1955–56 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1955–56 1955 New York Rangers 3rd 32–28–10 20–7–8 12–21–2 136 143 Muzz Patrick Phil Watson Harry Howell Madison Square Garden Andy HebentonDean Prentice (24) Andy Bathgate (47) Andy Bathgate (66) Lou Fontinato (202) Gump Worsley (32) Gump Worsley (2.84) The 1955–56 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 30th season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third overall in the league with a 32–28–10 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 in a best of seven games series. 2 Regular season Final standings NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1955–56 regular season1955-56 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1956_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 1, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 5–4–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–3–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 7 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7–4 || 1–0–0 |- | 2 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 2–0–0 |- | 3 || 15 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 2–1–0 |- | 4 || 16 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 2–2–0 |- | 5 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–2 || 3–2–0 |- | 6 || 22 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 3–3–0 |- | 7 || 23 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–4 || 4–3–0 |- | 8 || 26 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 5–3–0 |- | 9 || 29 || Boston Bruins || 1–0 || 5–4–0 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 6–2–5 (home: 3–0–4; road: 3–2–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 10 || 3 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 1–1 || 5–4–1 |- | 11 || 5 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–0 || 6–4–1 |- | 12 || 6 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 7–4–1 |- | 13 || 9 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 7–4–2 |- | 14 || 10 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–1 || 7–5–2 |- | 15 || 13 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 8–5–2 |- | 16 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 8–5–3 |- | 17 || 19 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–1 || 8–6–3 |- | 18 || 20 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 8–6–4 |- | 19 || 23 || Boston Bruins || 4–0 || 9–6–4 |- | 20 || 24 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–0 || 10–6–4 |- | 21 || 27 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 || 10–6–5 |- | 22 || 30 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 11–6–5 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 6–5–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 1–3–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 23 || 2 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 12–6–5 |- | 24 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 7–3 || 13–6–5 |- | 25 || 7 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 14–6–5 |- | 26 || 10 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–1 || 14–7–5 |- | 27 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 2–0 || 14–8–5 |- | 28 || 14 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 14–9–5 |- | 29 || 15 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–0 || 14–10–5 |- | 30 || 18 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 15–10–5 |- | 31 || 21 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 15–10–6 |- | 32 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–1 || 16–10–6 |- | 33 || 29 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 16–11–6 |- | 34 || 31 || Boston Bruins || 6–2 || 17–11–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 7–5–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 5–4–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 35 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 18–11–6 |- | 36 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–4 || 19–11–6 |- | 37 || 8 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 19–12–6 |- | 38 || 11 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–1 || 20–12–6 |- | 39 || 12 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–0 || 20–13–6 |- | 40 || 14 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–5 || 21–13–6 |- | 41 || 15 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–0 || 22–13–6 |- | 42 || 17 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 22–13–7 |- | 43 || 21 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 22–14–7 |- | 44 || 22 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 22–15–7 |- | 45 || 26 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 22–16–7 |- | 46 || 28 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 23–16–7 |- | 47 || 29 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–2 || 24–16–7 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 5–8–2 (home: 5–2–2; road: 0–6–0) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 48 || 1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 25–16–7 |- | 49 || 4 || @ Boston Bruins || 7–1 || 25–17–7 |- | 50 || 5 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 || 25–17–8 |- | 51 || 8 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 25–17–9 |- | 52 || 11 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–0 || 25–18–9 |- | 53 || 12 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 26–18–9 |- | 54 || 14 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 26–19–9 |- | 55 || 15 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 27–19–9 |- | 56 || 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 9–4 || 27–20–9 |- | 57 || 19 || Boston Bruins || 3–0 || 27–21–9 |- | 58 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 27–22–9 |- | 59 || 23 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–2 || 27–23–9 |- | 60 || 26 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 28–23–9 |- | 61 || 28 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 28–24–9 |- | 62 || 29 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 29–24–9 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 3–4–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–3–0) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 63 || 3 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 29–25–9 |- | 64 || 4 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 30–25–9 |- | 65 || 8 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–4 || 31–25–9 |- | 66 || 10 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 31–26–9 |- | 67 || 11 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 32–26–9 |- | 68 || 15 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 32–26–10 |- | 69 || 17 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–2 || 32–27–10 |- | 70 || 18 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 32–28–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1956 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1956 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (1) Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || March 20 || New York Rangers || 1–7 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal leads series 1–0 |- | 2 || March 22 || New York Rangers || 4–2 || Montreal Canadiens || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || March 24 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || New York Rangers || || Montreal leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || March 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || New York Rangers || || Montreal leads series 3–1 |- | 5 || March 27 || New York Rangers || 0–7 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal wins series 4–1 |- |- | 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 Andy Bathgate 70 19 47 66 59 Dave Creighton 70 20 31 51 43 Bill Gadsby 70 9 42 51 84 Danny Lewicki 70 18 27 45 26 Ron Murphy 66 16 28 44 71 Dean Prentice 70 24 18 42 44 Wally Hergesheimer 70 22 18 40 26 Larry Popein 64 14 25 39 37 Andy Hebenton 70 24 14 38 8 Bronco Horvath 66 12 17 29 40 Pete Conacher 41 11 11 22 10 Harry Howell Harry Howell (ice hockey) 70 3 15 18 77 Lou Fontinato 70 3 15 18 202 Don Raleigh 29 1 12 13 4 Jean-Guy Gendron 63 5 7 12 38 Jack Evans Jack Evans (ice hockey) 70 2 9 11 104 Aldo Guidolin 14 1 0 1 8 Jim Bartlett 12 0 1 1 8 Ivan Irwin 34 0 1 1 20 Ron Howell Ron Howell (Canadian sportsman) 1 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Bill Gadsby 5 1 3 4 4 Jean-Guy Gendron 5 2 1 3 2 Bronco Horvath 5 1 2 3 4 Danny Lewicki 5 0 3 3 0 Andy Bathgate 5 1 2 3 2 Jack Evans Jack Evans (ice hockey) 5 1 0 1 18 Harry Howell Harry Howell (ice hockey) 5 0 1 1 4 Andy Hebenton 5 1 0 1 2 Larry Popein 5 0 1 1 2 Wally Hergesheimer 5 1 0 1 0 Dean Prentice 5 1 0 1 2 Ron Murphy 5 0 1 1 2 Ivan Irwin 5 0 0 0 8 Lou Fontinato 4 0 0 0 6 Pete Conacher 5 0 0 0 0 Dave Creighton 5 0 0 0 4 Goaltenders Regular season Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss T Tie GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts Lorne Worsley 70 4200 32 28 10 199 2.84 2542 .922 4 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Lorne Worsley 3 180 0 3 14 4.67 0 Gordon Bell Gordon Bell (ice hockey) 2 120 1 1 9 4.50 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 1955–56 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481956.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100729143936/http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481956.html 29 July 2010 live See also 1955–56 NHL season References 1955-56 Category:1955–56 NHL season by team Category:1955 in sports in New York City Category:1956 in sports in New York City 1955-56 New York Rangers season