1956–57 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1956–57 1956 New York Rangers 4th 26–30–14 15–12–8 11–18–6 184 227 Muzz Patrick Phil Watson Harry Howell Madison Square Garden Andy Bathgate (27) Andy Bathgate (50) Andy Bathgate (77) Lou Fontinato (139) Gump Worsley (26) Johnny Bower (3.00) The 1956–57 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 31st season. 2 Regular season Season standings NYR Record vs. opponents NYR Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1956–57 regular season1956-57 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1957_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 1, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 4–3–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 1–3–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 12 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–0 || 1–0–0 |- | 2 || 14 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 1–1–0 |- | 3 || 17 || Boston Bruins || 2–0 || 2–1–0 |- | 4 || 20 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–0 || 2–2–0 |- | 5 || 21 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 3–2–0 |- | 6 || 24 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 4–2–0 |- | 7 || 28 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–1 || 4–2–1 |- | 8 || 31 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 7–2 || 4–3–1 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 2–7–4 (home: 1–3–3; road: 1–4–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 9 || 4 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 4–4–1 |- | 10 || 7 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 4–5–1 |- | 11 || 8 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 4–6–1 |- | 12 || 10 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–4 || 4–7–1 |- | 13 || 14 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 4–8–1 |- | 14 || 17 || Boston Bruins || 4–4 || 4–8–2 |- | 15 || 18 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 4–8–3 |- | 16 || 21 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 4–8–4 |- | 17 || 22 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 5–8–4 |- | 18 || 24 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–1 || 5–9–4 |- | 19 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 5–9–5 |- | 20 || 28 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 6–9–5 |- | 21 || 29 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 6–10–5 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–4–1) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 22 || 2 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 7–10–5 |- | 23 || 5 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 7–10–6 |- | 24 || 8 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 0–0 || 7–10–7 |- | 25 || 9 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–2 || 8–10–7 |- | 26 || 13 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 8–11–7 |- | 27 || 15 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 8–12–7 |- | 28 || 16 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 9–12–7 |- | 29 || 21 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 10–12–7 |- | 30 || 23 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 10–13–7 |- | 31 || 25 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 8–1 || 10–14–7 |- | 32 || 27 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 11–14–7 |- | 33 || 29 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–3 || 11–15–7 |- | 34 || 31 || Detroit Red Wings || 1–0 || 11–16–7 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 5–7–1 (home: 1–4–0; road: 4–3–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 35 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 11–17–7 |- | 36 || 5 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 12–17–7 |- | 37 || 6 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 12–18–7 |- | 38 || 9 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–3 || 12–19–7 |- | 39 || 11 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7–4 || 13–19–7 |- | 40 || 12 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–4 || 14–19–7 |- | 41 || 13 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 14–20–7 |- | 42 || 19 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–0 || 14–21–7 |- | 43 || 20 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 14–22–7 |- | 44 || 23 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–4 || 14–22–8 |- | 45 || 26 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 15–22–8 |- | 46 || 27 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 16–22–8 |- | 47 || 30 || Chicago Black Hawks || 7–2 || 16–23–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 6–4–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 1–3–2) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 48 || 2 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–4 || 16–24–8 |- | 49 || 3 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 16–25–8 |- | 50 || 6 || Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 17–25–8 |- | 51 || 7 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–4 || 17–25–9 |- | 52 || 9 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–4 || 17–25–10 |- | 53 || 10 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–4 || 18–25–10 |- | 54 || 14 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 18–26–10 |- | 55 || 16 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 19–26–10 |- | 56 || 17 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 20–26–10 |- | 57 || 20 || Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 21–26–10 |- | 58 || 23 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 21–27–10 |- | 59 || 24 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 22–27–10 |- | 60 || 27 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–6 || 22–27–11 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 4–3–3 (home: 1–2–2; road: 3–1–1) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 61 || 2 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 23–27–11 |- | 62 || 3 || Detroit Red Wings || 1–1 || 23–27–12 |- | 63 || 7 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 23–27–13 |- | 64 || 9 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 24–27–13 |- | 65 || 10 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 25–27–13 |- | 66 || 13 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 25–28–13 |- | 67 || 16 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 14–1 || 25–29–13 |- | 68 || 17 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 25–30–13 |- | 69 || 23 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 26–30–13 |- | 70 || 24 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–4 || 26–30–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1957 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1957 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (2) Montreal Canadiens – Montreal wins 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || March 26 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || New York Rangers || || Montreal leads series 1–0 |- | 2 || March 28 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–4 || New York Rangers || OT || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || March 30 || New York Rangers || 3–8 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 2 || New York Rangers || 1–3 || Montreal Canadiens || || Montreal leads series 3–1 |- | 5 || April 4 || New York Rangers || 3–4 || Montreal Canadiens || OT || 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 27 50 77 60 Andy Hebenton 70 21 23 44 10 Dean Prentice 68 19 23 42 38 Bill Gadsby 70 4 37 41 72 Dave Creighton 70 18 21 39 42 Danny Lewicki 70 18 20 38 47 Larry Popein 67 11 19 30 20 Camille Henry 36 14 15 29 2 George Sullivan George Sullivan (ice hockey) 42 6 17 23 36 Ron Murphy 33 7 12 19 14 Gerry Foley 69 7 9 16 48 Jean-Guy Gendron 70 9 6 15 40 Parker MacDonald 45 7 8 15 24 Lou Fontinato 70 3 12 15 139 Harry Howell Harry Howell (ice hockey) 65 2 10 12 70 Larry Cahan 61 5 4 9 65 Jack Evans Jack Evans (ice hockey) 70 3 6 9 110 Bruce Cline 30 2 3 5 10 Bronco Horvath‡ 7 1 2 3 4 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Camille Henry 5 2 3 5 0 Dave Creighton 5 2 2 4 2 George Sullivan George Sullivan (ice hockey) 5 1 2 3 4 Larry Popein 5 0 3 3 0 Bill Gadsby 5 1 2 3 2 Parker MacDonald 1 1 1 2 0 Dean Prentice 5 0 2 2 4 Andy Hebenton 5 2 0 2 2 Andy Bathgate 5 2 0 2 7 Jack Evans Jack Evans (ice hockey) 5 0 1 1 4 Harry Howell Harry Howell (ice hockey) 5 1 0 1 6 Jean-Guy Gendron 5 0 1 1 6 Danny Lewicki 5 0 1 1 2 Larry Cahan 3 0 0 0 2 Lou Fontinato 5 0 0 0 7 Gerry Foley 3 0 0 0 0 Ron Murphy 5 0 0 0 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 SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts Lorne Worsley 68 4080 26 28 14 217 3.24 2341 .907 3 Johnny Bower 2 120 0 2 0 6 3.00 47 .872 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Lorne Worsley 5 316 1 4 21 3.99 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 1956–57 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481957.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100630184043/http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481957.html 30 June 2010 live References External links Rangers on Hockey Database 1956-57 Category:1956–57 NHL season by team Category:1956 in sports in New York City Category:1957 in sports in New York City 1956-57 New York Rangers season