1928–29 New York Rangers season

1928–29 New York Rangers
1928–29 New York Rangers
Division	2nd American
1928–29 record	21–13–10
Goals for	72
Goals against	65
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (15)
Assists	Frank Boucher (16)
Points	Frank Boucher (26)
Penalty minutes	Bun Cook (70)
Wins	John Ross Roach (21)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (1.41)
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

The 1928–29 New York Rangers season was the franchise's third season.^[1] During the regular season, the Rangers finished in second place in the American Division with a 21–13–10 record and qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the postseason, the Rangers won series against the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins 2–0.^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	472	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	384	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	381	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	324	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	363	22

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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

Vs. Canadian Division

1928–29 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	1–2–1	3–1	0–3–1	2–1–1	2–2	8–9–3
Chicago	0–4	1–2–1	1–3	1–2–1	0–3–1	3–14–3
Detroit	1–1–2	2–1–1	2–1–1	1–1–2	2–2	8–6–6
N.Y. Rangers	1–1–2	0–3–1	1–1–2	3–1	3–1	8–7–5
Pittsburgh	0–2–2	1–2–1	2–2	0–3–1	1–2–1	4–11–5

Schedule and results

1928–29 Game Log

November: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–0–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
1	15	@ Detroit Cougars	2–0	1–0–0
2	18	@ New York Americans	1 – 1 OT	1–0–1
3	20	Montreal Maroons	1–0	1–1–1
4	22	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	2–1–1
5	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	2–0	3–1–1
6	29	Chicago Black Hawks	2 – 1 OT	4–1–1

December: 5–3–2 (Home: 4–1–0; Road: 1–2–2)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
7	1	@ Montreal Maroons	3–0	4–2–1
8	4	@ Boston Bruins	2–0	4–3–1
9	6	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	0 – 0 OT	4–3–2
10	9	@ Detroit Cougars	2 – 2 OT	4–3–3
11	11	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	5–3–3
12	13	@ Montreal Canadiens	3 – 2 OT	6–3–3
13	16	Detroit Cougars	3–0	7–3–3
14	20	Ottawa Senators	1–0	8–3–3
15	25	New York Americans	1–0	8–4–3
16	30	Boston Bruins	2–0	9–4–3

January: 7–3–2 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–1–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
17	1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	10–4–3
18	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	2 – 2 OT	10–4–4
19	6	@ New York Americans	0 – 0 OT	10–4–5
20	10	@ Ottawa Senators	9–3	11–4–5
21	13	Detroit Cougars	1–0	12–4–5
22	15	@ Boston Bruins	4–1	12–5–5
23	17	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	13–5–5
24	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	0 – 0 OT	13–5–6
25	20	Montreal Canadiens	1–0	13–6–6
26	22	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0	14–6–6
27	24	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	3–1	15–6–6
28	27	Boston Bruins	2–1	15–7–6
29	31	New York Americans	2–1	16–7–6

February: 3–4–3 (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 1–3–1)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
30	3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	17–7–6
31	5	Montreal Maroons	1 – 1 OT	17–7–7
32	7	@ Ottawa Senators	2–1	17–8–7
33	10	Montreal Canadiens	3 – 3 OT	17–8–8
34	14	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	17–9–8
35	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	2–1	18–9–8
36	21	Detroit Cougars	1–0	18–10–8
37	23	@ Montreal Maroons	9–1	18–11–8
38	26	Ottawa Senators	2–0	19–11–8
39	28	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0 – 0 OT	19–11–9

March: 2–2–1 (Home: 0–1–1; Road: 2–1–0)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
40	3	@ Detroit Cougars	3–2	20–11–9
41	5	@ Boston Bruins	2–1	20–12–9
42	10	Boston Bruins	3–2	20–13–9
43	14	Chicago Black Hawks	1 – 1 OT	20–13–10
44	17	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	4–3	21–13–10

Playoffs

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division.^[5]

Key: Win Loss

1929 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarter-Finals: vs. New York Americans – New York Rangers win series one goal to zero goals
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 19	New York Rangers	0–0	New York Americans	OT	Series tied 0 goals to 0 goals
2	March 21	New York Americans	0–1	New York Rangers	2OT	New York Rangers win series 1 goal to 0 goals

Semi-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 2–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 24	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	March 26	New York Rangers	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	OT	New York Rangers win series 2–0

Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Boston Bruins – Boston Bruins win series 2–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 28	New York Rangers	0–2	Boston Bruins		Boston leads series 1–0
2	March 29	Boston Bruins	2–1	New York Rangers		Boston wins series 2–0

Player statistics

Skaters

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Melville Keeling	6	3	0	3	2
Paul Thompson	6	0	2	2	6
Frederick Cook	6	1	0	1	12
Frank Boucher	6	1	0	1	0
Billy Boyd	1	0	0	0	0
Gerald Carson	4	0	0	0	0
Ivan Johnson	6	0	0	0	26
Leroy Goldsworthy	1	0	0	0	0
Ralph Taylor	1	0	0	0	0
Russell Oatman	4	0	0	0	0
Melville Vail	6	0	0	0	2
Clarence Abel	6	0	0	0	8
Leo Bourgeault	6	0	0	0	0
Murray Murdoch	6	0	0	0	2
Bill Cook	6	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	44	2760	21	13	10	65	1.41	13

Goaltenders

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	6	392	3	2	1	5	0.77	3

^†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;

References

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