1934–35 New York Rangers season

The 1934–35 New York Rangers season was the 9th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 3rd in the American Division with 50 points, and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoff, the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a two-game total goal series, 6 goals to 5, to advance to the NHL Semi-finals. There, New York lost 5–4 in another two-game total goal series to the Montreal Maroons.
==Pre-season==
The Rangers held their training camp in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They played a series of exhibition games against the Montreal Maroons, who were also training in Winnipeg.
*October 27 Rangers 2 Maroons 2 @ Winnipeg
*October 30 Rangers 4 Maroons 2 @ Winnipeg
*November 1 Rangers 6 Maroons 4 @ Winnipeg
*November 3 Maroons 6 Rangers 2 @ Winnipeg
*November 5 Maroons 5 Rangers 5 @ St. Paul, Minnesota
*November 8 Maroons 4 Rangers 0 @ Minneapolis, Minnesota
==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 	L 	November 10, 1934 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	November 15, 1934 	2–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	November 18, 1934 	5–0 	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	November 22, 1934 	4–3 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	November 25, 1934 	1–3 	@ New York Americans (1934–35) 	2–3–0
6 	L 	November 27, 1934 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 	2–4–0
7 	L 	December 1, 1934 	2–5 	Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 	2–5–0
8 	L 	December 4, 1934 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 	2–6–0
9 	W 	December 8, 1934 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	3–6–0
10 	L 	December 9, 1934 	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	3–7–0
11 	L 	December 11, 1934 	4–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 	3–8–0
12 	W 	December 16, 1934 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1934–35) 	4–8–0
13 	L 	December 18, 1934 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 	4–9–0
14 	L 	December 20, 1934 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 	4–10–0
15 	W 	December 22, 1934 	2–1 	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 	5–10–0
16 	W 	December 25, 1934 	3–1 	New York Americans (1934–35) 	6–10–0
17 	T 	December 30, 1934 	0–0 OT 	Boston Bruins (1934–35) 	6–10–1
18 	L 	January 1, 1935 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 	6–11–1
19 	W 	January 3, 1935 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 	7–11–1
20 	T 	January 8, 1935 	1–1 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 	7–11–2
21 	W 	January 12, 1935 	3–1 	@ New York Americans (1934–35) 	8–11–2
22 	W 	January 13, 1935 	3–2 	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 	9–11–2
23 	T 	January 15, 1935 	1–1 OT 	New York Americans (1934–35) 	9–11–3
24 	W 	January 20, 1935 	7–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 	10–11–3
25 	W 	January 22, 1935 	7–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 	11–11–3
26 	T 	January 24, 1935 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 	11–11–4
27 	W 	January 27, 1935 	4–2 	@ New York Americans (1934–35) 	12–11–4
28 	W 	January 29, 1935 	7–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 	13–11–4
29 	W 	January 31, 1935 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	14–11–4
30 	W 	February 3, 1935 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 	15–11–4
31 	W 	February 5, 1935 	5–4 	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 	16–11–4
32 	L 	February 7, 1935 	4–6 	New York Americans (1934–35) 	16–12–4
33 	W 	February 10, 1935 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	17–12–4
34 	W 	February 12, 1935 	5–1 	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 	18–12–4
35 	W 	February 14, 1935 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) 	19–12–4
36 	L 	February 16, 1935 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35)	19–13–4
37 	W 	February 17, 1935 	5–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 	20–13–4
38 	W 	February 19, 1935 	2–1 	St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 	21–13–4
39 	T 	February 24, 1935 	0–0 OT 	Boston Bruins (1934–35) 	21–13–5
40 	L 	February 26, 1935 	1–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 	21–14–5
41 	L 	February 28, 1935 	2–5 	Montreal Maroons (1934–35) 	21–15–5
42 	L 	March 5, 1935 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1934–35) 	21–16–5
43 	L 	March 7, 1935 	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1934–35) 	21–17–5
44 	W 	March 9, 1935 	5–1 	@ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) 	22–17–5
45 	T 	March 10, 1935 	1–1 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35)	22–17–6
46 	L 	March 12, 1935 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 	22–18–6
47 	L 	March 14, 1935 	4–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) 	22–19–6
48 	L 	March 17, 1935 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) 	22–20–6
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 6 Goals, Montreal Canadiens 5 Goals===
In the first round the Rangers met the Montreal Canadiens, who had placed third in the Canadian Division. The Rangers won the two-games total-goals series 6-5 (2-1, 4-4).
Game 1 of the Quarter-finals at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1935, is remembered for its high level of physicality. In one sequence, an injured Earl Seibert of the Rangers was carried off the ice. Later, the Canadiens' Nels Crutchfield swung his stick into the head of Rangers captain Bill Cook. As a result, Cook collapsed to the ice and a bench-clearing brawl ensued which police had to end. Crutchfield was given a match penalty with no substitution. The Canadiens played for thirteen minutes one man short and two minutes with two men short. Bill Cook returned wearing a helmet over his bandages to score the second Rangers goal.
In Game 2, the Canadiens were down 4–1 in the game and tied it with three straight goals in the third. The Canadiens could not get another goal to tie the series.
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	March 24	Montreal Canadiens	1-2 	New York Rangers 	1-2
2	March 26	New York Rangers 	4-4 	Montreal Canadiens	6-5
===Montreal Maroons 5 Goals, New York Rangers 4 Goals===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	48	13	32	45 	2
 	RW 	48	21	15	36 	23
 	RW 	48	25	9 	34 	4
 	LW 	48	13	21	34 	26
 	LW 	48	14	15	29 	14
 	D 	48	6 	19	25 	86
 	C/LW	48	9 	13	22 	17
 	LW 	47	10	11	21 	23
 	LW 	47	15	4 	19 	14
 	RW 	46	5 	9 	14 	14
 	D 	47	3 	11	14 	31
 	D 	29	2 	3 	5 	34
 	C 	41	0 	5 	5 	4
 	D 	20	0 	4 	4 	6
 	D 	33	1 	1 	2 	31
 	LW 	4 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	D 	15	1 	0 	1 	10
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2290	37	19	12	6	94 	2.46	4
 	610 	10	3 	7 	0	37 	3.64	1
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0	8 	8.00	0
Team: 	2960	48	22	20	6	139	2.82	5
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C/LW	4 	2	2	4 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	1	3 	0
 	LW 	4 	2	1	3 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	2	3 	7
 	C 	4 	0	3	3 	0
 	LW 	4 	2	0	2 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	2	2 	4
 	LW 	4 	1	0	1 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	4
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	6
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	240	4 	1	1	10	2.50	0
Team: 	240	4 	1	1	10	2.50	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==
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Frank Boucher
*Frank Boucher, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
*Earl Seibert, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Lester Patrick, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star
*Cecil Dillon, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Gallery==
34-35NHLExhMarNYRWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
1935-Jan8-Bun Cook-Connell.jpg|Bun Cook scores on Alec Connell, January 8, 1935.
27Jan1935-Bert_Connelly_Al_Murray.jpg|Rangers Bert Connelly trips over Americans Al Murray on January 27, 1935.
==Video==
Game 1 of the Quarter-finals at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1935, is remembered for its high level of physicality. In one sequence, an injured Earl Seibert of the Rangers was carried off the ice. Later, the Canadiens' Nels Crutchfield swung his stick into the head of Rangers captain Bill Cook. As a result, Cook collapsed to the ice and a bench-clearing brawl ensued. Cook returned to the ice wearing a helmet and scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 decision. Game 2 was tied 4-4 and the Rangers won the total goals series 6-5.
Crutchfield_stick_swing-24Mar1935.gif
==See Also==
*1934–35 NHL season
==References==
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