1969–70 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1969–70 1969 New York Rangers East 4th 38–22–16 22–8–8 16–14–8 246 189 Emile Francis Emile Francis Bob Nevin Rod GilbertJim NeilsonDon Marshall Madison Square Garden Dave Balon (33) Walt Tkaczuk (50) Walt Tkaczuk (77) Dave Balon (100) Ed Giacomin (35) Ed Giacomin (2.36) The 1969–70 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 44th season. The Rangers compiled 92 points during the regular season and advanced to the playoffs, where they lost in the quarter-finals to the Boston Bruins.1969–70 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1970.html 2010-12-11 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; 1969–70 regular season1969–70 New York Rangers Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1970_games.html Hockey-Reference March 31, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; October: 4–3–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–1) Game October Opponent Score Record |- | 1 || 12 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 0–1–0 |- | 2 || 15 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–3 || 1–1–0 |- | 3 || 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–3 || 1–2–0 |- | 4 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–0 || 2–2–0 |- | 5 || 22 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 2–2–1 |- | 6 || 25 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 3–2–1 |- | 7 || 26 || Montreal Canadiens || 8–3 || 3–3–1 |- | 8 || 29 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || 4–3–1 |- | 9 || 30 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3–3 || 4–3–2 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; November: 10–1–3 (home: 5–0–2; road: 5–1–1) Game November Opponent Score Record |- | 10 || 1 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 5–3–2 |- | 11 || 2 || St. Louis Blues || 6–4 || 6–3–2 |- | 12 || 5 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 6–4–2 |- | 13 || 7 || @ Oakland Seals || 8–1 || 7–4–2 |- | 14 || 8 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 4–1 || 8–4–2 |- | 15 || 12 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–2 || 9–4–2 |- | 16 || 15 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–5 || 10–4–2 |- | 17 || 16 || St. Louis Blues || 4–2 || 11–4–2 |- | 18 || 19 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 11–4–3 |- | 19 || 22 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–0 || 12–4–3 |- | 20 || 23 || Oakland Seals || 5–2 || 13–4–3 |- | 21 || 26 || Boston Bruins || 3–0 || 14–4–3 |- | 22 || 29 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–2 || 14–4–4 |- | 23 || 30 || Minnesota North Stars || 2–2 || 14–4–5 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; December: 6–3–3 (home: 4–2–3; road: 2–1–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- | 24 || 3 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–3 || 14–4–6 |- | 25 || 7 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–3 || 15–4–6 |- | 26 || 10 || Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 16–4–6 |- | 27 || 11 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 16–5–6 |- | 28 || 13 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 5–2 || 17–5–6 |- | 29 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 17–6–6 |- | 30 || 17 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–2 || 17–6–7 |- | 31 || 20 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 18–6–7 |- | 32 || 21 || Oakland Seals || 3–1 || 19–6–7 |- | 33 || 26 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 || 19–7–7 |- | 34 || 28 || Los Angeles Kings || 3–3 || 19–7–8 |- | 35 || 31 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 20–7–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; January: 7–3–2 (home: 3–0–0; road: 4–3–2) Game January Opponent Score Record |- | 36 || 3 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–3 || 20–7–9 |- | 37 || 4 || Oakland Seals || 5–2 || 21–7–9 |- | 38 || 7 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || 22–7–9 |- | 39 || 11 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 22–8–9 |- | 40 || 14 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 7–1 || 23–8–9 |- | 41 || 15 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 || 23–8–10 |- | 42 || 17 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–1 || 24–8–10 |- | 43 || 22 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4–3 || 24–9–10 |- | 44 || 24 || Boston Bruins || 8–1 || 25–9–10 |- | 45 || 25 || Los Angeles Kings || 3–2 || 26–9–10 |- | 46 || 28 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 5–4 || 26–10–10 |- | 47 || 30 || @ Oakland Seals || 2–1 || 27–10–10 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; February: 7–3–3 (home: 6–0–1; road: 1–3–2) Game February Opponent Score Record |- | 48 || 1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–0 || 28–10–10 |- | 49 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–1 || 29–10–10 |- | 50 || 8 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–1 || 30–10–10 |- | 51 || 11 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6–2 || 31–10–10 |- | 52 || 13 || @ Oakland Seals || 4–2 || 31–11–10 |- | 53 || 15 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–0 || 32–11–10 |- | 54 || 18 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–3 || 32–11–11 |- | 55 || 19 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 32–11–12 |- | 56 || 21 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 32–12–12 |- | 57 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 33–12–12 |- | 58 || 25 || St. Louis Blues || 2–1 || 34–12–12 |- | 59 || 26 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 34–13–12 |- | 60 || 28 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 34–13–13 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; March: 2–8–3 (home: 1–5–1; road: 1–3–2) Game March Opponent Score Record |- | 61 || 1 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 34–14–13 |- | 62 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–0 || 34–15–13 |- | 63 || 6 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3–1 || 34–16–13 |- | 64 || 8 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–0 || 34–16–14 |- | 65 || 11 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 34–17–14 |- | 66 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7–4 || 34–18–14 |- | 67 || 15 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–2 || 34–19–14 |- | 68 || 18 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || 35–19–14 |- | 69 || 19 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2–2 || 35–19–15 |- | 70 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 35–20–15 |- | 71 || 25 || Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 35–21–15 |- | 72 || 28 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 35–21–16 |- | 73 || 29 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 36–21–16 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; April: 2–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 1–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record |- | 74 || 1 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 37–21–16 |- | 75 || 4 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 37–22–16 |- | 76 || 5 || Detroit Red Wings || 9–5 || 38–22–16 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1970 Stanley Cup playoffs background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid; 1970 Stanley Cup playoffs y background:#fff; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid; Quarterfinals vs. (2) Boston Bruins – Rangers win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series |- | 1 || April 8 || New York Rangers || 2–8 || Boston Bruins || || Boston leads series 1–0 |- | 2 || April 9 || New York Rangers || 3–5 || Boston Bruins || || Boston leads series 2–0 |- | 3 || April 11 || Boston Bruins || 3–4 || New York Rangers || || Boston leads series 2–1 |- | 4 || April 12 || Boston Bruins || 2–4 || New York Rangers || || Series tied 2–2 |- | 5 || April 14 || New York Rangers || 2–3 || Boston Bruins || || Boston leads series 3–2 |- | 6 || April 16 || Boston Bruins || 4–1 || New York Rangers || || Boston wins series 4–2 |- |- | 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 Walt Tkaczuk 76 27 50 77 38 Jean Ratelle 75 32 42 74 28 Dave Balon 76 33 37 70 100 Bill Fairbairn 76 23 33 56 23 Vic Hadfield 71 20 34 54 69 Rod Gilbert 72 16 37 53 22 Bob Nevin 68 18 19 37 8 Brad Park 60 11 26 37 98 Arnie Brown 73 15 21 36 78 Rod Seiling 76 5 21 26 68 Ron Stewart 76 14 10 24 14 Donnie Marshall 57 9 15 24 6 Jim Neilson 62 3 20 23 75 Juha Widing‡ 44 7 7 14 10 Orland Kurtenbach 53 4 10 14 47 Real Lemieux† 55 4 6 10 51 Tim Horton† 15 1 5 6 16 Al Hamilton 59 0 5 5 54 Jack Egers 6 3 0 3 2 Don Luce 12 1 2 3 8 Larry Brown Larry Brown (ice hockey) 15 0 3 3 8 Ted Irvine† 17 0 3 3 10 Don Blackburn 3 0 0 0 0 Ab DeMarco Ab DeMarco Jr. 3 0 0 0 0 Mike Robitaille 4 0 0 0 8 Playoffs Player GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Rod Gilbert 6 4 5 9 0 Jack Egers 5 3 1 4 10 Arnie Brown 4 0 4 4 9 Jean Ratelle 6 1 3 4 0 Ted Irvine 6 1 2 3 8 Orland Kurtenbach 6 1 2 3 24 Brad Park 5 1 2 3 11 Walt Tkaczuk 6 2 1 3 17 Tim Horton 6 1 1 2 28 Bob Nevin 6 1 1 2 2 Dave Balon 6 1 1 2 32 Don Luce 5 0 1 1 4 Jim Neilson 6 0 1 1 8 Bill Fairbairn 6 0 1 1 10 Ab DeMarco Ab DeMarco Jr. 5 0 0 0 2 Don Blackburn 1 0 0 0 0 Al Hamilton 5 0 0 0 2 Donnie Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 Ron Stewart 6 0 0 0 2 Rod Seiling 2 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 Ed Giacomin 70 4148 35 21 14 163 2.36 6 Terry Sawchuk 8 412 3 1 2 20 2.91 1 Playoffs Player GP Games played TOI Time on ice W Win L Loss GA Goals against GAA Goals against average SO Shutouts Ed Giacomin 5 280 2 3 19 4.07 0 Terry Sawchuk 3 80 0 1 6 4.50 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 1969–70 New York Rangers http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481970.html Draft picks New York's picks at the 1969 NHL amateur draft in Montreal, Canada.1969 NHL Amateur Draft Hockey-Reference https://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_1969_amateur.html 2012-04-14NHL Draft History National Hockey League http://www.nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html 2017-06-15 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 8 Andre Dupont D Canada Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA) 1 12 Pierre Jarry LW Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA) 2 23 Bert Wilson LW Canada London Knights (OHA) 3 35 Kevin Morrison LW Canada Saint-Jérôme Alouettes (QMJHL) 4 47 Bruce Hellemond LW Canada Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL) 5 59 Gord Smith D Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL) See also 1969–70 NHL season References 1969-70 Category:1969–70 NHL season by team Category:1969 in sports in New York City Category:1970 in sports in New York City 1969-70 New York Rangers season 1969-70 New York Rangers season