1931–32 New York Rangers season

The 1931–32 New York Rangers season was the sixth season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers won the American Division with a 23–17–8 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3–1 to reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in franchise history.[1][2] In the Cup Finals, New York lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to none.[1]

1931–32 New York Rangers
American Division champions
Division	1st American
1931–32 record	23–17–8
Goals for	134
Goals against	112
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (34)
Assists	Frank Boucher (23)
Points	Bill Cook (48)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (106)
Wins	John Ross Roach (23)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (2.23)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	134	112	54
Chicago Black Hawks	48	18	19	11	86	101	47
Detroit Falcons	48	18	20	10	95	108	46
Boston Bruins	48	15	21	12	122	117	42

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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

1931-32 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	2–4–2	3–1–4	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–3–1	2–4–2	2–3–1
Chicago	4–2–2	—	3–4–1	1–4–1	2–1–3	4–1–1	1–5–2	3–2–1
Detroit	1–3–4	4–3–1	—	2–3–1	3–3	2–2–2	3–3–2	3–3
M. Canadiens	2–3–1	4–1–1	3–2–1	—	5–2–1	4–4	3–2–1	4–2–2
M. Maroons	4–1–1	1–2–3	3–3	2–5–1	—	4–3–1	2–3–1	3–5
N.Y. Americans	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–2–2	4–4	3–4–1	—	2–4	1–4–3
N.Y. Rangers	4–2–2	5–1–2	3–3–2	2–3–1	3–2–1	4–2	—	2–4
Toronto	3–2–1	2–3–1	3–3	2–4–2	5–3	4–1–3	4–2	—

Schedule and results

1931–32 Game Log
November: 5–1–2 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–0–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 12 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 1–0–0 2 15 Detroit Falcons 2–1 1–1–0 3 17 New York Americans 3–0 2–1–0 4 19 Boston Bruins 2–1 3–1–0 5 21 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 4–1–0 6 24 Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 4–1–1 7 29 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 5–1–1
December: 6–1–3 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 2–0–3) Game December Opponent Score Record 8 3 @ Detroit Falcons 1 – 1 OT 5–1–2 9 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 5–2–2 10 10 @ Montreal Maroons 3–2 6–2–2 11 13 @ New York Americans 2–1 7–2–2 12 15 @ Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 7–2–3 13 17 Montreal Maroons 5 – 4 OT 8–2–3 14 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 2 – 2 OT 8–2–4 15 22 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 9–2–4 16 25 New York Americans 6–0 10–2–4 17 27 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 11–2–4
January: 7–5–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 2–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 18 1 Detroit Falcons 3–0 12–2–4 19 3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 12–2–5 20 5 Montreal Maroons 2–0 13–2–5 21 7 @ Montreal Maroons 4–3 13–3–5 22 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 14–3–5 23 12 @ Boston Bruins 5 – 3 OT 15–3–5 24 14 Boston Bruins 3–1 16–3–5 25 17 @ Detroit Falcons 4–2 16–4–5 26 19 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 16–5–5 27 24 Detroit Falcons 4 – 3 OT 17–5–5 28 28 Boston Bruins 4–1 17–6–5 29 30 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6 – 3 OT 17–7–5 30 31 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–0 18–7–5
February: 2–5–2 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 1–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 31 2 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 18–8–5 32 7 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 19–8–5 33 9 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 19–9–5 34 13 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 19–10–5 35 16 Detroit Falcons 2 – 2 OT 19–10–6 36 18 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 19–11–6 37 21 New York Americans 3–2 19–12–6 38 23 @ Boston Bruins 2 – 0 OT 20–12–6 39 25 Boston Bruins 3 – 3 OT 20–12–7
March: 3–5–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–4–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 40 3 @ Detroit Falcons 2–1 21–12–7 41 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4 – 3 OT 21–13–7 42 8 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 22–13–7 43 10 @ New York Americans 5–1 22–14–7 44 13 Montreal Maroons 4 – 4 OT 22–14–8 45 15 @ Montreal Maroons 4–3 22–15–8 46 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 22–16–8 47 20 @ New York Americans 4–2 23–16–8 48 22 @ Detroit Falcons 5–4 23–17–8

Playoffs

Main articles: 1932 Stanley Cup playoffs and 1932 Stanley Cup Finals

Finals

The Toronto Maple Leafs swept the best-of-five series against the New York Rangers three games to none.[1] The first two games were to be played in New York City but because the circus was in town, the second game was played in Boston. The third and final game was played in Toronto.[4] It was called the "Tennis Series", because the Leafs scored 6 goals in each game. The Rangers scored 4 times in their own building, twice at Boston Garden, and four more in Toronto.[5]

Key:      Win      Loss

1932 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers win series 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 24 New York Rangers 3–4 Montreal Canadiens Montreal leads series 1–0 2 March 26 New York Rangers 4–3 Montreal Canadiens OT Series tied 1–1 3 March 27 Montreal Canadiens 0–1 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2–1 4 March 30 Montreal Canadiens 2–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers win series 3–1 Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – Toronto wins series 3–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 New York Rangers Toronto leads series 1–0 2 April 7 (in Boston, Massachusetts) Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 New York Rangers Toronto leads series 2–0 3 April 9 New York Rangers 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto wins series 3–0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bill Cook 48 33 14 47 33 Cecil Dillon 48 23 15 38 22 Frank Boucher 48 12 23 35 18 Frederick Cook 45 14 20 34 43 Art Somers 48 11 15 26 45 Murray Murdoch 48 5 16 21 32 Melville Keeling 48 17 3 20 38 Ivan Johnson 47 3 10 13 106 Norman Gainor 46 3 9 12 9 Earl Seibert 44 4 6 10 88 Doug Brennan 38 4 3 7 40 Victor Desjardins 48 3 3 6 16 Ehrhardt Heller 21 2 2 4 9 Hib Milks 45 0 4 4 12

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Frank Boucher 7 3 6 9 0 Frederick Cook 7 6 2 8 12 Bill Cook 7 3 3 6 2 Ehrhardt Heller 7 3 1 4 8 Earl Seibert 7 1 2 3 14 Melville Keeling 7 2 1 3 12 Cecil Dillon 7 2 1 3 4 Ivan Johnson 7 2 0 2 24 Murray Murdoch 7 0 2 2 2 Doug Brennan 7 1 0 1 10 Art Somers 7 0 1 1 8 Hib Milks 7 0 0 0 0 Victor Desjardins 7 0 0 0 0 Norman Gainor 7 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	48	3020	23	17	8	112	2.23	9

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	7	480	3	4	0	27	3.38	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

• 1931–32 NHL season

References

• New York Rangers 1931–1932 Season

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