1961–62 New York Rangers season

The 1961–62 New York Rangers season was the 36th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finished 4th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==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 11, 1961 	6–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 12, 1961 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 14, 1961 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 15, 1961 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 	3–1–0
5 	L 	October 18, 1961 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	October 19, 1961 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	4–2–0
7 	T 	October 21, 1961 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	4–2–1
8 	L 	October 22, 1961 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	4–3–1
9 	T 	October 25, 1961 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 	4–3–2
10 	L 	October 28, 1961 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	4–4–2
11 	W 	October 29, 1961 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 	5–4–2
12 	W 	October 31, 1961 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	6–4–2
13 	L 	November 2, 1961 	0–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	6–5–2
14 	T 	November 4, 1961 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	6–5–3
15 	T 	November 8, 1961 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	6–5–4
16 	W 	November 12, 1961 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 	7–5–4
17 	T 	November 18, 1961 	4–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	7–5–5
18 	W 	November 19, 1961 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 	8–5–5
19 	W 	November 22, 1961 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	9–5–5
20 	W 	November 23, 1961 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	10–5–5
21 	L 	November 25, 1961 	0–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	10–6–5
22 	T 	November 26, 1961 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	10–6–6
23 	L 	December 2, 1961 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	10–7–6
24 	W 	December 3, 1961 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	11–7–6
25 	L 	December 6, 1961 	3–8 	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 	11–8–6
26 	T 	December 7, 1961 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	11–8–7
27 	T 	December 9, 1961 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	11–8–8
28 	L 	December 10, 1961 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 	11–9–8
29 	L 	December 16, 1961 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	11–10–8
30 	L 	December 17, 1961 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	11–11–8
31 	W 	December 20, 1961 	6–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	12–11–8
32 	W 	December 23, 1961 	7–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 	13–11–8
33 	W 	December 25, 1961 	6–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	14–11–8
34 	L 	December 27, 1961 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	14–12–8
35 	L 	December 31, 1961 	4–7 	Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	14–13–8
36 	W 	January 1, 1962 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	15–13–8
37 	L 	January 3, 1962 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	15–14–8
38 	L 	January 6, 1962 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	15–15–8
39 	L 	January 7, 1962 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 	15–16–8
40 	L 	January 13, 1962 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	15–17–8
41 	L 	January 14, 1962 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	15–18–8
42 	L 	January 17, 1962 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	15–19–8
43 	L 	January 21, 1962 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	15–20–8
44 	L 	January 24, 1962 	0–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	15–21–8
45 	L 	January 27, 1962 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	15–22–8
46 	L 	January 28, 1962 	0–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 	15–23–8
47 	W 	January 31, 1962 	5–0 	Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	16–23–8
48 	W 	February 1, 1962 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	17–23–8
49 	L 	February 3, 1962 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	17–24–8
50 	W 	February 4, 1962 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	18–24–8
51 	T 	February 7, 1962 	2–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	18–24–9
52 	W 	February 10, 1962 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 	19–24–9
53 	W 	February 11, 1962 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	20–24–9
54 	L 	February 14, 1962 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62)	20–25–9
55 	L 	February 15, 1962 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	20–26–9
56 	L 	February 17, 1962 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	20–27–9
57 	W 	February 18, 1962 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 	21–27–9
58 	W 	February 21, 1962 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	22–27–9
59 	L 	February 24, 1962 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	22–28–9
60 	T 	February 25, 1962 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	22–28–10
61 	T 	February 28, 1962 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	22–28–11
62 	L 	March 3, 1962 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62)	22–29–11
63 	L 	March 4, 1962 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	22–30–11
64 	W 	March 6, 1962 	5–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	23–30–11
65 	L 	March 11, 1962 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	23–31–11
66 	W 	March 14, 1962 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1961–62) 	24–31–11
67 	L 	March 17, 1962 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1961–62) 	24–32–11
68 	T 	March 18, 1962 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1961–62) 	24–32–12
69 	W 	March 22, 1962 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1961–62) 	25–32–12
70 	W 	March 25, 1962 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1961–62) 	26–32–12
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leaf 4, New York Rangers 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	28	56	84 	44
 	LW 	68	22	38	60 	20
 	C 	70	26	31	57 	18
 	RW 	70	18	24	42 	10
 	C 	60	23	15	38 	8
 	D 	69	6 	24	30 	42
 	RW 	65	7 	21	28 	17
 	C 	68	4 	24	28 	10
 	LW 	69	14	11	25 	71
 	D 	69	7 	18	25 	90
 	LW 	56	8 	14	22 	34
 	D 	66	6 	15	21 	89
 	LW 	30	4 	11	15 	11
 	LW 	40	11	3 	14 	14
 	C 	31	4 	8 	12 	4
 	D 	43	2 	10	12 	31
 	D 	57	2 	7 	9 	85
 	LW 	44	3 	1 	4 	22
 	D 	7 	0 	2 	2 	6
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	60	0 	0 	0 	12
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3531	60	22	27	9 	172	2.92	2
 	600 	10	4 	4 	2 	28 	2.80	0
 	40 	1 	0 	1 	0 	3 	4.50	0
 	29 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	4.14	0
Team: 	4200	70	26	32	12	205	2.93	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	6 	3	2	5 	2
 	LW 	6 	2	3	5 	2
 	RW 	4 	2	3	5 	4
 	LW 	6 	3	1	4 	2
 	LW 	6 	2	2	4 	4
 	RW 	6 	1	2	3 	4
 	RW 	6 	1	2	3 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	2	2 	0
 	RW 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	C 	6 	0	1	1 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	2
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	8
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	2
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	10
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	384	6 	2	4	21	3.28	0
Team: 	384	6 	2	4	21	3.28	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==
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Doug Harvey
*Andy Bathgate, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Doug Harvey, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
8Nov1961-Beckett_scores_Rangers.jpg|Bob Beckett crashes into the boards after scoring on Gump Worsley, November 8, 1961.
31Jan1962-Gamble_Hadfield.jpg|Bruce Gamble stops Rangers Vic Hadfield, January 31, 1962.
61-62NHLNYRExhHullGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Hull
==See Also==
*1961–62 NHL season
==References==
* 
New York Rangers season, 1961–62
New York Rangers season, 1961–62
category:New York Rangers seasons