- Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents
- Schedule and results
- Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals
- Player statistics
- Awards and records
- References
{{Infobox ice hockey team season
|League=NHL
|Season=1949–50
|year=1949
|Team=New York Rangers
|Conference=NHL
|ConferenceRank=4th
|Division=
|DivisionRank=
|Record=28–31–11
|HomeRecord=
|RoadRecord=
|GoalsFor=170
|GoalsAgainst=189
|GeneralManager=Frank Boucher
|Coach=Lynn Patrick
|Captain=Buddy O'Connor
|AltCaptain=
|Arena=Madison Square Garden
|Attendance=
|GoalsLeader=Edgar Laprade (22)
|AssistsLeader=Tony Leswick and Don Raleigh (25)
|PointsLeader=Edgar Laprade and Tony Leswick (44)
|PIMLeader=Gus Kyle (143)
|WinsLeader=Chuck Rayner (28)
|GAALeader=Chuck Rayner (2.62)
}}The 1949–50 New York Rangers season saw the Rangers finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 28 wins, 31 losses, and 11 ties for 67 points. They upset the Montreal Canadiens in five games in the Semi-finals before losing a close seven-game Stanley Cup Finals to the Detroit Red Wings. The team reached double-overtime of the seventh game of the Finals before Detroit's Pete Babando scored to give the Red Wings the Cup. Also of note during this season was that the Rangers were forced to use Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the home ice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as their "home ice" during the Stanley Cup Finals, as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus was then at Madison Square Garden. Garden management found that they could make more money having the circus at the Garden instead of the Rangers. Moreover, at the time, arenas could not be configured to host a circus and a hockey game on the same day, thus forcing the shift in venue. The Rangers would not reach the Stanley Cup Finals again until the 1971–72 season. {{TOClimit|limit=2}}Regular seasonFinal standings{{1949–50 NHL standings|team=NYR}}Record vs. opponents| 1949–50 NHL Records |
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| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MON | NYR | TOR |
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| Boston | — | 5–7–2 | 3–8–3 | 4–5–5 | 5–5–4 | 5–7–2 | | Chicago | 7–5–2 | — | 3–9–2 | 4–8–2 | 4–9–1 | 4–7–3 | | Detroit | 8–3–3 | 9–3–2 | — | 5–3–6 | 7–5–2 | 8–5–1 | | Montreal | 5–4–5 | 8–4–2 | 3–5–6 | — | 7–5–2 | 6–4–4 | | New York | 5–5–4 | 9–4–1 | 5–7–2 | 5–7–2 | — | 4–8–2 | | Toronto | 7–5–2 | 7–4–3 | 5–8–1 | 4–6–4 | 8–4–2 | — |
Schedule and results| 1949–50 Game Log |
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October: 2–4–2 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–2–2) | Game | October | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 1 | 15 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 3–1 | 0–1–0 | | 2 | 16 | @ Boston Bruins | 2–2 | 0–1–1 | | 3 | 19 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 6–1 | 0–2–1 | | 4 | 22 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–2 | 0–2–2 | | 5 | 25 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 2–1 | 1–2–2 | | 6 | 26 | Boston Bruins | 5–2 | 2–2–2 | | 7 | 29 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–0 | 2–3–2 | | 8 | 30 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | 2–4–2 |
| November: 3–4–4 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 1–2–2) | Game | November | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 9 | 2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–3 | 2–4–3 | | 10 | 6 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 7–0 | 2–5–3 | | 11 | 9 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–2 | 2–5–4 | | 12 | 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–3 | 2–6–4 | | 13 | 13 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–1 | 2–6–5 | | 14 | 16 | Boston Bruins | 2–1 | 3–6–5 | | 15 | 20 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 5–2 | 4–6–5 | | 16 | 23 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 4–3 | 4–7–5 | | 17 | 26 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 5–1 | 4–8–5 | | 18 | 27 | @ Boston Bruins | 1–1 | 4–8–6 | | 19 | 30 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–2 | 5–8–6 |
| December: 9–3–1 (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 2–2–1) | Game | December | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 20 | 3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–0 | 5–9–6 | | 21 | 4 | Chicago Black Hawks | 4–0 | 6–9–6 | | 22 | 7 | Chicago Black Hawks | 2–1 | 7–9–6 | | 23 | 10 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 1–0 | 8–9–6 | | 24 | 11 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–1 | 9–9–6 | | 25 | 14 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 5–3 | 9–10–6 | | 26 | 17 | @ Boston Bruins | 3–1 | 10–10–6 | | 27 | 18 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–0 | 10–11–6 | | 28 | 21 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–1 | 11–11–6 | | 29 | 24 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 0–0 | 11–11–7 | | 30 | 25 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 3–1 | 12–11–7 | | 31 | 28 | Chicago Black Hawks | 5–2 | 13–11–7 | | 32 | 31 | Boston Bruins | 4–1 | 14–11–7 |
| January: 3–8–2 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 1–5–1) | Game | January | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 33 | 1 | @ Boston Bruins | 6–0 | 14–12–7 | | 34 | 4 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–1 | 15–12–7 | | 35 | 7 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 3–1 | 16–12–7 | | 36 | 8 | Chicago Black Hawks | 1–1 | 16–12–8 | | 37 | 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | 16–13–8 | | 38 | 14 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 4–2 | 16–14–8 | | 39 | 15 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–0 | 16–15–8 | | 40 | 18 | Boston Bruins | 4–2 | 16–16–8 | | 41 | 21 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | 16–17–8 | | 42 | 22 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 4–3 | 16–18–8 | | 43 | 25 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–1 | 16–19–8 | | 44 | 28 | @ Boston Bruins | 2–2 | 16–19–9 | | 45 | 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–0 | 17–19–9 |
| February: 7–3–2 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 3–3–1) | Game | February | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 46 | 1 | @ Boston Bruins | 3–2 | 17–20–9 | | 47 | 2 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 4–1 | 17–21–9 | | 48 | 5 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 5–5 | 17–21–10 | | 49 | 9 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 5–3 | 18–21–10 | | 50 | 12 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–0 | 19–21–10 | | 51 | 15 | Boston Bruins | 2–2 | 19–21–11 | | 52 | 18 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | 20–21–11 | | 53 | 19 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2–1 | 21–21–11 | | 54 | 22 | Chicago Black Hawks | 3–0 | 22–21–11 | | 55 | 23 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 7–3 | 23–21–11 | | 56 | 25 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–2 | 23–22–11 | | 57 | 26 | Boston Bruins | 4–3 | 24–22–11 |
| March: 4–9–0 (Home: 3–5–0; Road: 1–4–0) | Game | March | Opponent | Score | Record |
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| 58 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 5–2 | 24–23–11 | | 59 | 4 | @ Boston Bruins | 5–1 | 24–24–11 | | 60 | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–2 | 25–24–11 | | 61 | 8 | @ Chicago Black Hawks | 4–2 | 26–24–11 | | 62 | 9 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–1 | 27–24–11 | | 63 | 11 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs | 4–0 | 27–25–11 | | 64 | 12 | Montreal Canadiens | 5–1 | 27–26–11 | | 65 | 15 | Boston Bruins | 4–1 | 27–27–11 | | 66 | 18 | @ Montreal Canadiens | 5–3 | 27–28–11 | | 67 | 19 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | 27–29–11 | | 68 | 21 | Chicago Black Hawks | 6–3 | 27–30–11 | | 69 | 22 | @ Detroit Red Wings | 8–7 | 27–31–11 | | 70 | 26 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5–3 | 28–31–11 |
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Playoffs{{main|1950 Stanley Cup playoffs |1950 Stanley Cup Final}}Stanley Cup FinalsIt was the Rangers' first appearance in the Final since their Stanley Cup victory in 1940. Two games were played in Toronto as the circus had taken over Madison Square Garden in New York. New York's Don Raleigh scored two overtime winners and Detroit's Pete Babando scored the Cup-winning goal in overtime of game seven, the first time ever in which the stanley cup was won in extra frames in game seven. Detroit won the Cup without Gordie Howe, who was injured in the first game of the playoffs. As Stanley Cup runner-up, the Rangers would be awarded the O'Brien Cup, the last team to win the trophy, at one time the National Hockey Association championship trophy, which was retired after the season. Key: {{Color box|#ccffcc|border=darkgray}} Win {{Color box|#ffbbbb|border=darkgray}} Loss | 1950 Stanley Cup Playoffs |
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| Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers win series 4–1 |
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| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Series | | 1 | March 29 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–3 | New York Rangers | New York Rangers lead series 1–0 | | 2 | April 1 | New York Rangers | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers lead series 2–0 | | 3 | April 2 | Montreal Canadiens | 1–4 | New York Rangers | New York Rangers lead series 3–0 | | 4 | April 4 | New York Rangers | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens | OT | New York Rangers lead series 3–1 | | 5 | April 6 | New York Rangers | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers win series 4–1 |
| Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins series 4–3 |
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| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Series | | 1 | April 11 | New York Rangers | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Detroit leads series 1–0 | | 2 | April 13 (in Toronto, Ontario) | Detroit Red Wings | 1–3 | New York Rangers | Series tied 1–1 | | 3 | April 15 (in Toronto, Ontario) | Detroit Red Wings | 4–0 | New York Rangers | Detroit leads series 2–1 | | 4 | April 18 | New York Rangers | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings | OT | Series tied 2–2 | | 5 | April 20 | New York Rangers | 2–1 | Detroit Red Wings | OT | New York Rangers lead series 3–2 | | 6 | April 22 | New York Rangers | 4–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Series tied 3–3 | | 7 | April 23 | New York Rangers | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings | OT | Detroit wins series 4–3 |
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Player statistics- Skaters
{{col-begin}}{{col-2}} Regular Season| Player | GP|Games Played | G|Goals | A|Assists | Pts|Points | PIM|Penalty Minutes |
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| Edgar|Laprade}} | 60 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 2 | | Tony|Leswick}} | 69 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 85 | | Ed|Slowinski}} | 63 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 12 | | Don|Raleigh}} | 70 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 11 | | Dunc|Fisher}} | 70 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 42 | | Herbert|O'Connor}} | 66 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 4 | | Alex|Kaleta}} | 67 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 40 | | Pentti|Lund}} | 64 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 16 | | Nick|Mickoski}} | 47 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | | Pat|Egan}} | 70 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 50 | | Jack|McLeod}} | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | | Fred|Shero}} | 67 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 71 | | Norman|Poile}}‡ | 28 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | | Allan|Stanley}} | 55 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 58 | | Walter|Kyle|Gus Kyle}} | 70 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 143 | | Frank|Eddolls}} | 58 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | | Jean|Lamirande}} | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | | Jack|Lancien}} | 43 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 27 | | Winston|Juckes|Bing Juckes}} | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | | Norman|Lowe}} | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | Don|Smith|Don Smith (ice hockey b. 1929)}} | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | Wally|Stanowski}} | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | | Sherman|White|Sherman White (ice hockey)}} | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | | Jean-Paul|Denis}} | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Doug|Adam}} | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Fern|Perreault}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jack|Gordon|Jack Gordon (ice hockey)}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Bill|Kyle}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jack|Evans|Jack Evans (ice hockey)}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | Bill|McDonagh}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | John|Webster|John Webster (ice hockey)}} | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
{{col-2}} Playoffs| Player | GP|Games Played | G|Goals | A|Assists | Pts|Points | PIM|Penalty Minutes |
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| Pentti|Lund}} | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | | Don|Raleigh}} | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | | Edgar|Laprade}} | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | | Ed|Slowinski}} | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | | Allan|Stanley}} | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | | Herbert|O'Connor}} | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | Dunc|Fisher}} | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | | Tony|Leswick}} | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | | Nick|Mickoski}} | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | | Pat|Egan}} | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | | Walter|Kyle|Gus Kyle}} | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | | Alex|Kaleta}} | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | Jack|Gordon|Jack Gordon (ice hockey)}} | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | | Frank|Eddolls}} | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | Jack|Lancien}} | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Fred|Shero}} | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | Jean|Lamirande}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Jack|McLeod}} | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Don|Smith|Don Smith (ice hockey b. 1929)}} | 1 | 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 |
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| Chuck|Rayner}} | 69 | 4140 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 181 | 2.62 | 6 | | Emile|Francis}} | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 0 | Playoffs| Player | GP|Games Played | TOI|Time on Ice | W|Win | L|Loss | GA|Goals Against | GAA|Goals Against Average | SO|Shutouts |
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| Chuck|Rayner}} | 12 | 775 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 2.25 | 1 | †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.
[1]{{Hockey season stats note}}Awards and records- O'Brien Cup: New York Rangers
- Hart Memorial Trophy: Chuck Rayner
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Edgar Laprade
- Tony Leswick, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
- Chuck Rayner, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star
References- Rangers on Hockey Database
- [https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1950.html Rangers on Hockey-Reference]
1. ^{{cite web |publisher=hockeydb.com |accessdate=2010-08-08 |title=1949–50 New York Rangers |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481950.html}}
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