1944–45 New York Rangers season

The 1944–45 New York Rangers season was the 19th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–29–10 record and finished with 32 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	38	8	4	228	121	+107	80
2	Detroit Red Wings	50	31	14	5	218	161	+57	67
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	24	22	4	183	161	+22	52
4	Boston Bruins	50	16	30	4	179	219	−40	36
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	13	30	7	141	194	−53	33
6	New York Rangers	50	11	29	10	154	247	−93	32

Schedule and results

1944–45 Game Log

October: 0–1–0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0–1–0)

November: 2–5–3 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 1–3–1)

December: 2–7–2 (Home: 1–3–2; Road: 1–4–0)

January: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–4–0)

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

March: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–3–0)

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the third consecutive season and missed the 1945 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]^[3]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	50	24	30	54	10
Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick	42	20	22	42	25
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	48	17	25	42	25
Thurier, FredFred Thurier	50	16	19	35	14
Hunt, FredFred Hunt	44	13	9	22	6
Shack, JoeJoe Shack	50	4	18	22	14
Atanas, WaltWalt Atanas	49	13	8	21	40
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	45	11	8	19	24
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	45	7	12	19	26
MacDonald, JamesJames MacDonald	36	9	6	15	12
Dill, BobBob Dill	48	9	5	14	69
McDonald, WilfredWilfred McDonald	40	2	9	11	0
Mann, JackJack Mann	6	3	4	7	0
Moe, BillBill Moe	35	2	4	6	14
Scherza, ChuckChuck Scherza	22	2	3	5	18
Labrie, GuyGuy Labrie	27	2	2	4	14
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	4	0	1	1	2
Wharton, LenLen Wharton	1	0	0	0	0
Ritson, AlexAlex Ritson	1	0	0	0	0
Drummond, JimJim Drummond	2	0	0	0	0
Cooper, HalHal Cooper	8	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
McAuley, KenKen McAuley	46	2760	11	25	10	227	4.93	1
Stevenson, DougDoug Stevenson^†	4	240	0	4	0	20	5.00	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.

^[4]

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

1 2 "1944–45 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
↑ "1944–1945 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. 1945-10-22. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
↑ "1944–45 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

External links

"1944–45 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN-FM

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

Culture and lore

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

1944–45 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

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