1928–29 New York Rangers season

The 1928–29 New York Rangers season was the third season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in second place in the American Division with a 21–13–10 record and qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the postseason, the Rangers won series against the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. where they lost to the Boston Bruins 2–0.[1]

1928–29 New York Rangers
Division	2nd American
1928–29 record	21–13–10
Goals for	72
Goals against	65
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (15)
Assists	Frank Boucher (16)
Points	Frank Boucher (26)
Penalty minutes	Bun Cook (70)
Wins	John Ross Roach (21)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (1.41)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	472	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	384	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	381	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	324	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	363	22

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1928–29 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	PIT	TOR
Boston	—	4–1–1	4–1–1	1–2–1	3–1	0–3–1	5–1	2–1–1	5–1	2–2
Chicago	1–4–1	—	1–4–1	0–4	1–2–1	1–3	0–4–2	1–2–1	2–3–1	0–3–1
Detroit	1–4–1	4–1–1	—	1–1–2	2–1–1	2–1–1	1–4–1	1–1–2	5–1	2–2
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	4–0	1–1–2	—	4–0–2	2–1–3	1–1–2	5–0–1	2–0–2	1–3–2
M. Maroons	1–3	2–1–1	1–2–1	0–4–2	—	2–3–1	3–0–1	2–2–2	2–1–1	2–4
N.Y. Americans	3–0–1	3–1	1–2–1	1–2–3	3–2–1	—	1–1–2	2–0–4	2–2	3–3
N.Y. Rangers	1–5	4–0–2	4–1–1	1–1–2	0–3–1	1–1–2	—	3–1	4–0–2	3–1
Ottawa	1–2–1	2–1–1	1–1–2	0–5–1	2–2–2	0–2–4	1–3	—	3–0–1	4–1–1
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–2–1	1–5	0–2–2	1–2–1	2–2	0–4–2	0–3–1	—	1–2–1
Toronto	2–2	3–0–1	2–2	3–1–2	4–2	3–3	1–3	1–4–1	2–1–1	—

Schedule and results

1928–29 Game Log
November: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 15 @ Detroit Cougars 2–0 1–0–0 2 18 @ New York Americans 1 – 1 OT 1–0–1 3 20 Montreal Maroons 1–0 1–1–1 4 22 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 2–1–1 5 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0 3–1–1 6 29 Chicago Black Hawks 2 – 1 OT 4–1–1
December: 5–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–2–2) Game December Opponent Score Record 7 1 @ Montreal Maroons 3–0 4–2–1 8 4 @ Boston Bruins 2–0 4–3–1 9 6 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 0 – 0 OT 4–3–2 10 9 @ Detroit Cougars 2 – 2 OT 4–3–3 11 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 5–3–3 12 13 @ Montreal Canadiens 3 – 2 OT 6–3–3 13 16 Detroit Cougars 3–0 7–3–3 14 20 Ottawa Senators 1–0 8–3–3 15 25 New York Americans 1–0 8–4–3 16 30 Boston Bruins 2–0 9–4–3
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–1–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 17 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 10–4–3 18 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – 2 OT 10–4–4 19 6 @ New York Americans 0 – 0 OT 10–4–5 20 10 @ Ottawa Senators 9–3 11–4–5 21 13 Detroit Cougars 1–0 12–4–5 22 15 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 12–5–5 23 17 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 13–5–5 24 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 0 – 0 OT 13–5–6 25 20 Montreal Canadiens 1–0 13–6–6 26 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 14–6–6 27 24 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 3–1 15–6–6 28 27 Boston Bruins 2–1 15–7–6 29 31 New York Americans 2–1 16–7–6
February: 3–4–3 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 1–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 30 3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 17–7–6 31 5 Montreal Maroons 1 – 1 OT 17–7–7 32 7 @ Ottawa Senators 2–1 17–8–7 33 10 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 3 OT 17–8–8 34 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 17–9–8 35 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1 18–9–8 36 21 Detroit Cougars 1–0 18–10–8 37 23 @ Montreal Maroons 9–1 18–11–8 38 26 Ottawa Senators 2–0 19–11–8 39 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 0 – 0 OT 19–11–9
March: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 2–1–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 40 3 @ Detroit Cougars 3–2 20–11–9 41 5 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 20–12–9 42 10 Boston Bruins 3–2 20–13–9 43 14 Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 20–13–10 44 17 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3 21–13–10

Playoffs

Main articles: 1929 Stanley Cup playoffs and 1929 Stanley Cup Finals

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division.[3]

Key:      Win      Loss

1929 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-Finals: vs. New York Americans – New York Rangers win series one goal to zero goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 19 New York Rangers 0–0 New York Americans OT Series tied 0 goals to 0 goals 2 March 21 New York Americans 0–1 New York Rangers 2OT New York Rangers win series 1 goal to 0 goals Semi-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 2–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 March 26 New York Rangers 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs OT New York Rangers win series 2–0 Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Boston Bruins – Boston Bruins win series 2–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 28 New York Rangers 0–2 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 1–0 2 March 29 Boston Bruins 2–1 New York Rangers Boston wins series 2–0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Frank Boucher 44 10 16 26 8 Bill Cook 43 15 8 23 41 Frederick Cook 43 13 5 18 70 Paul Thompson 44 10 7 17 38 Murray Murdoch 44 8 6 14 18 Melville Keeling 43 6 3 9 35 Leo Bourgeault 44 2 3 5 59 Clarence Abel 33 3 1 4 41 Melville Vail 18 3 0 3 16 Russell Oatman^† 27 1 1 2 10 Myles Lane^‡ 24 1 0 1 22 Ivan Johnson 9 0 0 0 14 Gerald Carson^† 10 0 0 0 5 Billy Boyd 11 0 0 0 5

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Melville Keeling 6 3 0 3 2 Paul Thompson 6 0 2 2 6 Frederick Cook 6 1 0 1 12 Frank Boucher 6 1 0 1 0 Billy Boyd 1 0 0 0 0 Gerald Carson 4 0 0 0 0 Ivan Johnson 6 0 0 0 26 Leroy Goldsworthy 1 0 0 0 0 Ralph Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 Russell Oatman 4 0 0 0 0 Melville Vail 6 0 0 0 2 Clarence Abel 6 0 0 0 8 Leo Bourgeault 6 0 0 0 0 Murray Murdoch 6 0 0 0 2 Bill Cook 6 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	44	2760	21	13	10	65	1.41	13

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	6	392	3	2	1	5	0.77	3

^†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;

See also

• 1928–29 NHL season

References

1. "1928–29 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
2. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. "Playoff Formats". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
4. "1928-29 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.