1932–33 New York Rangers season

1932–33 New York Rangers
1932–33 New York Rangers
Stanley Cup champions
Division	3rd American
1932–33 record	23–17–8
Goals for	135
Goals against	107
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Bill Cook (28)
Assists	Frank Boucher (28)
Points	Bill Cook (50)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (127)
Wins	Andy Aitkenhead (23)
Goals against average	Andy Aitkenhead (2.48)
	← 1931–32 1933–34 →

The 1932–33 New York Rangers season was the franchise's seventh season. In the regular season, the Rangers finished third in the American Division with a 23–17–8 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8–5 in the quarter-finals and the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 in the semi-finals to reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the fourth time in franchise history. In the Cup Finals, New York defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to one to win the second Stanley Cup in New York Rangers history.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	25	15	8	124	88	58
Detroit Red Wings	48	25	15	8	111	93	58
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	135	107	54
Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	20	12	88	101	44

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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

1932–33 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
Boston	—	3–2–1	2–3–1	3–3	8–8–2
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–5	2–2–2	5–10–3
Detroit	3–2–1	5–1	—	4–2	12–5–1
N.Y. Rangers	3–3	2–2–2	2–4	—	7–9–2

Vs. Canadian Division

1932–33 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	4–1–1	4–2	2–2–2	3–1–2	4–1–1	17–7–6
Chicago	3–3	2–2–2	2–2–2	2–1–3	2–2–2	11–10–9
Detroit	3–2–1	1–4–1	3–0–3	4–1–1	2–3–1	13–10–7
N.Y. Rangers	4–1–1	2–3–1	3–2–1	3–0–3	2–4	14–10–6

Schedule and results

1932–33 Game Log

November: 3–1–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 2–1–0)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
1	10	@ Montreal Maroons	4–2	1–0–0
2	12	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	1–1–0
3	20	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–0	2–1–0
4	24	Chicago Black Hawks	1 – 1 OT	2–1–1
5	29	@ Boston Bruins	6–4	3–1–1

December: 7–3–2 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–2–2)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
6	1	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2	4–1–1
7	4	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	4–2–1
8	6	Montreal Canadiens	5–3	5–2–1
9	8	New York Americans	3–1	6–2–1
10	11	Boston Bruins	3 – 1 OT	7–2–1
11	13	@ Montreal Canadiens	1 – 1 OT	7–2–2
12	15	@ New York Americans	3–2	8–2–2
13	17	@ Ottawa Senators	2 – 2 OT	8–2–3
14	20	Detroit Red Wings	4–1	8–3–3
15	25	Montreal Maroons	2–0	9–3–3
16	29	Ottawa Senators	4–2	10–3–3
17	31	@ Montreal Maroons	4–2	10–4–3

January: 6–5–1 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–2–0)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
18	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	11–4–3
19	8	New York Americans	2 – 2 OT	11–4–4
20	10	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	11–5–4
21	12	Boston Bruins	3–1	12–5–4
22	15	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–0	13–5–4
23	17	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–0	13–6–4
24	19	Montreal Canadiens	2–1	14–6–4
25	22	Montreal Maroons	5–0	14–7–4
26	24	@ New York Americans	3–2	15–7–4
27	26	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	15–8–4
28	28	@ Ottawa Senators	9–2	16–8–4
29	31	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	16–9–4

February: 4–4–3 (Home: 1–1–2; Road: 3–3–1)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
30	2	@ Montreal Maroons	2 – 2 OT	16–9–5
31	5	New York Americans	4–1	17–9–5
32	7	@ Boston Bruins	2–1	17–10–5
33	9	Ottawa Senators	3 – 3 OT	17–10–6
34	11	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	17–11–6
35	14	@ Ottawa Senators	3–1	18–11–6
36	16	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–2	18–12–6
37	18	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–1	19–12–6
38	21	Chicago Black Hawks	2 – 2 OT	19–12–7
39	23	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–0	19–13–7
40	26	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–1	20–13–7

March: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–2–0)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
41	5	Boston Bruins	2–1	20–14–7
42	9	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	21–14–7
43	12	@ New York Americans	8–2	22–14–7
44	14	Ottawa Senators	3 – 3 OT	22–14–8
45	16	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–1	22–15–8
46	19	Montreal Maroons	6–3	22–16–8
47	21	@ Boston Bruins	3–2	22–17–8
48	23	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	23–17–8

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

The Rangers, led by brothers Bill and Bun Cook on the right and left wings, respectively, and Frank Boucher at center, would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1932–33 best-of-five finals, three games to one, to win their second Stanley Cup, exacting revenge on the Leafs' "Kid line" of Busher Jackson, Joe Primeau, and Charlie Conacher.

After game one, the Rangers would vacate Madison Square Garden for the circus. Bill Cook would become the first player to score a Cup-winning goal in overtime. Rookie goalie Andy Aitkenhead would post the fourth shutout by a rookie in the finals.

Key: Win Loss

1933 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Montreal Canadiens – New York Rangers win series 8 goals to 5 goals
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 26	Montreal Canadiens	2–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 5 goals to 2 goals
2	March 28	New York Rangers	3–3	Montreal Canadiens	OT	New York Rangers win series 8 goals to 5 goals

Semi-finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 3 goals
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 30	Detroit Red Wings	0–2	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2 goals to 0 goals
2	April 1	New York Rangers	4–3	Detroit Red Wings		New York Rangers win series 6 goals to 3 goals

Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 3–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 4	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 8	New York Rangers	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs		New York Rangers lead series 2–0
3	April 11	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	April 13	New York Rangers	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs	OT	New York Rangers win series 3–1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Cook	48	28	22	50	51
Frederick Cook	48	22	15	37	35
Frank Boucher	46	7	28	35	4
Cecil Dillon	48	21	10	31	12
Art Somers	48	7	15	22	28
Albert Siebert	42	9	10	19	38
Ivan Johnson	48	8	9	17	127
Murray Murdoch	48	5	11	16	23
Oscar Asmundson	48	5	10	15	20
Melville Keeling	47	8	6	14	22
Ehrhardt Heller	40	5	7	12	31
Doug Brennan	48	5	4	9	94
Earl Seibert	45	2	3	5	92
Carl Voss^‡	10	2	1	3	4
Gordon Pettinger	35	1	2	3	18

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cecil Dillon	8	8	2	10	6
Murray Murdoch	8	3	4	7	2
Art Somers	8	1	4	5	8
Bill Cook	8	3	2	5	4
Frank Boucher	8	2	2	4	6
Ehrhardt Heller	8	3	0	3	10
Melville Keeling	8	0	2	2	8
Oscar Asmundson	8	0	2	2	4
Frederick Cook	8	2	0	2	4
Earl Seibert	8	1	0	1	14
Ivan Johnson	8	1	0	1	14
Albert Siebert	8	1	0	1	12
Gordon Pettinger	8	0	0	0	0
Doug Brennan	8	0	0	0	11

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Andy Aitkenhead	48	2970	23	17	8	107	2.16	3

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Andy Aitkenhead	8	488	6	1	1	13	1.60	2

^†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;

Awards and records

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: || Frank Boucher
Ching Johnson, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
Frank Boucher, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
Bill Cook, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Lester Patrick, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star

Transactions

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1932–33 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2010.