1928–29 New York Rangers season

The 1928–29 New York Rangers season was the third season for the team in the National Hockey League. 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.^[1]

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.

Schedule and results

1928–29 Game Log

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

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

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

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

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

Playoffs

Main articles: 1929 Stanley Cup playoffs and 1929 Stanley Cup Finals

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division.^[3]

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

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	44	10	16	26	8
Cook, BillBill Cook	43	15	8	23	41
Cook, FrederickFrederick Cook	43	13	5	18	70
Thompson, PaulPaul Thompson	44	10	7	17	38
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	44	8	6	14	18
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	43	6	3	9	35
Bourgeault, LeoLeo Bourgeault	44	2	3	5	59
Abel, ClarenceClarence Abel	33	3	1	4	41
Vail, MelvilleMelville Vail	18	3	0	3	16
Oatman, RussellRussell Oatman^†	27	1	1	2	10
Lane, MylesMyles Lane^‡	24	1	0	1	22
Johnson, IvanIvan Johnson	9	0	0	0	14
Carson, GeraldGerald Carson^†	10	0	0	0	5
Boyd, BillyBilly Boyd	11	0	0	0	5

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	6	3	0	3	2
Thompson, PaulPaul Thompson	6	0	2	2	6
Cook, FrederickFrederick Cook	6	1	0	1	12
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	6	1	0	1	0
Boyd, BillyBilly Boyd	1	0	0	0	0
Carson, GeraldGerald Carson	4	0	0	0	0
Johnson, IvanIvan Johnson	6	0	0	0	26
Goldsworthy, LeroyLeroy Goldsworthy	1	0	0	0	0
Taylor, RalphRalph Taylor	1	0	0	0	0
Oatman, RussellRussell Oatman	4	0	0	0	0
Vail, MelvilleMelville Vail	6	0	0	0	2
Abel, ClarenceClarence Abel	6	0	0	0	8
Bourgeault, LeoLeo Bourgeault	6	0	0	0	0
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	6	0	0	0	2
Cook, BillBill Cook	6	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

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

Goaltenders

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Roach, John RossJohn 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

↑ "1928–29 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "Playoff Formats". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
↑ "1928-29 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1928–29 NHL season

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto

American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Pittsburgh

See also	Transactions The S Line Stanley Cup Finals

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