1962–63 New York Rangers season

The 1962–63 New York Rangers season was the 37th 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==
Lou Fontinato's career came to a tragic end March 9th when he tried to check 
Vic Hadfield and instead was thrown headlong into the boards by the Ranger player. Fontinato lay motionless on the ice for some time before being carried off the ice on a stretcher and taken to Montreal General Hospital where the diagnosis was a fractured neck, a crushed cervical vertebra. He gradually recovered from his paralyzed condition, but would never play hockey again. Jacques Laperriere replaced Fontinato on the Canadiens defence.
===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 11, 1962 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 13, 1962 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 14, 1962 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 17, 1962 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	1–3–0
5 	T 	October 21, 1962 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	October 27, 1962 	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	2–3–1
7 	L 	October 28, 1962 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	October 30, 1962 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	2–5–1
9 	L 	November 1, 1962 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	2–6–1
10 	T 	November 3, 1962 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	2–6–2
11 	W 	November 4, 1962 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	3–6–2
12 	L 	November 7, 1962 	1–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	3–7–2
13 	L 	November 10, 1962 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	3–8–2
14 	L 	November 11, 1962 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	3–9–2
15 	W 	November 14, 1962 	6–2 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	4–9–2
16 	L 	November 17, 1962 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	4–10–2
17 	W 	November 18, 1962 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	5–10–2
18 	W 	November 21, 1962 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	6–10–2
19 	W 	November 22, 1962 	7–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	7–10–2
20 	L 	November 24, 1962 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	7–11–2
21 	L 	November 25, 1962 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	7–12–2
22 	W 	November 29, 1962 	5–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	8–12–2
23 	L 	December 2, 1962 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	8–13–2
24 	T 	December 5, 1962 	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	8–13–3
25 	T 	December 8, 1962 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	8–13–4
26 	L 	December 9, 1962 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	8–14–4
27 	L 	December 12, 1962 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	8–15–4
28 	L 	December 13, 1962 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	8–16–4
29 	W 	December 15, 1962 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	9–16–4
30 	W 	December 16, 1962 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	10–16–4
31 	L 	December 22, 1962 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	10–17–4
32 	L 	December 23, 1962 	1–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	10–18–4
33 	L 	December 25, 1962 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	10–19–4
34 	W 	December 27, 1962 	9–3 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	11–19–4
35 	T 	December 30, 1962 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	11–19–5
36 	T 	December 31, 1962 	1–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	11–19–6
37 	W 	January 2, 1963 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	12–19–6
38 	T 	January 5, 1963 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	12–19–7
39 	L 	January 6, 1963 	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	12–20–7
40 	L 	January 12, 1963 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	12–21–7
41 	L 	January 13, 1963 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	12–22–7
42 	W 	January 19, 1963 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	13–22–7
43 	L 	January 20, 1963 	2–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	13–23–7
44 	T 	January 23, 1963 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	13–23–8
45 	W 	January 26, 1963 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	14–23–8
46 	L 	January 27, 1963 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	14–24–8
47 	L 	January 30, 1963 	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	14–25–8
48 	T 	February 2, 1963 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	14–25–9
49 	L 	February 3, 1963 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	14–26–9
50 	W 	February 6, 1963 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	15–26–9
51 	T 	February 9, 1963 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	15–26–10
52 	L 	February 10, 1963 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	15–27–10
53 	L 	February 12, 1963 	3–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	15–28–10
54 	L 	February 16, 1963 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	15–29–10
55 	W 	February 17, 1963 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	16–29–10
56 	T 	February 20, 1963 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	16–29–11
57 	L 	February 23, 1963 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	16–30–11
58 	L 	February 24, 1963 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	16–31–11
59 	W 	February 26, 1963 	4–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	17–31–11
60 	W 	February 28, 1963 	6–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63)	18–31–11
61 	L 	March 2, 1963 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63)	18–32–11
62 	L 	March 3, 1963 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	18–33–11
63 	W 	March 6, 1963 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1962–63) 	19–33–11
64 	W 	March 9, 1963 	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	20–33–11
65 	L 	March 10, 1963 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	20–34–11
66 	L 	March 14, 1963 	4–9 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1962–63) 	20–35–11
67 	L 	March 17, 1963 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1962–63) 	20–36–11
68 	W 	March 20, 1963 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	21–36–11
69 	T 	March 21, 1963 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1962–63) 	21–36–12
70 	W 	March 24, 1963 	5–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1962–63) 	22–36–12
==Playoffs==
*The Rangers did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	35	46	81 	54
 	C 	60	37	23	60 	8
 	C 	69	19	24	43 	40
 	D 	68	4 	35	39 	92
 	LW 	49	13	25	38 	18
 	RW 	70	15	22	37 	8
 	RW 	70	11	20	31 	20
 	D 	70	5 	20	25 	55
 	LW 	70	11	13	24 	72
 	C 	21	8 	16	24 	4
 	C 	41	7 	15	22 	34
 	C 	48	11	9 	20 	8
 	D 	56	6 	14	20 	47
 	D 	69	5 	11	16 	38
 	D 	60	2 	14	16 	62
 	RW 	69	6 	9 	15 	15
 	LW 	36	5 	6 	11 	32
 	RW 	23	5 	4 	9 	6
 	C 	46	4 	2 	6 	2
 	D 	6 	0 	4 	4 	6
 	C 	21	0 	2 	2 	10
 	D 	3 	1 	0 	1 	6
 	LW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	6
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	67	0 	0 	0 	14
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3980	67	22	34	10	217	3.27	2
 	180 	3 	0 	1 	2 	10 	3.33	0
 	40 	2 	0 	1 	0 	3 	4.50	0
Team: 	4200	70	22	36	12	230	3.29	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==
*Andy Bathgate, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Game Ads==
62-63NHLExhTorWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Winnipeg
==See Also==
*1962–63 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1962–63
New York Rangers season, 1962–63
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