1930–31 New York Rangers season

The 1930–31 New York Rangers season was the fifth season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 19–16–9 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Montreal Maroons 8–1 in a two-game, total goals series, but lost to the Chicago Black Hawks 3 goals to 0 in the semi-finals.

1930–31 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1930–31 record	19–16–9
Goals for	106
Goals against	87
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (30)
Assists	Frank Boucher (27)
Points	Bill Cook (42)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (77)
Wins	John Ross Roach (19)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (1.89)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

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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.

Season standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	28	10	6	143	90	62
Chicago Black Hawks	44	24	17	3	108	78	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	106	87	47
Detroit Falcons	44	16	21	7	102	105	39
Philadelphia Quakers	44	4	36	4	76	184	12

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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

1930-31 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	PHI	TOR
Boston	—	2–4	4–1–1	1–2–1	3–1	2–2	4–0–2	4–0	5–0–1	2–1–1
Chicago	4–2	—	2–3–1	0–3–1	0–4	3–1	4–1–1	4–0	6–0	0–4
Detroit	1–4–1	3–2–1	—	2–2	0–3–1	0–2–2	2–3–1	2–2	4–2	2–1–1
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	3–0–1	2–2	—	3–1–2	5–0–1	2–2	5–0–1	3–0–1	3–2–1
M. Maroons	1–3	4–0	3–0–1	1–3–2	—	1–5	1–2–1	4–1–1	3–1	2–3–1
N.Y. Americans	2–2	1–3	2–0–2	0–5–1	5–1	—	0–1–3	4–2	3–0–1	1–2–3
N.Y. Rangers	0–4–2	1–4–1	3–2–1	2–2	2–1–1	1–0–3	—	3–1	6–0	1–2–1
Ottawa	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–5–1	1–4–1	2–4	1–3	—	3–0–1	1–4–1
Philadelphia	0–5–1	0–6	2–4	0–3–1	1–3	0–3–1	0–6	0–3–1	—	1–3
Toronto	1–2–1	4–0	1–2–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	2–1–3	2–1–1	4–1–1	3–1	—

Schedule and results

1930–31 Game Log
November: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 11 @ Philadelphia Quakers 3–0 1–0–0 2 13 @ Detroit Falcons 1–0 1–1–0 3 16 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 1–1–1 4 18 New York Americans 0 – 0 OT 1–1–2 5 23 Philadelphia Quakers 5–2 2–1–2 6 25 @ Montreal Maroons 5–2 2–2–2 7 27 Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 2–3–2 8 29 @ Philadelphia Quakers 6–3 3–3–2
December: 5–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–2–2) Game December Opponent Score Record 9 4 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–4 3–4–2 10 6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 3–5–2 11 9 Ottawa Senators 3–2 4–5–2 12 14 Detroit Falcons 3–0 5–5–2 13 18 Boston Bruins 4–2 5–6–2 14 20 @ Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 5–6–3 15 23 Montreal Canadiens 5–1 6–6–3 16 25 @ Ottawa Senators 4–1 7–6–3 17 28 Philadelphia Quakers 4–2 8–6–3 18 30 @ New York Americans 2 – 2 OT 8–6–4
January: 2–6–3 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 1–1–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 19 1 Boston Bruins 4 – 3 OT 8–7–4 20 6 Montreal Maroons 5–1 9–7–4 21 8 @ Detroit Falcons 1–0 10–7–4 22 11 Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 10–8–4 23 13 @ Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 10–8–5 24 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 – 1 OT 10–8–6 25 18 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 10–9–6 26 20 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 2 OT 10–10–6 27 25 Detroit Falcons 1–0 10–11–6 28 29 Boston Bruins 4–3 10–12–6 29 31 @ Montreal Maroons 2 – 2 OT 10–12–7
February: 6–2–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–0–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 30 3 Montreal Maroons 3–0 11–12–7 31 5 @ New York Americans 2–0 12–12–7 32 8 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 12–13–7 33 10 @ Philadelphia Quakers 3–1 13–13–7 34 12 @ Detroit Falcons 1 – 1 OT 13–13–8 35 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 14–13–8 36 17 Ottawa Senators 5–4 14–14–8 37 22 Philadelphia Quakers 6–1 15–14–8 38 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 16–14–8
March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 39 3 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 16–15–8 40 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 17–15–8 41 7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 17–16–8 42 10 Detroit Falcons 3 – 2 OT 18–16–8 43 15 New York Americans 0 – 0 OT 18–16–9 44 17 @ Ottawa Senators 3–1 19–16–9

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1931 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-Finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – New York Rangers win series eight goals to one goal # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 24 Montreal Maroons 1–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 5 goals to 1 goal 2 March 26 New York Rangers 3–0 Montreal Maroons New York Rangers win series 8 goals to 1 goal Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Chicago wins series 3 goals to 0 goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 28 New York Rangers 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago leads series 2 goals to 0 goals 2 March 30 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 New York Rangers Chicago wins series 3 goals to 0 goals

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bill Cook 44 30 12 42 39 Frank Boucher 44 12 27 39 20 Frederick Cook 44 18 17 35 72 Melville Keeling 44 13 9 22 35 Murray Murdoch 44 7 7 14 8 Paul Thompson 44 7 7 14 36 Joe Jerwa 33 4 7 11 72 Cecil Dillon 25 7 3 10 8 Ivan Johnson 44 2 6 8 77 Bud Maracle 11 1 3 4 4 Frank Waite 17 1 3 4 4 Bill Regan 42 2 1 3 49 Eddie Rodden 24 0 3 3 8 Gene Carrigan 33 2 0 2 13 Sammy McAdam 4 0 0 0 0 Ernie Kenny 6 0 0 0 0 Leo Bourgeault^‡ 10 0 0 0 0 Frank Peters 44 0 0 0 59

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Paul Thompson 4 3 0 3 2 Bill Cook 4 3 0 3 4 Murray Murdoch 4 0 2 2 0 Melville Keeling 4 1 1 2 0 Frank Boucher 4 0 2 2 0 Ivan Johnson 4 1 0 1 17 Cecil Dillon 4 0 1 1 0 Frank Peters 4 0 0 0 2 Bill Regan 4 0 0 0 2 Bud Maracle 4 0 0 0 2 Joe Jerwa 4 0 0 0 4 Frederick Cook 4 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	44	2760	19	16	9	87	1.89	7

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	4	240	2	2	0	4	1.00	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.

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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

• 1930–31 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. 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. "1930-31 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

• "1930–31 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
• 1930–31 New York Rangers Statistics
• New York Rangers 1930–1931 Season