1929–30_New_York_Rangers_season References

1929–30 New York Rangers
1929–30 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1929–30 record	17–17–10
Goals for	136
Goals against	143
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (29)
Assists	Frank Boucher (36)
Points	Frank Boucher (62)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (82)
Wins	John Ross Roach (17)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (3.10)
	← 1928–29 1930–31 →

The 1929–30 New York Rangers season was the franchise's fourth season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 17–17–10 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Ottawa Senators 6–3 in a two-game, total-goals series, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens 2–0 in the semi-finals.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	38	5	1	179	98	77
Chicago Black Hawks	44	21	18	5	117	111	47
New York Rangers	44	17	17	10	136	143	44
Detroit Cougars	44	14	24	6	117	133	34
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	5	36	3	102	185	13

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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. American Division

1929–30 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
Boston	—	3–3	6–0	5–0–1	6–0	20–3–1
Chicago	3–3	—	2–3–1	1–3–2	6–0	12–9–3
Detroit	0–6	3–2–1	—	2–1–3	4–2	9–11–4
N.Y. Rangers	0–5–1	3–1–2	1–2–3	—	6–0	10–8–6
Pittsburgh	0–6	0–6	2–4	0–6	—	2–22–0

Vs. Canadian Division

1929–30 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	4–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	18–2–0
Chicago	0–3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–2–1	9–9–2
Detroit	1–3	1–2–1	1–3	0–3–1	2–2	5–13–2
N.Y. Rangers	1–2–1	2–2	2–2	2–0–2	0–3–1	7–9–4
Pittsburgh	0–2–2	0–4	1–2–1	1–3	1–3	3–14–3

Schedule and results

1929–30 Game Log

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

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
1	14	@ Montreal Maroons	2–1	1–0–0
2	17	Detroit Cougars	5 – 5 OT	1–0–1
3	19	@ Boston Bruins	3–2	1–1–1
4	21	Montreal Maroons	2–1	2–1–1
5	23	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	5–3	3–1–1
6	26	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	3–2–1
7	28	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	4–2–1

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

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
8	1	@ Detroit Cougars	4–3	4–3–1
9	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	5–1	5–3–1
10	12	Montreal Canadiens	8–3	6–3–1
11	14	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	7 – 6 OT	6–4–1
12	17	New York Americans	6–2	7–4–1
13	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	7–2	7–5–1
14	22	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	8–5–1
15	26	Boston Bruins	4–2	8–6–1
16	28	@ Ottawa Senators	3–1	9–6–1
17	31	Ottawa Senators	1 – 1 OT	9–6–2

January: 6–5–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 1–4–0)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
18	2	@ New York Americans	7–1	9–7–2
19	5	Pittsburgh Pirates	8–3	10–7–2
20	7	@ Boston Bruins	3–0	10–8–2
21	9	Montreal Maroons	5–4	10–9–2
22	12	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	10–10–2
23	14	Detroit Cougars	3–0	11–10–2
24	18	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	6–5	12–10–2
25	19	Chicago Black Hawks	4–1	13–10–2
26	23	Ottawa Senators	6–3	14–10–2
27	26	@ Detroit Cougars	7–3	14–11–2
28	28	New York Americans	4 – 3 OT	15–11–2

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

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
29	2	Boston Bruins	3 – 3 OT	15–11–3
30	4	@ New York Americans	5–3	15–12–3
31	6	Detroit Cougars	1 – 1 OT	15–12–4
32	8	@ Ottawa Senators	2 – 2 OT	15–12–5
33	11	@ Montreal Maroons	5–2	15–13–5
34	13	Pittsburgh Pirates	4–1	16–13–5
35	18	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–1	16–14–5
36	23	Boston Bruins	3–2	16–15–5
37	27	Chicago Black Hawks	1 – 1 OT	16–15–6

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

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
38	1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3 – 3 OT	16–15–7
39	2	@ Detroit Cougars	2 – 2 OT	16–15–8
40	4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2 – 2 OT	16–15–9
41	8	@ Montreal Canadiens	6–0	16–16–9
42	11	Montreal Canadiens	3 – 3 OT	16–16–10
43	15	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	4 – 3 OT	17–16–10
44	18	@ Boston Bruins	9–2	17–17–10

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1930 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarter-Finals: vs. Ottawa Senators – New York Rangers win series six goals to three goals
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 20	New York Rangers	1–1	Ottawa Senators	OT	Series tied 1 goal to 1 goal
2	March 23	Ottawa Senators	2–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 3 goals

Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – Montreal wins series 2–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 28	New York Rangers	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	OT	Montreal leads series 1–0
2	March 30	Montreal Canadiens	2–0	New York Rangers	OT	Montreal wins series 2–0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Boucher	42	26	36	62	16
Bill Cook	44	29	30	59	56
Frederick Cook	43	24	18	42	55
Melville Keeling	44	19	7	26	34
Murray Murdoch	44	13	13	26	22
Paul Thompson	44	7	12	19	36
Leo Bourgeault	44	7	6	13	54
Ivan Johnson	30	3	3	6	82
Leroy Goldsworthy	44	4	1	5	16
Leo Quenneville	25	0	3	3	10
Ralph Taylor^†	24	2	0	2	28
Melville Vail	32	1	1	2	2
Orville Heximer	19	1	0	1	4
Leo Reise^†	14	0	1	1	8
Bill Regan	10	0	0	0	4
Harry Foster	31	0	0	0	10

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Murray Murdoch	4	3	0	3	6
Melville Keeling	4	0	3	3	8
Leo Bourgeault	4	1	1	2	6
Frederick Cook	4	2	0	2	2
Frank Boucher	3	1	1	2	0
Bill Cook	4	0	1	1	11
Bill Regan	4	0	0	0	0
Leo Reise	4	0	0	0	16
Melville Vail	4	0	0	0	0
Ralph Taylor	4	0	0	0	10
Leo Quenneville	4	0	0	0	0
Leroy Goldsworthy	4	0	0	0	2
Ivan Johnson	4	0	0	0	14
Paul Thompson	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	44	2770	17	17	10	143	3.10	1

Goaltenders

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	4	309	1	2	1	7	1.36	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;

References

^ 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.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1929-30 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

[1] 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.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[3] "1929-30 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

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v t e New York Rangers seasons
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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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 1929–30 NHL season
Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto
American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Pittsburgh
See also	Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

1929–30 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1929–30 record	17–17–10
Goals for	136
Goals against	143
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (29)
Assists	Frank Boucher (36)
Points	Frank Boucher (62)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (82)
Wins	John Ross Roach (17)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (3.10)
← 1928–29 1930–31 →