# 1944–45 New York Rangers season

The 1944–45 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 19th season. During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–29–10 record and finished with 32 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 228 | 121 | +107 | 80 |
| 2 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 218 | 161 | +57 | 67 |
| 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 183 | 161 | +22 | 52 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 179 | 219 | −40 | 36 |
| 5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 141 | 194 | −53 | 33 |
| 6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 154 | 247 | −93 | 32 |

### Record vs. opponents

1944–45 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 7–3 | 0–9–1 | 0–10 | 4–3–3 | 5–5 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | — | 5–5 | 0–8–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 |
| Detroit | 9–0–1 | 7–3 | — | 1–8–1 | 6–2–2 | 8–1–1 |
| Montreal | 10–0 | 7–1–2 | 8–1–1 | — | 9–1 | 4–5–1 |
| New York | 3–4–3 | 3–3–4 | 2–6–2 | 1–9 | — | 2–7–1 |
| Toronto | 5–5 | 6–3–1 | 1–8–1 | 5–4–1 | 7–2–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

1944–45 Game Log :
October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
128@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–10–1–0 :
November: 2–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 1–3–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
21@ Chicago Black Hawks8–30–2–0
32@ Detroit Red Wings10–30–3–0
49Toronto Maple Leafs6–30–4–0
511Detroit Red Wings5–21–4–0
612Boston Bruins5–51–4–1
718Detroit Red Wings2–21–4–2
819Montreal Canadiens6–21–5–2
923@ Chicago Black Hawks4–41–5–3
1026@ Boston Bruins8–41–6–3
1130@ Montreal Canadiens7–52–6–3 :
December: 2–7–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 1–4–0)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
122@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–32–7–3
137Detroit Red Wings3–22–8–3
1410Chicago Black Hawks1–12–8–4
1512@ Boston Bruins7–52–9–4
1617Montreal Canadiens4–12–10–4
1720@ Chicago Black Hawks3–13–10–4
1821@ Detroit Red Wings11–33–11–4
1924Chicago Black Hawks3–33–11–5
2027Toronto Maple Leafs8–23–12–5
2130@ Montreal Canadiens4–13–13–5
2231Boston Bruins3–24–13–5 :
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–4–0)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
234Detroit Red Wings4–44–13–6
247Chicago Black Hawks0–04–13–7
259@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–45–13–7
2611Boston Bruins5–16–13–7
2714Montreal Canadiens6–26–14–7
2818@ Detroit Red Wings7–36–15–7
2920@ Montreal Canadiens5–26–16–7
3021@ Boston Bruins14–36–17–7
3124@ Chicago Black Hawks4–37–17–7
3227@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–07–18–7
3328Toronto Maple Leafs7–07–19–7 :
February: 3–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 0–3–2)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
344@ Boston Bruins3–37–19–8
358@ Montreal Canadiens9–47–20–8
3611Montreal Canadiens4–37–21–8
3714@ Detroit Red Wings4–27–22–8
3815Chicago Black Hawks6–28–22–8
3917@ Boston Bruins6–18–23–8
4018Boston Bruins2–19–23–8
4122Detroit Red Wings5–310–23–8
4224@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–410–23–9
4325Boston Bruins4–410–23–10 :
March: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–3–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
441Chicago Black Hawks5–310–24–10
454Toronto Maple Leafs6–310–25–10
467@ Chicago Black Hawks6–310–26–10
478@ Detroit Red Wings7–310–27–10
4810@ Montreal Canadiens7–310–28–10
4911Montreal Canadiens11–510–29–10
5018Toronto Maple Leafs6–511–29–10 :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Ab DeMarco | 50 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 10 |
| Grant Warwick | 42 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 25 |
| Hank Goldup | 48 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 25 |
| Fred Thurier | 50 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 14 |
| Fred Hunt | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 6 |
| Joe Shack | 50 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 14 |
| Walt Atanas | 49 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 40 |
| Phil Watson | 45 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 24 |
| Ehrhardt Heller | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 26 |
| James MacDonald | 36 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 12 |
| Bob Dill | 48 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 69 |
| Wilfred McDonald | 40 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Mann | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Moe | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| Chuck Scherza | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| Guy Labrie | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| Neil Colville | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Len Wharton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ritson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Drummond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Cooper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Ken McAuley | 46 | 2760 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 227 | 4.93 | 1 |
| Doug Stevenson$^†$ | 4 | 240 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5.00 | 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;