1970–71 New York Rangers season

The 1970–71 New York Rangers season was the 45th season for the team.

1970–71 New York Rangers
Division	2nd East
1970–71 record	49–18–11
Goals for	259
Goals against	177
Team information
General Manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Alternate captains	Vic Hadfield
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Dave Balon (36)
Assists	Walt Tkaczuk (49)
Points	Walt Tkaczuk (75)
Penalty minutes	Ted Irvine (137)
Wins	Ed Giacomin (27)
Goals against average	Ed Giacomin (2.16)

Regular season

Final standings

East Division[1]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	78	57	14	7	399	207	+192	121
2	New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	259	177	+82	109
3	Montreal Canadiens	78	42	23	13	291	216	+75	97
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	37	33	8	248	211	+37	82
5	Buffalo Sabres	78	24	39	15	217	291	−74	63
6	Vancouver Canucks	78	24	46	8	229	296	−67	56
7	Detroit Red Wings	78	22	45	11	209	308	−99	55

Schedule and results

1970–71 Game Log
October: 6–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 2–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 10 @ St. Louis Blues 3–1 0–1–0 2 14 Buffalo Sabres 3–0 1–1–0 3 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 2–1–0 4 18 Montreal Canadiens 1–0 3–1–0 5 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 4–1–0 6 24 @ Minnesota North Stars 4–1 5–1–0 7 25 California Golden Seals 2–2 5–1–1 8 28 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 6–1–1 9 31 @ Boston Bruins 6–0 6–2–1
November: 7–3–3 (Home: 4–0–2; Road: 3–3–1) Game November Opponent Score Record 10 1 Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 7–2–1 11 4 @ California Golden Seals 3–1 7–3–1 12 7 @ Los Angeles Kings 6–2 8–3–1 13 11 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–3 8–3–2 14 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 8–4–2 15 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 9–4–2 16 18 @ Los Angeles Kings 5–3 10–4–2 17 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–4 11–4–2 18 22 Minnesota North Stars 2–0 12–4–2 19 25 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 12–5–2 20 26 @ Buffalo Sabres 2–2 12–5–3 21 28 Boston Bruins 3–3 12–5–4 22 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 13–5–4
December: 11–2–2 (Home: 7–0–1; Road: 4–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record 23 2 St. Louis Blues 4–2 14–5–4 24 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 15–5–4 25 6 Vancouver Canucks 4–1 16–5–4 26 8 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–1 16–6–4 27 9 @ Los Angeles Kings 2–2 16–6–5 28 11 @ California Golden Seals 2–1 17–6–5 29 13 Los Angeles Kings 4–0 18–6–5 30 16 Buffalo Sabres 4–0 19–6–5 31 19 @ Minnesota North Stars 5–3 20–6–5 32 20 Vancouver Canucks 5–1 21–6–5 33 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 7–2 22–6–5 34 23 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 23–6–5 35 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 7–4 23–7–5 36 27 St. Louis Blues 4–4 23–7–6 37 29 California Golden Seals 3–2 24–7–6
January: 6–3–4 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 4–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record 38 2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 25–7–6 39 3 Montreal Canadiens 6–5 26–7–6 40 9 @ Minnesota North Stars 1–0 27–7–6 41 10 @ St. Louis Blues 4–2 28–7–6 42 12 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–2 29–7–6 43 15 @ California Golden Seals 3–1 29–8–6 44 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 29–9–6 45 20 Philadelphia Flyers 3–3 29–9–7 46 21 @ Buffalo Sabres 5–5 29–9–8 47 24 Minnesota North Stars 6–2 30–9–8 48 27 Boston Bruins 2–2 30–9–9 49 30 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 30–10–9 50 31 Los Angeles Kings 2–2 30–10–10
February: 9–4–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 4–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record 51 3 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 30–11–10 52 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–0 31–11–10 53 6 @ Vancouver Canucks 5–4 32–11–10 54 9 @ Boston Bruins 6–3 32–12–10 55 10 Minnesota North Stars 4–3 33–12–10 56 13 @ St. Louis Blues 2–1 33–13–10 57 14 St. Louis Blues 2–1 34–13–10 58 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–0 34–14–10 59 20 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 35–14–10 60 21 Detroit Red Wings 4–1 36–14–10 61 24 Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 37–14–10 62 27 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 38–14–10 63 28 Vancouver Canucks 4–2 39–14–10
March: 9–3–1 (Home: 7–1–0; Road: 2–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 64 3 California Golden Seals 8–1 40–14–10 65 6 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–2 40–14–11 66 7 Los Angeles Kings 4–2 41–14–11 67 10 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 42–14–11 68 12 Philadelphia Flyers 7–2 43–14–11 69 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0 44–14–11 70 18 @ Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 44–15–11 71 20 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 44–16–11 72 21 Montreal Canadiens 6–2 44–17–11 73 23 Buffalo Sabres 7–2 45–17–11 74 27 @ Boston Bruins 6–3 46–17–11 75 28 Boston Bruins 2–1 47–17–11 76 31 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 48–17–11
April: 1–1–0 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record 77 3 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–2 48–18–11 78 4 Detroit Red Wings 6–0 49–18–11

Playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1971 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–5 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 April 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 New York Rangers Series tied 1–1 3 April 10 New York Rangers 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto leads series 2–1 4 April 11 New York Rangers 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs Series tied 2–2 5 April 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 3–2 6 April 15 New York Rangers 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs OT New York Rangers win series 4–2 Semi-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Chicago wins series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 18 New York Rangers 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks OT New York Rangers lead series 1–0 2 April 20 New York Rangers 0–3 Chicago Black Hawks Series tied 1–1 3 April 22 Chicago Black Hawks 1–4 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2–1 4 April 25 Chicago Black Hawks 7–1 New York Rangers Series tied 2–2 5 April 27 New York Rangers 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks OT Chicago leads series 3–2 6 April 29 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 New York Rangers OT Series tied 3–3 7 May 2 New York Rangers 2–4 Chicago Black Hawks Chicago wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts PIM Walt Tkaczuk 77 26 49 75 48 Jean Ratelle 78 26 46 72 14 Rod Gilbert 78 30 31 61 65 Dave Balon 78 36 24 60 34 Bob Nevin 78 21 25 46 10 Pete Stemkowski^† 68 16 29 45 61 Vic Hadfield 63 22 22 44 38 Brad Park 68 7 37 44 114 Ted Irvine 76 20 18 38 137 Jim Neilson 77 8 24 32 69 Bill Fairbairn 56 7 23 30 32 Rod Seiling 68 5 22 27 34 Bruce MacGregor^† 27 12 13 25 4 Tim Horton 78 2 18 20 57 Jack Egers 60 7 10 17 50 Arnie Brown^‡ 48 3 12 15 24 Ron Stewart 76 5 6 11 19 Dale Rolfe^† 14 0 7 7 23 Andre Dupont 7 1 2 3 21 Syl Apps^‡ 31 1 2 3 11 Glen Sather^† 31 2 0 2 52 Mike Robitaille^‡ 11 1 1 2 7 Larry Brown^† 31 1 1 2 10 Jim Krulicki^‡ 27 0 2 2 6 Ab DeMarco 2 0 1 1 0 Don Luce^‡ 9 0 1 1 0 Don Blackburn 1 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM Vic Hadfield 13 8 5 13 46 Jean Ratelle 13 2 9 11 8 Rod Gilbert 13 4 6 10 8 Bob Nevin 13 5 3 8 0 Walt Tkaczuk 13 1 5 6 14 Tim Horton 13 1 4 5 14 Pete Stemkowski 13 3 2 5 6 Dave Balon 13 3 2 5 4 Bruce MacGregor 13 0 4 4 2 Brad Park 13 0 4 4 42 Jim Neilson 13 0 3 3 30 Ted Irvine 12 1 2 3 28 Larry Brown 11 0 1 1 0 Glen Sather 13 0 1 1 18 Dale Rolfe 13 0 1 1 14 Ron Stewart 13 1 0 1 0 Rod Seiling 13 1 0 1 12 Jack Egers 3 0 0 0 2 Bill Fairbairn 4 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	45	2641	27	10	7	95	2.16	8
Gilles Villemure	34	2039	22	8	4	78	2.30	4

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	12	759	7	5	28	2.21	0
Gilles Villemure	2	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

1970–1971 New York Rangers Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Ed Giacomin  30 – Gilles Villemure		Defensemen 2 – Brad Park  3 – Tim Horton  4 – Arnie Brown  4 – Larry Brown  5 – Dale Rolfe  15 – Jim Neilson  16 – Rod Seiling  24 – Ab DeMarco  25 – André Dupont  25 – Mike Robitaille		Wingers 6 – Glen Sather  7 – Rod Gilbert  8 – Bob Nevin –C 10 – Bill Fairbairn  11 – Vic Hadfield  12 – Ron Stewart  14 – Bruce MacGregor  17 – Dave Balon  20 – Jack Egers  22 – Jim Krulicki  23 – Don Blackburn  27 – Ted Irvine		Centers 6 – Syl Apps  14 – Don Luce  18 – Walt Tkaczuk  19 – Jean Ratelle  21 – Pete Stemkowski  GM/Coach: Emile Francis

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	11	Norm Gratton	RW	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
2	25	Mike Murphy	RW	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHA)
3	39	Wendell Bennett	RW	Canada	Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL)
4	53	Andre St. Pierre	D	Canada	Drummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
5	67	Gary Coalter	RW	Canada	Hamilton Red Wings (OHA)
6	81	Duane Wylie	C	USA	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
7	94	Wayne Bell	G	Canada	Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
8	106	Pierre Brind'Amour	LW	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)

Farm teams

See also

• 1970–71 NHL season

References

1. "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "1970–71 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.

• "1970–71 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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