1944–45 New York Rangers season

1944–45 New York Rangers
1944–45 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1944–45 record	11–29–10
Goals for	154
Goals against	247
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Ott Heller
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Ab DeMarco (24)
Assists	Ab DeMarco (30)
Points	Ab DeMarco (54)
Penalty minutes	Bob Dill (69)
Wins	Ken McAuley (11)
Goals against average	Ken McAuley (4.93)
	← 1943–44 1945–46 →

The 1944–45 New York Rangers season was the 19th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–29–10 record and finished with 32 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	38	8	4	228	121	+107	80
2	Detroit Red Wings	50	31	14	5	218	161	+57	67
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	24	22	4	183	161	+22	52
4	Boston Bruins	50	16	30	4	179	219	−40	36
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	13	30	7	141	194	−53	33
6	New York Rangers	50	11	29	10	154	247	−93	32

Schedule and results

1944–45 Game Log

October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)

November: 2–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 1–3–1)

December: 2–7–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 1–4–0)

January: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–4–0)

February: 3–4–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 0–3–2)

March: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–3–0)

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the third consecutive season and missed the 1945 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]^[3]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ab DeMarco	50	24	30	54	10
Grant Warwick	42	20	22	42	25
Hank Goldup	48	17	25	42	25
Fred Thurier	50	16	19	35	14
Fred Hunt	44	13	9	22	6
Joe Shack	50	4	18	22	14
Walt Atanas	49	13	8	21	40
Phil Watson	45	11	8	19	24
Ehrhardt Heller	45	7	12	19	26
James MacDonald	36	9	6	15	12
Bob Dill	48	9	5	14	69
Wilfred McDonald	40	2	9	11	0
Jack Mann	6	3	4	7	0
Bill Moe	35	2	4	6	14
Chuck Scherza	22	2	3	5	18
Guy Labrie	27	2	2	4	14
Neil Colville	4	0	1	1	2
Len Wharton	1	0	0	0	0
Alex Ritson	1	0	0	0	0
Jim Drummond	2	0	0	0	0
Hal Cooper	8	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ken McAuley	46	2760	11	25	10	227	4.93	1
Doug Stevenson^†	4	240	0	4	0	20	5.00	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

References

^ ^a ^b "1944–45 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
^ "1944–1945 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. 1945-10-22. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
^ "1944–45 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

External links

"1944–45 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

[hr-1] "1944–45 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

[standings-div-2] "1944–1945 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[3] "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. 1945-10-22. Retrieved 2011-12-04.

[4] "1944–45 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

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