# 1953–54 New York Rangers season

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, and miss the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | 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 :
| 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)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
18@ Detroit Red Wings4–10–1–0
211@ Chicago Black Hawks5–31–1–0
315@ Montreal Canadiens6–11–2–0
417@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–11–2–1
518@ Boston Bruins3–21–3–1
622Boston Bruins4–32–3–1
725Montreal Canadiens2–12–4–1
828Chicago Black Hawks6–12–5–1
931@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–12–6–1 :
November: 5–6–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 1–4–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
101Toronto Maple Leafs2–22–6–2
115@ Montreal Canadiens4–32–7–2
127@ Chicago Black Hawks3–13–7–2
138@ Detroit Red Wings2–23–7–3
1411Chicago Black Hawks3–24–7–3
1514Detroit Red Wings3–24–8–3
1615@ Detroit Red Wings4–14–9–3
1718Chicago Black Hawks3–15–9–3
1821@ Toronto Maple Leafs1–05–10–3
1922Detroit Red Wings3–25–11–3
2025Boston Bruins5–36–11–3
2126@ Boston Bruins5–26–12–3
2229Montreal Canadiens2–17–12–3 :
December: 3–8–3 (Home: 3–3–3; Road: 0–5–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
232Chicago Black Hawks3–37–12–4
243@ Detroit Red Wings4–07–13–4
255@ Chicago Black Hawks2–17–14–4
266Toronto Maple Leafs3–37–14–5
279Detroit Red Wings3–37–14–6
2812@ Montreal Canadiens7–27–15–6
2913Toronto Maple Leafs2–17–16–6
3016Boston Bruins4–38–16–6
3119@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–28–17–6
3220Montreal Canadiens3–19–17–6
3323Detroit Red Wings2–110–17–6
3426@ Montreal Canadiens2–010–18–6
3527Chicago Black Hawks4–110–19–6
3629Boston Bruins6–210–20–6 :
January: 9–3–1 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 5–2–1)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
371@ Boston Bruins2–111–20–6
383Montreal Canadiens4–312–20–6
396Chicago Black Hawks4–313–20–6
4010Toronto Maple Leafs4–114–20–6
4113Detroit Red Wings3–114–21–6
4214@ Chicago Black Hawks2–015–21–6
4316@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–015–22–6
4417@ Detroit Red Wings3–216–22–6
4520Boston Bruins8–317–22–6
4623@ Boston Bruins4–318–22–6
4724@ Boston Bruins2–118–23–6
4828@ Detroit Red Wings3–318–23–7
4930@ Montreal Canadiens2–119–23–7 :
February: 6–5–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–3–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
504@ Chicago Black Hawks3–220–23–7
516@ Montreal Canadiens4–320–24–7
527Montreal Canadiens4–120–25–7
5310Detroit Red Wings3–221–25–7
5413@ Boston Bruins1–021–26–7
5514Toronto Maple Leafs3–321–26–8
5617Boston Bruins2–122–26–8
5719@ Chicago Black Hawks3–023–26–8
5821Toronto Maple Leafs6–124–26–8
5924Boston Bruins5–324–27–8
6027@ Montreal Canadiens5–024–28–8
6128Montreal Canadiens2–025–28–8 :
March: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–1–2)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
623@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–325–28–9
635@ Chicago Black Hawks0–025–28–10
647Toronto Maple Leafs4–025–29–10
6510Chicago Black Hawks4–226–29–10
6611@ Boston Bruins1–026–30–10
6713@ Detroit Red Wings5–227–30–10
6814Detroit Red Wings2–028–30–10
6920@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–229–30–10
7021Montreal Canadiens3–129–31–10 :

## 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.
    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;