1947–48 New York Rangers season

The 1947–48 New York Rangers season was the 22nd season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 4th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2.
==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 16, 1947 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 19, 1947 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 22, 1947 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 29, 1947 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	1–3–0
5 	W 	November 1, 1947 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	2–3–0
6 	W 	November 2, 1947 	7–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	3–3–0
7 	L 	November 6, 1947 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	3–4–0
8 	L 	November 8, 1947 	2–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	3–5–0
9 	L 	November 9, 1947 	5–8 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	3–6–0
10 	L 	November 12, 1947 	2–8 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	3–7–0
11 	L 	November 15, 1947 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	3–8–0
12 	W 	November 16, 1947 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	4–8–0
13 	W 	November 19, 1947 	6–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	5–8–0
14 	W 	November 22, 1947 	5–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	6–8–0
15 	W 	November 30, 1947 	6–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	7–8–0
16 	L 	December 3, 1947 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	7–9–0
17 	T 	December 6, 1947 	5–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	7–9–1
18 	W 	December 7, 1947 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	8–9–1
19 	T 	December 10, 1947 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	8–9–2
20 	W 	December 11, 1947 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	9–9–2
21 	W 	December 13, 1947 	4–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	10–9–2
22 	T 	December 14, 1947 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	10–9–3
23 	W 	December 17, 1947 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	11–9–3
24 	L 	December 21, 1947 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	11–10–3
25 	L 	December 23, 1947 	1–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	11–11–3
26 	W 	December 25, 1947 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	12–11–3
27 	T 	December 28, 1947 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	12–11–4
28 	W 	December 31, 1947 	7–3 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	13–11–4
29 	L 	January 1, 1948 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	13–12–4
30 	T 	January 3, 1948 	5–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	13–12–5
31 	L 	January 4, 1948 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	13–13–5
32 	L 	January 7, 1948 	0–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	13–14–5
33 	T 	January 10, 1948 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	13–14–6
34 	W 	January 11, 1948 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	14–14–6
35 	W 	January 14, 1948 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	15–14–6
36 	T 	January 18, 1948 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	15–14–7
37 	L 	January 21, 1948 	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	15–15–7
38 	L 	January 25, 1948 	4–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	15–16–7
39 	W 	January 28, 1948 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	16–16–7
40 	W 	January 31, 1948 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	17–16–7
41 	T 	February 1, 1948 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	17–16–8
42 	T 	February 4, 1948 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	17–16–9
43 	L 	February 7, 1948 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	17–17–9
44 	T 	February 8, 1948 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	17–17–10
45 	T 	February 14, 1948 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	17–17–11
46 	T 	February 16, 1948 	4–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	17–17–12
47 	L 	February 18, 1948 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	17–18–12
48 	W 	February 22, 1948 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	18–18–12
49 	L 	February 25, 1948 	4–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	18–19–12
50 	W 	February 29, 1948 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	19–19–12
51 	W 	March 2, 1948 	1–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	20–19–12
52 	L 	March 3, 1948 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	20–20–12
53 	L 	March 6, 1948 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	20–21–12
54 	T 	March 7, 1948 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	20–21–13
55 	L 	March 10, 1948 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	20–22–13
56 	L 	March 13, 1948 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	20–23–13
57 	L 	March 14, 1948 	3–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) 	20–24–13
58 	L 	March 16, 1948 	2–6 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	20–25–13
59 	W 	March 17, 1948 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	21–25–13
60 	L 	March 21, 1948 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	21–26–13
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	60	24	36	60 	8
 	C 	59	13	34	47 	7
 	W 	60	24	16	40 	76
 	RW/C	54	18	15	33 	54
 	C 	52	15	18	33 	2
 	RW 	51	15	17	32 	32
 	RW 	40	17	12	29 	30
 	C 	58	7 	18	25 	71
 	RW 	43	8 	14	22 	18
 	RW 	54	13	7 	20 	30
 	D 	58	6 	13	19 	16
 	C/D 	55	4 	12	16 	25
 	D 	59	1 	15	16 	31
 	D 	60	3 	9 	12 	70
 	RW 	38	6 	5 	11 	2
 	LW/C	19	0 	3 	3 	2
 	C/LW	5 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	19	1 	0 	1 	2
 	LW/D	18	0 	1 	1 	6
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2880	48	17	18	13	153	3.19 	2
 	691 	12	4 	7 	0 	42 	3.65 	0
 	29 	1 	0 	1 	0 	6 	12.41	0
Team: 	3600	60	21	26	13	201	3.35 	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	W 	6 	3	2	5 	8
 	RW/C	5 	2	3	5 	2
 	C 	6 	1	4	5 	0
 	C 	6 	1	4	5 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	3	4 	0
 	C 	6 	2	0	2 	2
 	C/D 	6 	1	0	1 	6
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	2
 	RW 	1 	0	1	1 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	1	1 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	6
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	9
 	LW/D	6 	0	0	0 	4
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	360	6 	2	4	17	2.83	0
Team: 	360	6 	2	4	17	2.83	0
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==
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Buddy O'Connor
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Buddy O'Connor
*Buddy O'Connor, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Chuck Rayner, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Farm Team==
New Haven Ramblers, American Hockey League
==Gallery==
1947-Nov12-Rayner hurt-Colville.jpg|Trainers tend to Charlie Rayner while Neil Colville skates away. Bruins Joe Carveth and Milt Schmidt look on, November 12, 1947.
1947-Nov12-Taylor-Leswick-Rayner-Juzda-Babando.jpg|Billy Taylor, Tony Leswick, Chuck Rayner, Bill Juzda, Pete Babando, November 12, 1947.
47-48NHLExhNYROttawaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
47-48NHLExhShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan
==See Also==
*1947–48 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1947–48
New York Rangers season, 1947–48
category:New York Rangers seasons