1953–54 New York Rangers season

The 1953–54 New York Rangers season was the 28th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Regular Season==
The December 20, 1953 game between the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens saw stick work between Ron Murphy and Bernie Geoffrion. Geoffrion wanted to fight and had dropped his stick but Murphy wouldn't let go of his. Geoffrion retrieved his stick and swung it at Murphy until he made contact with his head. Murphy was knocked unconscious, suffered a broken jaw and concussion and missed the reason of the season recovering from the attack. Geoffrion was suspended for all remaining games versus the Rangers for the 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 	L 	October 8, 1953 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 11, 1953 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 15, 1953 	1–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	October 17, 1953 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)	1–2–1
5 	L 	October 18, 1953 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	October 22, 1953 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	October 25, 1953 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	October 28, 1953 	1–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	2–5–1
9 	L 	October 31, 1953 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)	2–6–1
10 	T 	November 1, 1953 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) 	2–6–2
11 	L 	November 5, 1953 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	2–7–2
12 	W 	November 7, 1953 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	3–7–2
13 	T 	November 8, 1953 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	3–7–3
14 	W 	November 11, 1953 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	4–7–3
15 	L 	November 14, 1953 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	4–8–3
16 	L 	November 15, 1953 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	4–9–3
17 	W 	November 18, 1953 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	5–9–3
18 	L 	November 21, 1953 	0–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)	5–10–3
19 	L 	November 22, 1953 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	5–11–3
20 	W 	November 25, 1953 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	6–11–3
21 	L 	November 26, 1953 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	6–12–3
22 	W 	November 29, 1953 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	7–12–3
23 	T 	December 2, 1953 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	7–12–4
24 	L 	December 3, 1953 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	7–13–4
25 	L 	December 5, 1953 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	7–14–4
26 	T 	December 6, 1953 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) 	7–14–5
27 	T 	December 9, 1953 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	7–14–6
28 	L 	December 12, 1953 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	7–15–6
29 	L 	December 13, 1953 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) 	7–16–6
30 	W 	December 16, 1953 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	8–16–6
31 	L 	December 19, 1953 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)	8–17–6
32 	W 	December 20, 1953 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	9–17–6
33 	W 	December 23, 1953 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	10–17–6
34 	L 	December 26, 1953 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	10–18–6
35 	L 	December 27, 1953 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	10–19–6
36 	L 	December 29, 1953 	2–6 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	10–20–6
37 	W 	January 1, 1954 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	11–20–6
38 	W 	January 3, 1954 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	12–20–6
39 	W 	January 6, 1954 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	13–20–6
40 	W 	January 10, 1954 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) 	14–20–6
41 	L 	January 13, 1954 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	14–21–6
42 	W 	January 14, 1954 	2–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	15–21–6
43 	L 	January 16, 1954 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)	15–22–6
44 	W 	January 17, 1954 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	16–22–6
45 	W 	January 20, 1954 	8–3 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	17–22–6
46 	W 	January 23, 1954 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	18–22–6
47 	L 	January 24, 1954 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	18–23–6
48 	T 	January 28, 1954 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	18–23–7
49 	W 	January 30, 1954 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	19–23–7
50 	W 	February 4, 1954 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	20–23–7
51 	L 	February 6, 1954 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	20–24–7
52 	L 	February 7, 1954 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	20–25–7
53 	W 	February 10, 1954 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	21–25–7
54 	L 	February 13, 1954 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	21–26–7
55 	T 	February 14, 1954 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) 	21–26–8
56 	W 	February 17, 1954 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	22–26–8
57 	W 	February 19, 1954 	3–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	23–26–8
58 	W 	February 21, 1954 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) 	24–26–8
59 	L 	February 24, 1954 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	24–27–8
60 	L 	February 27, 1954 	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	24–28–8
61 	W 	February 28, 1954 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	25–28–8
62 	T 	March 3, 1954 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)	25–28–9
63 	T 	March 5, 1954 	0–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54)	25–28–10
64 	L 	March 7, 1954 	0–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54) 	25–29–10
65 	W 	March 10, 1954 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1953–54) 	26–29–10
66 	L 	March 11, 1954 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1953–54) 	26–30–10
67 	W 	March 13, 1954 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	27–30–10
68 	W 	March 14, 1954 	2–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1953–54) 	28–30–10
69 	W 	March 20, 1954 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1953–54)	29–30–10
70 	L 	March 21, 1954 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1953–54) 	29–31–10
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	70	13	33	46 	18
 	C 	70	15	30	45 	16
 	RW 	66	27	16	43 	42
 	C 	66	24	15	39 	10
 	LW 	68	19	16	35 	22
 	C 	57	14	18	32 	15
 	LW 	52	4 	13	17 	18
 	D 	41	3 	14	17 	40
 	D 	67	7 	9 	16 	58
 	RW 	70	4 	10	14 	44
 	D 	56	2 	12	14 	109
 	RW 	31	6 	7 	13 	12
 	LW 	20	2 	10	12 	2
 	D 	64	5 	5 	10 	44
 	D 	44	4 	4 	8 	73
 	D 	70	3 	5 	8 	71
 	RW/D	68	2 	6 	8 	51
 	C 	35	1 	6 	7 	2
 	RW 	20	2 	2 	4 	18
 	LW 	27	1 	3 	4 	20
 	LW 	15	2 	0 	2 	17
 	LW 	14	1 	1 	2 	2
 	D 	10	0 	2 	2 	11
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	70	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4200	70	29	31	10	182	2.60	5
Team: 	4200	70	29	31	10	182	2.60	5
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==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Camille Henry
==Game Ads==
53-54NHLExhNYRChttnGameAd.jpg|Post-season @ Charlottetown
53-54NHLExhNYRCalgaryGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Calgary
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
New York Rangers season, 1953-54
New York Rangers season, 1953-54
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