1955–56 New York Rangers season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1955–56
Year:	1955
Team:	New York Rangers
Record:	17–17–10
Goalsfor:	136
Goalsagainst:	143
Goalsleader:	Andy Hebenton Dean Prentice (24)
Assistsleader:	Andy Bathgate (47)
Pointsleader:	Andy Bathgate (66)
Pimleader:	Lou Fontinato (202)
Winsleader:	Gump Worsley (32)
Gaaleader:	Gump 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

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 1 || 7 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7–4 || 1–0–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 || 9 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 2–0–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 || 15 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 2–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 4 || 16 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–1 || 2–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 5 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–2 || 3–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 6 || 22 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 3–3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 7 || 23 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–4 || 4–3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 8 || 26 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 5–3–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 9 || 29 || Boston Bruins || 1–0 || 5–4–0|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 10 || 3 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 1–1 || 5–4–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 11 || 5 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–0 || 6–4–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 12 || 6 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 7–4–1|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 13 || 9 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 7–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 14 || 10 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–1 || 7–5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 15 || 13 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 8–5–2|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 16 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 8–5–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 17 || 19 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 6–1 || 8–6–3|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 18 || 20 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 8–6–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 19 || 23 || Boston Bruins || 4–0 || 9–6–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 20 || 24 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–0 || 10–6–4|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 21 || 27 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 || 10–6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 22 || 30 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 11–6–5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 23 || 2 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 12–6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 24 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 7–3 || 13–6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 25 || 7 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 14–6–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 26 || 10 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–1 || 14–7–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 27 || 11 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 2–0 || 14–8–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 28 || 14 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–1 || 14–9–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 29 || 15 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 2–0 || 14–10–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 30 || 18 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–1 || 15–10–5|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 31 || 21 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 15–10–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 32 || 25 || Montreal Canadiens || 5–1 || 16–10–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 33 || 29 || Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 16–11–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 34 || 31 || Boston Bruins || 6–2 || 17–11–6|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 35 || 1 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 18–11–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 36 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–4 || 19–11–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 37 || 8 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–3 || 19–12–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 38 || 11 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–1 || 20–12–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 39 || 12 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–0 || 20–13–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 40 || 14 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 6–5 || 21–13–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 41 || 15 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–0 || 22–13–6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 42 || 17 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 2–2 || 22–13–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 43 || 21 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 22–14–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 44 || 22 || @ Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 22–15–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 45 || 26 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 22–16–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 46 || 28 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 23–16–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 47 || 29 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–2 || 24–16–7|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 48 || 1 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 25–16–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 49 || 4 || @ Boston Bruins || 7–1 || 25–17–7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 50 || 5 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 || 25–17–8|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 51 || 8 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || 25–17–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 52 || 11 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–0 || 25–18–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 53 || 12 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–1 || 26–18–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 54 || 14 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || 26–19–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 55 || 15 || Chicago Black Hawks || 6–1 || 27–19–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 56 || 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 9–4 || 27–20–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 57 || 19 || Boston Bruins || 3–0 || 27–21–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 58 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 27–22–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 59 || 23 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–2 || 27–23–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 60 || 26 || Detroit Red Wings || 3–2 || 28–23–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 61 || 28 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 28–24–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 62 || 29 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 29–24–9|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 63 || 3 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 29–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 64 || 4 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–2 || 30–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 65 || 8 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 6–4 || 31–25–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 66 || 10 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 31–26–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 67 || 11 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–2 || 32–26–9|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 68 || 15 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–2 || 32–26–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 69 || 17 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–2 || 32–27–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 70 || 18 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–1 || 32–28–10|-

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player
	70	19	47	66	59
	70	20	31	51	43
	70	9	42	51	84
	70	18	27	45	26
	66	16	28	44	71
	70	24	18	42	44
	70	22	18	40	26
	64	14	25	39	37
	70	24	14	38	8
	66	12	17	29	40
	41	11	11	22	10
	70	3	15	18	77
	70	3	15	18	202
	29	1	12	13	4
	63	5	7	12	38
	70	2	9	11	104
	14	1	0	1	8
	12	0	1	1	8
	34	0	1	1	20
	1	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player
	5	1	3	4	4
	5	2	1	3	2
	5	1	2	3	4
	5	0	3	3	0
	5	1	2	3	2
	5	1	0	1	18
	5	0	1	1	4
	5	1	0	1	2
	5	0	1	1	2
	5	1	0	1	0
	5	1	0	1	2
	5	0	1	1	2
	5	0	0	0	8
	4	0	0	0	6
	5	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	4

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player
	3	180	0	3	14	4.67	0
	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.

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See also

• 1955–56 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1955–56 New York Rangers Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-08 . 1955–56 New York Rangers . https://web.archive.org/web/20100729143936/http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481956.html. 29 July 2010 . live.