# 1934–35 New York Rangers season

The 1934–35 New York Rangers season was the franchise's ninth season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in third place in the American Division with 50 points, and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a two-game total goal series, 6–5, to advance to the NHL semi-finals. There, New York lost 5–4 in another two-game total goal series to the Montreal Maroons.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 129 | 112 | 58 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 118 | 88 | 57 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 137 | 139 | 50 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 127 | 114 | 45 |
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

1934–35 Game Log :
November: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–3–0)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
110@ St. Louis Eagles4–20–1–0
215@ Detroit Red Wings8–20–2–0
318St. Louis Eagles5–01–2–0
422Detroit Red Wings4 – 3 OT2–2–0
525@ New York Americans3–12–3–0
627Montreal Canadiens3–22–4–0 :
December: 4–6–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 2–3–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
71Montreal Maroons5–22–5–0
84@ Montreal Canadiens5–32–6–0
98@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–23–6–0
109@ Chicago Black Hawks4–03–7–0
1111Toronto Maple Leafs8–43–8–0
1216Boston Bruins2–14–8–0
1318@ Boston Bruins5–34–9–0
1420Chicago Black Hawks4–14–10–0
1522@ Montreal Maroons2–15–10–0
1625New York Americans3–16–10–0
1730Boston Bruins0 – 0 OT6–10–1 :
January: 8–1–3 (Home: 4–0–3; Road: 4–1–0)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
181@ Boston Bruins5–26–11–1
193Detroit Red Wings3–27–11–1
208Montreal Maroons1 – 1 OT7–11–2
2112@ New York Americans3–18–11–2
2213St. Louis Eagles3–29–11–2
2315New York Americans1 – 1 OT9–11–3
2420Montreal Canadiens7–110–11–3
2522@ Montreal Canadiens7–011–11–3
2624Chicago Black Hawks3 – 3 OT11–11–4
2727@ New York Americans4–212–11–4
2829Toronto Maple Leafs7–513–11–4
2931@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–214–11–4 :
February: 7–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–2–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
303Detroit Red Wings5–315–11–4
315@ Montreal Maroons5–416–11–4
327New York Americans6–416–12–4
3310@ Chicago Black Hawks2–117–12–4
3412@ St. Louis Eagles5–118–12–4
3514Toronto Maple Leafs3–019–12–4
3616@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–119–13–4
3717@ Detroit Red Wings5 – 3 OT20–13–4
3819St. Louis Eagles2–121–13–4
3924Boston Bruins0 – 0 OT21–13–5
4026@ Montreal Maroons3–121–14–5
4128Montreal Maroons5–221–15–5 :
March: 1–5–1 (Home: 0–2–0; Road: 1–3–1)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
425@ Boston Bruins3–121–16–5
437@ Detroit Red Wings6–121–17–5
449@ St. Louis Eagles5–122–17–5
4510@ Chicago Black Hawks1 – 1 OT22–17–6
4612Montreal Canadiens4–322–18–6
4714@ Montreal Canadiens5–422–19–6
4817Chicago Black Hawks5–222–20–6 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1935 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Frank Boucher | 48 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 2 |
| Bill Cook | 48 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 23 |
| Cecil Dillon | 48 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 4 |
| Frederick Cook | 48 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 26 |
| Murray Murdoch | 48 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 14 |
| Earl Seibert | 48 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 86 |
| Lynn Patrick | 48 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 17 |
| Bert Connelly | 47 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 23 |
| Melville Keeling | 47 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 14 |
| Charlie Mason | 46 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 47 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| Ivan Johnson | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| Art Somers | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Alex Levinsky$^†$ | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Vic Ripley$^‡$ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Bill MacKenzie$^†$ | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Harold Starr$^†$ | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Lynn Patrick | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Melville Keeling | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Cecil Dillon | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Cook | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Frank Boucher | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Murray Murdoch | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Frederick Cook | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Charlie Mason | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Connelly | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harold Starr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill MacKenzie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Somers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivan Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Seibert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 37 | 2290 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 94 | 2.46 | 4 |
| Andy Aitkenhead | 10 | 610 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 3.64 | 1 |
| Percy Jackson$^†$ | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Dave Kerr | 4 | 240 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2.50 | 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;