1933–34 New York Rangers season

The 1933–34 New York Rangers season was the eighth season for the team in the National Hockey League. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 21–19–8 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Maroons 2–1 in a two-game, total goals series.

1933–34 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1933–34 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	Bun Cook (18)
Assists	Frank Boucher (30)
Points	Frank Boucher (44)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (86)
Wins	Andy Aitkenhead (21)
Goals against average	Andy Aitkenhead (2.27)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	14	10	113	98	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	20	17	11	88	83	51
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	120	113	50
Boston Bruins	48	18	25	5	111	130	41

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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

1933-34 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	TOR
Boston	—	3–2–1	1–4–1	5–1	1–4–1	3–3	2–3–1	2–4	1–4–1
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–4–1	3–2–1	2–2–2	3–1–2	2–3–1	4–0–2	3–2–1
Detroit	4–1–1	4–1–1	—	2–3–1	2–1–3	3–0–3	3–3	4–2	2–3–1
M. Canadiens	1–5	2–3–1	3–2–1	—	2–3–1	5–1	2–3–1	3–1–2	4–2
M. Maroons	4–1–1	2–2–2	1–2–3	3–2–1	—	2–2–2	2–3–1	4–1–1	1–5
N.Y. Americans	3–3	1–3–2	0–3–3	1–5	2–2–2	—	4–2	4–2	0–3–3
N.Y. Rangers	3–2–1	3–2–1	3–3	3–2–1	3–2–1	2–4	—	4–1–1	0–3–3
Ottawa	4–2	0–4–2	2–4	1–3–2	1–4–1	2–4	1–4–1	—	2–4
Toronto	4–1–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	2–4	5–1	3–0–3	3–0–3	4–2	—

Schedule and results

1933–34 Game Log
November: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 0–4–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 0–1–0 2 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 0–2–0 3 16 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 1–2–0 4 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 1–3–0 5 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 – 1 OT 1–3–1 6 25 @ Montreal Maroons 1–0 1–4–1
December: 6–2–4 (Home: 2–2–4; Road: 4–0–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 7 2 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 2–4–1 8 3 Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 0 OT 3–4–1 9 7 Montreal Canadiens 0 – 0 OT 3–4–2 10 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 4–4–2 11 12 New York Americans 3–0 4–5–2 12 14 @ Ottawa Senators 4–3 5–5–2 13 17 Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 5–5–3 14 21 Ottawa Senators 0 – 0 OT 5–5–4 15 24 @ New York Americans 3–1 6–5–4 16 25 Montreal Maroons 3–0 7–5–4 17 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – 2 OT 7–5–5 18 31 New York Americans 3–1 7–6–5
January: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–0–0; Road: 2–4–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 19 2 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 8–6–5 20 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 8–7–5 21 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1 – 1 OT 8–7–6 22 9 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 9–7–6 23 11 @ Ottawa Senators 5–3 10–7–6 24 14 Montreal Maroons 3–1 11–7–6 25 16 @ New York Americans 2–1 11–8–6 26 18 Chicago Black Hawks 5–0 12–8–6 27 20 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–4 12–9–6 28 23 Ottawa Senators 5–2 13–9–6 29 25 @ Ottawa Senators 6–3 14–9–6 30 28 Boston Bruins 4–2 15–9–6 31 30 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 15–10–6
February: 4–5–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 32 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 – 5 OT 15–10–7 33 3 @ Montreal Maroons 4–2 16–10–7 34 6 Montreal Canadiens 3–0 17–10–7 35 11 New York Americans 4–3 17–11–7 36 13 @ Boston Bruins 6–4 18–11–7 37 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 18–12–7 38 18 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 18–13–7 39 22 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 19–13–7 40 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 8–3 19–14–7 41 27 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–1 19–15–7
March: 2–4–1 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 2–1–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 42 1 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 20–15–7 43 6 Ottawa Senators 5 – 4 OT 20–16–7 44 8 @ Montreal Maroons 2 – 2 OT 20–16–8 45 11 Montreal Maroons 7 – 3 OT 20–17–8 46 13 @ New York Americans 2–1 21–17–8 47 15 Boston Bruins 3–2 21–18–8 48 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 21–19–8

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1934 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – Montreal wins series 2 goals to 1 goal # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 20 New York Rangers 0–0 Montreal Maroons OT Series tied 0 goals to 0 goals 2 March 25 Montreal Maroons 2–1 New York Rangers Montreal wins series 2 goals to 1 goal

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Frank Boucher 48 14 30 44 4 Cecil Dillon 48 13 26 39 10 Frederick Cook 48 18 15 33 36 Murray Murdoch 48 17 10 27 29 Bill Cook 48 13 13 26 21 Earl Seibert 48 13 10 23 66 Melville Keeling 48 15 5 20 20 Vic Ripley^† 35 5 12 17 10 Oscar Asmundson 46 2 6 8 8 Ivan Johnson 48 2 6 8 86 Ehrhardt Heller 48 2 5 7 29 Danny Cox^† 15 5 0 5 2 Art Somers 8 1 2 3 5 Loudus Dutkowski^† 29 0 3 3 16 Jean Pusie 19 0 2 2 17 Albert Siebert^† 13 0 1 1 18 Albert Leduc^† 7 0 0 0 6 Lorne Carr 14 0 0 0 0 Doug Brennan 37 0 0 0 18

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Vic Ripley 2 1 0 1 4 Cecil Dillon 2 0 1 1 2 Doug Brennan 1 0 0 0 0 Loudus Dutkowski 2 0 0 0 0 Art Somers 2 0 0 0 0 Danny Cox 2 0 0 0 0 Ehrhardt Heller 2 0 0 0 0 Ivan Johnson 2 0 0 0 4 Oscar Asmundson 1 0 0 0 0 Melville Keeling 2 0 0 0 0 Earl Seibert 2 0 0 0 4 Bill Cook 2 0 0 0 2 Murray Murdoch 2 0 0 0 0 Frederick Cook 2 0 0 0 2 Frank Boucher 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Andy Aitkenhead	48	2990	21	19	8	113	2.27	7

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Andy Aitkenhead	2	120	0	1	1	2	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

• 1933–34 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. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
2. "1933–34 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

• "1933–34 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
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