1971-72 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 48-17-13 - 109 points
in the NHL's East Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Emile Francis (48-17-13)
1971-72 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 48-17-13 - 109 points
in the NHL's East Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Emile Francis (48-17-13)
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 48 wins and 17 losses and 13 ties for 109 points in the NHL's East Division.
The club netted 317 goals and allowed 192. Vic Hadfield scored 50 goals for the squad, while Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle tallied 30 or more as well. Jean Ratelle contributed 63 assists. Ed Giacomin and Gilles Villemure apiece earned 24 wins in front of the net for the team, and Gilles Villemure registered a 2.09 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Emile Francis coached the team. The 1971-72 New York Rangers lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle | C | 63 | 46 | 63 | 109 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 183 | 25.1 |
| Vic Hadfield | L | 78 | 50 | 56 | 106 | 142 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 242 | 20.7 |
| Rod Gilbert | R | 73 | 43 | 54 | 97 | 64 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 238 | 18.1 |
| Brad Park | D | 75 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 130 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 263 | 9.1 |
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 76 | 24 | 42 | 66 | 65 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 10.4 |
| Bill Fairbairn | R | 78 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 53 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 139 | 15.8 |
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 78 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 180 | 11.7 |
| Rod Seiling | D | 78 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 62 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 168 | 3.0 |
| Bruce MacGregor | R | 75 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 137 | 13.9 |
| Jim Neilson | D | 78 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 56 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 3.8 |
| Ted Irvine | L | 78 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 9.1 |
| Pete Stemkowski | C | 59 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 6.9 |
| Gene Carr | C | 60 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 10.8 |
| Dale Rolfe | D | 68 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 1.2 |
| Glen Sather | L | 76 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 77 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 9.6 |
| Ab DeMarco | D | 48 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 4.2 |
| Gary Doak | D | 50 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Dave Balon | L | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Pierre Jarry | L | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Phil Goyette | C | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jack Egers | R | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Ed Giacomin | G | 44 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilles Villemure | G | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Stewart | C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Norm Gratton | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jim Dorey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike McMahon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Lorentz | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tom Williams | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1453 | 317 | 531 | 848 | 1010 | 527 | 60 | 14 | 48 | 13 | 2811 | 11.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 44 | 2551 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 2.70 | |||
| Gilles Villemure | 37 | 2129 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 74 | 2.09 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 4680 | 48 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 189 | 2.42 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Ratelle | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Hadfield | L | 16 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rod Gilbert | R | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brad Park | D | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walt Tkaczuk | C | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Fairbairn | R | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Rousseau | R | 16 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rod Seiling | D | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce MacGregor | R | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Neilson | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Irvine | L | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Stemkowski | C | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gene Carr | C | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Rolfe | D | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glen Sather | L | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ab DeMarco | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Doak | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Goyette | C | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Giacomin | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Villemure | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Stewart | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dorey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Andrascik | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 279 | 52 | 87 | 139 | 275 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Giacomin | 10 | 600 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.70 | 303 | 276 | .911 |
| Gilles Villemure | 6 | 360 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.33 | 187 | 173 | .925 |
| Totals | 16 | 960 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.56 | 490 | 449 | .916 |
