1969–70 New York Rangers season

The 1969–70 New York Rangers season was the 44th season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers compiled 92 points during the regular season and advanced to the playoffs, where they lost in the quarter-finals to the Boston Bruins.[1]

1969–70 New York Rangers
Division	4th East
1969–70 record	38–22–16
Goals for	246
Goals against	189
Team information
General Manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Alternate captains	Rod Gilbert
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Balon (33)
Assists	Walt Tkaczuk (50)
Points	Walt Tkaczuk (77)
Penalty minutes	Dave Balon (100)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (35)
Goals against average	Ed Giacomin (2.36)

Regular season

Final standings

East Division[2]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	76	45	22	9	250	170	+80	99
2	Boston Bruins	76	40	17	19	277	216	+61	99
3	Detroit Red Wings	76	40	21	15	246	199	+47	95
4	New York Rangers	76	38	22	16	246	189	+57	92
5	Montreal Canadiens	76	38	22	16	244	201	+43	92
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	76	29	34	13	222	242	−20	71

Schedule and results

1969–70 Game Log
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 12 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 0–1–0 2 15 Minnesota North Stars 4–3 1–1–0 3 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–3 1–2–0 4 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 2–2–0 5 22 Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 2–2–1 6 25 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 3–2–1 7 26 Montreal Canadiens 8–3 3–3–1 8 29 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 4–3–1 9 30 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3–3 4–3–2
November: 10–1–3 (Home: 5–0–2; Road: 5–1–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 10 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 5–3–2 11 2 St. Louis Blues 6–4 6–3–2 12 5 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 6–4–2 13 7 @ Oakland Seals 8–1 7–4–2 14 8 @ Los Angeles Kings 4–1 8–4–2 15 12 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 9–4–2 16 15 @ Boston Bruins 6–5 10–4–2 17 16 St. Louis Blues 4–2 11–4–2 18 19 @ Chicago Black Hawks 1–1 11–4–3 19 22 @ St. Louis Blues 5–0 12–4–3 20 23 Oakland Seals 5–2 13–4–3 21 26 Boston Bruins 3–0 14–4–3 22 29 Philadelphia Flyers 2–2 14–4–4 23 30 Minnesota North Stars 2–2 14–4–5
December: 6–3–3 (Home: 4–2–3; Road: 2–1–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 24 3 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 14–4–6 25 7 Montreal Canadiens 6–3 15–4–6 26 10 Boston Bruins 5–2 16–4–6 27 11 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 16–5–6 28 13 @ Minnesota North Stars 5–2 17–5–6 29 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 17–6–6 30 17 Philadelphia Flyers 2–2 17–6–7 31 20 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 18–6–7 32 21 Oakland Seals 3–1 19–6–7 33 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 19–7–7 34 28 Los Angeles Kings 3–3 19–7–8 35 31 Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 20–7–8
January: 7–3–2 (Home: 3–0–0; Road: 4–3–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 36 3 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–3 20–7–9 37 4 Oakland Seals 5–2 21–7–9 38 7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 22–7–9 39 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 22–8–9 40 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 7–1 23–8–9 41 15 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–4 23–8–10 42 17 @ Minnesota North Stars 3–1 24–8–10 43 22 @ St. Louis Blues 4–3 24–9–10 44 24 Boston Bruins 8–1 25–9–10 45 25 Los Angeles Kings 3–2 26–9–10 46 28 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–4 26–10–10 47 30 @ Oakland Seals 2–1 27–10–10
February: 7–3–3 (Home: 6–0–1; Road: 1–3–2) Game February Opponent Score Record 48 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–0 28–10–10 49 4 Detroit Red Wings 5–1 29–10–10 50 8 Los Angeles Kings 5–1 30–10–10 51 11 @ Los Angeles Kings 6–2 31–10–10 52 13 @ Oakland Seals 4–2 31–11–10 53 15 Montreal Canadiens 2–0 32–11–10 54 18 Philadelphia Flyers 3–3 32–11–11 55 19 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 32–11–12 56 21 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 32–12–12 57 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 33–12–12 58 25 St. Louis Blues 2–1 34–12–12 59 26 @ Boston Bruins 5–3 34–13–12 60 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–3 34–13–13
March: 2–8–3 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 1–3–2) Game March Opponent Score Record 61 1 Chicago Black Hawks 3–1 34–14–13 62 4 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 34–15–13 63 6 @ St. Louis Blues 3–1 34–16–13 64 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–0 34–16–14 65 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–3 34–17–14 66 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 34–18–14 67 15 Minnesota North Stars 4–2 34–19–14 68 18 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 35–19–14 69 19 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2–2 35–19–15 70 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 35–20–15 71 25 Boston Bruins 3–1 35–21–15 72 28 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–1 35–21–16 73 29 Montreal Canadiens 4–1 36–21–16
April: 2–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 1–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record 74 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 37–21–16 75 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–2 37–22–16 76 5 Detroit Red Wings 9–5 38–22–16

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1970 Stanley Cup Playoffs

East Division Quarter-finals: vs. Boston Bruins – Boston wins series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 8 New York Rangers 2–8 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 1–0 2 April 9 New York Rangers 3–5 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 2–0 3 April 11 Boston Bruins 3–4 New York Rangers Boston leads series 2–1 4 April 12 Boston Bruins 2–4 New York Rangers Series tied 2–2 5 April 14 New York Rangers 2–3 Boston Bruins Boston leads series 3–2 6 April 16 Boston Bruins 4–1 New York Rangers Boston wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Walt Tkaczuk 76 27 50 77 38 Jean Ratelle 75 32 42 74 28 Dave Balon 76 33 37 70 100 Bill Fairbairn 76 23 33 56 23 Vic Hadfield 71 20 34 54 69 Rod Gilbert 72 16 37 53 22 Bob Nevin 68 18 19 37 8 Brad Park 60 11 26 37 98 Arnie Brown 73 15 21 36 78 Rod Seiling 76 5 21 26 68 Ron Stewart 76 14 10 24 14 Don Marshall 57 9 15 24 6 Jim Neilson 62 3 20 23 75 Juha Widing^‡ 44 7 7 14 10 Orland Kurtenbach 53 4 10 14 47 Real Lemieux^† 55 4 6 10 51 Tim Horton^† 15 1 5 6 16 Al Hamilton 59 0 5 5 54 Jack Egers 6 3 0 3 2 Don Luce 12 1 2 3 8 Larry Brown 15 0 3 3 8 Ted Irvine^† 17 0 3 3 10 Don Blackburn 3 0 0 0 0 Ab DeMarco 3 0 0 0 0 Mike Robitaille 4 0 0 0 8

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Rod Gilbert 6 4 5 9 0 Jack Egers 5 3 1 4 10 Arnie Brown 4 0 4 4 9 Jean Ratelle 6 1 3 4 0 Ted Irvine 6 1 2 3 8 Orland Kurtenbach 6 1 2 3 24 Brad Park 5 1 2 3 11 Walt Tkaczuk 6 2 1 3 17 Tim Horton 6 1 1 2 28 Bob Nevin 6 1 1 2 2 Dave Balon 6 1 1 2 32 Don Luce 5 0 1 1 4 Jim Neilson 6 0 1 1 8 Bill Fairbairn 6 0 1 1 10 Ab DeMarco 5 0 0 0 2 Don Blackburn 1 0 0 0 0 Al Hamilton 5 0 0 0 2 Don Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 Ron Stewart 6 0 0 0 2 Rod Seiling 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	70	4148	35	21	14	163	2.36	6
Terry Sawchuk	8	412	3	1	2	20	2.91	1

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	5	280	2	3	19	4.07	0
Terry Sawchuk	3	80	0	1	6	4.50	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

1969–1970 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Ed Giacomin  30 – Terry Sawchuk		Defensemen 2 – Brad Park  3 – Tim Horton  4 – Arnie Brown  6 – Al Hamilton  15 – Jim Neilson  16 – Rod Seiling  21 – Larry Brown  24 – Ab DeMarco  24 – Mike Robitaille		Wingers 7 – Rod Gilbert  8 – Bob Nevin –C 9 – Réal Lemieux  10 – Bill Fairbairn  11 – Vic Hadfield  12 – Ron Stewart  17 – Dave Balon  20 – Jack Egers  22 – Don Marshall  23 – Don Blackburn  27 – Ted Irvine		Centers 14 – Don Luce  18 – Walt Tkaczuk  19 – Jean Ratelle  20 – Juha Widing  25 – Orland Kurtenbach  GM/Coach: Emile Francis

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4][5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Andre Dupont	D	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
1	12	Pierre Jarry	LW	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2	23	Bert Wilson	LW	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
3	35	Kevin Morrison	LW	Canada	Saint-Jérôme Alouettes (QMJHL)
4	47	Bruce Hellemond	LW	Canada	Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL)
5	59	Gord Smith	D	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)

Farm teams

See also

• 1969–70 NHL season

References

1. "1969–70 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
2. "1969–1970 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
3. "1969–70 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
4. "1969 NHL Amateur Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
5. "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2001-01-28. Retrieved 2017-06-15.

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