1954–55 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1954–55 1954 New York Rangers 5th 17–35–18 10–12–3 7–23–5 150 210 Frank Boucher Muzz Patrick Don Raleigh Madison Square Garden Danny Lewicki (29) Don Raleigh (32) Danny Lewicki (53) Jack Evans (91) Gump Worsley (15) Johnny Bower (2.60) The 1954–55 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 29th season. The season saw the Rangers finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League with a record of 17 wins, 35 losses, and 18 ties for 52 points, and miss the playoffs for the fifth year in a row for the first time since the 1944–45 season and the 1946–47 season. 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; 1954–55 regular season1954-55 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1955_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 1, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 5–4–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 2–4–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–0 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 10 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 1–1–0 |- | 3 || 14 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 1–2–0 |- | 4 || 16 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 2–2–0 |- | 5 || 20 || Boston Bruins || 6–2 || 3–2–0 |- | 6 || 23 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–1 || 3–3–0 |- | 7 || 24 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 4–3–0 |- | 8 || 27 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 5–3–0 |- | 9 || 30 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 5–4–0 |- | 10 || 31 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 5–4–1 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 3–6–3 (home: 2–2–2; road: 1–4–2) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 11 || 4 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 5–5–1 |- | 12 || 7 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 1–0 || 5–6–1 |- | 13 || 10 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 5–7–1 |- | 14 || 13 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 5–8–1 |- | 15 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 5–0 || 6–8–1 |- | 16 || 17 || Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 6–8–2 |- | 17 || 20 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 6–9–2 |- | 18 || 21 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 6–9–3 |- | 19 || 24 || Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 7–9–3 |- | 20 || 25 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 7–9–4 |- | 21 || 27 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 7–10–4 |- | 22 || 28 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 8–10–4 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 1–8–6 (home: 1–2–6; road: 0–6–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 23 || 1 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–1 || 8–11–4 |- | 24 || 4 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–3 || 8–12–4 |- | 25 || 5 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 || 8–12–5 |- | 26 || 8 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 8–13–5 |- | 27 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 8–14–5 |- | 28 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 8–15–5 |- | 29 || 12 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–1 || 8–15–6 |- | 30 || 15 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 8–15–7 |- | 31 || 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–1 || 8–16–7 |- | 32 || 18 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 8–17–7 |- | 33 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 8–17–8 |- | 34 || 22 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 8–17–9 |- | 35 || 25 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 8–18–9 |- | 36 || 26 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–4 || 8–18–10 |- | 37 || 30 || Boston Bruins || 6–1 || 9–18–10 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 4–7–3 (home: 1–2–2; road: 3–5–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 38 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–0 || 9–19–10 |- | 39 || 2 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 9–19–11 |- | 40 || 5 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 9–20–11 |- | 41 || 8 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–0 || 9–21–11 |- | 42 || 9 || Montreal Canadiens || 7–1 || 9–22–11 |- | 43 || 12 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 0–0 || 9–22–12 |- | 44 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–2 || 10–22–12 |- | 45 || 16 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–0 || 10–23–12 |- | 46 || 19 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–0 || 11–23–12 |- | 47 || 22 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 11–24–12 |- | 48 || 23 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–0 || 12–24–12 |- | 49 || 27 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 12–24–13 |- | 50 || 29 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 13–24–13 |- | 51 || 30 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 13–25–13 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 1–6–4 (home: 1–4–2; road: 0–2–2) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 52 || 5 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 13–26–13 |- | 53 || 6 || Montreal Canadiens || 7–3 || 13–27–13 |- | 54 || 9 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 13–27–14 |- | 55 || 12 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–5 || 13–27–15 |- | 56 || 13 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 14–27–15 |- | 57 || 16 || Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 14–27–16 |- | 58 || 19 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 10–2 || 14–28–16 |- | 59 || 20 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–0 || 14–29–16 |- | 60 || 23 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 14–30–16 |- | 61 || 25 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 14–30–17 |- | 62 || 27 || Montreal Canadiens || 7–1 || 14–31–17 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 3–4–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–2–1) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 63 || 2 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 14–32–17 |- | 64 || 5 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 14–33–17 |- | 65 || 6 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 14–34–17 |- | 66 || 12 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 15–34–17 |- | 67 || 13 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–2 || 16–34–17 |- | 68 || 16 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 16–34–18 |- | 69 || 19 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 16–35–18 |- | 70 || 20 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 17–35–18 |- |- | 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 PIM Penalty minutes Danny Lewicki 70 29 24 53 8 Andy Bathgate 70 20 20 40 37 Don Raleigh 69 8 32 40 19 Dean Prentice 70 16 15 31 20 Ron Murphy 66 14 16 30 36 Larry Popein 70 11 17 28 27 Pete Conacher† 52 10 7 17 10 Bill Gadsby† 52 8 8 16 44 Harry Howell Harry Howell (ice hockey) 70 2 14 16 87 Bob Chrystal 68 6 9 15 68 Paul Ronty‡ 54 4 11 15 10 Nick Mickoski‡ 18 1 14 15 6 Edgar Laprade 60 3 11 14 0 Ivan Irwin 60 0 13 13 85 Camille Henry 21 5 2 7 4 Aldo Guidolin 70 2 5 7 34 Wally Hergesheimer 14 4 2 6 4 Vic Howe 29 2 4 6 10 Jack Evans Jack Evans (ice hockey) 47 0 5 5 91 Bill Ezinicki 16 2 2 4 22 Lou Fontinato 28 2 2 4 60 Jackie McLeod 11 1 1 2 2 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Sr. 8 0 2 2 0 Allan Stanley‡ 12 0 1 1 2 Dick Bouchard 1 0 0 0 0 Ron Howell Ron Howell (Canadian sportsman) 3 0 0 0 0 Glen Sonmor 13 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 65 3900 15 33 17 195 3.00 2312 .916 4 Johnny Bower 5 300 2 2 1 13 2.60 156 .917 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 1954–55 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481955.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100801204206/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481955.html 1 August 2010 live Awards and records Danny Lewicki, left wing, NHL Second Team All-Star References 1954-55 Category:1954–55 NHL season by team Category:1954 in sports in New York City Category:1955 in sports in New York City 1954-55 New York Rangers