1959–60 New York Rangers season

1959–60 New York Rangers
1959–60 New York Rangers
Division	6th NHL
1959–60 record	17–38–15
Goals for	187
Goals against	247
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Phil Watson ; Muzz Patrick ; Alf Pike
Captain	George Sullivan
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Dean Prentice (32)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (48)
Points	Andy Bathgate (74)
Penalty minutes	Lou Fontinato (137)
Wins	Gump Worsley (7)
Goals against average	Jack McCartan (1.75)
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 34th season. In the regular season, the Rangers had a 17–38–15 record, and finished with 49 points. Their last-place finish caused them to miss the NHL playoffs.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
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		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	70	40	18	12	255	178	+77	92
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	9	199	195	+4	79
3	Chicago Black Hawks	70	28	29	13	191	180	+11	69
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	15	186	197	−11	67
5	Boston Bruins	70	28	34	8	220	241	−21	64
6	New York Rangers	70	17	38	15	187	247	−60	49

Record vs. opponents

1959–60 NHL Records ^[3]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	5–6–3	5–8–1	4–8	8–4–2	6–6–2
Chicago	6–5–3	—	4–8–2	3–7–4	11–1–2	4–8–2
Detroit	8–5–1	8–4–2	—	2–7–5	4–6–4	4–9–1
Montreal	8–4	7–3–4	7–2–5	—	6–6–2	10–3–1
New York	4–8–2	1–11–2	6–4–4	6–6–2	—	2–9–3
Toronto	6–6–2	8–4–2	9–4–1	3–10–1	9–2–3	—

Schedule and results

1959–60 Game Log

October: 2–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 1–3–1)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Record
1	7	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	0–1–0
2	10	@ Boston Bruins	6–4	0–2–0
3	11	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2	0–3–0
4	14	Boston Bruins	4–3	0–4–0
5	17	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–2	1–4–0
6	18	Montreal Canadiens	6–5	1–5–0
7	21	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	1–6–0
8	24	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1	1–6–1
9	25	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	2–6–1
10	28	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	2–6–2

November: 1–8–4 (Home: 1–3–3; Road: 0–5–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
11	1	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	2–7–2
12	4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	2–8–2
13	5	@ Montreal Canadiens	8–2	2–9–2
14	8	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–3	2–9–3
15	11	Boston Bruins	6–3	3–9–3
16	14	Detroit Red Wings	4–0	3–10–3
17	15	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	3–10–4
18	18	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	3–11–4
19	22	Detroit Red Wings	5–3	3–12–4
20	25	Boston Bruins	3–3	3–12–5
21	26	@ Boston Bruins	4–3	3–13–5
22	28	@ Chicago Black Hawks	6–2	3–14–5
23	29	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	3–14–6

December: 6–6–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 3–3–0)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
24	3	@ Montreal Canadiens	7–4	4–14–6
25	5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	6–3	4–15–6
26	6	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–0	5–15–6
27	12	@ Boston Bruins	4–3	6–15–6
28	13	Boston Bruins	4–3	7–15–6
29	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–3	7–16–6
30	20	Montreal Canadiens	6–5	8–16–6
31	23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–0	8–17–6
32	25	@ Detroit Red Wings	5–2	9–17–6
33	26	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–0	9–18–6
34	27	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–3	9–19–6
35	29	Boston Bruins	4–3	9–20–6

January: 2–8–4 (Home: 1–1–3; Road: 1–7–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
36	1	@ Boston Bruins	7–3	9–21–6
37	3	Montreal Canadiens	8–3	10–21–6
38	6	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	10–22–6
39	9	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	10–22–7
40	10	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–3	11–22–7
41	14	@ Boston Bruins	6–0	11–23–7
42	16	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	11–24–7
43	17	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	11–25–7
44	21	@ Montreal Canadiens	11–2	11–26–7
45	23	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	11–27–7
46	24	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–2	11–27–8
47	27	Montreal Canadiens	2–2	11–27–9
48	30	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	11–28–9
49	31	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	11–28–10

February: 3–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 1–3–1)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
50	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	11–29–10
51	4	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–1	12–29–10
52	6	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	12–30–10
53	7	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	13–30–10
54	10	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	13–31–10
55	14	@ Boston Bruins	3–0	13–32–10
56	17	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	13–33–10
57	20	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–3	13–33–11
58	21	Boston Bruins	7–2	14–33–11
59	24	Detroit Red Wings	2–2	14–33–12
60	27	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–2	14–34–12
61	28	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	14–35–12

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

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
62	5	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–0	14–36–12
63	6	Detroit Red Wings	3–1	15–36–12
64	9	Chicago Black Hawks	1–1	15–36–13
65	10	@ Boston Bruins	3–3	15–36–14
66	12	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	16–36–14
67	13	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	16–36–15
68	16	Boston Bruins	3–2	16–37–15
69	19	@ Detroit Red Wings	6–3	16–38–15
70	20	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	17–38–15

Playoffs

The Rangers finished in last place in the NHL and failed to qualify for the 1960 Stanley Cup playoffs.^[1]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Andy Bathgate	70	26	48	74	28
Dean Prentice	70	32	34	66	43
Andy Hebenton	70	19	27	46	4
George Sullivan	70	12	25	37	81
Larry Popein	66	14	22	36	16
Bill Gadsby	65	9	22	31	60
Ken Schinkel	69	13	16	29	27
Brian Cullen	64	8	21	29	6
Camille Henry	49	12	15	27	6
Eddie Shack	62	8	10	18	110
Robert Kabel	44	5	11	16	32
Harry Howell	67	7	6	13	58
Lou Fontinato	64	2	11	13	137
Jim Bartlett	44	8	4	12	48
John Hanna	61	4	8	12	87
Art Stratton	18	2	5	7	2
Jack Bownass	37	2	5	7	34
Mel Pearson	23	1	5	6	13
Earl Ingarfield	20	1	2	3	2
Irv Spencer	32	1	2	3	20
Bill Sweeney	4	1	0	1	0
Ian Cushenan	17	0	1	1	22
Dave Balon	3	0	0	0	0
Parker MacDonald	3	0	0	0	0
Noel Price	6	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lorne Worsley	39	2301	7	23	8	135	3.52	1260	.893	0
Marcel Paille	17	1020	6	9	2	67	3.94	515	.870	1
Al Rollins	10	600	3	4	3	31	3.10	386	.920	0
Jack McCartan	4	240	1	1	2	7	1.75	128	.945	0
Joe Schaefer	1	39	0	1	0	5	7.69	22	.773	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;