1970–71 New York Rangers season

1970–71 New York Rangers
1970–71 New York Rangers
Division	2nd East
1970–71 record	49–18–11
Goals for	259
Goals against	177
Team information
General manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Alternate captains	Vic Hadfield
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Balon (36)
Assists	Walt Tkaczuk (49)
Points	Walt Tkaczuk (75)
Penalty minutes	Ted Irvine (137)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (27)
Goals against average	Ed Giacomin (2.16)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 New York Rangers season was the 45th season for the team.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division^[1]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	57	14	7	399	207	+192	121
2	New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	259	177	+82	109
3	Montreal Canadiens	78	42	23	13	291	216	+75	97
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	248	211	+37	82
5	Buffalo Sabres	78	24	39	15	217	291	−74	63
6	Vancouver Canucks	78	24	46	8	229	296	−67	56
7	Detroit Red Wings	78	22	45	11	209	308	−99	55

Schedule and results

1970–71 Game Log

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

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

December: 11–2–2 (Home: 7–0–1; Road: 4–2–1)

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

February: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–3–0)

March: 9–3–1 (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 2–2–1)

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

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1971 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 8	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	New York Rangers		Series tied 1–1
3	April 10	New York Rangers	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs		Toronto leads series 2–1
4	April 11	New York Rangers	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs		Series tied 2–2
5	April 13	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–3	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 3–2
6	April 15	New York Rangers	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	OT	New York Rangers win series 4–2

Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Chicago wins series 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 18	New York Rangers	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	OT	New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 20	New York Rangers	0–3	Chicago Black Hawks		Series tied 1–1
3	April 22	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	April 25	Chicago Black Hawks	7–1	New York Rangers		Series tied 2–2
5	April 27	New York Rangers	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	OT	Chicago leads series 3–2
6	April 29	Chicago Black Hawks	2–3	New York Rangers	OT	Series tied 3–3
7	May 2	New York Rangers	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks		Chicago wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Walt Tkaczuk	77	26	49	75	48
Jean Ratelle	78	26	46	72	14
Rod Gilbert	78	30	31	61	65
Dave Balon	78	36	24	60	34
Bob Nevin	78	21	25	46	10
Pete Stemkowski^†	68	16	29	45	61
Vic Hadfield	63	22	22	44	38
Brad Park	68	7	37	44	114
Ted Irvine	76	20	18	38	137
Jim Neilson	77	8	24	32	69
Bill Fairbairn	56	7	23	30	32
Rod Seiling	68	5	22	27	34
Bruce MacGregor^†	27	12	13	25	4
Tim Horton	78	2	18	20	57
Jack Egers	60	7	10	17	50
Arnie Brown^‡	48	3	12	15	24
Ron Stewart	76	5	6	11	19
Dale Rolfe^†	14	0	7	7	23
Andre Dupont	7	1	2	3	21
Syl Apps^‡	31	1	2	3	11
Glen Sather^†	31	2	0	2	52
Mike Robitaille^‡	11	1	1	2	7
Larry Brown^†	31	1	1	2	10
Jim Krulicki^‡	27	0	2	2	6
Ab DeMarco	2	0	1	1	0
Don Luce^‡	9	0	1	1	0
Don Blackburn	1	0	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Vic Hadfield	13	8	5	13	46
Jean Ratelle	13	2	9	11	8
Rod Gilbert	13	4	6	10	8
Bob Nevin	13	5	3	8	0
Walt Tkaczuk	13	1	5	6	14
Tim Horton	13	1	4	5	14
Pete Stemkowski	13	3	2	5	6
Dave Balon	13	3	2	5	4
Bruce MacGregor	13	0	4	4	2
Brad Park	13	0	4	4	42
Jim Neilson	13	0	3	3	30
Ted Irvine	12	1	2	3	28
Larry Brown	11	0	1	1	0
Glen Sather	13	0	1	1	18
Dale Rolfe	13	0	1	1	14
Ron Stewart	13	1	0	1	0
Rod Seiling	13	1	0	1	12
Jack Egers	3	0	0	0	2
Bill Fairbairn	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	45	2641	27	10	7	95	2.16	8
Gilles Villemure	34	2039	22	8	4	78	2.30	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	12	759	7	5	28	2.21	0
Gilles Villemure	2	80	0	1	6	4.50	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

1970–1971 New York Rangers Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Ed Giacomin
30 – Gilles Villemure

Defensemen

2 – Brad Park
3 – Tim Horton
4 – Arnie Brown
4 – Larry Brown
5 – Dale Rolfe
15 – Jim Neilson
16 – Rod Seiling
24 – Ab DeMarco
25 – André Dupont
25 – Mike Robitaille

Wingers

6 – Glen Sather
7 – Rod Gilbert
8 – Bob Nevin –C
10 – Bill Fairbairn
11 – Vic Hadfield
12 – Ron Stewart
14 – Bruce MacGregor
17 – Dave Balon
20 – Jack Egers
22 – Jim Krulicki
23 – Don Blackburn
27 – Ted Irvine

Centers

6 – Syl Apps
14 – Don Luce
18 – Walt Tkaczuk
19 – Jean Ratelle
21 – Pete Stemkowski
GM/Coach:
Emile Francis

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Norm Gratton	RW	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
2	25	Mike Murphy	RW	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
3	39	Wendell Bennett	RW	Canada	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
4	53	Andre St. Pierre	D	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
5	67	Gary Coalter	RW	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6	81	Duane Wylie	C	USA	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
7	94	Wayne Bell	G	Canada	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
8	106	Pierre Brind'Amour	LW	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)

Farm teams

References

^ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "1970–71 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

"1970–71 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

[standings-div-1] "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[2] "1970–71 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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