- Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents
- Schedule and results
- Playoffs
- Player statistics
- Awards and records
- Transactions
- Roster
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Infobox ice hockey team season
|League=NHL
|Season=1947–48
|year=1947
|Team=New York Rangers
|Conference=
|ConferenceRank=
|Division=NHL
|DivisionRank=4th
|Record=21–26–13
|HomeRecord=
|RoadRecord=
|GoalsFor=176
|GoalsAgainst=201
|GeneralManager=Frank Boucher
|Coach=Frank Boucher
|Captain=Neil Colville
|AltCaptain=
|Arena=Madison Square Garden
|Attendance=
|GoalsLeader=Tony Leswick/Buddy O'Connor (24)
|AssistsLeader=Buddy O'Connor (36)
|PointsLeader=Buddy O'Connor (60)
|PIMLeader=Tony Leswick (76)
|WinsLeader=Jim Henry (17)
|GAALeader=Jim Henry (3.19)
|StanleyCup=
}}The 1947–48 New York Rangers season was the 22nd season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers had a 21–26–13 record and made the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings in six games.[1] {{TOClimit|limit=2}}Regular seasonFinal standings{{1947–48 NHL standings|team=NYR}}Record vs. opponents| 1947–48 NHL Records |
|---|
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MON | NYR | TOR |
|---|
| Boston | — | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 6–2–4 | 7–3–2 | 3–7–2 | | Chicago | 7–3–2 | — | 2–10 | 4–7–1 | 6–4–2 | 1–10–1 | | Detroit | 6–4–2 | 10–2 | — | 7–2–3 | 5–4–3 | 2–6–4 | | Montreal | 2–6–4 | 7–4–1 | 2–7–3 | — | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 | | New York | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 4–5–3 | 7–3–2 | — | 3–5–4 | | Toronto | 7–3–2 | 10–1–1 | 6–2–4 | 5–6–1 | 5–3–4 | — |
Schedule and results| 1947–48 Game Log |
|---|
October: 1–3–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–2–0) | Game | October | Opponent | Score | Record |
|---|
| 1 | 16 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 2–1 | 1–0–0 | | 2 | 19 | @ Boston Bruins | 3–1 | 1–1–0 | | 3 | 22 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–1 | 1–2–0 | | 4 | 29 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | 1–3–0 |
| November: 6–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–3–0) | Game | November | Opponent | Score | Record |
|---|
| 5 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | 2–3–0 | | 6 | 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7–4 | 3–3–0 | | 7 | 6 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 2–1 | 3–4–0 | | 8 | 8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 7–2 | 3–5–0 | | 9 | 9 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 8–5 | 3–6–0 | | 10 | 12 | Boston Bruins | 8–2 | 3–7–0 | | 11 | 15 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–3 | 3–8–0 | | 12 | 16 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | 4–8–0 | | 13 | 19 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 6–5 | 5–8–0 | | 14 | 22 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 5–3 | 6–8–0 | | 15 | 30 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 6–2 | 7–8–0 |
| December: 6–3–4 (Home: 3–2–3; Road: 3–1–1) | Game | December | Opponent | Score | Record |
|---|
| 16 | 3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–1 | 7–9–0 | | 17 | 6 | @ Boston Bruins | 5–5 | 7–9–1 | | 18 | 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–1 | 8–9–1 | | 19 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–4 | 8–9–2 | | 20 | 11 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | 9–9–2 | | 21 | 13 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–1 | 10–9–2 | | 22 | 14 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–1 | 10–9–3 | | 23 | 17 | Boston Bruins | 5–2 | 11–9–3 | | 24 | 21 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–3 | 11–10–3 | | 25 | 23 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 7–1 | 11–11–3 | | 26 | 25 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 2–0 | 12–11–3 | | 27 | 28 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–1 | 12–11–4 | | 28 | 31 | Boston Bruins | 7–3 | 13–11–4 |
| January: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–3–2) | Game | January | Opponent | Score | Record |
|---|
| 29 | 1 | @ Boston Bruins | 4–1 | 13–12–4 | | 30 | 3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–5 | 13–12–5 | | 31 | 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–1 | 13–13–5 | | 32 | 7 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 6–0 | 13–14–5 | | 33 | 10 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 1–1 | 13–14–6 | | 34 | 11 | Montreal Canadiens | 3–1 | 14–14–6 | | 35 | 14 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–2 | 15–14–6 | | 36 | 18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–2 | 15–14–7 | | 37 | 21 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | 15–15–7 | | 38 | 25 | @ Boston Bruins | 6–4 | 15–16–7 | | 39 | 28 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 3–2 | 16–16–7 | | 40 | 31 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | 17–16–7 |
| February: 2–3–5 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 0–1–3) | Game | February | Opponent | Score | Record |
|---|
| 41 | 1 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–2 | 17–16–8 | | 42 | 4 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 4–4 | 17–16–9 | | 43 | 7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–0 | 17–17–9 | | 44 | 8 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 2–2 | 17–17–10 | | 45 | 14 | @ Boston Bruins | 4–4 | 17–17–11 | | 46 | 15 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–4 | 17–17–12 | | 47 | 18 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–1 | 17–18–12 | | 48 | 22 | Boston Bruins | 4–1 | 18–18–12 | | 49 | 25 | Chicago Black Hawks | 7–4 | 18–19–12 | | 50 | 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–3 | 19–19–12 |
| March: 2–7–1 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–4–0) | Game | March | Opponent | Score | Record |
|---|
| 51 | 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1–0 | 20–19–12 | | 52 | 3 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | 20–20–12 | | 53 | 6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | 20–21–12 | | 54 | 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–2 | 20–21–13 | | 55 | 10 | @ Boston Bruins | 6–3 | 20–22–13 | | 56 | 13 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 3–2 | 20–23–13 | | 57 | 14 | Montreal Canadiens | 6–3 | 20–24–13 | | 58 | 16 | Boston Bruins | 6–2 | 20–25–13 | | 59 | 17 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 5–2 | 21–25–13 | | 60 | 21 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–3 | 21–26–13 |
|
Playoffs{{main|1948 Stanley Cup playoffs}}Key: {{Color box|#ccffcc|border=darkgray}} Win {{Color box|#ffbbbb|border=darkgray}} Loss | 1948 Stanley Cup Playoffs |
|---|
| Semi-finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins series 4–2 |
|---|
| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Series | | 1 | March 24 | New York Rangers | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit leads series 1–0 | | 2 | March 26 | New York Rangers | 2–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit leads series 2–0 | | 3 | March 28 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | New York Rangers | Detroit leads series 2–1 | | 4 | March 30 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | New York Rangers | Series tied 2–2 | | 5 | April 1 | New York Rangers | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit leads series 3–2 | | 6 | April 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | New York Rangers | Detroit wins series 4–2 |
|
Player statistics- Skaters
{{col-begin}}{{col-2}} Regular Season| Player | GP|Games Played | G|Goals | A|Assists | Pts|Points | PIM|Penalty Minutes |
|---|
| Herbert|O'Connor}} | 60 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 8 | | Edgar|Laprade}} | 59 | 13 | 24 | 47 | 7 | | Tony|Leswick}} | 60 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 76 | | Phil|Watson}} | 54 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 54 | | Don|Raleigh}} | 52 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 2 | | Ed|Kullman}} | 51 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 32 | | Grant|Warwick}}‡ | 40 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 30 | | Cal|Gardner}} | 58 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 71 | | Bryan|Hextall}} | 43 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 18 | | Rene|Trudell}} | 54 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 30 | | Frank|Eddolls}} | 58 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 16 | | Neil|Colville}} | 55 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 25 | | Bill|Moe}} | 59 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 31 | | Bill|Juzda}} | 60 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 70 | | Ed|Slowinski}} | 38 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | | Church|Russell}} | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | | Ronnie|Rowe}} | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Fred|Shero}} | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | Jean|Lamirande}} | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | Herb|Foster}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Larry|Kwong}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Fern|Perreault}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Hub|Anslow}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Billy|Taylor|Billy Taylor (ice hockey b. 1919)}}† | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Winston|Juckes|Bing Juckes}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
{{col-2}} Playoffs| Player | GP|Games Played | G|Goals | A|Assists | Pts|Points | PIM|Penalty Minutes |
|---|
| Phil|Watson}} | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | | Tony|Leswick}} | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | | Edgar|Laprade}} | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | Herbert|O'Connor}} | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | | Bryan|Hextall}} | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | Don|Raleigh}} | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | Nick|Mickoski}} | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Dunc|Fisher}} | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Fred|Shero}} | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Neil|Colville}} | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Ed|Kullman}} | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Jack|Lancien}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Ken|Davies|Ken Davies (ice hockey)}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jean|Lamirande}} | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | Ed|Slowinski}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Bill|Juzda}} | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | | Bill|Moe}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Frank|Eddolls}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Rene|Trudell}} | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Cal|Gardner}} | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | {{col-end}}- Goaltenders
Regular Season| Player | GP|Games Played | TOI|Time on Ice | W|Win | L|Loss | T|Tie | GA|Goals Against | GAA|Goals Against Average | SO|Shutouts |
|---|
| Jim|Henry|Jim Henry (ice hockey)}} | 48 | 2880 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 153 | 3.19 | 2 | | Chuck|Rayner}} | 12 | 691 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 3.65 | 0 | | Bob|DeCourcy}} | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12.41 | 0 | Playoffs| Player | GP|Games Played | TOI|Time on Ice | W|Win | L|Loss | GA|Goals Against | GAA|Goals Against Average | SO|Shutouts |
|---|
| Chuck|Rayner}} | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 2.83 | 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.
[2]{{Hockey season stats note}}Awards and records{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Transactions{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}Roster{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web|title=1947–48 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics|publisher=Hockey-Reference|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1948.html|accessdate=2010-10-30}}
2. ^{{cite web |publisher=hockeydb.com |accessdate=2010-10-19 |title=1947–48 New York Rangers |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481948.html}}
External links{{New York Rangers}}{{New York Rangers seasons}}{{1947–48 NHL season by team}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1947-48 New York Rangers season}} 5 : New York Rangers seasons|1947–48 NHL season by team|1947–48 in American ice hockey by team|1948 in sports in New York City|1947 in sports in New York City |