1974–75 New York Rangers season

1974–75 New York Rangers
1974–75 New York Rangers
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	2nd Campbell
1974–75 record	37–29–14
Goals for	319
Goals against	276
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Brad Park
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Steve Vickers (41)
Assists	Rod Gilbert (61)
Points	Rod Gilbert (97)
Penalty minutes	Derek Sanderson (106)
Wins	Gilles Villemure (22)
Goals against average	Gilles Villemure (3.16)
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 New York Rangers season was the 49th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). A league realignment had the Rangers moved into the new Patrick Division within the Campbell Conference, where the team finished 2nd with 88 points. They qualified for the playoffs, losing in the preliminary round to the New York Islanders 2–1 in a best of three games series.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	80	51	18	11	293	181	+112	113
2	New York Rangers	80	37	29	14	319	276	+43	88
3	New York Islanders	80	33	25	22	264	221	+43	88
4	Atlanta Flames	80	34	31	15	243	233	+10	83

Schedule and results

1974–75 Game Log

October: 5–3–2 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 2–2–0)

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

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

January: 9–4–1 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 5–4–1)

February: 6–4–4 (Home: 3–1–3; Road: 3–3–1)

March: 5–9–0 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 1–5–0)

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

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1975 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Preliminary Round: vs. New York Islanders – New York Islanders win series 2–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 8	New York Islanders	3–2	New York Rangers		New York Islanders lead series 1–0
2	April 10	New York Rangers	8–3	New York Islanders		Series tied 1–1
3	April 11	New York Islanders	4–3	New York Rangers	OT	New York Islanders win series 2–1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rod Gilbert	76	36	61	97	22
Jean Ratelle	79	36	55	91	26
Steve Vickers	80	41	48	89	64
Bill Fairbairn	80	24	37	61	10
Pete Stemkowski	77	24	35	59	63
Brad Park	65	13	44	57	104
Derek Sanderson	75	25	25	50	106
Ron Greschner	70	8	37	45	93
Greg Polis	76	26	15	41	55
Rick Middleton	47	22	18	40	19
Walt Tkaczuk	62	11	25	36	34
Gilles Marotte	77	4	32	36	69
Ted Irvine	79	17	17	34	66
Jerry Butler	78	17	16	33	102
Nick Beverley	67	3	15	18	19
John Bednarski	35	1	10	11	37
Dale Rolfe	42	1	8	9	30
Ron Harris	34	1	7	8	22
Bert Wilson	61	5	1	6	66
Bobby Rousseau	8	2	2	4	0
Bob MacMillan	22	1	2	3	4
Dave Maloney	4	0	2	2	0
Joe Zanussi	8	0	2	2	4
Jerry Holland	1	1	0	1	0
Rod Seiling^‡	4	0	1	1	0
Hartland Monahan	6	0	1	1	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Steve Vickers	3	2	4	6	6
Jean Ratelle	3	1	5	6	2
Brad Park	3	1	4	5	2
Bill Fairbairn	3	4	0	4	13
Rod Gilbert	3	1	3	4	2
Walt Tkaczuk	3	1	2	3	5
Ron Harris	3	1	0	1	9
Nick Beverley	3	0	1	1	0
Jerry Butler	3	1	0	1	16
Ted Irvine	3	0	1	1	11
Gilles Marotte	3	0	1	1	4
Ron Greschner	3	0	1	1	2
Pete Stemkowski	3	1	0	1	10
John Bednarski	1	0	0	0	17
Rick Middleton	3	0	0	0	2
Greg Polis	3	0	0	0	6
Derek Sanderson	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gilles Villemure	45	2470	22	14	6	130	3.16	2
Ed Giacomin	37	2069	13	12	8	120	3.48	1
Dunc Wilson^†	3	180	1	2	0	13	4.33	0
Curt Ridley	2	81	1	1	0	7	5.19	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Gilles Villemure	2	94	1	0	6	3.83	0
Ed Giacomin	2	86	0	2	4	2.79	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 1974 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	14	Dave Maloney	D	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2	32	Ron Greschner	D	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
3	50	Jerry Holland	LW	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
4	68	Boyd Anderson	D	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
5	86	Dennis Olmstead	C	Canada	University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
6	104	Eddie Johnstone	RW	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
7	122	John Memryk	G	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
8	139	Greg Holst	C	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
9	156	Claude Arvisais	C	Canada	Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)
10	171	Ken Dodd	LW	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
11	186	Ralph Krentz	LW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
12	198	Larry Jacques	RW	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
13	208	Tom Gastle	LW	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
14	218	Eric Brubacher	C	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHA)
15	224	Russ Hall	RW	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
16	227	Bill Kriski	G	Canada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
17	230	Kevin Treacy	RW	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
18	233	Ken Gassoff	C	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
19	236	Cliff Bast	D	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
20	239	Jim Mayer	RW	Canada	Michigan Tech (NCAA)
21	241	Warren Miller	RW	United States	University of Minnesota (NCAA)
22	243	Kevin Walker	D	Canada	Cornell University (WCHL)
23	245	Jim Warner	RW	United States	Minnesota Junior Stars (MidJHL)

Farm teams

References

^ "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1974–75 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

External links

"1974–75 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

[standings-div-1] "1974-1975 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1974–75 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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