1956–57 New York Rangers season

The 1956–57 New York Rangers season was the 31st season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers finished 4th and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 1.
==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 12, 1956 	3–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 14, 1956 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 17, 1956 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 20, 1956 	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 21, 1956 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	October 24, 1956 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	4–2–0
7 	T 	October 28, 1956 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 	4–2–1
8 	L 	October 31, 1956 	2–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	4–3–1
9 	L 	November 4, 1956 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	4–4–1
10 	L 	November 7, 1956 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	4–5–1
11 	L 	November 8, 1956 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	4–6–1
12 	L 	November 10, 1956 	4–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	4–7–1
13 	L 	November 14, 1956 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	4–8–1
14 	T 	November 17, 1956 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	4–8–2
15 	T 	November 18, 1956 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	4–8–3
16 	T 	November 21, 1956 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 	4–8–4
17 	W 	November 22, 1956 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	5–8–4
18 	L 	November 24, 1956 	1–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	5–9–4
19 	T 	November 25, 1956 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	5–9–5
20 	W 	November 28, 1956 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	6–9–5
21 	L 	November 29, 1956 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	6–10–5
22 	W 	December 2, 1956 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 	7–10–5
23 	T 	December 5, 1956 	2–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 	7–10–6
24 	T 	December 8, 1956 	0–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	7–10–7
25 	W 	December 9, 1956 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	8–10–7
26 	L 	December 13, 1956 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	8–11–7
27 	L 	December 15, 1956 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	8–12–7
28 	W 	December 16, 1956 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	9–12–7
29 	W 	December 21, 1956 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	10–12–7
30 	L 	December 23, 1956 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 	10–13–7
31 	L 	December 25, 1956 	1–8 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	10–14–7
32 	W 	December 27, 1956 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 	11–14–7
33 	L 	December 29, 1956 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	11–15–7
34 	L 	December 31, 1956 	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	11–16–7
35 	L 	January 1, 1957 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	11–17–7
36 	W 	January 5, 1957 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 	12–17–7
37 	L 	January 6, 1957 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	12–18–7
38 	L 	January 9, 1957 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 	12–19–7
39 	W 	January 11, 1957 	7–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	13–19–7
40 	W 	January 12, 1957 	5–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	14–19–7
41 	L 	January 13, 1957 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	14–20–7
42 	L 	January 19, 1957 	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	14–21–7
43 	L 	January 20, 1957 	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	14–22–7
44 	T 	January 23, 1957 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	14–22–8
45 	W 	January 26, 1957 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	15–22–8
46 	W 	January 27, 1957 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	16–22–8
47 	L 	January 30, 1957 	2–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 	16–23–8
48 	L 	February 2, 1957 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	16–24–8
49 	L 	February 3, 1957 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	16–25–8
50 	W 	February 6, 1957 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	17–25–8
51 	T 	February 7, 1957 	4–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	17–25–9
52 	T 	February 9, 1957 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	17–25–10
53 	W 	February 10, 1957 	5–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	18–25–10
54 	L 	February 14, 1957 	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	18–26–10
55 	W 	February 16, 1957 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	19–26–10
56 	W 	February 17, 1957 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 	20–26–10
57 	W 	February 20, 1957 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	21–26–10
58 	L 	February 23, 1957 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	21–27–10
59 	W 	February 24, 1957 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1956–57) 	22–27–10
60 	T 	February 27, 1957 	6–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 	22–27–11
61 	W 	March 2, 1957 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	23–27–11
62 	T 	March 3, 1957 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	23–27–12
63 	T 	March 7, 1957 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57)	23–27–13
64 	W 	March 9, 1957 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	24–27–13
65 	W 	March 10, 1957 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1956–57) 	25–27–13
66 	L 	March 13, 1957 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	25–28–13
67 	L 	March 16, 1957 	1–14 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57)	25–29–13
68 	L 	March 17, 1957 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1956–57) 	25–30–13
69 	W 	March 23, 1957 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1956–57) 	26–30–13
70 	T 	March 24, 1957 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1956–57) 	26–30–14
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, New York Rangers 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	70	27	50	77 	60
 	RW 	70	21	23	44 	10
 	LW 	68	19	23	42 	38
 	D 	70	4 	37	41 	72
 	C 	70	18	21	39 	42
 	LW 	70	18	20	38 	47
 	C 	67	11	19	30 	20
 	C 	36	14	15	29 	2
 	C 	42	6 	17	23 	36
 	LW 	33	7 	12	19 	14
 	RW 	69	7 	9 	16 	48
 	LW 	70	9 	6 	15 	40
 	C 	45	7 	8 	15 	24
 	D 	70	3 	12	15 	139
 	D 	65	2 	10	12 	70
 	D 	61	5 	4 	9 	65
 	D 	70	3 	6 	9 	110
 	RW 	30	2 	3 	5 	10
 	C 	7 	1 	2 	3 	4
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	68	0 	0 	0 	19
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4080	68	26	28	14	216	3.18	3
 	120 	2 	0 	2 	0 	6 	3.00	0
Team: 	4200	70	26	30	14	222	3.17	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	5 	2	3	5 	0
 	C 	5 	2	2	4 	2
 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	2
 	C 	5 	1	2	3 	4
 	C 	5 	0	3	3 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	0	2 	27
 	RW 	5 	2	0	2 	2
 	C 	1 	1	1	2 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	2	2 	4
 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	6
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	6
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	7
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	316	5 	1	4	21	3.99	0
Team: 	316	5 	1	4	21	3.99	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: Andy Hebenton
*Bill Gadsby, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Gallery==
17Oct1956-Lewicki_Chevrefils_Mohns_Horvath.jpg|Doug Mohns and Bob Armstrong defend against Rangers Danny Lewicki with Terry Sawchuk in goal, October 17, 1956.
13Mar1957-Flaman_Bathgate_Simmons.jpg|Fern Flaman defends against Rangers Andy Bathgate during the Bruins 2-1 win on March 13, 1957.
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
New York Rangers season, 1956-57
New York Rangers season, 1956-57
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