1964–65 New York Rangers season

The 1964–65 New York Rangers season was the 39th 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==
On January 27, 1965, Ulf Sterner, the first European trained player, made his debut in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers in a game versus the Boston Bruins. Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.33, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
===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 12, 1964 	6–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 13, 1964 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	1–1–0
3 	T 	October 17, 1964 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	1–1–1
4 	T 	October 18, 1964 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	1–1–2
5 	L 	October 21, 1964 	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	1–2–2
6 	T 	October 24, 1964 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	1–2–3
7 	L 	October 25, 1964 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	1–3–3
8 	W 	October 28, 1964 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	2–3–3
9 	W 	November 1, 1964 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	3–3–3
10 	L 	November 3, 1964 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	3–4–3
11 	L 	November 5, 1964 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	3–5–3
12 	W 	November 7, 1964 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	4–5–3
13 	W 	November 11, 1964 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	5–5–3
14 	L 	November 15, 1964 	2–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	5–6–3
15 	W 	November 17, 1964 	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	6–6–3
16 	T 	November 22, 1964 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	6–6–4
17 	W 	November 25, 1964 	6–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	7–6–4
18 	L 	November 26, 1964 	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	7–7–4
19 	W 	November 28, 1964 	4–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	8–7–4
20 	L 	November 29, 1964 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	8–8–4
21 	T 	December 2, 1964 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	8–8–5
22 	T 	December 5, 1964 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	8–8–6
23 	W 	December 6, 1964 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	9–8–6
24 	L 	December 9, 1964 	1–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	9–9–6
25 	L 	December 12, 1964 	1–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	9–10–6
26 	T 	December 13, 1964 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	9–10–7
27 	L 	December 16, 1964 	3–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	9–11–7
28 	L 	December 19, 1964 	3–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	9–12–7
29 	L 	December 20, 1964 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	9–13–7
30 	L 	December 23, 1964 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	9–14–7
31 	W 	December 25, 1964 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	10–14–7
32 	L 	December 26, 1964 	0–2 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	10–15–7
33 	L 	December 27, 1964 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	10–16–7
34 	L 	December 29, 1964 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	10–17–7
35 	L 	January 1, 1965 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	10–18–7
36 	T 	January 3, 1965 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	10–18–8
37 	W 	January 6, 1965 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	11–18–8
38 	W 	January 9, 1965 	6–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	12–18–8
39 	L 	January 10, 1965 	0–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	12–19–8
40 	L 	January 14, 1965 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	12–20–8
41 	W 	January 16, 1965 	6–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	13–20–8
42 	W 	January 17, 1965 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	14–20–8
43 	T 	January 23, 1965 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	14–20–9
44 	L 	January 24, 1965 	2–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	14–21–9
45 	W 	January 27, 1965 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	15–21–9
46 	L 	January 30, 1965 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	15–22–9
47 	L 	January 31, 1965 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	15–23–9
48 	L 	February 3, 1965 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	15–24–9
49 	L 	February 6, 1965 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	15–25–9
50 	W 	February 7, 1965 	8–3 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	16–25–9
51 	L 	February 13, 1965 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	16–26–9
52 	L 	February 14, 1965 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	16–27–9
53 	L 	February 17, 1965 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	16–28–9
54 	L 	February 20, 1965 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	16–29–9
55 	T 	February 21, 1965 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	16–29–10
56 	L 	February 24, 1965 	1–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	16–30–10
57 	W 	February 27, 1965 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	17–30–10
58 	W 	February 28, 1965 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	18–30–10
59 	L 	March 3, 1965 	1–6 	Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	18–31–10
60 	W 	March 4, 1965 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1964–65) 	19–31–10
61 	L 	March 6, 1965 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	19–32–10
62 	L 	March 7, 1965 	5–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	19–33–10
63 	T 	March 10, 1965 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65) 	19–33–11
64 	L 	March 14, 1965 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	19–34–11
65 	T 	March 19, 1965 	6–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	19–34–12
66 	L 	March 20, 1965 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65)	19–35–12
67 	L 	March 21, 1965 	1–10 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1964–65) 	19–36–12
68 	W 	March 23, 1965 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1964–65)	20–36–12
69 	L 	March 25, 1965 	4–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1964–65) 	20–37–12
70 	L 	March 28, 1965 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1964–65) 	20–38–12
==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	25	36	61 	52 	10 	0 	3
 	C 	52	12	34	46 	6 	5 	0 	2
 	LW 	70	18	20	38 	102	6 	0 	1
 	C 	48	21	15	36 	20 	13 	0 	5
 	LW 	69	20	15	35 	2 	2 	3 	1
 	C 	54	14	21	35 	14 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	64	16	14	30 	28 	6 	2 	3
 	C 	69	15	13	28 	40 	3 	1 	1
 	D 	68	4 	22	26 	44 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	8 	14	22 	2 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	68	2 	20	22 	63 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	70	9 	8 	17 	20 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	40	6 	11	17 	26 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	62	0 	13	13 	58 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	29	3 	9 	12 	20 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	58	1 	11	12 	145	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	7 	8 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	22	3 	3 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	0 	5 	5 	32 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/D	30	1 	3 	4 	6 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	27	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0 	0 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	33	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2262	39	10	21	7 	135	3.58	0
 	1938	33	10	17	5 	109	3.37	2
Team: 	4200	70	20	38	12	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.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Game Ads==
64-65NHLExhDetRWWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
64-65NHLExhWpgGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
64-65NHLExhTorontoCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
64-65NHLExhNYRSaskatoonGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Saskatoon
==Video==
Over ten minutes of silent clips from the 1964-65 season featuring Reg Fleming. The Bruins-Rangers game on December 5, 1964, in which a goal by #12 Wayne Maxner is shown, on #23 Marcel Paille. Next, the Bruins-Black Hawks game on December 10, 1964. Lastly, the Bruins-Canadiens game on December 13, 1964 in which Fleming fights with Henri Richard.
Reggie Fleming Boston Bruins Vintage Footage 1964-66
==See Also==
*1964–65 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1964–65
New York Rangers season, 1964–65
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