# 1960–61 New York Rangers season

The 1960–61 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 35th season. The Rangers finished in fifth place in the regular season with 54 points, and did not qualify for the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 254 | 188 | +66 | 92 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 234 | 176 | +58 | 90 |
| 3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 198 | 180 | +18 | 75 |
| 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 195 | 215 | −20 | 66 |
| 5 | New York Rangers | 70 | 22 | 38 | 10 | 204 | 248 | −44 | 54 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 176 | 254 | −78 | 43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1960–61 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 4–6–4 | 4–8–2 | 2–10–2 | 3–9–2 | 2–9–3 |
| Chicago | 6–4–4 | — | 6–4–4 | 5–5–4 | 7–4–3 | 5–7–2 |
| Detroit | 8–4–2 | 4–6–4 | — | 4–7–3 | 7–5–2 | 2–7–5 |
| Montreal | 10–2–2 | 5–5–4 | 7–4–3 | — | 11–2–1 | 8–6 |
| New York | 9–3–2 | 4–7–3 | 5–7–2 | 2–11–1 | — | 2–10–2 |
| Toronto | 9–2–3 | 7–5–2 | 7–2–5 | 6–8 | 10–2–2 | — |

## Schedule and results

1960–61 Game Log :
October: 4–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 1–3–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
15Boston Bruins2–11–0–0
28@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–22–0–0
39@ Chicago Black Hawks3–22–1–0
411Montreal Canadiens3–22–2–0
515@ Montreal Canadiens8–42–3–0
616Toronto Maple Leafs7–22–4–0
719Chicago Black Hawks2–03–4–0
823Montreal Canadiens4–23–5–0
926Detroit Red Wings4–34–5–0
1027@ Boston Bruins6–44–6–0
1130Toronto Maple Leafs3–14–7–0 :
November: 3–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–3–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
122@ Chicago Black Hawks4–44–7–1
135@ Toronto Maple Leafs7–34–8–1
146@ Detroit Red Wings5–24–9–1
159Detroit Red Wings4–34–10–1
1610@ Montreal Canadiens9–74–11–1
1713Montreal Canadiens2–14–12–1
1816Boston Bruins4–35–12–1
1920Detroit Red Wings4–35–13–1
2023Boston Bruins6–36–13–1
2124@ Boston Bruins5–37–13–1
2227Chicago Black Hawks3–37–13–2 :
December: 3–7–3 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 2–4–1)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
233@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–27–14–2
244@ Detroit Red Wings4–18–14–2
257Detroit Red Wings3–18–15–2
2610@ Boston Bruins3–09–15–2
2711Boston Bruins2–29–15–3
2814@ Chicago Black Hawks4–09–16–3
2915@ Detroit Red Wings1–19–16–4
3017@ Montreal Canadiens2–09–17–4
3118Toronto Maple Leafs3–29–18–4
3221Chicago Black Hawks2–29–18–5
3325Montreal Canadiens4–110–18–5
3428Detroit Red Wings4–310–19–5
3531@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–110–20–5 :
January: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 2–2–3)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
361Toronto Maple Leafs4–110–21–5
374Chicago Black Hawks3–210–22–5
387@ Montreal Canadiens6–310–23–5
398Montreal Canadiens4–211–23–5
4012@ Boston Bruins4–411–23–6
4114@ Detroit Red Wings2–211–23–7
4215@ Chicago Black Hawks3–112–23–7
4318@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–412–23–8
4421@ Chicago Black Hawks5–312–24–8
4522@ Detroit Red Wings5–313–24–8
4625Boston Bruins2–114–24–8
4729Toronto Maple Leafs4–114–25–8 :
February: 5–7–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 1–6–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
481Chicago Black Hawks3–115–25–8
492@ Montreal Canadiens7–515–26–8
504@ Boston Bruins2–116–26–8
515Boston Bruins5–217–26–8
528@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–317–27–8
539@ Detroit Red Wings4–217–28–8
5411Montreal Canadiens3–317–28–9
5512@ Boston Bruins8–317–29–9
5615@ Chicago Black Hawks5–217–30–9
5718@ Montreal Canadiens7–417–31–9
5819Toronto Maple Leafs4–218–31–9
5922Chicago Black Hawks4–219–31–9
6026Montreal Canadiens3–119–32–9 :
March: 3–6–1 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 0–5–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
611Boston Bruins3–120–32–9
622@ Chicago Black Hawks7–120–33–9
634@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–420–34–9
645Detroit Red Wings8–321–34–9
658Chicago Black Hawks4–321–35–9
669@ Montreal Canadiens6–121–36–9
6712Detroit Red Wings7–322–36–9
6814@ Detroit Red Wings5–222–37–9
6915@ Boston Bruins6–222–38–9
7019Toronto Maple Leafs2–222–38–10 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Andy Bathgate | 70 | 29 | 48 | 77 | 22 |
| Andy Hebenton | 70 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 10 |
| Camille Henry | 53 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 8 |
| Dean Prentice | 56 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 17 |
| George Sullivan | 70 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 66 |
| Bill Gadsby | 65 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 49 |
| Earl Ingarfield | 66 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 18 |
| Brian Cullen | 42 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 6 |
| Johnny Wilson$^†$ | 56 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 24 |
| Pat Hannigan | 53 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 24 |
| Ted Hampson | 69 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 |
| Harry Howell | 70 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 62 |
| Floyd Smith | 29 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| John Hanna | 46 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 34 |
| Irv Spencer | 56 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| Ken Schinkel | 38 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| Don Johns | 63 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 34 |
| Jim Morrison | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Orland Kurtenbach | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Lou Fontinato | 53 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 100 |
| Jean Ratelle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Len Ronson | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Eddie Shack$^‡$ | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Dave Balon | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Dan Belisle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Kabel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Al LeBrun | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Rod Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob Cunningham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Popein | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Leon Rochefort | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noel Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wayne Hall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Latreille | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Hutchinson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 59 | 3473 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 191 | 3.30 | 2161 | .912 | 1 |
| Jack McCartan | 8 | 440 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 4.77 | 238 | .853 | 1 |
| Marcel Paille | 4 | 240 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4.00 | 153 | .895 | 0 |
| Joe Schaefer | 1 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.83 | 30 | .900 | 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.
    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;