1984–85 New York Rangers season

The 1984–85 New York Rangers season was the 59th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, New York had a 26–44–10 record and finished fourth in the Patrick Division. The Rangers made the NHL playoffs, where they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, three games to none.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	20	7	348	241	113
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	322	240	101
New York Islanders	80	40	34	6	345	312	86
New York Rangers	80	26	44	10	295	345	62
New Jersey Devils	80	22	48	10	264	346	54
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	24	51	5	276	385	53

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1984-85 Game Log

October: 4-4-1 (Home: 1-2-1; Road: 3-2-0)

November: 4-7-1 (Home: 3-4-1; Road: 1-3-0)

December: 4-8-3 (Home: 2-4-3; Road: 2-4-0)

January: 5-6-3 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 1-5-2)

February: 3-8-1 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 1-5-1)

March: 5-9-1 (Home: 4-3-0; Road: 1-6-1)

April: 1-2-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 1-1-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1985 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers - Philadelphia wins series 3-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 10	New York Rangers	4 - 5	Philadelphia Flyers	OT	Philadelphia leads series 1-0
2	April 11	New York Rangers	1 - 3	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia leads series 2-0
3	April 13	Philadelphia Flyers	6 - 5	New York Rangers		Philadelphia wins series 3-0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	80	28	45	73	-27	32
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	78	26	38	64	-25	24
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche	65	24	36	60	-17	8
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	74	29	30	59	3	51
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	64	20	31	51	-15	10
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	48	16	29	45	-19	42
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	48	14	31	45	1	29
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	76	18	26	44	-26	34
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	75	8	28	36	-17	71
Patrick, SteveSteve Patrick^†	43	11	18	29	-5	63
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	66	7	22	29	-11	33
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	49	12	15	27	-9	139
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	37	11	16	27	-9	32
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	56	7	19	26	-11	65
Allison, MikeMike Allison	31	9	15	24	0	17
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	42	8	12	20	8	53
Ftorek, RobbieRobbie Ftorek	48	9	10	19	-7	35
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	72	7	9	16	-18	79
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	49	3	11	14	-20	55
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	38	6	6	12	-16	16
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	28	4	8	12	-12	24
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	61	1	11	12	-12	52
Fotiu, NickNick Fotiu	46	4	7	11	-7	54
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	23	4	4	8	-2	33
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer^†	22	4	3	7	-10	30
Dore, AndreAndre Dore	25	0	7	7	-2	35
Heath, RandyRandy Heath	12	2	3	5	-1	15
Richmond, SteveSteve Richmond	34	0	5	5	-16	90
Maloney, DaveDave Maloney^‡	16	2	1	3	3	10
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	5	0	2	2	-2	2
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	12	1	0	1	-4	11
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	7	0	1	1	-6	12
Saarinen, SimoSimo Saarinen	8	0	0	0	-4	8

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Maloney, DonDon Maloney	3	4	0	4	2
Rogers, MikeMike Rogers	3	0	4	4	4
Pavelich, MarkMark Pavelich	3	0	3	3	2
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	2	0	3	3	12
Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	3	2	1	3	2
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	3	0	2	2	4
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	3	0	2	2	4
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	3	0	2	2	0
Ruotsalainen, ReijoReijo Ruotsalainen	3	2	0	2	6
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	2	1	0	1	2
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	3	0	1	1	11
McPhee, GeorgeGeorge McPhee	3	1	0	1	7
Patey, LarryLarry Patey	1	0	0	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	3	0	0	0	2
Wiemer, JimJim Wiemer	1	0	0	0	0
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	3	0	0	0	4
Brooke, BobBob Brooke	3	0	0	0	8
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	2	0	0	0	2
Patrick, SteveSteve Patrick	1	0	0	0	0
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	3	0	0	0	4
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	44	2510	14	20	7	175	4.18	1614	.878	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	42	2358	12	24	3	166	4.22	1512	.877	1

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Hanlon, GlenGlen Hanlon	3	168	0	3	14	5.00	99	.859	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	1	20	0	0	0	0.00	12	1.000	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;

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[4]^[5]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	14	Terry Carkner	D	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	35	Raimo Helminen	C	Finland	Ilves Tampere (FNL)
4	77	Paul Broten	C	United States	Roseau H.S. (Minnesota)
5	98	Clark Donatelli	LW	United States	Stratford Jr. A (OHA)
6	119	Kjell Samuelsson	D	Sweden	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
7	140	Thomas Hussey	LW	Canada	St. Andrew's College (Ontario)
8	161	Brian Nelson	C	United States	Willmar H.S. (Minnesota)
9	182	Ville Kentala	LW	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
9	188	Heinz Ehlers	C	Denmark	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
10	202	Kevin Miller	C	United States	Redford Royals (NAJHL)
11	223	Tom Lorentz	C	United States	Brady H.S. (Minnesota)
12	243	Scott Brower	G	Canada	Lloydminster Lancers (SJHL)

Farm teams

New Haven Nighthawks – American Hockey League^[6]

References

↑ "1984–85 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1984-85 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ "1984 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
↑ "New Haven Nighthawks Statistics and History". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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