1984–85 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1984–85 1984 New York Rangers Wales 9th Patrick 4th 26–44–10 16–18–6 10–26–4 295 345 Craig Patrick Herb BrooksCraig Patrick Barry Beck None Madison Square Garden Tomas Sandstrom (29) Reijo Ruotsalainen (45) Reijo Ruotsalainen (73) George McPhee (139) Glen Hanlon (14) Glen Hanlon (4.18) The 1984–85 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 59th season. In the regular season, New York had a 26–44–10 record and finished fourth in the Patrick Division. The Rangers made the NHL playoffs, where they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, three games to none.1984–85 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1985.html 2010-10-16 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; 1984–85 regular season1984–85 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1985_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 30, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 3–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 11 || Hartford Whalers || 4 – 4 OT || 0–0–1 |- | 2 || 13 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3 – 1 || 0–1–1 |- | 3 || 14 || Minnesota North Stars || 3 – 1 || 0–2–1 |- | 4 || 20 || @ Washington Capitals || 6 – 5 || 1–2–1 |- | 5 || 21 || New York Islanders || 6 – 5 || 2–2–1 |- | 6 || 25 || @ New Jersey Devils || 11 – 2 || 3–2–1 |- | 7 || 27 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 5 – 2 || 4–2–1 |- | 8 || 28 || Boston Bruins || 6 – 4 || 4–3–1 |- | 9 || 30 || @ New York Islanders || 7 – 3 || 4–4–1 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 4–7–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 1–3–0) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 10 || 3 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 7 – 5 || 5–4–1 |- | 11 || 7 || Washington Capitals || 4 – 3 || 6–4–1 |- | 12 || 9 || New York Islanders || 5 – 4 OT || 7–4–1 |- | 13 || 11 || Los Angeles Kings || 4 – 2 || 7–5–1 |- | 14 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6 – 4 || 7–6–1 |- | 15 || 17 || @ New York Islanders || 10 – 4 || 7–7–1 |- | 16 || 18 || New Jersey Devils || 6 – 0 || 7–8–1 |- | 17 || 21 || Buffalo Sabres || 3 – 2 || 8–8–1 |- | 18 || 24 || @ Quebec Nordiques || 8 – 3 || 8–9–1 |- | 19 || 25 || Quebec Nordiques || 3 – 2 OT || 8–10–1 |- | 20 || 28 || Washington Capitals || 2 – 1 || 8–11–1 |- | 21 || 30 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3 – 3 OT || 8–11–2 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 4–8–3 (home: 2–4–3; road: 2–4–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 22 || 1 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4 – 1 || 9–11–2 |- | 23 || 3 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 2 || 9–12–2 |- | 24 || 5 || Calgary Flames || 4 – 4 OT || 9–12–3 |- | 25 || 7 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4 – 3 OT || 9–13–3 |- | 26 || 8 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4 – 2 || 9–14–3 |- | 27 || 10 || Los Angeles Kings || 4 – 2 || 10–14–3 |- | 28 || 12 || Boston Bruins || 3 – 3 OT || 10–14–4 |- | 29 || 15 || @ Washington Capitals || 4 – 2 || 10–15–4 |- | 30 || 16 || Washington Capitals || 6 – 3 || 10–16–4 |- | 31 || 19 || Winnipeg Jets || 5 – 4 || 10–17–4 |- | 32 || 22 || @ New Jersey Devils || 5 – 3 || 11–17–4 |- | 33 || 23 || Montreal Canadiens || 3 – 3 OT || 11–17–5 |- | 34 || 26 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5 – 2 || 11–18–5 |- | 35 || 29 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7 – 3 || 11–19–5 |- | 36 || 30 || St. Louis Blues || 6 – 2 || 12–19–5 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 5–6–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 1–5–2) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 37 || 2 || Vancouver Canucks || 6 – 0 || 13–19–5 |- | 38 || 5 || @ Boston Bruins || 3 – 3 OT || 13–19–6 |- | 39 || 6 || New Jersey Devils || 5 – 4 OT || 14–19–6 |- | 40 || 9 || @ Winnipeg Jets || 6 – 5 OT || 14–20–6 |- | 41 || 12 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4 – 4 OT || 14–20–7 |- | 42 || 14 || New Jersey Devils || 2 – 1 || 14–21–7 |- | 43 || 16 || Buffalo Sabres || 2 – 2 OT || 14–21–8 |- | 44 || 18 || @ New Jersey Devils || 9 – 6 || 15–21–8 |- | 45 || 19 || @ Washington Capitals || 7 – 1 || 15–22–8 |- | 46 || 22 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3 – 2 || 15–23–8 |- | 47 || 24 || Detroit Red Wings || 3 – 1 || 16–23–8 |- | 48 || 26 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3 – 2 || 16–24–8 |- | 49 || 27 || Minnesota North Stars || 3 – 2 || 17–24–8 |- | 50 || 31 || @ Calgary Flames || 7 – 2 || 17–25–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 3–8–1 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–5–1) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 51 || 2 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 5 – 1 || 17–26–8 |- | 52 || 3 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 4 – 1 || 17–27–8 |- | 53 || 5 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 7 – 5 || 17–28–8 |- | 54 || 7 || @ New York Islanders || 7 – 5 || 17–29–8 |- | 55 || 9 || @ Hartford Whalers || 2 – 2 OT || 17–29–9 |- | 56 || 10 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3 – 2 || 17–30–9 |- | 57 || 15 || Edmonton Oilers || 8 – 7 || 18–30–9 |- | 58 || 17 || New York Islanders || 9 – 3 || 19–30–9 |- | 59 || 21 || Hartford Whalers || 4 – 3 OT || 19–31–9 |- | 60 || 22 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 8 – 3 || 20–31–9 |- | 61 || 25 || Winnipeg Jets || 12 – 5 || 20–32–9 |- | 62 || 28 || Washington Capitals || 5 – 4 || 20–33–9 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 5–9–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–6–1) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 63 || 2 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 – 4 || 20–34–9 |- | 64 || 3 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 7 – 3 || 21–34–9 |- | 65 || 6 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 6 – 3 || 22–34–9 |- | 66 || 7 || @ Calgary Flames || 11 – 5 || 22–35–9 |- | 67 || 9 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 3 – 3 OT || 22–35–10 |- | 68 || 11 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4 – 3 OT || 22–36–10 |- | 69 || 13 || Philadelphia Flyers || 5 – 2 || 22–37–10 |- | 70 || 16 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 – 0 || 22–38–10 |- | 71 || 17 || New Jersey Devils || 7 – 3 || 23–38–10 |- | 72 || 21 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 8 – 4 || 23–39–10 |- | 73 || 22 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5 – 3 || 23–40–10 |- | 74 || 24 || New York Islanders || 5 – 2 || 23–41–10 |- | 75 || 26 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5 – 4 || 24–41–10 |- | 76 || 30 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3 – 0 || 24–42–10 |- | 77 || 31 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 7 – 5 || 25–42–10 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 1–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record |- | 78 || 2 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2 – 1 || 25–43–10 |- | 79 || 4 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5 – 4 || 26–43–10 |- | 80 || 7 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3 – 1 || 26–44–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Division semifinals vs. (P1) Philadelphia Flyers – Philadelphia wins 3–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 10 || New York Rangers || 4 – 5 || Philadelphia Flyers || OT || Philadelphia leads series 1-0 |- | 2 || April 11 || New York Rangers || 1 – 3 || Philadelphia Flyers || || Philadelphia leads series 2-0 |- | 3 || April 13 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6 – 5 || New York Rangers || || Philadelphia wins series 3-0 |- |- | 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 +/- Plus/minus PIM Penalty minutes Reijo Ruotsalainen 80 28 45 73 -27 32 Mike Rogers Mike Rogers (ice hockey) 78 26 38 64 -25 24 Pierre Larouche 65 24 36 60 -17 8 Tomas Sandstrom 74 29 30 59 3 51 Anders Hedberg 64 20 31 51 -15 10 Ron Greschner 48 16 29 45 -19 42 Mark Pavelich 48 14 31 45 1 29 Peter Sundstrom 76 18 26 44 -26 34 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 75 8 28 36 -17 71 Steve Patrick† 43 11 18 29 -5 63 Jan Erixon 66 7 22 29 -11 33 George McPhee 49 12 15 27 -9 139 Don Maloney 37 11 16 27 -9 32 Barry Beck 56 7 19 26 -11 65 Mike Allison 31 9 15 24 0 17 Grant Ledyard 42 8 12 20 8 53 Robbie Ftorek 48 9 10 19 -7 35 Bob Brooke 72 7 9 16 -18 79 Willie Huber 49 3 11 14 -20 55 Dave Gagner 38 6 6 12 -16 16 Chris Kontos 28 4 8 12 -12 24 Tom Laidlaw 61 1 11 12 -12 52 Nick Fotiu 46 4 7 11 -7 54 Mark Osborne Mark Osborne (ice hockey) 23 4 4 8 -2 33 Jim Wiemer† 22 4 3 7 -10 30 Andre Dore 25 0 7 7 -2 35 Randy Heath 12 2 3 5 -1 15 Steve Richmond 34 0 5 5 -16 90 Dave Maloney‡ 16 2 1 3 3 10 Kelly Miller Kelly Miller (ice hockey b. 1963) 5 0 2 2 -2 2 Mike Blaisdell 12 1 0 1 -4 11 Larry Patey 7 0 1 1 -6 12 Simo Saarinen 8 0 0 0 -4 8 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Don Maloney 3 4 0 4 2 Mike Rogers Mike Rogers (ice hockey) 3 0 4 4 4 Mark Pavelich 3 0 3 3 2 Ron Greschner 2 0 3 3 12 Anders Hedberg 3 2 1 3 2 Tom Laidlaw 3 0 2 2 4 Grant Ledyard 3 0 2 2 4 Tomas Sandstrom 3 0 2 2 0 Reijo Ruotsalainen 3 2 0 2 6 Willie Huber 2 1 0 1 2 Barry Beck 3 0 1 1 11 George McPhee 3 1 0 1 7 Larry Patey 1 0 0 0 0 Kelly Miller Kelly Miller (ice hockey b. 1963) 3 0 0 0 2 Jim Wiemer 1 0 0 0 0 Mark Osborne Mark Osborne (ice hockey) 3 0 0 0 4 Bob Brooke 3 0 0 0 8 Jan Erixon 2 0 0 0 2 Steve Patrick 1 0 0 0 0 James Patrick James Patrick (ice hockey) 3 0 0 0 4 Peter Sundstrom 3 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 Glen Hanlon 44 2510 14 20 7 175 4.18 1614 .878 0 John Vanbiesbrouck 42 2358 12 24 3 166 4.22 1512 .877 1 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SA Shots against SV% Save percentage SO Shutouts Glen Hanlon 3 168 0 3 14 5.00 99 .859 0 John Vanbiesbrouck 1 20 0 0 0 0.00 12 1.000 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 1984-85 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481985.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100731014011/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481985.html 31 July 2010 live Draft picks New York's picks at the 1984 NHL entry draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.1984 NHL Entry Draft Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1984_entry.html 2012-05-26NHL Draft History National Hockey League http://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2012-05-26 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 Terry Carkner D Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL) 2 35 Raimo Helminen C Finland Ilves Tampere (FNL) 4 77 Paul Broten C United States Roseau H.S. (Minnesota) 5 98 Clark Donatelli LW United States Stratford Jr. A (OHA) 6 119 Kjell Samuelsson D Sweden Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) 7 140 Thomas Hussey LW Canada St. Andrew's College (Ontario) 8 161 Brian Nelson C United States Willmar H.S. (Minnesota) 9 182 Ville Kentala LW Finland HIFK (FNL) 9 188 Heinz Ehlers C Denmark Leksands IF (Allsvenskan) 10 202 Kevin Miller C United States Redford Royals (NAJHL) 11 223 Tom Lorentz C United States Brady H.S. (Minnesota) 12 243 Scott Brower G Canada Lloydminster Lancers (SJHL) Farm teams New Haven Nighthawks – American Hockey LeagueNew Haven Nighthawks Statistics and History hockeydb.com http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/new-haven-nighthawks-7060.html 2016-10-08 See also 1984–85 NHL season References 1984-85 Category:1984–85 NHL season by team Category:1984 in sports in New York City Category:1985 in sports in New York City 1984-85 New York Rangers season