1929–30 New York Rangers season

The 1929–30 New York Rangers season was the fourth season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 17–17–10 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Ottawa Senators 6–3 in a two-game, total-goals series, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens 2–0 in the semi-finals.

1929–30 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1929–30 record	17–17–10
Goals for	136
Goals against	143
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (29)
Assists	Frank Boucher (36)
Points	Frank Boucher (62)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (82)
Wins	John Ross Roach (17)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (3.10)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	38	5	1	179	98	77
Chicago Black Hawks	44	21	18	5	117	111	47
New York Rangers	44	17	17	10	136	143	44
Detroit Cougars	44	14	24	6	117	133	34
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	5	36	3	102	185	13

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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

1929-30 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	PIT	TOR
Boston	—	3–3	6–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	5–0–1	4–0	6–0	4–0
Chicago	3–3	—	2–3–1	0–3–1	4–0	2–2	1–3–2	2–2	6–0	1–2–1
Detroit	0–6	3–2–1	—	1–3	1–2–1	1–3	2–1–3	0–3–1	4–2	2–2
M. Canadiens	0–4	3–0–1	3–1	—	1–4–1	5–1	2–1–1	1–2–3	2–0–2	4–1–1
M. Maroons	1–3	0–4	2–1–1	4–1–1	—	5–0–1	2–2	2–3–1	4–0	3–2–1
N.Y. Americans	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–5	0–5–1	—	2–2	2–3–1	2–1–1	1–3–2
N.Y. Rangers	0–5–1	3–1–2	1–2–3	1–2–1	2–2	2–2	—	2–0–2	6–0	0–3–1
Ottawa	0–4	2–2	3–0–1	2–1–3	3–2–1	3–2–1	0–2–2	—	3–1	5–1
Pittsburgh	0–6	0–6	2–4	0–2–2	0–4	1–2–1	0–6	1–3	—	1–3
Toronto	0–4	2–1–1	2–2	1–4–1	2–3–1	3–1–2	3–0–1	1–5	3–1	—

Schedule and results

1929–30 Game Log
November: 4–2–1 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–1–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 14 @ Montreal Maroons 2–1 1–0–0 2 17 Detroit Cougars 5 – 5 OT 1–0–1 3 19 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 1–1–1 4 21 Montreal Maroons 2–1 2–1–1 5 23 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 5–3 3–1–1 6 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 3–2–1 7 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 4–2–1
December: 5–4–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 1–3–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 8 1 @ Detroit Cougars 4–3 4–3–1 9 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1 5–3–1 10 12 Montreal Canadiens 8–3 6–3–1 11 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7 – 6 OT 6–4–1 12 17 New York Americans 6–2 7–4–1 13 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–2 7–5–1 14 22 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 8–5–1 15 26 Boston Bruins 4–2 8–6–1 16 28 @ Ottawa Senators 3–1 9–6–1 17 31 Ottawa Senators 1 – 1 OT 9–6–2
January: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 1–4–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 18 2 @ New York Americans 7–1 9–7–2 19 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 8–3 10–7–2 20 7 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 10–8–2 21 9 Montreal Maroons 5–4 10–9–2 22 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 10–10–2 23 14 Detroit Cougars 3–0 11–10–2 24 18 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 6–5 12–10–2 25 19 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 13–10–2 26 23 Ottawa Senators 6–3 14–10–2 27 26 @ Detroit Cougars 7–3 14–11–2 28 28 New York Americans 4 – 3 OT 15–11–2
February: 1–4–4 (Home: 1–2–3; Road: 0–2–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 29 2 Boston Bruins 3 – 3 OT 15–11–3 30 4 @ New York Americans 5–3 15–12–3 31 6 Detroit Cougars 1 – 1 OT 15–12–4 32 8 @ Ottawa Senators 2 – 2 OT 15–12–5 33 11 @ Montreal Maroons 5–2 15–13–5 34 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1 16–13–5 35 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 16–14–5 36 23 Boston Bruins 3–2 16–15–5 37 27 Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 16–15–6
March: 1–2–4 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 1–2–3) Game March Opponent Score Record 38 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 3 OT 16–15–7 39 2 @ Detroit Cougars 2 – 2 OT 16–15–8 40 4 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2 – 2 OT 16–15–9 41 8 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–0 16–16–9 42 11 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 3 OT 16–16–10 43 15 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 4 – 3 OT 17–16–10 44 18 @ Boston Bruins 9–2 17–17–10

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1930 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-Finals: vs. Ottawa Senators – New York Rangers win series six goals to three goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 20 New York Rangers 1–1 Ottawa Senators OT Series tied 1 goal to 1 goal 2 March 23 Ottawa Senators 2–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 3 goals Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – Montreal wins series 2–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 28 New York Rangers 1–2 Montreal Canadiens OT Montreal leads series 1–0 2 March 30 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 New York Rangers OT Montreal wins series 2–0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Frank Boucher 42 26 36 62 16 Bill Cook 44 29 30 59 56 Frederick Cook 43 24 18 42 55 Melville Keeling 44 19 7 26 34 Murray Murdoch 44 13 13 26 22 Paul Thompson 44 7 12 19 36 Leo Bourgeault 44 7 6 13 54 Ivan Johnson 30 3 3 6 82 Leroy Goldsworthy 44 4 1 5 16 Leo Quenneville 25 0 3 3 10 Ralph Taylor^† 24 2 0 2 28 Melville Vail 32 1 1 2 2 Orville Heximer 19 1 0 1 4 Leo Reise^† 14 0 1 1 8 Bill Regan 10 0 0 0 4 Harry Foster 31 0 0 0 10

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Murray Murdoch 4 3 0 3 6 Melville Keeling 4 0 3 3 8 Leo Bourgeault 4 1 1 2 6 Frederick Cook 4 2 0 2 2 Frank Boucher 3 1 1 2 0 Bill Cook 4 0 1 1 11 Bill Regan 4 0 0 0 0 Leo Reise 4 0 0 0 16 Melville Vail 4 0 0 0 0 Ralph Taylor 4 0 0 0 10 Leo Quenneville 4 0 0 0 0 Leroy Goldsworthy 4 0 0 0 2 Ivan Johnson 4 0 0 0 14 Paul Thompson 4 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	44	2770	17	17	10	143	3.10	1

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	4	309	1	2	1	7	1.36	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;

See also

• 1929–30 NHL season

References

1. 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.
2. "1929-30 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

• 1929–30 New York Rangers Statistics
• New York Rangers 1929–1930 Season