1973–74 New York Rangers season

1973–74 New York Rangers
1973–74 New York Rangers
Division	3rd East
1973–74 record	40–24–14
Goals for	300
Goals against	251
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Larry Popein; Emile Francis
Captain	Vic Hadfield
Alternate captains	Brad Park
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Rod Gilbert (36)
Assists	Brad Park (57)
Points	Brad Park (82)
Penalty minutes	Brad Park (148)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (30)
Goals against average	Ed Giacomin (3.07)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 New York Rangers season was the 48th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers compiled 94 points during the regular season and finished third in the East Division.^[1] The team made the Stanley Cup playoffs, where New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 in the quarter-finals. The Rangers then lost in a seven-game semi-finals series to the Philadelphia Flyers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that season.^[2]

Offseason

On July 27, 1973, E. Michael Burke handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden.^[3] This would make Burke the president of the New York Rangers hockey club and the New York Knicks basketball club.^[4]

Regular season

Final standings

East Division^[5]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	52	17	9	349	221	+128	113
2	Montreal Canadiens	78	45	24	9	293	240	+53	99
3	New York Rangers	78	40	24	14	300	251	+49	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	35	27	16	274	230	+44	86
5	Buffalo Sabres	78	32	34	12	242	250	−8	76
6	Detroit Red Wings	78	29	39	10	255	319	−64	68
7	Vancouver Canucks	78	24	43	11	224	296	−72	59
8	New York Islanders	78	19	41	18	182	247	−65	56

Schedule and results

1973–74 Game Log

October: 3–4–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–2–1)

November: 7–3–4 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 2–3–2)

December: 7–4–3 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 1–3–2)

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

February: 8–1–2 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 4–1–1)

March: 6–7–2 (Home: 4–3–1; Road: 2–4–1)

April: 2–1–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–1–0)

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1974 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers win series 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 10	New York Rangers	4–1	Montreal Canadiens		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 11	New York Rangers	1–4	Montreal Canadiens		Series tied 1–1
3	April 13	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	New York Rangers		Montreal leads series 2–1
4	April 14	Montreal Canadiens	4–6	New York Rangers		Series tied 2–2
5	April 16	New York Rangers	3–2	Montreal Canadiens	OT	New York Rangers lead series 3–2
6	April 18	Montreal Canadiens	2–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 4–2

Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers – Philadelphia wins series 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 20	New York Rangers	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 1–0
2	April 23	New York Rangers	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 2–0
3	April 25	Philadelphia Flyers	3–5	New York Rangers		Philadelphia leads series 2–1
4	April 28	Philadelphia Flyers	1–2	New York Rangers	OT	Series tied 2–2
5	April 30	New York Rangers	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 3–2
6	May 2	Philadelphia Flyers	1–4	New York Rangers		Series tied 3–3
7	May 5	New York Rangers	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brad Park	78	25	57	82	148
Rod Gilbert	75	36	41	77	20
Pete Stemkowski	78	25	45	70	74
Jean Ratelle	68	28	39	67	16
Walt Tkaczuk	71	21	42	63	58
Bill Fairbairn	78	18	44	62	12
Steve Vickers	75	34	24	58	18
Vic Hadfield	77	27	28	55	75
Bobby Rousseau	72	10	41	51	4
Ted Irvine	75	26	20	46	105
Bruce MacGregor	66	17	27	44	6
Rod Seiling	68	7	23	30	32
Gilles Marotte^†	46	2	17	19	28
Jerry Butler	26	6	10	16	24
Dale Rolfe	48	3	12	15	56
Ron Harris	63	2	12	14	25
Jim Neilson	72	4	7	11	38
Larry Sacharuk	23	2	4	6	4
Gene Carr^‡	29	1	5	6	15
Sheldon Kannegiesser^‡	12	1	3	4	6
Jack Egers^†	28	1	3	4	6
Mike Murphy^‡	16	2	1	3	0
Tom Williams^‡	14	1	2	3	4
Bert Wilson	5	1	1	2	2
Glen Sather^‡	2	0	0	0	0
Real Lemieux^†‡	7	0	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Pete Stemkowski	13	6	6	12	35
Brad Park	13	4	8	12	38
Dale Rolfe	13	1	8	9	23
Bobby Rousseau	12	1	8	9	4
Bruce MacGregor	13	6	2	8	2
Ted Irvine	13	3	5	8	16
Steve Vickers	13	4	4	8	17
Bill Fairbairn	13	3	5	8	6
Rod Gilbert	13	3	5	8	4
Jean Ratelle	13	2	4	6	0
Walt Tkaczuk	13	0	5	5	22
Ron Harris	11	3	0	3	14
Jerry Butler	12	0	2	2	25
Rod Seiling	13	0	2	2	19
Jack Egers	8	1	0	1	4
Jim Neilson	12	0	1	1	4
Gilles Marotte	12	0	1	1	6
Vic Hadfield	6	1	0	1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	56	3286	30	15	10	168	3.07	5
Gilles Villemure	21	1054	7	7	3	62	3.53	0
Peter McDuffe	6	340	3	2	1	18	3.18	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	13	788	7	6	37	2.82	0
Gilles Villemure	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	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

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[7]^[8]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	14	Rick Middleton	RW	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)
2	30	Pat Hickey	LW	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
3	46	John Campbell	LW	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
4	62	Brian Molvik	D	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
5	78	Pierre Laganiere	RW	Canada	Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
6	94	Dwayne Pentland	D	CAN	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)

Farm teams

References

^ "1973–74 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
^ "1974 NHL Playoff Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
^ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp.47–48, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
^ "War hero dies". The Bryan Times. United Press International. 1987-02-06. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
^ "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1973–74 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
^ "1973 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. Retrieved 2017-06-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] "1973–74 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-09-04.

[2] "1974 NHL Playoff Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-09-04.

[3] Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp.47–48, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0

[4] "War hero dies". The Bryan Times. United Press International. 1987-02-06. Retrieved 2010-09-04.

[standings-div-5] "1973–1974 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[6] "1973–74 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

[7] "1973 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-04-21.

[8] "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. Retrieved 2017-06-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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