1975–76 New York Rangers season

The 1975–76 New York Rangers season was the 50th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 4th in the Patrick Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
The Rangers chose Wayne Dillon as their first pick in the 1975 draft. Dillon was already playing professionally with the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association.
==Regular Season==
On November 11, 1975 the New York Rangers pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Boston Bruins, exchanging Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais.
===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 	T 	October 8, 1975 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	0–0–1
2 	W 	October 10, 1975 	2–1 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	1–0–1
3 	L 	October 12, 1975 	4–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 15, 1975 	3–1 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 18, 1975 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 19, 1975 	8–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 22, 1975 	1–9 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 25, 1975 	1–7 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	3–4–1
9 	L 	October 26, 1975 	2–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	3–5–1
10 	W 	October 29, 1975 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	4–5–1
11 	L 	November 1, 1975 	0–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	4–6–1
12 	L 	November 2, 1975 	4–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	4–7–1
13 	W 	November 4, 1975 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	5–7–1
14 	L 	November 7, 1975 	5–7 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	5–8–1
15 	L 	November 8, 1975 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	5–9–1
16 	L 	November 11, 1975 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	5–10–1
17 	T 	November 12, 1975 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	5–10–2
18 	W 	November 15, 1975 	5–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	6–10–2
19 	W 	November 16, 1975 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	7–10–2
20 	L 	November 19, 1975 	4–6 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	7–11–2
21 	L 	November 22, 1975 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	7–12–2
22 	W 	November 23, 1975 	3–2 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	8–12–2
23 	L 	November 26, 1975 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	8–13–2
24 	L 	November 29, 1975 	3–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	8–14–2
25 	W 	November 30, 1975 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	9–14–2
26 	T 	December 4, 1975 	6–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	9–14–3
27 	W 	December 5, 1975 	3–2 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	10–14–3
28 	W 	December 7, 1975 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	11–14–3
29 	T 	December 10, 1975 	2–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	11–14–4
30 	W 	December 11, 1975 	5–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	12–14–4
31 	W 	December 13, 1975 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	13–14–4
32 	L 	December 14, 1975 	1–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	13–15–4
33 	L 	December 17, 1975 	0–3 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	13–16–4
34 	L 	December 19, 1975 	3–8 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	13–17–4
35 	W 	December 21, 1975 	2–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	14–17–4
36 	W 	December 23, 1975 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	15–17–4
37 	L 	December 31, 1975 	1–8 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	15–18–4
38 	L 	January 4, 1976 	6–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	15–19–4
39 	L 	January 6, 1976 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	15–20–4
40 	W 	January 10, 1976 	8–4 	@ Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	16–20–4
41 	W 	January 11, 1976 	6–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	17–20–4
42 	L 	January 14, 1976 	1–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	17–21–4
43 	L 	January 16, 1976 	0–7 	@ California Golden Seals (1975–76)	17–22–4
44 	L 	January 18, 1976 	3–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	17–23–4
45 	T 	January 21, 1976 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	17–23–5
46 	L 	January 23, 1976 	5–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	17–24–5
47 	L 	January 25, 1976 	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	17–25–5
48 	T 	January 28, 1976 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	17–25–6
49 	W 	January 29, 1976 	6–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1975–76) 	18–25–6
50 	L 	January 31, 1976 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1975–76) 	18–26–6
51 	W 	February 1, 1976 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	19–26–6
52 	L 	February 4, 1976 	5–6 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	19–27–6
53 	W 	February 7, 1976 	5–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1975–76) 	20–27–6
54 	L 	February 8, 1976 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	20–28–6
55 	L 	February 12, 1976 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	20–29–6
56 	L 	February 13, 1976 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	20–30–6
57 	W 	February 15, 1976 	5–1 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	21–30–6
58 	W 	February 17, 1976 	3–1 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	22–30–6
59 	W 	February 18, 1976 	11–4 	Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	23–30–6
60 	L 	February 20, 1976 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	23–31–6
61 	L 	February 22, 1976 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	23–32–6
62 	L 	February 25, 1976 	4–6 	California Golden Seals (1975–76) 	23–33–6
63 	L 	February 28, 1976 	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	23–34–6
64 	T 	February 29, 1976 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1975–76) 	23–34–7
65 	T 	March 3, 1976 	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	23–34–8
66 	L 	March 5, 1976 	3–8 	@ Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	23–35–8
67 	T 	March 7, 1976 	6–6 	Atlanta Flames (1975–76) 	23–35–9
68 	L 	March 11, 1976 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1975–76) 	23–36–9
69 	W 	March 13, 1976 	7–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1975–76) 	24–36–9
70 	L 	March 16, 1976 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1975–76) 	24–37–9
71 	W 	March 17, 1976 	3–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1975–76) 	25–37–9
72 	L 	March 20, 1976 	1–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1975–76) 	25–38–9
73 	L 	March 21, 1976 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1975–76) 	25–39–9
74 	L 	March 24, 1976 	3–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1975–76) 	25–40–9
75 	L 	March 25, 1976 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	25–41–9
76 	W 	March 27, 1976 	6–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1975–76) 	26–41–9
77 	W 	March 28, 1976 	4–2 	Kansas City Scouts (1975–76) 	27–41–9
78 	W 	March 31, 1976 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1975–76) 	28–41–9
79 	L 	April 3, 1976 	2–10 	@ New York Islanders (1975–76) 	28–42–9
80 	W 	April 4, 1976 	2–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1975–76) 	29–42–9
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	70	36	50	86 	32 	-8 	9 	0 	4
 	LW 	80	30	53	83 	40 	-17	10 	0 	4
 	C 	62	29	38	67 	28 	-39	16 	1 	2
 	RW 	77	24	26	50 	14 	-38	7 	0 	5
 	D 	64	20	30	50 	104	-17	7 	0 	1
 	C 	79	21	24	45 	10 	-11	3 	0 	1
 	C 	75	13	28	41 	49 	-7 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	79	15	21	36 	77 	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	70	14	22	36 	36 	-29	0 	0 	1
 	C 	78	8 	28	36 	56 	-10	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	13	15	28 	8 	-14	2 	1 	2
 	D 	77	6 	21	27 	93 	-51	2 	0 	0
 	D 	57	4 	17	21 	34 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	13	5 	10	15 	2 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	42	6 	7 	13 	14 	-14	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	36	7 	4 	11 	6 	-5 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	59	1 	8 	9 	77 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	D 	63	1 	8 	9 	46 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	50	4 	4 	8 	38 	-19	0 	1 	0
 	D 	13	2 	4 	6 	23 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	21	1 	3 	4 	66 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	0 	4 	4 	19 	-26	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	2 	1 	3 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	2 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3207	56	22	28	5	212	3.97	3
 	1080	20	5 	9 	3	76 	4.22	0
 	273 	8 	2 	2 	0	24 	5.27	0
 	240 	4 	0 	3 	1	19 	4.75	0
Team: 	4800	80	29	42	9	331	4.14	3
Note:Mike Ralph was called up from Port Huron Flags of IHL on Jan.5/1976 and dressed for 6 straight away games for New York before being sent back to Port Huron Flags on January 19/1976. Never seeing action. Called up when John Davidson broke his ankle in a game against Toronto Maple Leafs on Jan.4/76
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; 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==
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Rod Gilbert
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Jean Ratelle
==Transactions==
* June 17, 1975 - Hartland Monahan was lost in intra-league draft to Washington Capitals.
* June 17, 1975 - Dale Lewis claimed in intra-league draft from Los Angeles Kings.
* June 18, 1975 - Ted Irvine, Bert Wilson and Jerry Butler traded to St. Louis Blues for John Davidson and Bill Collins.
* September 9, 1975 - Curt Ridley traded to Atlanta Flames for Jerry Byers.
* September 20, 1975 - Bob MacMillan, future consideration and cash went to the St. Louis Blues for Larry Sacharuk.
* October 28, 1975 - Gilles Villemure traded to Chicago Blackhawks for Doug Jarrett.
* October 30, 1975 - Derek Sanderson traded to St. Louis Blues for 1977 first-round pick.
* October 31, 1975 - Ed Giacomin was picked up on waivers by the Detroit Red Wings.
* November 7, 1975 - Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi traded to Boston Bruins for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais.
* November 14, 1975 - Al Simmons picked up for cash from the Boston Bruins.
Source: - 
==Draft Picks==
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	12	Wayne Dillon (C)	 	Toronto Toros (WHA)
==See Also==
* 1975–76 NHL season
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
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