1932–33 New York Rangers season

The 1932–33 New York Rangers season was the seventh season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 23–17–8 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8–5 in the quarter-finals and the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 in the semi-finals to reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the fourth time in franchise history. In the Cup Finals, New York defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to one to win the second Stanley Cup in New York Rangers history.

1932–33 New York Rangers
Stanley Cup champions
Division	3rd American
1932–33 record	23–17–8
Goals for	135
Goals against	107
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (28)
Assists	Frank Boucher (28)
Points	Bill Cook (50)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (127)
Wins	Andy Aitkenhead (23)
Goals against average	Andy Aitkenhead (2.48)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	25	15	8	124	88	58
Detroit Red Wings	48	25	15	8	111	93	58
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	135	107	54
Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	20	12	88	101	44

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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

1932-33 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	TOR
Boston	—	3–2–1	2–3–1	4–1–1	4–2	2–2–2	3–3	3–1–2	4–1–1
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–5	3–3	2–2–2	2–2–2	2–2–2	2–1–3	2–2–2
Detroit	3–2–1	5–1	—	3–2–1	1–4–1	3–0–3	4–2	4–1–1	2–3–1
M. Canadiens	1–4–1	3–3	2–3–1	—	2–3–1	2–3–1	1–4–1	4–2	3–3
M. Maroons	2–4	2–2–2	4–1–1	3–2–1	—	3–3	3–2–1	3–3	2–3–1
N.Y. Americans	2–2–2	2–2–2	0–3–3	3–2–1	3–3	—	2–3–1	2–3–1	3–2–1
N.Y. Rangers	3–3	2–2–2	2–4	4–1–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	—	3–0–3	2–4
Ottawa	1–3–2	1–2–3	1–4–1	2–4	3–3	3–2–1	0–3–3	—	0–6
Toronto	1–4–1	2–2–2	3–2–1	3–3	3–2–1	2–3–1	4–2	6–0	—

Schedule and results

1932–33 Game Log
November: 3–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 2–1–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 10 @ Montreal Maroons 4–2 1–0–0 2 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 1–1–0 3 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–0 2–1–0 4 24 Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 2–1–1 5 29 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 3–1–1
December: 7–3–2 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–2–2) Game December Opponent Score Record 6 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 4–1–1 7 4 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 4–2–1 8 6 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 5–2–1 9 8 New York Americans 3–1 6–2–1 10 11 Boston Bruins 3 – 1 OT 7–2–1 11 13 @ Montreal Canadiens 1 – 1 OT 7–2–2 12 15 @ New York Americans 3–2 8–2–2 13 17 @ Ottawa Senators 2 – 2 OT 8–2–3 14 20 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 8–3–3 15 25 Montreal Maroons 2–0 9–3–3 16 29 Ottawa Senators 4–2 10–3–3 17 31 @ Montreal Maroons 4–2 10–4–3
January: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–2–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 18 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 11–4–3 19 8 New York Americans 2 – 2 OT 11–4–4 20 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 11–5–4 21 12 Boston Bruins 3–1 12–5–4 22 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 13–5–4 23 17 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 13–6–4 24 19 Montreal Canadiens 2–1 14–6–4 25 22 Montreal Maroons 5–0 14–7–4 26 24 @ New York Americans 3–2 15–7–4 27 26 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 15–8–4 28 28 @ Ottawa Senators 9–2 16–8–4 29 31 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 16–9–4
February: 4–4–3 (Home: 1–1–2; Road: 3–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 30 2 @ Montreal Maroons 2 – 2 OT 16–9–5 31 5 New York Americans 4–1 17–9–5 32 7 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 17–10–5 33 9 Ottawa Senators 3 – 3 OT 17–10–6 34 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 17–11–6 35 14 @ Ottawa Senators 3–1 18–11–6 36 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 18–12–6 37 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 19–12–6 38 21 Chicago Black Hawks 2 – 2 OT 19–12–7 39 23 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–0 19–13–7 40 26 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 20–13–7
March: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–2–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 41 5 Boston Bruins 2–1 20–14–7 42 9 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 21–14–7 43 12 @ New York Americans 8–2 22–14–7 44 14 Ottawa Senators 3 – 3 OT 22–14–8 45 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–1 22–15–8 46 19 Montreal Maroons 6–3 22–16–8 47 21 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 22–17–8 48 23 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 23–17–8

Playoffs

Main articles: 1933 Stanley Cup playoffs and 1933 Stanley Cup Finals

Stanley Cup Final

The Rangers, led by brothers Bill and Bun Cook on the right and left wings, respectively, and Frank Boucher at center, would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1932–33 best-of-five finals, three games to one, to win their second Stanley Cup, exacting revenge on the Leafs' "Kid line" of Busher Jackson, Joe Primeau, and Charlie Conacher.

After game one, the Rangers would vacate Madison Square Garden for the circus. Bill Cook would become the first player to score a Cup-winning goal in overtime. Rookie goalie Andy Aitkenhead would post the fourth shutout by a rookie in the finals.

Key:      Win      Loss

1933 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers win series 8 goals to 5 goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 26 Montreal Canadiens 2–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 5 goals to 2 goals 2 March 28 New York Rangers 3–3 Montreal Canadiens OT New York Rangers win series 8 goals to 5 goals Semi-finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 3 goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 30 Detroit Red Wings 0–2 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2 goals to 0 goals 2 April 1 New York Rangers 4–3 Detroit Red Wings New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 3 goals Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 April 8 New York Rangers 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs New York Rangers lead series 2–0 3 April 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2–1 4 April 13 New York Rangers 1–0 Toronto Maple Leafs OT New York Rangers win series 3–1

New York Rangers 1933 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres

• 5 Bill Cook (Captain)
• 7 Frank Boucher
• 12 Art Somers
• 16 Ossie Asmundson

  Wingers

• 6 Fred Bun Cook
• 9 Murray Murdoch
• 11 Gord Pettinger
• 10 Melville Butch Keeling

  Defencemen

• 2 Earl Seibert
• 3 Ivan Ching Johnson
• 4 Albert Babe Siebert
• 8 Cecil Dillon
• 14 Erhardt Ott Heller
• 15 Doug Brennan

  Goaltenders

• 1 Andy Aitkenhead

Coaching and administrative staff

• Lester Patrick (Manager-Coach)
• Harry Westerby (Trainer)
• William Carey (President-Owner)†
• Richard Hojt (Vice President-Owner)†

† Left off Stanley Cup, but included on the team picture

Stanley Cup engraving

• New York Rangers included two smaller rings on the Stanley Cup. Due to the size of the first ring, no playoff score were included. On the Second ring they honored Lester Patrick (See 1934 Chicago Black Hawks for the wording.) Lester Patrick's name was put on the Stanley Cup twice in 1934.
• Rangers did not include President William Carey's name on the Stanley Cup engraving. He is only President of a Stanley Cup winning team left off the Cup, since the engraving of winning members became an annual tradition in 1924.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Bill Cook 48 28 22 50 51 Frederick Cook 48 22 15 37 35 Frank Boucher 46 7 28 35 4 Cecil Dillon 48 21 10 31 12 Art Somers 48 7 15 22 28 Albert Siebert 42 9 10 19 38 Ivan Johnson 48 8 9 17 127 Murray Murdoch 48 5 11 16 23 Oscar Asmundson 48 5 10 15 20 Melville Keeling 47 8 6 14 22 Ehrhardt Heller 40 5 7 12 31 Doug Brennan 48 5 4 9 94 Earl Seibert 45 2 3 5 92 Carl Voss^‡ 10 2 1 3 4 Gordon Pettinger 35 1 2 3 18

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Cecil Dillon 8 8 2 10 6 Murray Murdoch 8 3 4 7 2 Art Somers 8 1 4 5 8 Bill Cook 8 3 2 5 4 Frank Boucher 8 2 2 4 6 Ehrhardt Heller 8 3 0 3 10 Melville Keeling 8 0 2 2 8 Oscar Asmundson 8 0 2 2 4 Frederick Cook 8 2 0 2 4 Earl Seibert 8 1 0 1 14 Ivan Johnson 8 1 0 1 14 Albert Siebert 8 1 0 1 12 Gordon Pettinger 8 0 0 0 0 Doug Brennan 8 0 0 0 11

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Andy Aitkenhead	48	2970	23	17	8	107	2.16	3

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Andy Aitkenhead	8	488	6	1	1	13	1.60	2

^†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;

Awards and records

• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Frank Boucher
• Ching Johnson, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
• Frank Boucher, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
• Bill Cook, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Lester Patrick, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star

Transactions

See also

• 1932–33 NHL season

References

• Rangers on Hockey Database

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. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
2. "1932–33 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.