1975–76 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1975–76 1975 New York Rangers Campbell 7th Patrick 4th 29–42–9 16–16–8 13–26–1 262 333 Emile FrancisJohn Ferguson Ron StewartJohn Ferguson Sr. Phil Esposito None Madison Square Garden Rod Gilbert (36) Rod Gilbert (50) Rod Gilbert (86) Carol Vadnais (104) John Davidson (22) John Davidson (3.97) The 1975–76 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 50th season. The Rangers would finish in fourth in the Patrick Division and miss the playoffs for the first time since the 1965–66 season. 2 Offseason The Rangers chose Wayne Dillon as their first pick in the 1975 draft. Dillon was already playing professionally with the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association. Regular season On November 7, 1975, the New York Rangers pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Boston Bruins, exchanging Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais.http://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=rangers&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&BeginYear=1975&BeginMonth=01&BeginDay=01&EndYear=1977&EndMonth=01&EndDay=01&submit=Search hockeytransactions.com 2009-06-15 Hockey Transactions Search Results Final standings NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1975–76 regular season1975-76 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1976_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 31, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 4–5–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–3–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 8 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 0–0–1 |- | 2 || 10 || @ Atlanta Flames || 2–1 || 1–0–1 |- | 3 || 12 || Los Angeles Kings || 6–4 || 1–1–1 |- | 4 || 15 || Atlanta Flames || 3–1 || 2–1–1 |- | 5 || 18 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 2–2–1 |- | 6 || 19 || Vancouver Canucks || 8–1 || 3–2–1 |- | 7 || 22 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 9–1 || 3–3–1 |- | 8 || 25 || @ New York Islanders || 7–1 || 3–4–1 |- | 9 || 26 || Philadelphia Flyers || 7–2 || 3–5–1 |- | 10 || 29 || St. Louis Blues || 3–1 || 4–5–1 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 5–9–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–6–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 11 || 1 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–0 || 4–6–1 |- | 12 || 2 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–4 || 4–7–1 |- | 13 || 4 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 4–2 || 5–7–1 |- | 14 || 7 || @ California Golden Seals || 7–5 || 5–8–1 |- | 15 || 8 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 3–1 || 5–9–1 |- | 16 || 11 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–3 || 5–10–1 |- | 17 || 12 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–4 || 5–10–2 |- | 18 || 15 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 5–2 || 6–10–2 |- | 19 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–0 || 7–10–2 |- | 20 || 19 || Kansas City Scouts || 6–4 || 7–11–2 |- | 21 || 22 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–2 || 7–12–2 |- | 22 || 23 || California Golden Seals || 3–2 || 8–12–2 |- | 23 || 26 || Boston Bruins || 6–4 || 8–13–2 |- | 24 || 29 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 8–3 || 8–14–2 |- | 25 || 30 || St. Louis Blues || 5–2 || 9–14–2 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 6–4–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–1–1) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 26 || 4 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 6–6 || 9–14–3 |- | 27 || 5 || @ Kansas City Scouts || 3–2 || 10–14–3 |- | 28 || 7 || Washington Capitals || 5–2 || 11–14–3 |- | 29 || 10 || Buffalo Sabres || 2–2 || 11–14–4 |- | 30 || 11 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–1 || 12–14–4 |- | 31 || 13 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 13–14–4 |- | 32 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–1 || 13–15–4 |- | 33 || 17 || New York Islanders || 3–0 || 13–16–4 |- | 34 || 19 || @ Atlanta Flames || 8–3 || 13–17–4 |- | 35 || 21 || Minnesota North Stars || 2–0 || 14–17–4 |- | 36 || 23 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || 15–17–4 |- | 37 || 31 || Atlanta Flames || 8–1 || 15–18–4 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 3–8–2 (home: 0–2–2; road: 3–6–0) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 38 || 4 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 8–6 || 15–19–4 |- | 39 || 6 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–2 || 15–20–4 |- | 40 || 10 || @ Kansas City Scouts || 8–4 || 16–20–4 |- | 41 || 11 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–2 || 17–20–4 |- | 42 || 14 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 5–1 || 17–21–4 |- | 43 || 16 || @ California Golden Seals || 7–0 || 17–22–4 |- | 44 || 18 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 8–3 || 17–23–4 |- | 45 || 21 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–3 || 17–23–5 |- | 46 || 23 || @ Washington Capitals || 7–5 || 17–24–5 |- | 47 || 25 || Los Angeles Kings || 4–1 || 17–25–5 |- | 48 || 28 || Buffalo Sabres || 3–3 || 17–25–6 |- | 49 || 29 || @ St. Louis Blues || 6–3 || 18–25–6 |- | 50 || 31 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–4 || 18–26–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 5–8–1 (home: 3–5–1; road: 2–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 51 || 1 || Minnesota North Stars || 3–2 || 19–26–6 |- | 52 || 4 || New York Islanders || 6–5 || 19–27–6 |- | 53 || 7 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–4 || 20–27–6 |- | 54 || 8 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–0 || 20–28–6 |- | 55 || 12 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 6–1 || 20–29–6 |- | 56 || 13 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5–3 || 20–30–6 |- | 57 || 15 || Kansas City Scouts || 5–1 || 21–30–6 |- | 58 || 17 || @ New York Islanders || 3–1 || 22–30–6 |- | 59 || 18 || Washington Capitals || 11–4 || 23–30–6 |- | 60 || 20 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 23–31–6 |- | 61 || 22 || Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 23–32–6 |- | 62 || 25 || California Golden Seals || 6–4 || 23–33–6 |- | 63 || 28 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 5–3 || 23–34–6 |- | 64 || 29 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 23–34–7 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 5–7–2 (home: 3–1–2; road: 2–6–0) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 65 || 3 || Vancouver Canucks || 3–3 || 23–34–8 |- | 66 || 5 || @ Atlanta Flames || 8–3 || 23–35–8 |- | 67 || 7 || Atlanta Flames || 6–6 || 23–35–9 |- | 68 || 11 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 4–3 || 23–36–9 |- | 69 || 13 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 7–3 || 24–36–9 |- | 70 || 16 || @ Washington Capitals || 5–2 || 24–37–9 |- | 71 || 17 || Minnesota North Stars || 3–1 || 25–37–9 |- | 72 || 20 || @ Boston Bruins || 8–1 || 25–38–9 |- | 73 || 21 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || 25–39–9 |- | 74 || 24 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 7–3 || 25–40–9 |- | 75 || 25 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–1 || 25–41–9 |- | 76 || 27 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–5 || 26–41–9 |- | 77 || 28 || Kansas City Scouts || 4–2 || 27–41–9 |- | 78 || 31 || New York Islanders || 3–1 || 28–41–9 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 1–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record |- | 79 || 3 || @ New York Islanders || 10–2 || 28–42–9 |- | 80 || 4 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–0 || 29–42–9 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes Rod Gilbert 70 36 50 86 −8 32 Steve Vickers Steve Vickers (ice hockey) 80 30 53 83 −17 40 Phil Esposito† 62 29 38 67 −39 28 Rick Middleton 77 24 26 50 −38 14 Carol Vadnais† 64 20 30 50 −17 104 Wayne Dillon 79 21 24 45 −11 10 Pete Stemkowski 75 13 28 41 −7 49 Greg Polis 79 15 21 36 −8 77 Pat Hickey Pat Hickey (ice hockey) 70 14 22 36 −29 36 Walt Tkaczuk 78 8 28 36 −10 56 Bill Fairbairn 80 13 15 28 −14 8 Ron Greschner 77 6 21 27 −51 93 Gilles Marotte 57 4 17 21 −3 34 Jean Ratelle‡ 13 5 10 15 2 2 Larry Sacharuk 42 6 7 13 −14 14 Jerry Holland Jerry Holland (ice hockey) 36 7 4 11 −5 6 John Bednarski 59 1 8 9 −15 77 Nick Beverley 63 1 8 9 −9 46 Bill Collins Bill Collins (ice hockey) 50 4 4 8 −19 38 Brad Park‡ 13 2 4 6 −4 23 Dave Maloney 21 1 3 4 −7 66 Doug Jarrett 45 0 4 4 −26 19 Ed Johnstone 10 2 1 3 4 4 Ron Harris Ron Harris (ice hockey) 3 0 1 1 −1 0 Greg Holst 2 0 0 0 −3 0 Derek Sanderson‡ 8 0 0 0 −8 4 Dale Lewis Dale Lewis (ice hockey) 8 0 0 0 −2 0 Goaltenders Regular season Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss T Tie GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts John Davidson John Davidson (ice hockey) 56 3207 22 28 5 212 3.97 3 Dunc Wilson 20 1080 5 9 3 76 4.22 0 Doug Soetaert 8 273 2 2 0 24 5.27 0 Ed Giacomin‡ 4 240 0 3 1 19 4.75 0 Mike Ralph dressed for 6 games from Jan 6th 1976 to Jan 18th 1976. All six were away games. †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. hockeydb.com 2010-08-08 1975–76 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481976.html Awards and records Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Rod Gilbert Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Jean Ratelle Transactions June 17, 1975 – Hartland Monahan was lost in intra-league draft to Washington Capitals. June 17, 1975 – Dale Lewis claimed in intra-league draft from Los Angeles Kings. June 18, 1975 – Ted Irvine, Bert Wilson and Jerry Butler traded to St. Louis Blues for John Davidson and Bill Collins. September 9, 1975 – Curt Ridley traded to Atlanta Flames for Jerry Byers. September 20, 1975 – Bob MacMillan, future consideration and cash went to the St. Louis Blues for Larry Sacharuk. October 28, 1975 – Gilles Villemure traded to Chicago Blackhawks for Doug Jarrett. October 30, 1975 – Derek Sanderson traded to St. Louis Blues for 1977 first-round pick. October 31, 1975 – Ed Giacomin was picked up on waivers by the Detroit Red Wings. November 7, 1975 – Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi traded to Boston Bruins for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais. November 14, 1975 – Al Simmons picked up for cash from the Boston Bruins. Source: – http://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=rangers&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&BeginYear=1975&BeginMonth=01&BeginDay=01&EndYear=1977&EndMonth=01&EndDay=01&submit=Search Search Results hockeytransactions.com 2009-06-15 Draft picks New York's picks at the 1975 NHL amateur draft in Montreal, Canada. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 12 Wayne Dillon C Canada Toronto Toros (WHA) 2 30 Doug Soetaert G Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) 3 48 Greg Hickey LW Canada Hamilton Fincups (OHA) 4 66 Bill Cheropita G Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) 5 84 Larry Huras D Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA) 6 102 Randy Koch LW United States University of Vermont (NCAA) 7 120 Claude Larose LW Canada Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL) 8 138 Bill Hamilton C Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA) 9 154 Bud Stefanski C Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA) 10 169 Daniel Beaulieu LW Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) 11 184 John McMorrow C United States Providence College (NCAA) 12 195 Tom McNamara G United States University of Vermont (NCAA) 13 200 Steve Roberts D United States Providence College (NCAA) 13 201 Paul Dionne D Canada Princeton University (NCAA) 14 205 Cecil Luckern LW United States University of New Hampshire (NCAA) 15 209 John Corriveau RW United States University of New Hampshire (NCAA) 16 212 Tom Funke LW United States Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings (MidJHL) See also 1975–76 NHL season References External links Rangers on Hockey Database 1975-76 Category:1975–76 NHL season by team Category:1975–76 in American ice hockey by team Category:1975 in sports in New York City Category:1976 in sports in New York City 1975-76 New York Rangers season