# 1961–62 New York Rangers season

The 1961–62 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 36th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished fourth in the NHL with 64 points, and qualified for the playoffs. In the NHL semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games.

## Regular season
### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | Montreal Canadiens | 70 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 259 | 166 | +93 | 98 |
| 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 70 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 232 | 180 | +52 | 85 |
| 3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 70 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 217 | 186 | +31 | 75 |
| 4 | New York Rangers | 70 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 195 | 207 | −12 | 64 |
| 5 | Detroit Red Wings | 70 | 23 | 33 | 14 | 184 | 219 | −35 | 60 |
| 6 | Boston Bruins | 70 | 15 | 47 | 8 | 177 | 306 | −129 | 38 |

### Record vs. opponents

1961–62 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 2–10–2 | 4–8–2 | 3–10–1 | 2–10–2 | 4–9–1 |
| Chicago | 10–2–2 | — | 7–3–4 | 3–9–2 | 7–6–1 | 4–6–4 |
| Detroit | 8–4–2 | 3–7–4 | — | 3–8–3 | 6–5–3 | 3–9–2 |
| Montreal | 10–3–1 | 9–3–2 | 8–3–3 | — | 8–1–5 | 7–4–3 |
| New York | 10–2–2 | 6–7–1 | 5–6–3 | 1–8–5 | — | 4–9–1 |
| Toronto | 9–4–1 | 6–4–4 | 9–3–2 | 4–7–3 | 9–4–1 | — |

## Schedule and results

1961–62 Game Log :
October: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–2–1)
GameOctoberOpponentScoreRecord
111@ Boston Bruins6–21–0–0
212Boston Bruins6–32–0–0
314@ Montreal Canadiens3–12–1–0
415Toronto Maple Leafs2–13–1–0
518Montreal Canadiens5–23–2–0
619@ Chicago Black Hawks4–24–2–0
721@ Detroit Red Wings4–44–2–1
822Detroit Red Wings5–44–3–1
925Chicago Black Hawks1–14–3–2
1028@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–14–4–2
1129Toronto Maple Leafs4–25–4–2
1231@ Chicago Black Hawks4–26–4–2 :
November: 4–2–4 (Home: 3–0–3; Road: 1–2–1)
GameNovemberOpponentScoreRecord
132@ Detroit Red Wings1–06–5–2
144@ Montreal Canadiens3–36–5–3
158Boston Bruins4–46–5–4
1612Chicago Black Hawks4–17–5–4
1718Montreal Canadiens4–47–5–5
1819Toronto Maple Leafs5–38–5–5
1922Detroit Red Wings4–09–5–5
2023@ Boston Bruins4–310–5–5
2125@ Toronto Maple Leafs6–010–6–5
2226Montreal Canadiens2–210–6–6 :
December: 4–7–2 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 1–3–2)
GameDecemberOpponentScoreRecord
232@ Boston Bruins3–110–7–6
243Boston Bruins3–111–7–6
256Chicago Black Hawks8–311–8–6
267@ Detroit Red Wings3–311–8–7
279@ Montreal Canadiens2–211–8–8
2810Toronto Maple Leafs3–211–9–8
2916@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–211–10–8
3017@ Chicago Black Hawks3–111–11–8
3120Detroit Red Wings6–112–11–8
3223Chicago Black Hawks7–313–11–8
3325@ Detroit Red Wings6–414–11–8
3427Montreal Canadiens3–014–12–8
3531Boston Bruins7–414–13–8 :
January: 2–10–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–7–0)
GameJanuaryOpponentScoreRecord
361@ Boston Bruins4–215–13–8
373@ Chicago Black Hawks2–115–14–8
386@ Montreal Canadiens5–115–15–8
397Toronto Maple Leafs4–315–16–8
4013@ Chicago Black Hawks4–215–17–8
4114@ Detroit Red Wings2–115–18–8
4217@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–215–19–8
4321@ Chicago Black Hawks3–115–20–8
4424Detroit Red Wings3–015–21–8
4527@ Montreal Canadiens5–115–22–8
4628Chicago Black Hawks3–015–23–8
4731Boston Bruins5–016–23–8 :
February: 6–5–3 (Home: 4–0–3; Road: 2–5–0)
GameFebruaryOpponentScoreRecord
481@ Boston Bruins5–317–23–8
493@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–117–24–8
504Montreal Canadiens2–118–24–8
517Detroit Red Wings2–218–24–9
5210Chicago Black Hawks2–119–24–9
5311@ Boston Bruins5–320–24–9
5414@ Chicago Black Hawks4–320–25–9
5515@ Detroit Red Wings4–320–26–9
5617@ Toronto Maple Leafs5–320–27–9
5718Toronto Maple Leafs6–221–27–9
5821Boston Bruins4–222–27–9
5924@ Montreal Canadiens4–222–28–9
6025Montreal Canadiens3–322–28–10
6128Boston Bruins2–222–28–11 :
March: 4–4–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–2–0)
GameMarchOpponentScoreRecord
623@ Toronto Maple Leafs3–122–29–11
634Detroit Red Wings4–222–30–11
646@ Detroit Red Wings5–423–30–11
6511Montreal Canadiens2–123–31–11
6614Detroit Red Wings3–224–31–11
6717@ Montreal Canadiens2–024–32–11
6818Toronto Maple Leafs2–224–32–12
6922@ Boston Bruins4–325–32–12
7025Chicago Black Hawks4–126–32–12 :

## Playoffs

Key: Win Loss
1962 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Andy Bathgate | 70 | 28 | 56 | 84 | 44 |
| Dean Prentice | 68 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 20 |
| Earl Ingarfield | 70 | 26 | 31 | 57 | 18 |
| Andy Hebenton | 70 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 10 |
| Camille Henry | 60 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 8 |
| Doug Harvey | 69 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 42 |
| Ken Schinkel | 65 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 17 |
| Ted Hampson | 68 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 10 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 69 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 71 |
| Albert Langlois | 69 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 90 |
| Pat Hannigan | 56 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 34 |
| Harry Howell | 66 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 89 |
| Dave Balon | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| Johnny Wilson | 40 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
| Jean Ratelle | 31 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Irv Spencer | 43 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 |
| Larry Cahan | 57 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 85 |
| Vic Hadfield | 44 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| Pete Goegan$^†$ | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Bob Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Bownass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Rod Gilbert | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Dave Balon | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Earl Ingarfield | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Johnny Wilson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Jean-Guy Gendron | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Andy Hebenton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Bathgate | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Dean Prentice | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Howell | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Albert Langlois | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ted Hampson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Schinkel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Harvey | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vic Hadfield | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Larry Cahan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Irv Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Hannigan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Camille Henry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 60 | 3531 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 173 | 2.94 | 1981 | .913 | 2 |
| Marcel Paille | 10 | 600 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 2.80 | 318 | .912 | 0 |
| Danny Olesevich | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.14 | 19 | .895 | 0 |
| Dave Dryden | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 26 | .885 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Lorne Worsley | 6 | 384 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 3.28 | 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;