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1984–85 New York Rangers
Division4th Patrick
Conference9th Wales
1984–85 record26–44–10
Goals for295
Goals against345
Team information
General manager Craig Patrick
Coach Herb Brooks
Craig Patrick
Captain Barry Beck
Alternate captainsNone
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Tomas Sandstrom (29)
Assists Reijo Ruotsalainen (45)
PointsReijo Ruotsalainen (73)
Penalty minutes George McPhee (139)
Wins Glen Hanlon (14)
Goals against averageGlen Hanlon (4.18)
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The 1984–85 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 59th season. 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.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

1984-85 Game Log
October: 4-4-1 (Home: 1-2-1; Road: 3-2-0)
Game October Opponent Score Record
1 11 Hartford Whalers 4 – 4 OT 0–0–1
2 13 @ Minnesota North Stars 3 – 1 0–1–1
3 14 Minnesota North Stars 3 – 1 0–2–1
4 20 @ Washington Capitals 6 – 5 1–2–1
5 21 New York Islanders 6 – 5 2–2–1
6 25 @ New Jersey Devils 11 – 2 3–2–1
7 27 @ Quebec Nordiques 5 – 2 4–2–1
8 28 Boston Bruins 6 – 4 4–3–1
9 30 @ New York Islanders 7 – 3 4–4–1
November: 4-7-1 (Home: 3-4-1; Road: 1-3-0)
Game November Opponent Score Record
10 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 7 – 5 5–4–1
11 7 Washington Capitals 4 – 3 6–4–1
12 9 New York Islanders 5 – 4 OT 7–4–1
13 11 Los Angeles Kings 4 – 2 7–5–1
14 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6 – 4 7–6–1
15 17 @ New York Islanders 10 – 4 7–7–1
16 18 New Jersey Devils 6 – 0 7–8–1
17 21 Buffalo Sabres 3 – 2 8–8–1
18 24 @ Quebec Nordiques 8 – 3 8–9–1
19 25 Quebec Nordiques 3 – 2 OT 8–10–1
20 28 Washington Capitals 2 – 1 8–11–1
21 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 3 OT 8–11–2
December: 4-8-3 (Home: 2-4-3; Road: 2-4-0)
Game December Opponent Score Record
22 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 – 1 9–11–2
23 3 Philadelphia Flyers 6 – 2 9–12–2
24 5 Calgary Flames 4 – 4 OT 9–12–3
25 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 – 3 OT 9–13–3
26 8 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4 – 2 9–14–3
27 10 Los Angeles Kings 4 – 2 10–14–3
28 12 Boston Bruins 3 – 3 OT 10–14–4
29 15 @ Washington Capitals 4 – 2 10–15–4
30 16 Washington Capitals 6 – 3 10–16–4
31 19 Winnipeg Jets 5 – 4 10–17–4
32 22 @ New Jersey Devils 5 – 3 11–17–4
33 23 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 3 OT 11–17–5
34 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 5 – 2 11–18–5
35 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 7 – 3 11–19–5
36 30 St. Louis Blues 6 – 2 12–19–5
January: 5-6-3 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 1-5-2)
Game January Opponent Score Record
37 2 Vancouver Canucks 6 – 0 13–19–5
38 5 @ Boston Bruins 3 – 3 OT 13–19–6
39 6 New Jersey Devils 5 – 4 OT 14–19–6
40 9 @ Winnipeg Jets 6 – 5 OT 14–20–6
41 12 @ St. Louis Blues 4 – 4 OT 14–20–7
42 14 New Jersey Devils 2 – 1 14–21–7
43 16 Buffalo Sabres 2 – 2 OT 14–21–8
44 18 @ New Jersey Devils 9 – 6 15–21–8
45 19 @ Washington Capitals 7 – 1 15–22–8
46 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3 – 2 15–23–8
47 24 Detroit Red Wings 3 – 1 16–23–8
48 26 @ Montreal Canadiens 3 – 2 16–24–8
49 27 Minnesota North Stars 3 – 2 17–24–8
50 31 @ Calgary Flames 7 – 2 17–25–8
February: 3-8-1 (Home: 2-3-0; Road: 1-5-1)
Game February Opponent Score Record
51 2 @ Edmonton Oilers 5 – 1 17–26–8
52 3 @ Vancouver Canucks 4 – 1 17–27–8
53 5 @ Los Angeles Kings 7 – 5 17–28–8
54 7 @ New York Islanders 7 – 5 17–29–8
55 9 @ Hartford Whalers 2 – 2 OT 17–29–9
56 10 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3 – 2 17–30–9
57 15 Edmonton Oilers 8 – 7 18–30–9
58 17 New York Islanders 9 – 3 19–30–9
59 21 Hartford Whalers 4 – 3 OT 19–31–9
60 22 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 8 – 3 20–31–9
61 25 Winnipeg Jets 12 – 5 20–32–9
62 28 Washington Capitals 5 – 4 20–33–9
March: 5-9-1 (Home: 4-3-0; Road: 1-6-1)
Game March Opponent Score Record
63 2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – 4 20–34–9
64 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 – 3 21–34–9
65 6 @ Vancouver Canucks 6 – 3 22–34–9
66 7 @ Calgary Flames 11 – 5 22–35–9
67 9 @ Edmonton Oilers 3 – 3 OT 22–35–10
68 11 Chicago Black Hawks 4 – 3 OT 22–36–10
69 13 Philadelphia Flyers 5 – 2 22–37–10
70 16 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – 0 22–38–10
71 17 New Jersey Devils 7 – 3 23–38–10
72 21 @ Philadelphia Flyers 8 – 4 23–39–10
73 22 @ Detroit Red Wings 5 – 3 23–40–10
74 24 New York Islanders 5 – 2 23–41–10
75 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – 4 24–41–10
76 30 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3 – 0 24–42–10
77 31 Toronto Maple Leafs 7 – 5 25–42–10
April: 1-2-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 1-1-0)
Game April Opponent Score Record
78 2 Philadelphia Flyers 2 – 1 25–43–10
79 4 @ St. Louis Blues 5 – 4 26–43–10
80 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3 – 1 26–44–10

Playoffs

Main article: 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key:   Win   Loss

1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
Glen Hanlon 44 2510 14 20 7 175 4.18 1614 .878 0
John Vanbiesbrouck 42 2358 12 24 3 166 4.22 1512 .877 1
Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO
Glen Hanlon 3 168 0 3 14 5.00 99 .859 0
John 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.

[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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum. [5] [6]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "1984–85 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN  9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1984-85 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  5. ^ "1984 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  6. ^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "New Haven Nighthawks Statistics and History". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
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