1969–70 New York Rangers season explained

League:NHL
Season:1969–70
Year:1969
Team:New York Rangers
Divisionrank:4th
Record:38–22–16
Goalsfor:246
Goalsagainst:189
Coach:Emile Francis
Goalsleader:Dave Balon (33)
Assistsleader:Walt Tkaczuk (50)
Pointsleader:Walt Tkaczuk (77)
Pimleader:Dave Balon (100)
Winsleader:Ed Giacomin (35)
Gaaleader: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.[1]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 1 || 12 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 0–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 2 || 15 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–3 || 1–1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 3 || 18 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 7–3 || 1–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 4 || 19 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 1–0 || 2–2–0|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 5 || 22 || Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 2–2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 6 || 25 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 4–1 || 3–2–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 7 || 26 || Montreal Canadiens || 8–3 || 3–3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 8 || 29 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || 4–3–1|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 9 || 30 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 3–3 || 4–3–2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 10 || 1 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 5–3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 11 || 2 || St. Louis Blues || 6–4 || 6–3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 12 || 5 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 6–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 13 || 7 || @ Oakland Seals || 8–1 || 7–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 14 || 8 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 4–1 || 8–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 15 || 12 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–2 || 9–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 16 || 15 || @ Boston Bruins || 6–5 || 10–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 17 || 16 || St. Louis Blues || 4–2 || 11–4–2|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 18 || 19 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 1–1 || 11–4–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 19 || 22 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–0 || 12–4–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 20 || 23 || Oakland Seals || 5–2 || 13–4–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 21 || 26 || Boston Bruins || 3–0 || 14–4–3|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 22 || 29 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–2 || 14–4–4|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 23 || 30 || Minnesota North Stars || 2–2 || 14–4–5|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 24 || 3 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–3 || 14–4–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 25 || 7 || Montreal Canadiens || 6–3 || 15–4–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 26 || 10 || Boston Bruins || 5–2 || 16–4–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 27 || 11 || @ Boston Bruins || 2–1 || 16–5–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 28 || 13 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 5–2 || 17–5–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 29 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–1 || 17–6–6|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 30 || 17 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–2 || 17–6–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 31 || 20 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 18–6–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 32 || 21 || Oakland Seals || 3–1 || 19–6–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 33 || 26 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–2 || 19–7–7|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 34 || 28 || Los Angeles Kings || 3–3 || 19–7–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 35 || 31 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–1 || 20–7–8|-|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 36 || 3 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–3 || 20–7–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 37 || 4 || Oakland Seals || 5–2 || 21–7–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 38 || 7 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || 22–7–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 39 || 11 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 22–8–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 40 || 14 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 7–1 || 23–8–9|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 41 || 15 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 || 23–8–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 42 || 17 || @ Minnesota North Stars || 3–1 || 24–8–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 43 || 22 || @ St. Louis Blues || 4–3 || 24–9–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 44 || 24 || Boston Bruins || 8–1 || 25–9–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 45 || 25 || Los Angeles Kings || 3–2 || 26–9–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 46 || 28 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 5–4 || 26–10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 47 || 30 || @ Oakland Seals || 2–1 || 27–10–10|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 48 || 1 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–0 || 28–10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 49 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–1 || 29–10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 50 || 8 || Los Angeles Kings || 5–1 || 30–10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 51 || 11 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 6–2 || 31–10–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 52 || 13 || @ Oakland Seals || 4–2 || 31–11–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 53 || 15 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–0 || 32–11–10|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 54 || 18 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–3 || 32–11–11|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 55 || 19 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 32–11–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 56 || 21 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 4–2 || 32–12–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 57 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–3 || 33–12–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 58 || 25 || St. Louis Blues || 2–1 || 34–12–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 59 || 26 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–3 || 34–13–12|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 60 || 28 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 3–3 || 34–13–13|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 61 || 1 || Chicago Black Hawks || 3–1 || 34–14–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 62 || 4 || Detroit Red Wings || 2–0 || 34–15–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 63 || 6 || @ St. Louis Blues || 3–1 || 34–16–13|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 64 || 8 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 0–0 || 34–16–14|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 65 || 11 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–3 || 34–17–14|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 66 || 14 || @ Chicago Black Hawks || 7–4 || 34–18–14|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 67 || 15 || Minnesota North Stars || 4–2 || 34–19–14|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 68 || 18 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–0 || 35–19–14|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 69 || 19 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2–2 || 35–19–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 70 || 22 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 35–20–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 71 || 25 || Boston Bruins || 3–1 || 35–21–15|- align="center" bgcolor="white"| 72 || 28 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 1–1 || 35–21–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 73 || 29 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 36–21–16|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 74 || 1 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 2–1 || 37–21–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| 75 || 4 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 6–2 || 37–22–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"| 76 || 5 || Detroit Red Wings || 9–5 || 38–22–16|-

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

Player statistics

Skaters
Regular Season
Player
76 27 50 77 38
75 32 42 74 28
76 33 37 70 100
76 23 33 56 23
71 20 34 54 69
72 16 37 53 22
68 18 19 37 8
60 11 26 37 98
73 15 21 36 78
76 5 21 26 68
76 14 10 24 14
57 9 15 24 6
62 3 20 23 75
44 7 7 14 10
53 4 10 14 47
55 4 6 10 51
15 1 5 6 16
59 0 5 5 54
6 3 0 3 2
12 1 2 3 8
15 0 3 3 8
17 0 3 3 10
3 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 8
Playoffs
Player
6 4 5 9 0
5 3 1 4 10
4 0 4 4 9
6 1 3 4 0
6 1 2 3 8
6 1 2 3 24
5 1 2 3 11
6 2 1 3 17
6 1 1 2 28
6 1 1 2 2
6 1 1 2 32
5 0 1 1 4
6 0 1 1 8
6 0 1 1 10
5 0 0 0 2
1 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 2
1 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 0 2
2 0 0 0 0
Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player
70 4148 35 21 14 163 2.36 6
8 412 3 1 2 20 2.91 1
Playoffs
Player
5 280 2 3 19 4.07 0
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.

[2]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Canada.[3] [4]

RoundPlayerPositionNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
18Andre DupontDMontreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
112Pierre JarryLWOttawa 67's (OHA)
223Bert WilsonLWLondon Knights (OHA)
335Kevin MorrisonLWSaint-Jérôme Alouettes (QMJHL)
447Bruce HellemondLWMoose Jaw Canucks (SJHL)
559Gord SmithDCornwall Royals (QMJHL)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1969–70 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics. Hockey-Reference. 2010-12-11.
  2. Web site: hockeydb.com . 2010-08-08 . 1969–70 New York Rangers .
  3. Web site: 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. Hockey-Reference. 2012-04-14.
  4. Web site: NHL Draft History . National Hockey League . 2017-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010128131400/http://nhl.com/futures/drafthistory.html . 2001-01-28 .