1928–29 New York Rangers season

1928–29 New York Rangers
1928–29 New York Rangers
Division	2nd American
1928–29 record	21–13–10
Home record	12–6–4
Road record	9–7–6
Goals for	72
Goals against	65
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (15)
Assists	Frank Boucher (16)
Points	Frank Boucher (26)
Penalty minutes	Bun Cook (70)
Wins	John Ross Roach (21)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (1.41)

The 1928–29 New York Rangers season was the franchise's third season.^[1] During the regular season, the Rangers finished in second place in the American Division with a 21–13–10 record and qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. In the postseason, the Rangers won series against the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins 2–0.^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	472	57
	44	21	13	10	72	65	384	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	381	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	324	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	363	22

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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.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

1928–29 NHL records^[4]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
Boston	—	4–1–1	4–1–1	5–1	5–1	18–4–2
Chicago	1–4–1	—	1–4–1	0–4–2	2–3–1	4–15–5
Detroit	1–4–1	4–1–1	—	1–4–1	5–1	11–10–3
	1–5	4–0–2	4–1–1	—	4–0–2	13–6–5
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–2–1	1–5	0–4–2	—	5–16–3

Vs. Canadian Division

1928–29 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	1–2–1	3–1	0–3–1	2–1–1	2–2	8–9–3
Chicago	0–4	1–2–1	1–3	1–2–1	0–3–1	3–14–3
Detroit	1–1–2	2–1–1	2–1–1	1–1–2	2–2	8–6–6
	1–1–2	0–3–1	1–1–2	3–1	3–1	8–7–5
Pittsburgh	0–2–2	1–2–1	2–2	0–3–1	1–2–1	4–11–5

Schedule and results

1928–29 regular season^[5]

November: 4–1–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–0–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
1	15	@ Detroit Cougars	2–0	1–0–0
2	18	@ New York Americans	1 – 1 OT	1–0–1
3	20	Montreal Maroons	1–0	1–1–1
4	22	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	2–1–1
5	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	2–0	3–1–1
6	29	Chicago Black Hawks	2 – 1 OT	4–1–1

December: 5–3–2 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–2–2)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
7	1	@ Montreal Maroons	3–0	4–2–1
8	4	@ Boston Bruins	2–0	4–3–1
9	6	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	0 – 0 OT	4–3–2
10	9	@ Detroit Cougars	2 – 2 OT	4–3–3
11	11	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	5–3–3
12	13	@ Montreal Canadiens	3 – 2 OT	6–3–3
13	16	Detroit Cougars	3–0	7–3–3
14	20	Ottawa Senators	1–0	8–3–3
15	25	New York Americans	1–0	8–4–3
16	30	Boston Bruins	2–0	9–4–3

January: 7–3–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–1–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
17	1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	10–4–3
18	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	2 – 2 OT	10–4–4
19	6	@ New York Americans	0 – 0 OT	10–4–5
20	10	@ Ottawa Senators	9–3	11–4–5
21	13	Detroit Cougars	1–0	12–4–5
22	15	@ Boston Bruins	4–1	12–5–5
23	17	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	13–5–5
24	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	0 – 0 OT	13–5–6
25	20	Montreal Canadiens	1–0	13–6–6
26	22	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0	14–6–6
27	24	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	3–1	15–6–6
28	27	Boston Bruins	2–1	15–7–6
29	31	New York Americans	2–1	16–7–6

February: 3–4–3 (home: 2–1–2; road: 1–3–1)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
30	3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–2	17–7–6
31	5	Montreal Maroons	1 – 1 OT	17–7–7
32	7	@ Ottawa Senators	2–1	17–8–7
33	10	Montreal Canadiens	3 – 3 OT	17–8–8
34	14	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	17–9–8
35	17	Pittsburgh Pirates	2–1	18–9–8
36	21	Detroit Cougars	1–0	18–10–8
37	23	@ Montreal Maroons	9–1	18–11–8
38	26	Ottawa Senators	2–0	19–11–8
39	28	@ Chicago Black Hawks	0 – 0 OT	19–11–9

March: 2–2–1 (home: 0–1–1; road: 2–1–0)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
40	3	@ Detroit Cougars	3–2	20–11–9
41	5	@ Boston Bruins	2–1	20–12–9
42	10	Boston Bruins	3–2	20–13–9
43	14	Chicago Black Hawks	1 – 1 OT	20–13–10
44	17	@ Pittsburgh Pirates	4–3	21–13–10

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

Playoffs

The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division, rather than a division champion from each division.^[6]

1929 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]

Quarterfinals vs. (C2) New York Americans – Rangers win 1 goal to 0 goals

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 19	New York Rangers	0–0	New York Americans	OT	Series tied 0 goals to 0 goals
2	March 21	New York Americans	0–1	New York Rangers	2OT	New York Rangers win series 1 goal to 0 goals

Semifinals vs. (C3) Toronto Maple Leafs – Rangers win 2–0

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 24	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	March 26	New York Rangers	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs	OT	New York Rangers win series 2–0

Stanley Cup Finals vs. (A1) Boston Bruins – Bruins win 2–0

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 28	New York Rangers	0–2	Boston Bruins		Boston leads series 1–0
2	March 29	Boston Bruins	2–1	New York Rangers		Boston wins series 2–0

Legend: Win Loss Tie

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Frank Boucher	44	10	16	26	8
Bill Cook	43	15	8	23	41
Frederick Cook	43	13	5	18	70
Paul Thompson	44	10	7	17	38
Murray Murdoch	44	8	6	14	18
Melville Keeling	43	6	3	9	35
Leo Bourgeault	44	2	3	5	59
Clarence Abel	33	3	1	4	41
Melville Vail	18	3	0	3	16
Russell Oatman^†	27	1	1	2	10
Myles Lane^‡	24	1	0	1	22
Ivan Johnson	9	0	0	0	14
Gerald Carson^†	10	0	0	0	5
Billy Boyd	11	0	0	0	5

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Melville Keeling	6	3	0	3	2
Paul Thompson	6	0	2	2	6
Frederick Cook	6	1	0	1	12
Frank Boucher	6	1	0	1	0
Billy Boyd	1	0	0	0	0
Gerald Carson	4	0	0	0	0
Ivan Johnson	6	0	0	0	26
Leroy Goldsworthy	1	0	0	0	0
Ralph Taylor	1	0	0	0	0
Russell Oatman	4	0	0	0	0
Melville Vail	6	0	0	0	2
Clarence Abel	6	0	0	0	8
Leo Bourgeault	6	0	0	0	0
Murray Murdoch	6	0	0	0	2
Bill Cook	6	0	0	0	6

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	44	2760	21	13	10	65	1.41	13

Goaltenders

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	6	392	3	2	1	5	0.77	3

^†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;

References

^ "New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "1928–29 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "1928-29 New York Rangers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
^ "Playoff Formats". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
^ "1928–29 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

[1] "New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[2] "1928–29 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved July 17, 2010.

[3] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[4] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-5] "1928-29 New York Rangers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.

[6] "Playoff Formats". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2017.

[7] "1928–29 New York Rangers | hockeydb.com". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2010.

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New York Rangers seasons
1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1928–29 NHL season
Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto
American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh
See also	Transactions The S Line Stanley Cup Finals