	139
Harry Howell	65	2	10	12	70
Larry Cahan	61	5	4	9	65
Jack Evans	70	3	6	9	110
Bruce Cline	30	2	3	5	10
Bronco Horvath^‡	7	1	2	3	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Camille Henry	5	2	3	5	0
Dave Creighton	5	2	2	4	2
George Sullivan	5	1	2	3	4
Larry Popein	5	0	3	3	0
Bill Gadsby	5	1	2	3	2
Parker MacDonald	1	1	1	2	0
Dean Prentice	5	0	2	2	4
Andy Hebenton	5	2	0	2	2
Andy Bathgate	5	2	0	2	7
Jack Evans	5	0	1	1	4
Harry Howell	5	1	0	1	6
Jean-Guy Gendron	5	0	1	1	6
Danny Lewicki	5	0	1	1	2
Larry Cahan	3	0	0	0	2
Lou Fontinato	5	0	0	0	7
Gerry Foley	3	0	0	0	0
Ron Murphy	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lorne Worsley	68	4080	26	28	14	217	3.24	2341	.907	3
Johnny Bower	2	120	0	2	0	6	3.00	47	.872	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Lorne Worsley	5	316	1	4	21	3.99	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;

References

^ "1956–1957 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1956–57 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

External links

Rangers on Hockey Database

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