1944–45 New York Rangers season

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1944–45 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1944–45 record	11–29–10
Goals for	154
Goals against	247
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Frank Boucher
Captain	Ott Heller
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Ab DeMarco (24)
Assists	Ab DeMarco (30)
Points	Ab DeMarco (54)
Penalties in minutes	Bob Dill (69)
Wins	Ken McAuley (11)
Goals against average	Ken McAuley (4.93)

<1943–44	1945–46>

The 1944–45 New York Rangers season was the 19th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers posted an 11–29–10 record and finished with 32 points. The Rangers' last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Schedule and Results
3 Playoffs
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Skaters
- 4.2 Goaltenders
5 Awards and records
6 Transactions
7 Roster
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	50	38	8	4	80	228	121	376
Detroit Red Wings	50	31	14	5	67	218	161	260
Toronto Maple Leafs	50	24	22	4	52	183	161	317
Boston Bruins	50	16	30	4	36	179	219	275
Chicago Black Hawks	50	13	30	7	33	141	194	245
New York Rangers	50	11	29	10	32	154	247	305

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Schedule and Results

1944-45 Game Log

October: 0-1-0 (Home: 0-0-0; Road: 0-1-0)

November: 2-5-3 (Home: 1-2-2; Road: 1-3-1)

December: 2-7-2 (Home: 1-3-2; Road: 1-4-0)

January: 3-6-2 (Home: 1-2-2; Road: 2-4-0)

February: 3-4-3 (Home: 3-1-1; Road: 0-3-2)

March: 1-6-0 (Home: 1-3-0; Road: 0-3-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers finished the season in last place in the NHL for the third consecutive season and missed the 1945 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]^[3]

Player stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	50	24	30	54	10
Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick	42	20	22	42	25
Goldup, HankHank Goldup	48	17	25	42	25
Thurier, FredFred Thurier	50	16	19	35	14
Hunt, FredFred Hunt	44	13	9	22	6
Shack, JoeJoe Shack	50	4	18	22	14
Atanas, WaltWalt Atanas	49	13	8	21	40
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	45	11	8	19	24
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	45	7	12	19	26
Macdonald, JamesJames Macdonald	36	9	6	15	12
Dill, BobBob Dill	48	9	5	14	69
McDonald, WilfredWilfred McDonald	40	2	9	11	0
Mann, JackJack Mann	6	3	4	7	0
Moe, BillBill Moe	35	2	4	6	14
Scherza, ChuckChuck Scherza	22	2	3	5	18
Labrie, GuyGuy Labrie	27	2	2	4	14
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	4	0	1	1	2
Wharton, LenLen Wharton	1	0	0	0	0
Ritson, AlexAlex Ritson	1	0	0	0	0
Drummond, JimJim Drummond	2	0	0	0	0
Cooper, HalHal Cooper	8	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
McAuley, KenKen McAuley	46	2760	11	25	10	227	4.93	1
Stevenson, DougDoug Stevenson^†	4	240	0	4	0	20	5.00	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.

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Roster

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References

^ ^a ^b "1944–45 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1945.html. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "Rangers, Tired of Cellar, Hope This Is Their Season". The Windsor Daily Star. 1945-10-22. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XBM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=JU8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5198,1787102. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
^ "1944-45 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481945.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19.

External links

"1944–45 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1945_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

New York Rangers

The franchise

Franchise • History • Seasons • Records • General managers • Head coaches • Players • Award winners • Draft picks • Broadcasters

Arenas

Madison Square Garden III • Madison Square Garden IV

Culture and lore

Original Six • Curse of 1940 • "It's a power play goal!" • GAG line • Messier's Guarantee • George Kalinsky • Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award • 2011 NHL Premiere • 2012 NHL Winter Classic

Rivalries

Philadelphia Flyers • New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders

Key personnel

Owner: Madison Square Garden, Inc. • Managing Partner: James Dolan • President and General Manager: Glen Sather • Head Coach: John Tortorella • Team Captain: Ryan Callahan

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen • Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert • Dave Maloney

Minor league affiliates

Connecticut Whale (AHL) • Greenville Road Warriors (ECHL)

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Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

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Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto

See also	1945 Stanley Cup Finals

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