1960–61 New York Rangers season

The 1960–61 New York Rangers season was the 35th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 5, 1960 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 8, 1960 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 9, 1960 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 11, 1960 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	October 15, 1960 	4–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	2–3–0
6 	L 	October 16, 1960 	2–7 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	2–4–0
7 	W 	October 19, 1960 	2–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	3–4–0
8 	L 	October 23, 1960 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	3–5–0
9 	W 	October 26, 1960 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	4–5–0
10 	L 	October 27, 1960 	4–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	4–6–0
11 	L 	October 30, 1960 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	4–7–0
12 	T 	November 2, 1960 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	4–7–1
13 	L 	November 5, 1960 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	4–8–1
14 	L 	November 6, 1960 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	4–9–1
15 	L 	November 9, 1960 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	4–10–1
16 	L 	November 10, 1960 	7–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	4–11–1
17 	L 	November 13, 1960 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	4–12–1
18 	W 	November 16, 1960 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	5–12–1
19 	L 	November 20, 1960 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	5–13–1
20 	W 	November 23, 1960 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	6–13–1
21 	W 	November 24, 1960 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	7–13–1
22 	T 	November 27, 1960 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	7–13–2
23 	L 	December 3, 1960 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	7–14–2
24 	W 	December 4, 1960 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	8–14–2
25 	L 	December 7, 1960 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	8–15–2
26 	W 	December 10, 1960 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	9–15–2
27 	T 	December 11, 1960 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	9–15–3
28 	L 	December 14, 1960 	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	9–16–3
29 	T 	December 15, 1960 	1–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	9–16–4
30 	L 	December 17, 1960 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	9–17–4
31 	L 	December 18, 1960 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	9–18–4
32 	T 	December 21, 1960 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	9–18–5
33 	W 	December 25, 1960 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	10–18–5
34 	L 	December 28, 1960 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	10–19–5
35 	L 	December 31, 1960 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	10–20–5
36 	L 	January 1, 1961 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	10–21–5
37 	L 	January 4, 1961 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	10–22–5
38 	L 	January 7, 1961 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	10–23–5
39 	W 	January 8, 1961 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	11–23–5
40 	T 	January 12, 1961 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	11–23–6
41 	T 	January 14, 1961 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	11–23–7
42 	W 	January 15, 1961 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	12–23–7
43 	T 	January 18, 1961 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	12–23–8
44 	L 	January 21, 1961 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	12–24–8
45 	W 	January 22, 1961 	5–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	13–24–8
46 	W 	January 25, 1961 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	14–24–8
47 	L 	January 29, 1961 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	14–25–8
48 	W 	February 1, 1961 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	15–25–8
49 	L 	February 2, 1961 	5–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	15–26–8
50 	W 	February 4, 1961 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	16–26–8
51 	W 	February 5, 1961 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	17–26–8
52 	L 	February 8, 1961 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	17–27–8
53 	L 	February 9, 1961 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	17–28–8
54 	T 	February 11, 1961 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	17–28–9
55 	L 	February 12, 1961 	3–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	17–29–9
56 	L 	February 15, 1961 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	17–30–9
57 	L 	February 18, 1961 	4–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	17–31–9
58 	W 	February 19, 1961 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	18–31–9
59 	W 	February 22, 1961 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	19–31–9
60 	L 	February 26, 1961 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	19–32–9
61 	W 	March 1, 1961 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	20–32–9
62 	L 	March 2, 1961 	1–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61)	20–33–9
63 	L 	March 4, 1961 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61)	20–34–9
64 	W 	March 5, 1961 	8–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	21–34–9
65 	L 	March 8, 1961 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1960–61) 	21–35–9
66 	L 	March 9, 1961 	1–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1960–61) 	21–36–9
67 	W 	March 12, 1961 	7–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	22–36–9
68 	L 	March 14, 1961 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1960–61) 	22–37–9
69 	L 	March 15, 1961 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1960–61) 	22–38–9
70 	T 	March 19, 1961 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1960–61) 	22–38–10
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	29	48	77 	22
 	RW 	70	26	28	54 	10
 	C 	53	28	25	53 	8
 	LW 	56	20	25	45 	17
 	C 	70	9 	31	40 	66
 	D 	65	9 	26	35 	49
 	C 	66	13	21	34 	18
 	C 	42	11	19	30 	6
 	LW 	56	14	12	26 	24
 	LW 	53	11	9 	20 	24
 	C 	69	6 	14	20 	4
 	D 	70	7 	10	17 	62
 	RW 	29	5 	9 	14 	0
 	D 	46	1 	8 	9 	34
 	D 	56	1 	8 	9 	30
 	RW 	38	2 	6 	8 	18
 	D 	63	1 	7 	8 	34
 	D 	19	1 	6 	7 	6
 	C 	10	0 	6 	6 	2
 	D 	53	2 	3 	5 	100
 	C 	3 	2 	1 	3 	0
 	LW 	13	2 	1 	3 	10
 	LW 	12	1 	2 	3 	17
 	LW 	13	1 	2 	3 	8
 	RW 	4 	2 	0 	2 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	4
 	RW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	59	0 	0 	0 	10
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3473	59	20	29	8 	190	3.28	1
 	440 	8 	1 	6 	1 	35 	4.77	1
 	240 	4 	1 	2 	1 	16 	4.00	0
 	47 	1 	0 	1 	0 	3 	3.83	0
Team: 	4200	70	22	38	10	244	3.49	2
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Rangers did not win any awards this season.
==Gallery==
60-61NHLNYRExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull
60-61NHLExhNYRQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
==See Also==
*1960–61 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1960–61
New York Rangers season, 1960–61
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