1973–74 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1973–74 1973 New York Rangers East 3rd 40–24–14 26–7–6 14–17–8 300 251 Emile Francis Larry PopeinEmile Francis Vic Hadfield Brad ParkRod Gilbert Madison Square Garden Rod Gilbert (36) Brad Park (57) Brad Park (82) Brad Park (148) Ed Giacomin (30) Ed Giacomin (3.07) The 1973–74 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 48th season.New York Rangers Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/ 2019-06-20 The Rangers compiled 94 points during the regular season and finished third in the East Division.1973–74 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1974.html 2010-09-04 The team made the Stanley Cup playoffs, where New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 in the quarter-finals. The Rangers then lost in a seven-game semi-finals series to the Philadelphia Flyers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that season.1974 NHL Playoff Summary Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/NHL_1974.html 2010-09-04 2 Offseason On July 27, 1973, E. Michael Burke handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden.Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, pp.47–48, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, 978-0-06-169031-0 This would make Burke the president of the New York Rangers hockey club and the New York Knicks basketball club.War hero dies The Bryan Times United Press International 1987-02-06 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O1kdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xlcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3230,3179541 2010-09-04 Regular season Final standings NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1973–74 regular season1973–74 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1974_games.html Hockey-Reference March 31, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 3–4–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 10 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 1–0–0 |- | 2 || 13 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 8–2 || 2–0–0 |- | 3 || 14 || Los Angeles Kings || 1–1 || 2–0–1 |- | 4 || 17 || St. Louis Blues || 4–0 || 3–0–1 |- | 5 || 20 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 3–1–1 |- | 6 || 21 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 3–2–1 |- | 7 || 27 || @ New York Islanders || 3–2 || 3–3–1 |- | 8 || 28 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–2 || 3–4–1 |- | 9 || 30 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 3–3 || 3–4–2 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 7–3–4 (home: 5–0–2; road: 2–3–2) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 10 || 1 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 2–1 || 3–5–2 |- | 11 || 4 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 3–6–2 |- | 12 || 7 || Boston Bruins || 7–3 || 4–6–2 |- | 13 || 9 || @ Atlanta Flames || 3–3 || 4–6–3 |- | 14 || 11 || New York Islanders || 5–2 || 5–6–3 |- | 15 || 14 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–4 || 5–6–4 |- | 16 || 15 || @ Boston Bruins || 10–2 || 5–7–4 |- | 17 || 17 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 6–3 || 6–7–4 |- | 18 || 18 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7–0 || 7–7–4 |- | 19 || 21 || California Golden Seals || 3–0 || 8–7–4 |- | 20 || 22 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 7–6 || 9–7–4 |- | 21 || 24 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–5 || 9–7–5 |- | 22 || 25 || Vancouver Canucks || 5–0 || 10–7–5 |- | 23 || 29 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2–2 || 10–7–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 7–4–3 (home: 6–1–1; road: 1–3–2) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 24 || 1 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4–4 || 10–7–7 |- | 25 || 2 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–4 || 11–7–7 |- | 26 || 5 || St. Louis Blues || 5–1 || 12–7–7 |- | 27 || 6 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 8–4 || 12–8–7 |- | 28 || 9 || California Golden Seals || 6–3 || 13–8–7 |- | 29 || 12 || Buffalo Sabres || 1–1 || 13–8–8 |- | 30 || 15 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 13–8–9 |- | 31 || 16 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 13–9–9 |- | 32 || 20 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 14–9–9 |- | 33 || 22 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–1 || 15–9–9 |- | 34 || 23 || @ Atlanta Flames || 3–1 || 15–10–9 |- | 35 || 26 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–1 || 16–10–9 |- | 36 || 29 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–1 || 16–11–9 |- | 37 || 30 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–3 || 17–11–9 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 7–4–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 4–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 38 || 3 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–2 || 17–12–9 |- | 39 || 4 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 17–13–9 |- | 40 || 6 || Atlanta Flames || 5–2 || 18–13–9 |- | 41 || 10 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 7–2 || 18–14–9 |- | 42 || 12 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 6–1 || 19–14–9 |- | 43 || 13 || @ California Golden Seals || 7–2 || 20–14–9 |- | 44 || 16 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–4 || 20–14–10 |- | 45 || 17 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3–2 || 20–15–10 |- | 46 || 19 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 21–15–10 |- | 47 || 23 || Atlanta Flames || 4–1 || 22–15–10 |- | 48 || 27 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–3 || 23–15–10 |- | 49 || 30 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–2 || 24–15–10 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 8–1–2 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–1–1) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 50 || 2 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–1 || 25–15–10 |- | 51 || 3 || Minnesota North Stars || 5–5 || 25–15–11 |- | 52 || 6 || New York Islanders || 6–0 || 26–15–11 |- | 53 || 9 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–2 || 26–16–11 |- | 54 || 10 || St. Louis Blues || 4–2 || 27–16–11 |- | 55 || 14 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 || 27–16–12 |- | 56 || 16 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 9–4 || 28–16–12 |- | 57 || 21 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 5–3 || 29–16–12 |- | 58 || 22 || @ California Golden Seals || 4–3 || 30–16–12 |- | 59 || 24 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–2 || 31–16–12 |- | 60 || 27 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–2 || 32–16–12 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 6–7–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 2–4–1) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 61 || 2 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–1 || 33–16–12 |- | 62 || 3 || California Golden Seals || 8–2 || 34–16–12 |- | 63 || 6 || Montreal Canadiens || 9–2 || 35–16–12 |- | 64 || 9 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 35–17–12 |- | 65 || 10 || New York Islanders || 4–2 || 36–17–12 |- | 66 || 14 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–2 || 36–18–12 |- | 67 || 16 || @ New York Islanders || 3–1 || 37–18–12 |- | 68 || 17 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 37–19–12 |- | 69 || 20 || Vancouver Canucks || 7–5 || 37–20–12 |- | 70 || 21 || @ Atlanta Flames || 5–5 || 37–20–13 |- | 71 || 23 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 37–21–13 |- | 72 || 24 || Buffalo Sabres || 5–3 || 38–21–13 |- | 73 || 27 || Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 38–22–13 |- | 74 || 30 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 7–3 || 38–23–13 |- | 75 || 31 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 38–23–14 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 2–1–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record |- | 76 || 3 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 39–23–14 |- | 77 || 6 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 8–3 || 39–24–14 |- | 78 || 7 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–4 || 40–24–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1974 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. (E2) Montreal Canadiens – Rangers win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 10 || New York Rangers || 4–1 || Montreal Canadiens || || New York Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 11 || New York Rangers || 1–4 || Montreal Canadiens || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 13 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || New York Rangers || || Montreal leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 14 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–6 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 16 || New York Rangers || 3–2 || Montreal Canadiens || OT || New York Rangers lead series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 18 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–5 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers win series 4–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (W1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 20 || New York Rangers || 0–4 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Philadelphia leads series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 23 || New York Rangers || 2–5 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Philadelphia leads series 2–0 |- | 3 || April 25 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–5 || New York Rangers || || Philadelphia leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 28 || Philadelphia Flyers || 1–2 || New York Rangers || OT || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 30 || New York Rangers || 1–4 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Philadelphia leads series 3–2 |- | 6 || May 2 || Philadelphia Flyers || 1–4 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 3–3 |- | 7 || May 5 || New York Rangers || 3–4 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Philadelphia wins series 4–3 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win 1px solid black #fcc Loss 1px solid black Player statistics Skaters Regular season Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Brad Park 78 25 57 82 148 Rod Gilbert 75 36 41 77 20 Pete Stemkowski 78 25 45 70 74 Jean Ratelle 68 28 39 67 16 Walt Tkaczuk 71 21 42 63 58 Bill Fairbairn 78 18 44 62 12 Steve Vickers Steve Vickers (ice hockey) 75 34 24 58 18 Vic Hadfield 77 27 28 55 75 Bobby Rousseau 72 10 41 51 4 Ted Irvine 75 26 20 46 105 Bruce MacGregor 66 17 27 44 6 Rod Seiling 68 7 23 30 32 Gilles Marotte† 46 2 17 19 28 Jerry Butler Jerry Butler (ice hockey) 26 6 10 16 24 Dale Rolfe 48 3 12 15 56 Ron Harris Ron Harris (ice hockey) 63 2 12 14 25 Jim Neilson 72 4 7 11 38 Larry Sacharuk 23 2 4 6 4 Gene Carr Gene Carr (ice hockey)‡ 29 1 5 6 15 Sheldon Kannegiesser‡ 12 1 3 4 6 Jack Egers† 28 1 3 4 6 Mike Murphy Mike Murphy (ice hockey b. 1950)‡ 16 2 1 3 0 Tom Williams Tom Williams (ice hockey b. 1951)‡ 14 1 2 3 4 Bert Wilson Bert Wilson (ice hockey) 5 1 1 2 2 Glen Sather‡ 2 0 0 0 0 Real Lemieux†‡ 7 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Pete Stemkowski 13 6 6 12 35 Brad Park 13 4 8 12 38 Dale Rolfe 13 1 8 9 23 Bobby Rousseau 12 1 8 9 4 Bruce MacGregor 13 6 2 8 2 Ted Irvine 13 3 5 8 16 Steve Vickers Steve Vickers (ice hockey) 13 4 4 8 17 Bill Fairbairn 13 3 5 8 6 Rod Gilbert 13 3 5 8 4 Jean Ratelle 13 2 4 6 0 Walt Tkaczuk 13 0 5 5 22 Ron Harris Ron Harris (ice hockey) 11 3 0 3 14 Jerry Butler Jerry Butler (ice hockey) 12 0 2 2 25 Rod Seiling 13 0 2 2 19 Jack Egers 8 1 0 1 4 Jim Neilson 12 0 1 1 4 Gilles Marotte 12 0 1 1 6 Vic Hadfield 6 1 0 1 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 Ed Giacomin 56 3286 30 15 10 168 3.07 5 Gilles Villemure 21 1054 7 7 3 62 3.53 0 Peter McDuffe 6 340 3 2 1 18 3.18 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Ed Giacomin 13 788 7 6 37 2.82 0 Gilles Villemure 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 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. hockeydb.com 2010-08-08 1973–74 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481974.html Draft picks New York's picks at the 1973 NHL amateur draft in Montreal, Canada.1973 NHL Amateur Draft Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1973_amateur.html 2012-04-21NHL Draft History National Hockey League http://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2017-06-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2001-01-28 Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 14 Rick Middleton RW Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA) 2 30 Pat Hickey LW Canada Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) 3 46 John Campbell LW Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA) 4 62 Brian Molvik D Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL) 5 78 Pierre Laganiere RW Canada Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL) 6 94 Dwayne Pentland D Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL) References 1973-74 Category:1973–74 NHL season by team Category:1973 in sports in New York City Category:1974 in sports in New York City 1973-74 New York Rangers