1949–50 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1949–50 1949 New York Rangers 4th 28–31–11 19–12–4 9–19–7 170 189 Frank Boucher Lynn Patrick Buddy O'Connor Madison Square Garden Edgar Laprade (22) Tony Leswick and Don Raleigh (25) Edgar Laprade and Tony Leswick (44) Gus Kyle (143) Chuck Rayner (28) Chuck Rayner (2.62) The 1949–50 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 24th season. The season saw the Rangers finish in fourth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 28 wins, 31 losses, and 11 ties for 67 points. They upset the Montreal Canadiens in five games in the Semi-finals before losing a close seven-game Stanley Cup Final to the Detroit Red Wings. The team reached double-overtime of the seventh game of the Finals before Detroit's Pete Babando scored to give the Red Wings the Cup. The Rangers would not win another playoff series again until 1971. Also of note during this season was that the Rangers were forced to use Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, the home ice of the Toronto Maple Leafs, as their "home ice" during the Stanley Cup Finals, as the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus was then at Madison Square Garden. Garden management found that they could make more money having the circus at the Garden instead of the Rangers. Moreover, at the time, arenas could not be configured to host a circus and a hockey game on the same day, thus forcing the shift in venue. The Rangers would not reach the Stanley Cup Final again until 1972. 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; 1949–50 regular season1949-50 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1950_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 1, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 2–4–2 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–2–2) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 15 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 16 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 0–1–1 |- | 3 || 19 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–1 || 0–2–1 |- | 4 || 22 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 0–2–2 |- | 5 || 25 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 1–2–2 |- | 6 || 26 || Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 2–2–2 |- | 7 || 29 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–0 || 2–3–2 |- | 8 || 30 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 2–4–2 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 3–4–4 (home: 2–2–2; road: 1–2–2) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 9 || 2 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 2–4–3 |- | 10 || 6 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 7–0 || 2–5–3 |- | 11 || 9 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–2 || 2–5–4 |- | 12 || 12 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 2–6–4 |- | 13 || 13 || Detroit Red Wings || 1–1 || 2–6–5 |- | 14 || 16 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 3–6–5 |- | 15 || 20 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 5–2 || 4–6–5 |- | 16 || 23 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–3 || 4–7–5 |- | 17 || 26 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–1 || 4–8–5 |- | 18 || 27 || @ Boston Bruins || 1–1 || 4–8–6 |- | 19 || 30 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–2 || 5–8–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 9–3–1 (home: 7–1–0; road: 2–2–1) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 20 || 3 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–0 || 5–9–6 |- | 21 || 4 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–0 || 6–9–6 |- | 22 || 7 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 7–9–6 |- | 23 || 10 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 1–0 || 8–9–6 |- | 24 || 11 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 9–9–6 |- | 25 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 9–10–6 |- | 26 || 17 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 10–10–6 |- | 27 || 18 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–0 || 10–11–6 |- | 28 || 21 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 11–11–6 |- | 29 || 24 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 0–0 || 11–11–7 |- | 30 || 25 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 12–11–7 |- | 31 || 28 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–2 || 13–11–7 |- | 32 || 31 || Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 14–11–7 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 3–8–2 (home: 2–3–1; road: 1–5–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 33 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–0 || 14–12–7 |- | 34 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 15–12–7 |- | 35 || 7 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 16–12–7 |- | 36 || 8 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 16–12–8 |- | 37 || 11 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 16–13–8 |- | 38 || 14 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–2 || 16–14–8 |- | 39 || 15 || Detroit Red Wings || 1–0 || 16–15–8 |- | 40 || 18 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 16–16–8 |- | 41 || 21 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 16–17–8 |- | 42 || 22 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–3 || 16–18–8 |- | 43 || 25 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–1 || 16–19–8 |- | 44 || 28 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 16–19–9 |- | 45 || 29 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–0 || 17–19–9 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 7–3–2 (home: 4–0–1; road: 3–3–1) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 46 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 17–20–9 |- | 47 || 2 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 17–21–9 |- | 48 || 5 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–5 || 17–21–10 |- | 49 || 9 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 18–21–10 |- | 50 || 12 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–0 || 19–21–10 |- | 51 || 15 || Boston Bruins || 2–2 || 19–21–11 |- | 52 || 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 20–21–11 |- | 53 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 21–21–11 |- | 54 || 22 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–0 || 22–21–11 |- | 55 || 23 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7–3 || 23–21–11 |- | 56 || 25 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 23–22–11 |- | 57 || 26 || Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 24–22–11 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 4–9–0 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–4–0) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 58 || 1 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 24–23–11 |- | 59 || 4 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–1 || 24–24–11 |- | 60 || 5 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 25–24–11 |- | 61 || 8 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 26–24–11 |- | 62 || 9 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–1 || 27–24–11 |- | 63 || 11 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–0 || 27–25–11 |- | 64 || 12 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–1 || 27–26–11 |- | 65 || 15 || Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 27–27–11 |- | 66 || 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 27–28–11 |- | 67 || 19 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–2 || 27–29–11 |- | 68 || 21 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–3 || 27–30–11 |- | 69 || 22 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 8–7 || 27–31–11 |- | 70 || 26 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 28–31–11 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1950 Stanley Cup playoffs 1950 Stanley Cup Final Stanley Cup Final It was the Rangers' first appearance in the Final since their Stanley Cup victory in 1940. Two games were played in Toronto as the circus had taken over Madison Square Garden in New York. New York's Don Raleigh scored two overtime winners and Detroit's Pete Babando scored the Cup-winning goal in overtime of game seven, the first time ever in which the stanley cup was won in extra frames in game seven. Detroit won the Cup without Gordie Howe, who was injured in the first game of the playoffs. As Stanley Cup runner-up, the Rangers would be awarded the O'Brien Cup, the last team to win the trophy, at one time the National Hockey Association championship trophy, which was retired after the season. background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1950 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Semifinals vs. (2) Montreal Canadiens – New York wins 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || March 29 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–3 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 1 || New York Rangers || 3–2 || Montreal Canadiens || || New York Rangers lead series 2–0 |- | 3 || April 2 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–4 || New York Rangers || || New York Rangers lead series 3–0 |- | 4 || April 4 || New York Rangers || 2–3 || Montreal Canadiens || OT || New York Rangers lead series 3–1 |- | 5 || April 6 || New York Rangers || 3–0 || Montreal Canadiens || || New York Rangers win series 4–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Stanley Cup Finals vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins 4–3 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 11 || New York Rangers || 1–4 || Detroit Red Wings || || Detroit leads series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 13 (in Toronto) || Detroit Red Wings || 1–3 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 1–1 |- | 3 || April 15 (in Toronto, Ontario) || Detroit Red Wings || 4–0 || New York Rangers || || Detroit leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 18 || New York Rangers || 4–3 || Detroit Red Wings || OT || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 20 || New York Rangers || 2–1 || Detroit Red Wings || OT || New York Rangers lead series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 22 || New York Rangers || 4–5 || Detroit Red Wings || || Series tied 3–3 |- | 7 || April 23 || New York Rangers || 3–4 || Detroit Red Wings || OT || Detroit 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 Edgar Laprade 60 22 22 44 2 Tony Leswick 69 19 25 44 85 Ed Slowinski 63 14 23 37 12 Don Raleigh 70 12 25 37 11 Dunc Fisher 70 12 21 33 42 Herbert O'Connor 66 11 22 33 4 Alex Kaleta 67 17 14 31 40 Pentti Lund 64 18 9 27 16 Nick Mickoski 47 10 10 20 10 Pat Egan 70 5 11 16 50 Jackie McLeod 38 6 9 15 2 Fred Shero 67 2 8 10 71 Norman Poile‡ 28 3 6 9 8 Allan Stanley 55 4 4 8 58 Walter Kyle Gus Kyle 70 3 5 8 143 Frank Eddolls 58 2 6 8 20 Jean Lamirande 16 4 3 7 6 Jack Lancien 43 1 4 5 27 Winston Juckes Bing Juckes 14 2 1 3 6 Norman Lowe 3 1 1 2 0 Don Smith Don Smith (ice hockey b. 1929) 10 1 1 2 0 Wally Stanowski 37 1 1 2 10 Sherman White Sherman White (ice hockey) 3 0 2 2 0 Jean-Paul Denis 4 0 1 1 2 Doug Adam 4 0 1 1 0 Fern Perreault 1 0 0 0 0 Jack Gordon Jack Gordon (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Kyle 2 0 0 0 0 Jack Evans Jack Evans (ice hockey) 3 0 0 0 2 Bill McDonagh 4 0 0 0 2 John Webster John Webster (ice hockey) 14 0 0 0 4 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Pentti Lund 12 6 5 11 0 Don Raleigh 12 4 5 9 4 Edgar Laprade 12 3 5 8 4 Ed Slowinski 12 2 6 8 6 Allan Stanley 12 2 5 7 10 Herbert O'Connor 12 4 2 6 4 Dunc Fisher 12 3 3 6 14 Tony Leswick 12 2 4 6 12 Nick Mickoski 12 1 5 6 2 Pat Egan 12 3 1 4 6 Walter Kyle Gus Kyle 12 1 2 3 30 Alex Kaleta 10 0 3 3 0 Jack Gordon Jack Gordon (ice hockey) 9 1 1 2 7 Frank Eddolls 11 0 1 1 4 Jack Lancien 4 0 1 1 0 Fred Shero 7 0 1 1 2 Jean Lamirande 2 0 0 0 0 Jackie McLeod 7 0 0 0 0 Don Smith Don Smith (ice hockey b. 1929) 1 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 SO Shutouts Chuck Rayner 69 4140 28 30 11 181 2.62 6 Emile Francis 1 60 0 1 0 8 8.00 0 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Chuck Rayner 12 775 7 5 29 2.25 1 †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 1949–50 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481950.html Awards and records O'Brien Cup: New York Rangers Hart Memorial Trophy: Chuck Rayner Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Edgar Laprade Tony Leswick, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star Chuck Rayner, Goaltender, NHL Second Team All-Star References External links Rangers on Hockey Database Rangers on Hockey-Reference 1949-50 Category:1949–50 NHL season by team Category:1949 in sports in New York City Category:1950 in sports in New York City 1949-50 New York Rangers season 1949-50 New York Rangers season