1963–64 New York Rangers season

The 1963–64 New York Rangers season was the 38th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
On June 4, 1963, goaltender Jacques Plante was traded to the New York Rangers, with Phil Goyette and Don Marshall in exchange for Gump Worsley, Dave Balon, Leon Rochefort, and Len Ronson.
==Regular Season==
A trade that was rumoured most of the season finally took place when the New York Rangers traded Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney to Toronto in exchange for Dick Duff, Bob Nevin, Arnie Brown, Bill Collins and Rod Seiling on February 22, 1964. Ranger fans did not like the deal and in the next game chants of "Muzz must go!" were heard (referring to Muzz Patrick, the Rangers general manager.)
===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 	L 	October 9, 1963 	1-3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 12, 1963 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 16, 1963 	3–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 20, 1963 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 24, 1963 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	3–2–0
6 	L 	October 26, 1963 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)	3–3–0
7 	L 	October 27, 1963 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 	3–4–0
8 	W 	October 30, 1963 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	4–4–0
9 	L 	October 31, 1963 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	4–5–0
10 	L 	November 3, 1963 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	4–6–0
11 	L 	November 5, 1963 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	4–7–0
12 	L 	November 7, 1963 	0–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	4–8–0
13 	L 	November 9, 1963 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	4–9–0
14 	L 	November 14, 1963 	4–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 	4–10–0
15 	L 	November 16, 1963 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)	4–11–0
16 	W 	November 17, 1963 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	5–11–0
17 	T 	November 20, 1963 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	5–11–1
18 	T 	November 24, 1963 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 	5–11–2
19 	W 	November 27, 1963 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	6–11–2
20 	L 	November 28, 1963 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	6–12–2
21 	L 	November 30, 1963 	2–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 	6–13–2
22 	T 	December 1, 1963 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	6–13–3
23 	L 	December 5, 1963 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	6–14–3
24 	L 	December 7, 1963 	6–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	6–15–3
25 	T 	December 8, 1963 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	6–15–4
26 	L 	December 11, 1963 	2–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 	6–16–4
27 	L 	December 12, 1963 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	6–17–4
28 	L 	December 14, 1963 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)	6–18–4
29 	W 	December 15, 1963 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	7–18–4
30 	T 	December 18, 1963 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	7–18–5
31 	T 	December 22, 1963 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 	7–18–6
32 	L 	December 25, 1963 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	7–19–6
33 	W 	December 27, 1963 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 	8–19–6
34 	L 	December 29, 1963 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	8–20–6
35 	W 	January 1, 1964 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	9–20–6
36 	W 	January 4, 1964 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	10–20–6
37 	W 	January 5, 1964 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 	11–20–6
38 	W 	January 9, 1964 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	12–20–6
39 	L 	January 12, 1964 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	12–21–6
40 	W 	January 15, 1964 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)	13–21–6
41 	L 	January 18, 1964 	1–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	13–22–6
42 	W 	January 19, 1964 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	14–22–6
43 	W 	January 22, 1964 	6–4 	Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	15–22–6
44 	L 	January 23, 1964 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	15–23–6
45 	T 	January 25, 1964 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)	15–23–7
46 	W 	January 26, 1964 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	16–23–7
47 	W 	January 30, 1964 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	17–23–7
48 	T 	February 1, 1964 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 	17–23–8
49 	W 	February 2, 1964 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	18–23–8
50 	L 	February 5, 1964 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	18–24–8
51 	L 	February 6, 1964 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	18–25–8
52 	L 	February 8, 1964 	2–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	18–26–8
53 	L 	February 9, 1964 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	18–27–8
54 	L 	February 12, 1964 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	18–28–8
55 	W 	February 16, 1964 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 	19–28–8
56 	L 	February 19, 1964 	2–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 	19–29–8
57 	L 	February 22, 1964 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)	19–30–8
58 	L 	February 23, 1964 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 	19–31–8
59 	W 	February 27, 1964 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	20–31–8
60 	L 	February 29, 1964 	0–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	20–32–8
61 	T 	March 1, 1964 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	20–32–9
62 	W 	March 4, 1964 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64) 	21–32–9
63 	W 	March 7, 1964 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	22–32–9
64 	T 	March 8, 1964 	0–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	22–32–10
65 	L 	March 11, 1964 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1963–64) 	22–33–10
66 	L 	March 14, 1964 	3–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64)	22–34–10
67 	L 	March 15, 1964 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1963–64) 	22–35–10
68 	L 	March 17, 1964 	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1963–64)	22–36–10
69 	L 	March 19, 1964 	3–9 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1963–64) 	22–37–10
70 	L 	March 22, 1964 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1963–64) 	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
 	C 	67	24	41	65 	15
 	RW 	70	24	40	64 	62
 	RW 	56	16	43	59 	26
 	C 	68	29	26	55 	8
 	D 	70	5 	31	36 	75
 	D 	69	5 	24	29 	93
 	C 	63	15	11	26 	26
 	C 	55	9 	17	26 	6
 	LW 	69	14	11	25 	151
 	LW 	69	7 	18	25 	4
 	LW 	70	11	12	23 	8
 	D 	53	4 	8 	12 	80
 	D 	57	1 	9 	10 	26
 	RW 	14	5 	4 	9 	9
 	LW 	14	4 	4 	8 	2
 	RW 	35	3 	5 	8 	0
 	C 	15	0 	7 	7 	6
 	D 	44	4 	2 	6 	32
 	LW 	34	3 	1 	4 	21
 	D 	16	1 	3 	4 	8
 	D 	14	0 	2 	2 	10
 	RW 	10	1 	0 	1 	2
 	RW 	25	1 	0 	1 	9
 	D 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	18	0 	1 	1 	16
 	G 	65	0 	1 	1 	6
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	0 	0 	0 	12
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3900	65	22	36	7 	220	3.38	3
 	300 	5 	0 	2 	3 	18 	3.60	0
Team: 	4200	70	22	38	10	238	3.40	3
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==
*The Rangers traded Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Bob Nevin, Dick Duff, Rod Seiling, Bill Collins, and Arnie Brown.
==Farm Teams==
*Baltimore Clippers, American Hockey League
*Kitchener Rangers, Ontario Hockey Association
*Moose Jaw Canucks, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
*St. Paul Rangers, Central Professional Hockey League
*Vancouver Canucks, Western Hockey League
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
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New York Rangers season, 1963–64
New York Rangers season, 1963–64