1949–50 New York Rangers season

The 1949–50 New York Rangers season was the 24th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers finish 4th in the league with a record of 28 wins, 31 losses, and 11 ties for 67 points. They upset the Montreal Canadiens in five games in the Semi-finals before losing a close seven-game Stanley Cup Finals to the Detroit Red Wings. The team reached double-overtime of the seventh game of the 1950 Stanley Cup Finals before Detroit's Pete Babando scored to give the Red Wings the Cup.
==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 	October 15, 1949 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	0–1–0
2 	T 	October 16, 1949 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 19, 1949 	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	0–2–1
4 	T 	October 22, 1949 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	0–2–2
5 	W 	October 25, 1949 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	1–2–2
6 	W 	October 26, 1949 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	2–2–2
7 	L 	October 29, 1949 	0–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	2–3–2
8 	L 	October 30, 1949 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	2–4–2
9 	T 	November 2, 1949 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	2–4–3
10 	L 	November 6, 1949 	0–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	2–5–3
11 	T 	November 9, 1949 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	2–5–4
12 	L 	November 12, 1949 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	2–6–4
13 	T 	November 13, 1949 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	2–6–5
14 	W 	November 16, 1949 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	3–6–5
15 	W 	November 20, 1949 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	4–6–5
16 	L 	November 23, 1949 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	4–7–5
17 	L 	November 26, 1949 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	4–8–5
18 	T 	November 27, 1949 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	4–8–6
19 	W 	November 30, 1949 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	5–8–6
20 	L 	December 3, 1949 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	5–9–6
21 	W 	December 4, 1949 	4–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	6–9–6
22 	W 	December 7, 1949 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	7–9–6
23 	W 	December 10, 1949 	1–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	8–9–6
24 	W 	December 11, 1949 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	9–9–6
25 	L 	December 14, 1949 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	9–10–6
26 	W 	December 17, 1949 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	10–10–6
27 	L 	December 18, 1949 	0–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	10–11–6
28 	W 	December 21, 1949 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	11–11–6
29 	T 	December 24, 1949 	0–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	11–11–7
30 	W 	December 25, 1949 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	12–11–7
31 	W 	December 28, 1949 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	13–11–7
32 	W 	December 31, 1949 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	14–11–7
33 	L 	January 1, 1950 	0–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	14–12–7
34 	W 	January 4, 1950 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	15–12–7
35 	W 	January 7, 1950 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	16–12–7
36 	T 	January 8, 1950 	1–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	16–12–8
37 	L 	January 11, 1950 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	16–13–8
38 	L 	January 14, 1950 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	16–14–8
39 	L 	January 15, 1950 	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	16–15–8
40 	L 	January 18, 1950 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	16–16–8
41 	L 	January 21, 1950 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	16–17–8
42 	L 	January 22, 1950 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	16–18–8
43 	L 	January 25, 1950 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	16–19–8
44 	T 	January 28, 1950 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	16–19–9
45 	W 	January 29, 1950 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	17–19–9
46 	L 	February 1, 1950 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	17–20–9
47 	L 	February 2, 1950 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	17–21–9
48 	T 	February 5, 1950 	5–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	17–21–10
49 	W 	February 9, 1950 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	18–21–10
50 	W 	February 12, 1950 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	19–21–10
51 	T 	February 15, 1950 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	19–21–11
52 	W 	February 18, 1950 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	20–21–11
53 	W 	February 19, 1950 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	21–21–11
54 	W 	February 22, 1950 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	22–21–11
55 	W 	February 23, 1950 	7–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	23–21–11
56 	L 	February 25, 1950 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	23–22–11
57 	W 	February 26, 1950 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	24–22–11
58 	L 	March 1, 1950 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	24–23–11
59 	L 	March 4, 1950 	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	24–24–11
60 	W 	March 5, 1950 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	25–24–11
61 	W 	March 8, 1950 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	26–24–11
62 	W 	March 9, 1950 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	27–24–11
63 	L 	March 11, 1950 	0–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	27–25–11
64 	L 	March 12, 1950 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	27–26–11
65 	L 	March 15, 1950 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	27–27–11
66 	L 	March 18, 1950 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	27–28–11
67 	L 	March 19, 1950 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	27–29–11
68 	L 	March 21, 1950 	3–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	27–30–11
69 	L 	March 22, 1950 	7–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 	27–31–11
70 	W 	March 26, 1950 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	28–31–11
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 1===
Unlike in the previous season, the Montreal Canadiens were favorites as they entered the Semi-finals against the New York Rangers. Right from the start, New York served notice that the series will not be an easy victory. The Rangers win the first two games in Montreal to take a 2-0 series lead. As the series shifted to Madison Square Garden, the Rangers claimed a 4-1 win in the third game to put the Canadiens in a huge hole. To shake up his team, Montreal coach Dick Irvin pulled Bill Durnan from the net after the loss and replaced him with Gerry McNeil. The move worked as the Canadiens won 3-2 win in overtime in the fourth game as Elmer Lach delivered the winning goal. The Rangers completed their upset in five games with a 3-0 victory in the next game. Center Norm Dussault shone in the series with three goals after scoring only 13 during the regular season.
===Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Rangers 3===
The Rangers were forced to use Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the home ice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as their "home ice" during the Stanley Cup Finals, as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus was then at Madison Square Garden. Garden management found that they could make more money having the circus at the Garden instead of the Rangers. Moreover, at the time, arenas could not be configured to host a circus and a hockey game on the same day, thus forcing the shift in venue.
The Rangers lost Game 7 in double overtime to the Detroit Red Wings and became the last winner of the O'Brien Trophy as the Stanley Cup runner-up.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	60	22	22	44 	2
 	W 	69	19	25	44 	85
 	RW 	63	14	23	37 	12
 	C 	70	12	25	37 	11
 	RW 	70	12	21	33 	42
 	C 	66	11	22	33 	4
 	LW 	67	17	14	31 	40
 	RW 	64	18	9 	27 	16
 	LW 	45	10	10	20 	10
 	D 	70	5 	11	16 	50
 	RW 	38	6 	9 	15 	2
 	D 	67	2 	8 	10 	71
 	RW 	27	3 	6 	9 	8
 	D 	55	4 	4 	8 	58
 	D 	70	3 	5 	8 	143
 	D 	58	2 	6 	8 	20
 	LW/D	16	4 	3 	7 	6
 	D 	43	1 	4 	5 	27
 	LW 	14	2 	1 	3 	6
 	C 	4 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	LW/C	11	1 	1 	2 	0
 	D 	37	1 	1 	2 	10
 	C 	3 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	14	0 	0 	0 	4
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	69	0 	0 	0 	6
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4140	69	28	30	11	181	2.62	6
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	8 	8.00	0
Team: 	4200	70	28	31	11	189	2.70	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	12	6	5	11 	0
 	C 	12	4	5	9 	4
 	C 	12	3	5	8 	4
 	RW 	12	2	6	8 	6
 	D 	12	2	5	7 	10
 	C 	12	4	2	6 	4
 	RW 	12	3	3	6 	14
 	W 	12	2	4	6 	12
 	LW 	12	1	5	6 	2
 	D 	12	3	1	4 	6
 	D 	12	1	2	3 	30
 	LW 	10	0	3	3 	0
 	C 	9 	1	1	2 	7
 	D 	11	0	1	1 	4
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	2
 	LW/C	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW/D	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	12	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	775	12	7	5	29	2.25	1
Team: 	775	12	7	5	29	2.25	1
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==
*O'Brien Trophy: New York Rangers
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Chuck Rayner
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Edgar Laprade
*Tony Leswick, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Chuck Rayner, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Farm Teams==
*New Haven Ramblers, American Hockey League
*St. Paul Saints, United States Hockey League
*Tacoma Rockets, Pacific Coast Hockey League
==Gallery==
27Oct1949-Ed_Slowinski_scores_Gelineau.jpg|Rangers Ed Slowinski scores on Jack Gelineau, October 26, 1949.
1Apr1950-NYR-Habs_Game_2.jpg|Action from Game 2 of the 1950 Semi-finals. #9 Pentti Lund, Elmer Lach, #15 Gus Kyle, Frank Eddolls, Chuck Rayner, April 1, 1950.
==Video==
Over 30 minutes of game footage from the Semi-finals and Finals including the presentation of the Stanley Cup.
NHL 1950 SC Final HL DET NYR
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
New York Rangers season, 1949-50
New York Rangers season, 1949-50
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