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    Ehsan Danish

    1955–56 New York Rangers
    League3rd NHL
    1955–56 record32–28–10
    Home record20–7–8
    Road record12–21–2
    Goals for136
    Goals against143
    Team information
    General managerMuzz Patrick
    CoachPhil Watson
    CaptainHarry Howell
    ArenaMadison Square Garden
    Team leaders
    GoalsAndy Hebenton
    Dean Prentice (24)
    AssistsAndy Bathgate (47)
    PointsAndy Bathgate (66)
    Penalty minutesLou Fontinato (202)
    WinsGump Worsley (32)
    Goals against averageGump Worsley (2.84)

    The 1955–56 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 30th season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third overall in the league with a 32–28–10 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost to the Montreal Canadiens 4–1 in a best of seven games series.

    Regular season

    Final standings

    National Hockey League[1]
    GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
    1 Montreal Canadiens 70 45 15 10 222 131 +91 100
    2 Detroit Red Wings 70 30 24 16 183 148 +35 76
    3 New York Rangers 70 32 28 10 204 203 +1 74
    4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 24 33 13 153 181 −28 61
    5 Boston Bruins 70 23 34 13 147 185 −38 59
    6 Chicago Black Hawks 70 19 39 12 155 216 −61 50

    Record vs. opponents

    1955–56 NHL Records [2]
    Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
    Boston — 3–8–3 3–8–3 5–8–1 7–5–2 5–5–4
    Chicago 8–3–3 — 2–8–4 1–12–1 3–10–1 5–6–3
    Detroit 8–3–3 8–2–4 — 4–8–2 5–6–3 5–5–4
    Montreal 8–5–1 12–1–1 8–4–2 — 8–2–4 9–3–2
    New York 5–7–2 10–3–1 6–5–3 2–8–4 — 9–5
    Toronto 5–5–4 6–5–3 5–5–4 3–9–2 5–9 —


    Schedule and results

    1955–56 regular season[3]
    October: 5–4–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–3–0)
    Game October Opponent Score Record
    1 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 7–4 1–0–0
    2 9 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 2–0–0
    3 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 4–1 2–1–0
    4 16 @ Boston Bruins 4–1 2–2–0
    5 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–2 3–2–0
    6 22 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 3–3–0
    7 23 Chicago Black Hawks 5–4 4–3–0
    8 26 Detroit Red Wings 6–2 5–3–0
    9 29 Boston Bruins 1–0 5–4–0
    November: 6–2–5 (home: 3–0–4; road: 3–2–1)
    Game November Opponent Score Record
    10 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–1 5–4–1
    11 5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 6–4–1
    12 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 7–4–1
    13 9 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 7–4–2
    14 10 @ Boston Bruins 5–1 7–5–2
    15 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 8–5–2
    16 16 Detroit Red Wings 3–3 8–5–3
    17 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 6–1 8–6–3
    18 20 Montreal Canadiens 1–1 8–6–4
    19 23 Boston Bruins 4–0 9–6–4
    20 24 @ Boston Bruins 5–0 10–6–4
    21 27 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 10–6–5
    22 30 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 11–6–5
    December: 6–5–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 1–3–0)
    Game December Opponent Score Record
    23 2 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 12–6–5
    24 4 Detroit Red Wings 7–3 13–6–5
    25 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 14–6–5
    26 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1 14–7–5
    27 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 14–8–5
    28 14 Chicago Black Hawks 4–1 14–9–5
    29 15 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–0 14–10–5
    30 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 15–10–5
    31 21 Boston Bruins 3–3 15–10–6
    32 25 Montreal Canadiens 5–1 16–10–6
    33 29 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 16–11–6
    34 31 Boston Bruins 6–2 17–11–6
    January: 7–5–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 5–4–1)
    Game January Opponent Score Record
    35 1 @ Boston Bruins 4–2 18–11–6
    36 4 Detroit Red Wings 5–4 19–11–6
    37 8 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 19–12–6
    38 11 Montreal Canadiens 6–1 20–12–6
    39 12 @ Detroit Red Wings 6–0 20–13–6
    40 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 6–5 21–13–6
    41 15 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 22–13–6
    42 17 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–2 22–13–7
    43 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 3–1 22–14–7
    44 22 @ Boston Bruins 3–1 22–15–7
    45 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–2 22–16–7
    46 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 23–16–7
    47 29 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 24–16–7
    February: 5–8–2 (home: 5–2–2; road: 0–6–0)
    Game February Opponent Score Record
    48 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 25–16–7
    49 4 @ Boston Bruins 7–1 25–17–7
    50 5 Montreal Canadiens 3–3 25–17–8
    51 8 Boston Bruins 3–3 25–17–9
    52 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–0 25–18–9
    53 12 Detroit Red Wings 2–1 26–18–9
    54 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–3 26–19–9
    55 15 Chicago Black Hawks 6–1 27–19–9
    56 18 @ Montreal Canadiens 9–4 27–20–9
    57 19 Boston Bruins 3–0 27–21–9
    58 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 27–22–9
    59 23 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 27–23–9
    60 26 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 28–23–9
    61 28 @ Detroit Red Wings 4–1 28–24–9
    62 29 Boston Bruins 4–2 29–24–9
    March: 3–4–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–3–0)
    Game March Opponent Score Record
    63 3 @ Boston Bruins 5–2 29–25–9
    64 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–2 30–25–9
    65 8 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6–4 31–25–9
    66 10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 31–26–9
    67 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 32–26–9
    68 15 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 32–26–10
    69 17 @ Montreal Canadiens 7–2 32–27–10
    70 18 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 32–28–10

    Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

    Playoffs

    Main article: 1956 Stanley Cup playoffs
    1956 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
    Semifinals vs. (1) Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–1
    Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
    1 March 20 New York Rangers 1–7 Montreal Canadiens Montreal leads series 1–0
    2 March 22 New York Rangers 4–2 Montreal Canadiens Series tied 1–1
    3 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 New York Rangers Montreal leads series 2–1
    4 March 25 Montreal Canadiens 5–3 New York Rangers Montreal leads series 3–1
    5 March 27 New York Rangers 0–7 Montreal Canadiens Montreal wins series 4–1

    Legend:   Win   Loss

    Player statistics

    Skaters
    Goaltenders
    Regular Season
    Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
    Lorne Worsley 70 4200 32 28 10 199 2.84 2542 .922 4
    Playoffs
    Player GP TOI W L GA GAA SO
    Lorne Worsley 3 180 0 3 14 4.67 0
    Gordon Bell 2 120 1 1 9 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.

    [4]

    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

    Transactions

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "1955–1956 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
    2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
    3. ^ a b "1955-56 New York Rangers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
    4. ^ "1955–56 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_New_York_Rangers_season

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