1953–54 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1953–54 1953 New York Rangers 5th 29–31–10 18–12–5 11–19–5 161 182 Frank Boucher Frank Boucher Muzz Patrick Don Raleigh Madison Square Garden Wally Hergesheimer (27) Paul Ronty (33) Paul Ronty (46) Ivan Irwin (109) Johnny Bower (29) Johnny Bower (2.60) The 1953–54 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 28th season. The season saw the Rangers finish in fifth place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 29 wins, 31 losses, and 10 ties for 68 points, and miss the playoffs for the fourth year in a row for the first time since the 1943–44 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; 1953–54 regular season1953-54 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1954_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 1, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 2–6–1 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–4–1) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 8 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 11 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 1–1–0 |- | 3 || 15 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–1 || 1–2–0 |- | 4 || 17 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–1 || 1–2–1 |- | 5 || 18 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–2 || 1–3–1 |- | 6 || 22 || Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 2–3–1 |- | 7 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 2–4–1 |- | 8 || 28 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 2–5–1 |- | 9 || 31 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 2–6–1 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–4–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 10 || 1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–2 || 2–6–2 |- | 11 || 5 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 2–7–2 |- | 12 || 7 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 3–7–2 |- | 13 || 8 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 3–7–3 |- | 14 || 11 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 4–7–3 |- | 15 || 14 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 4–8–3 |- | 16 || 15 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 4–9–3 |- | 17 || 18 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 5–9–3 |- | 18 || 21 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–0 || 5–10–3 |- | 19 || 22 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 5–11–3 |- | 20 || 25 || Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 6–11–3 |- | 21 || 26 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 6–12–3 |- | 22 || 29 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 7–12–3 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 3–8–3 (home: 3–3–3; road: 0–5–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 23 || 2 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–3 || 7–12–4 |- | 24 || 3 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–0 || 7–13–4 |- | 25 || 5 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 7–14–4 |- | 26 || 6 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 7–14–5 |- | 27 || 9 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 7–14–6 |- | 28 || 12 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–2 || 7–15–6 |- | 29 || 13 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 7–16–6 |- | 30 || 16 || Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 8–16–6 |- | 31 || 19 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 8–17–6 |- | 32 || 20 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 9–17–6 |- | 33 || 23 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 10–17–6 |- | 34 || 26 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–0 || 10–18–6 |- | 35 || 27 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 10–19–6 |- | 36 || 29 || Boston Bruins || 6–2 || 10–20–6 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 9–3–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–2–1) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 37 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 11–20–6 |- | 38 || 3 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 12–20–6 |- | 39 || 6 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–3 || 13–20–6 |- | 40 || 10 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 14–20–6 |- | 41 || 13 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–1 || 14–21–6 |- | 42 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–0 || 15–21–6 |- | 43 || 16 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–0 || 15–22–6 |- | 44 || 17 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 16–22–6 |- | 45 || 20 || Boston Bruins || 8–3 || 17–22–6 |- | 46 || 23 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 18–22–6 |- | 47 || 24 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 18–23–6 |- | 48 || 28 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 18–23–7 |- | 49 || 30 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 || 19–23–7 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 6–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 50 || 4 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 20–23–7 |- | 51 || 6 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 || 20–24–7 |- | 52 || 7 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 20–25–7 |- | 53 || 10 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 21–25–7 |- | 54 || 13 || @ Boston Bruins || 1–0 || 21–26–7 |- | 55 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 21–26–8 |- | 56 || 17 || Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 22–26–8 |- | 57 || 19 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–0 || 23–26–8 |- | 58 || 21 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–1 || 24–26–8 |- | 59 || 24 || Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 24–27–8 |- | 60 || 27 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–0 || 24–28–8 |- | 61 || 28 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–0 || 25–28–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 4–3–2 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–1–2) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 62 || 3 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–3 || 25–28–9 |- | 63 || 5 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 0–0 || 25–28–10 |- | 64 || 7 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–0 || 25–29–10 |- | 65 || 10 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 26–29–10 |- | 66 || 11 || @ Boston Bruins || 1–0 || 26–30–10 |- | 67 || 13 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 27–30–10 |- | 68 || 14 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–0 || 28–30–10 |- | 69 || 20 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 29–30–10 |- | 70 || 21 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 29–31–10 |- |- | 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 Paul Ronty 70 13 33 46 18 Don Raleigh 70 15 30 45 16 Wally Hergesheimer 66 27 16 43 42 Camille Henry 66 24 15 39 10 Nick Mickoski 68 19 16 35 22 Max Bentley 57 14 18 32 15 Dean Prentice 52 4 13 17 18 Hy Buller 41 3 14 17 40 Harry Howell Harry Howell (ice hockey) 67 7 9 16 58 Ed Kullman 70 4 10 14 44 Ivan Irwin 56 2 12 14 109 Ike Hildebrand‡ 31 6 7 13 12 Doug Bentley 20 2 10 12 2 Bob Chrystal 64 5 5 10 44 Jack Evans Jack Evans (ice hockey) 44 4 4 8 73 Leo Reise Jr. 70 3 5 8 71 Aldo Guidolin 68 2 6 8 51 Edgar Laprade 35 1 6 7 2 Andy Bathgate 20 2 2 4 18 Ron Murphy 27 1 3 4 20 Glen Sonmor 15 2 0 2 17 Billy Dea 14 1 1 2 2 Allan Stanley 10 0 2 2 11 Vic Howe 1 0 0 0 0 William Chalmers William Chalmers (ice hockey) 1 0 0 0 0 Aggie Kukulowicz 1 0 0 0 0 Bill McCreary Bill McCreary Sr. 2 0 0 0 2 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 Johnny Bower 70 4200 29 31 10 182 2.60 5 †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 1953–54 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481954.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100808141153/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481954.html 8 August 2010 live References External links Rangers on Hockey Database 1953-54 Category:1953–54 NHL season by team Category:1953 in sports in New York City Category:1954 in sports in New York City 1953-54 New York Rangers season