1995–96 New York Rangers season
1995–96 New York Rangers | |
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Division | 2nd Atlantic |
Conference | 3rd Eastern |
1995–96 record | 41–27–14 |
Home record | 22–10–9 |
Road record | 19–17–5 |
Goals for | 272 |
Goals against | 237 |
Team information | |
General manager | Neil Smith |
Coach | Colin Campbell |
Captain | Mark Messier |
Alternate captains | Adam Graves Brian Leetch |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Average attendance | 18,200 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Binghamton Rangers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mark Messier (47) |
Assists | Brian Leetch (70) |
Points | Mark Messier (99) |
Penalty minutes | Jeff Beukeboom (220) |
Plus/minus | Mark Messier (+29) Pat Verbeek (+29) |
Wins | Mike Richter (24) |
Goals against average | Mike Richter (2.68) |
The 1995–96 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 70th season.[1] During the regular season, the Rangers posted a 41–27–14 record, which placed them second in the Atlantic Division and gave them a berth in the 1996 Stanley Cup playoffs.[2] In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens in six games to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where the team lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.[2]
Regular season
The Rangers were shorthanded a league-high 495 times during the regular season, and tied the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning for fewest short-handed goals scored (6).[2]
Final standings
No. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | New York Rangers | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
3 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
4 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
7 | New York Islanders | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
3 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
5 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
6 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
7 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
9 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
11 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 73 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
13 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 7–3–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 4–1–1)
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November: 7–5–2 (home: 5–0–1; road: 2–5–1)
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December: 11–3–3 (home: 7–0–2; road: 4–3–1)
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January: 5–0–4 (home: 3–0–2; road: 2–0–2)
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February: 5–6–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–3–0)
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March: 4–4–3 (home: 1–2–3; road: 3–2–0)
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April: 2–6–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 0–3–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens – Rangers win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–1
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
11 | Mark Messier | C | 74 | 47 | 52 | 99 | 29 | 122 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −10 | 16 |
2 | Brian Leetch | D | 82 | 15 | 70 | 85 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −11 | 4 |
16 | Pat Verbeek | RW | 69 | 41 | 41 | 82 | 29 | 129 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −8 | 12 |
20 | Luc Robitaille | LW | 77 | 23 | 46 | 69 | 13 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
27 | Alexei Kovalev | RW | 81 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 5 | 98 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
9 | Adam Graves | LW | 82 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 18 | 100 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | −9 | 4 |
21 | Ray Ferraro‡ | C | 65 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 13 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Bruce Driver | D | 66 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Sergei Nemchinov | C | 78 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
24 | Niklas Sundstrom | C | 82 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Ulf Samuelsson | D | 74 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 122 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 16 |
25 | Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 40 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
6 | Doug Lidster | D | 59 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
23 | Jeff Beukeboom | D | 82 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 220 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
15 | Darren Langdon | LW | 64 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 175 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Wayne Presley‡ | RW | 61 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Sergio Momesso† | LW | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −2 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
19 | Nick Kypreos‡ | LW | 42 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Stephane Matteau‡ | LW | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Kevin Lowe | D | 53 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
12 | Ken Gernander | RW | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Jari Kurri† | RW | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
37 | Daniel Lacroix | LW | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Bill Berg† | LW | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
14 | Mattias Norstrom‡ | D | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Joe Kocur‡ | RW | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Ian Laperriere†‡ | C | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55[a] | Marty McSorley† | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
14 | Chris Ferraro | RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21[b] | Peter Ferraro | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Glenn Healy | G | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
29 | Barry Richter | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Mike Richter | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | Shane Churla† | RW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 14 |
22 | Nathan LaFayette‡ | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Steve Larouche‡ | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Jamie Ram | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
35 | Mike Richter | 41 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1221 | 107 | 2.68 | .912 | 3 | 2396 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 308 | 36 | 3.27 | .883 | 0 | 661 |
30 | Glenn Healy | 44 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1237 | 124 | 2.90 | .900 | 2 | 2564 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Jamie Ram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sources:[5][6]
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star team | Brian Leetch (Defense) | [7] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Brian Leetch | [8] |
Mark Messier | |||
Pat Verbeek | |||
Team | Ceil Saidel Memorial Award | Adam Graves | [9] |
Glenn Healy | |||
"Crumb Bum" Award | Jeff Beukeboom | [9] | |
Frank Boucher Trophy | Mark Messier | [9] | |
Good Guy Award | Glenn Healy | [9] | |
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award | Niklas Sundstrom | [9] | |
Players' Player Award | Mark Messier | [9] | |
Rangers MVP | Mark Messier | [9] | |
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award | Mark Messier | [9] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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400th goal | Pat Verbeek | January 10, 1996 | [10] |
Transactions
- July 31, 1995 – Doug Lidster was traded by the St. Louis Blues to the New York Rangers in exchange for Jay Wells.[11]
Draft picks
New York's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in Edmonton, Alberta, at the Edmonton Coliseum.[12][13]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 39 | Christian Dube | RW | ![]() | Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) |
3 | 65 | Mike Martin | D | ![]() | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
4 | 91 | Marc Savard | C | ![]() | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
5 | 110 | Alexei Vasiliev | D | ![]() | Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia) |
5 | 117 | Dale Purinton | D | ![]() | Tacoma Rockets (WHL) |
6 | 143 | Peter Slamiar | RW | ![]() | Zvolen Jrs. (Slovak Extraliga) |
7 | 169 | Jeff Heil | G | ![]() | University of Wisconsin–River Falls (NCAA) |
8 | 195 | Ilya Gorokhov | D | ![]() | Yaroslavl Torpedo (Russia) |
9 | 221 | Bob Maudie | C | ![]() | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c "1995–96 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ a b "1995–96 New York Rangers Schedule and Results". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "New York Rangers 1995–96 roster and statistics". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "1995–96 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries – 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 2014–15 New York Rangers Media Guide. New York Rangers. 2014. pp. 349–352.
- ^ "Rangers 7, Sharks 4". United Press International. January 10, 1996. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
New York's Pat Verbeek scored his 400th and 401st career goals, both on the power play.
- ^ Yannis, Alex (August 1, 1995). "Hockey; Rangers Regain Lidster by Dealing Wells". The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
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