1937–38 New York Rangers season

1937–38 New York Rangers
Division	2nd American
1937–38 record	27–15–6
Goals for	149
Goals against	96
Team information
General Manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Art Coulter
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cecil Dillon (21)
Assists	Phil Watson (25)
Points	Cecil Dillon (39)
Penalties in minutes	Art Coulter (90)
Wins	Dave Kerr (27)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (1.95)

<1936–37	1938–39>

The 1937–38 New York Rangers season was the twelfth season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). New York finished second in the American Division in regular season with a record of 27–15–6, and qualified for the playoffs. In the league semi-finals, the Rangers lost to the New York Americans 2–1 in a best of three games series.

Offseason

The team played an exhibition game against the New York Americans in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 30 October to open the new Saskatoon Arena.^[1]

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Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	30	11	7	142	89	67
New York Rangers	48	27	15	6	149	96	60
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	25	9	97	139	37
Detroit Red Wings	48	12	25	11	99	133	35

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and Results

1937-38 Game Log

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

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

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

February: 8-3-0 (Home: 4-2-0; Road: 4-1-0)

March: 3-3-1 (Home: 3-1-0; Road: 0-2-1)

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Playoffs

Main article: 1938 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1938 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. New York Americans - New York Americans win series 2-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 22	New York Americans	2 - 1	New York Rangers	OT	New York Americans lead series 1-0
2	March 24	New York Rangers	4 - 3	New York Americans		Series tied 1-1
3	March 27	New York Americans	3 - 2	New York Rangers	OT	New York Americans win series 2-1

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Player stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	48	21	18	39	6
Smith, ClintClint Smith	48	14	23	37	0
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	45	17	19	36	11
Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky	48	17	18	35	26
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	48	15	19	34	24
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	48	7	25	32	52
Colville, MacMac Colville	48	14	14	28	18
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	48	17	4	21	6
Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt	47	5	14	19	56
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	39	8	9	17	12
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	48	2	14	16	68
Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter	43	5	10	15	90
Kirk, BobbyBobby Kirk	39	4	8	12	14
Cooper, JoeJoe Cooper	46	3	2	5	56
Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick	1	0	2	2	0
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	9	0	1	1	2
Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller	9	0	1	1	2
Molyneaux, LarryLarry Molyneaux	2	0	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	3	2	0	2	0
Colville, MacMac Colville	3	0	2	2	0
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	3	0	2	2	0
Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky	3	2	0	2	2
Smith, ClintClint Smith	3	2	0	2	0
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	3	0	1	1	2
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	3	0	1	1	2
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	3	0	1	1	2
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	3	0	1	1	0
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	3	1	0	1	0
Molyneaux, LarryLarry Molyneaux	3	0	0	0	8
Hiller, WilbertWilbert Hiller	1	0	0	0	0
Patrick, MurrayMurray Patrick	3	0	0	0	2
Cooper, JoeJoe Cooper	3	0	0	0	4
Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	48	2960	27	15	6	96	1.95	8

Playoffs

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	3	262	1	2	8	1.83	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;

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Transactions

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References

^ O'Brien, Jeff, City Archivist. Saskatoon Chronology: 1882-2005, p.3.
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al, ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "1937-38 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23. Text " hockeydb.com" ignored (help)

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External links

"1937–38 New York Rangers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

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1937–38 New York Rangers season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and Results

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

References

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