1962–63 New York Rangers season

The 1962–63 New York Rangers season was the 37th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). New York finished in fifth place in the NHL with 56 points and did not qualify for the playoffs.[1]

1962–63 New York Rangers
Division	5th NHL
1962–63 record	22–36–12
Goals for	211
Goals against	233
Team information
General Manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Muzz Patrick Red Sullivan
Captain	Andy Bathgate
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Camille Henry (37)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (46)
Points	Andy Bathgate (81)
Penalty minutes	Doug Harvey (92)
Wins	Gump Worsley (22)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (3.27)

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	23	12	221	180	+41	82
2	Chicago Black Hawks	70	32	21	17	194	178	+16	81
3	Montreal Canadiens	70	28	19	23	225	183	+42	79
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	32	25	13	200	194	+6	77
5	New York Rangers	70	22	36	12	211	233	−22	56
6	Boston Bruins	70	14	39	17	198	281	−83	45

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	2–10–2	2–7–5	2–7–5	4–7–3	4–8–2
Chicago	10–2–2	—	5–6–3	3–7–4	10–2–2	4–7–3
Detroit	7–2–5	6–5–3	—	3–9–2	9–3–2	7–6–1
Montreal	7–2–5	7–3–4	9–3–2	—	5–5–4	3–6–5
New York	7–4–3	2–10–2	3–9–2	5–5–4	—	5–8–1
Toronto	8–4–2	7–4–3	6–7–1	6–3–5	8–5–1	—

Schedule and results

1962–63 Game Log
October: 2–5–1 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 11 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 0–1–0 2 13 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 0–2–0 3 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 1–2–0 4 17 Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 1–3–0 5 21 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 1–3–1 6 27 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 2–3–1 7 28 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 2–4–1 8 30 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 2–5–1
November: 6–7–1 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 3–3–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 9 1 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–0 2–6–1 10 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–3 2–6–2 11 4 @ Boston Bruins 4–3 3–6–2 12 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 3–7–2 13 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 3–8–2 14 11 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 3–9–2 15 14 Boston Bruins 6–2 4–9–2 16 17 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 4–10–2 17 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 5–10–2 18 21 Boston Bruins 4–2 6–10–2 19 22 @ Boston Bruins 7–1 7–10–2 20 24 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 7–11–2 21 25 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 7–12–2 22 29 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–0 8–12–2
December: 3–7–4 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 1–5–2) Game December Opponent Score Record 23 2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–1 8–13–2 24 5 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 8–13–3 25 8 @ Boston Bruins 3–3 8–13–4 26 9 Boston Bruins 4–2 8–14–4 27 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 8–15–4 28 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 8–16–4 29 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 9–16–4 30 16 Detroit Red Wings 5–2 10–16–4 31 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 10–17–4 32 23 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 10–18–4 33 25 @ Boston Bruins 6–2 10–19–4 34 27 Boston Bruins 9–3 11–19–4 35 30 Montreal Canadiens 4–4 11–19–5 36 31 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–1 11–19–6
January: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 2–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 37 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 12–19–6 38 5 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–2 12–19–7 39 6 Montreal Canadiens 6–0 12–20–7 40 12 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 12–21–7 41 13 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–2 12–22–7 42 19 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 13–22–7 43 20 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 13–23–7 44 23 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 13–23–8 45 26 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–2 14–23–8 46 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 14–24–8 47 30 Detroit Red Wings 6–1 14–25–8
February: 4–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–4–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 48 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2 14–25–9 49 3 Boston Bruins 6–4 14–26–9 50 6 Montreal Canadiens 6–3 15–26–9 51 9 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 15–26–10 52 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 15–27–10 53 12 @ Boston Bruins 6–3 15–28–10 54 16 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 15–29–10 55 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 16–29–10 56 20 Boston Bruins 3–3 16–29–11 57 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–3 16–30–11 58 24 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 16–31–11 59 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–3 17–31–11 60 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 18–31–11
March: 4–5–1 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 61 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 18–32–11 62 3 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 18–33–11 63 6 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 19–33–11 64 9 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 20–33–11 65 10 Montreal Canadiens 5–1 20–34–11 66 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 9–4 20–35–11 67 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 20–36–11 68 20 Boston Bruins 5–1 21–36–11 69 21 @ Boston Bruins 2–2 21–36–12 70 24 Montreal Canadiens 5–0 22–36–12

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1963 Stanley Cup playoffs.[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Andy Bathgate 70 35 46 81 54 Camille Henry 60 37 23 60 8 Earl Ingarfield 69 19 24 43 40 Doug Harvey 68 4 35 39 92 Dean Prentice^‡ 49 13 25 38 18 Andy Hebenton 70 15 22 37 8 Rod Gilbert 70 11 20 31 20 Harry Howell 70 5 20 25 55 Dave Balon 70 11 13 24 72 Don McKenney^† 21 8 16 24 4 Bronco Horvath^‡ 41 7 15 22 34 Jean Ratelle 48 11 9 20 8 Larry Cahan 56 6 14 20 47 Jim Neilson 69 5 11 16 38 Albert Langlois 60 2 14 16 62 Ken Schinkel 69 6 9 15 15 Vic Hadfield 36 5 6 11 32 Leon Rochefort 23 5 4 9 6 Ted Hampson 46 4 2 6 2 Don Johns 6 0 4 4 6 Bryan Hextall Jr. 21 0 2 2 10 Ralph Keller 3 1 0 1 6 Mel Pearson 5 1 0 1 6 Duane Rupp 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lorne Worsley	67	3980	22	34	10	217	3.27	2534	.914	2
Marcel Paille	3	180	0	1	2	10	3.33	107	.907	0
Marcel Pelletier	2	40	0	1	0	3	4.50	27	.889	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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

1962–1963 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Marcel Paille  1 – Marcel Pelletier  1 – Gump Worsley		Defensemen 2 – Doug Harvey  3 – Harry Howell  4 – Albert Langlois  5 – Larry Cahan  5 – Don Johns  6 – Ralph Keller  15 – Jim Neilson  19 – Duane Rupp		Wingers 6 – Bryan Hextall Jr.  7 – Rod Gilbert  8 – Dave Balon  9 – Andy Bathgate –C 11 – Vic Hadfield  12 – Andy Hebenton  16 – Léon Rochefort  17 – Dean Prentice  18 – Ken Schinkel		Centers 6 – Bronco Horvath  10 – Earl Ingarfield  14 – Jean Ratelle  16 – Mel Pearson  17 – Don McKenney  21 – Camille Henry  22 – Ted Hampson  GM: Muzz Patrick Coach: Muzz Patrick, Red Sullivan

See also

• 1962–63 NHL season

References

1. "1962–63 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
2. "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1962–63 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

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