1934–35 New York Rangers season

1934–35 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1934–35 record	22–20–6
Goals for	137
Goals against	139
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cecil Dillon (25)
Assists	Frank Boucher (32)
Points	Frank Boucher (45)
Penalties in minutes	Earl Seibert (86)
Wins	Dave Kerr (19)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.46)
<1933–34	1935–36>

The 1934–35 New York Rangers season was the ninth season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in third place in the American Division with 50 points, and qualified for the playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a two-game total goal series, 6–5, to advance to the NHL semi-finals. There, New York lost 5–4 in another two-game total goal series to the Montreal Maroons.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	26	16	6	129	112	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	26	17	5	118	88	57
New York Rangers	48	22	20	6	137	139	50
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	22	7	127	114	45

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.

Playoffs

Main article: 1935 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key:      Win      Loss

1935 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 5 goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 1–2 New York Rangers New York Rangers lead series 2 goals to 1 goal 2 March 26 New York Rangers 4–4 Montreal Canadiens OT New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 5 goals Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – Montreal wins series 5 goals to 4 goals # Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 March 28 Montreal Maroons 2–1 New York Rangers Montreal leads series 2 goals to 1 goal 2 March 30 New York Rangers 3–3 Montreal Maroons OT Montreal wins series 5 goals to 4 goals

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Boucher	48	13	32	45	2
Bill Cook	48	21	15	36	23
Cecil Dillon	48	25	9	34	4
Frederick Cook	48	13	21	34	26
Murray Murdoch	48	14	15	29	14
Earl Seibert	48	6	19	25	86
Lynn Patrick	48	9	13	22	17
Bert Connelly	47	10	11	21	23
Melville Keeling	47	15	4	19	14
Charlie Mason	46	5	9	14	14
Ehrhardt Heller	47	3	11	14	31
Ivan Johnson	26	2	3	5	34
Art Somers	41	0	5	5	4
Alex Levinsky†	21	0	4	4	6
Vic Ripley‡	4	0	2	2	2
Bill MacKenzie†	15	1	0	1	10
Harold Starr†	30	0	0	0	26

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lynn Patrick	4	2	2	4	0
Melville Keeling	4	2	1	3	0
Cecil Dillon	4	2	1	3	0
Bill Cook	4	1	2	3	7
Frank Boucher	4	0	3	3	0
Murray Murdoch	4	0	2	2	4
Frederick Cook	4	2	0	2	0
Ehrhardt Heller	4	0	1	1	4
Charlie Mason	4	0	1	1	0
Bert Connelly	4	1	0	1	0
Harold Starr	4	0	0	0	2
Bill MacKenzie	3	0	0	0	0
Art Somers	2	0	0	0	2
Ivan Johnson	3	0	0	0	2
Earl Seibert	4	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	37	2290	19	12	6	94	2.46	4
Andy Aitkenhead	10	610	3	7	0	37	3.64	1
Percy Jackson†	1	60	0	1	0	8	8.00	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	4	240	1	1	2	10	2.50	0

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^†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.

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

• 1934–35 NHL season