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1973–74 New York Rangers season

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Division
  
3rd East

Goals for
  
300

General Manager
  
Emile Francis

1973–74 record
  
40–24–14

Goals against
  
251

Coach
  
Larry Popein Emile Francis

The 1973–74 New York Rangers season was the 48th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Rangers compiled 94 points during the regular season and finished third in the East Division. The team made the Stanley Cup playoffs, where New York defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–2 in the quarter-finals. The Rangers then lost in a seven-game semi-finals series to the Philadelphia Flyers, who went on to win the Stanley Cup that season.

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Offseason

  • On July 27, 1973, E. Michael Burke handed in his resignation to the New York Yankees, so that he could become president of Madison Square Garden. This would make Burke the president of the New York Rangers hockey club and the New York Knicks basketball club.
  • Playoffs

    Key:      Win      Loss

    Player statistics

    Skaters
    Goaltenders

    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.

    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;

    Draft picks

    New York's picks at the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

    References

    1973–74 New York Rangers season Wikipedia