1970-71 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

Record: 49-18-11 (109 points), Finished 2nd in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Emile Francis (49-18-11)

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 259 (4th of 14), Goals Against: 177 (1st of 14)
SRS: 0.98 (3rd of 14), SOS: -0.07 (12th of 14)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-3) to Chicago Black Hawks
Won Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Toronto Maple Leafs

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New York Rangers	78	49	18	11	109	.699	259	177	0.98	-0.08	3.32	2.27	60	234	25.64	41	253	83.79	5	3	2795	9.3	2185	.919		12
League Average	78	33	33	12	78	.500	244	244					54	285	18.83	54	285	81.17	8	8	2487	9.8	2487	.902		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New York Rangers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
6	Syl Apps	ca	C	23	6-0	185	R/-	R	August 1, 1947	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
17	Dave Balon	ca	LW	32	5-10	180	L/-	11	August 2, 1938	36 G, 24 A, 60 P
23	Don Blackburn	ca	LW	32	6-0	190	L/-	4	May 14, 1938	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
4	Arnie Brown	ca	D	29	6-1	185	L/-	8	January 28, 1942	3 G, 12 A, 15 P
4	Larry Brown	ca	D	23	6-2	210	L/-	1	April 14, 1947	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
24	Ab DeMarco	us	D	21	6-0	170	R/-	1	February 27, 1949	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
25	André Dupont	ca	D	21	6-0	200	L/-	R	July 27, 1949	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
20	Jack Egers	ca	RW	22	6-1	175	L/-	1	January 28, 1949	7 G, 10 A, 17 P
10	Bill Fairbairn	ca	RW	24	5-10	170	R/-	2	January 7, 1947	7 G, 23 A, 30 P
1	Ed Giacomin	ca	G	31	5-11	180	-/L	5	June 6, 1939	27-10-7, 2.16 GAA
7	Rod Gilbert	ca	RW	29	5-9	180	R/-	10	July 1, 1941	30 G, 31 A, 61 P
11	Vic Hadfield	ca	LW	30	6-0	190	L/-	9	October 4, 1940	22 G, 22 A, 44 P
3	Tim Horton	ca	D	41	5-10	180	R/-	20	January 12, 1930	2 G, 18 A, 20 P
27	Ted Irvine	ca	LW	26	6-2	195	L/-	4	December 8, 1944	20 G, 18 A, 38 P
22	Jim Krulicki	ca	LW	22	5-11	180	L/-	R	March 9, 1948	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
14	Don Luce	ca	C	22	6-2	185	L/-	1	October 2, 1948	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
14	Bruce MacGregor	ca	RW	29	5-10	180	R/-	10	April 26, 1941	12 G, 13 A, 25 P
15	Jim Neilson	ca	D	30	6-2	205	L/-	8	November 28, 1940	8 G, 24 A, 32 P
8	Bob Nevin (C)	ca	RW	32	6-0	185	R/-	12	March 18, 1938	21 G, 25 A, 46 P
2	Brad Park	ca	D	22	6-0	200	L/-	2	July 6, 1948	7 G, 37 A, 44 P
19	Jean Ratelle	ca	C	30	6-1	180	L/-	10	October 3, 1940	26 G, 46 A, 72 P
25	Mike Robitaille	ca	D	22	5-11	195	R/-	1	February 12, 1948	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
5	Dale Rolfe	ca	D	30	6-4	210	L/-	4	April 30, 1940	0 G, 7 A, 7 P
6	Glen Sather	ca	LW	27	5-11	180	L/-	4	September 2, 1943	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
16	Rod Seiling	ca	D	26	6-0	195	L/-	8	November 14, 1944	5 G, 22 A, 27 P
21	Pete Stemkowski	ca	C	27	6-1	196	L/-	7	August 25, 1943	16 G, 29 A, 45 P
12	Ron Stewart	ca	C	38	6-1	197	R/-	18	July 11, 1932	5 G, 6 A, 11 P
18	Walt Tkaczuk	de	C	23	6-0	185	L/-	3	September 29, 1947	26 G, 49 A, 75 P
30	Gilles Villemure	ca	G	30	5-8	185	-/R	3	May 30, 1940	22-8-4, 2.30 GAA

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Walt Tkaczuk	23	C	77	26	49	75	18	48	20	5	1	4	37	12	0	213	12.2			5.6	1.6	7.3
2	Jean Ratelle*	30	C	78	26	46	72	27	14	19	6	1	3	33	13	0	203	12.8			5.3	2.0	7.3
3	Rod Gilbert*	29	RW	78	30	31	61	20	65	22	8	0	5	21	10	0	226	13.3			4.7	1.7	6.4
4	Dave Balon	32	LW	78	36	24	60	14	34	27	9	0	7	20	4	0	176	20.5			5.1	1.5	6.7
5	Bob Nevin	32	RW	78	21	25	46	17	10	18	3	0	3	20	4	1	154	13.6			2.6	1.6	4.2
6	Pete Stemkowski	27	C	68	16	29	45	17	61	12	4	0	2	22	5	2	244	6.6			2.5	1.5	4.0
7	Vic Hadfield	30	LW	63	22	22	44	16	38	14	8	0	1	15	7	0	194	11.3			3.1	1.4	4.5
8	Brad Park*	22	D	68	7	37	44	26	114	4	3	0	0	22	14	1	199	3.5			3.1	5.6	8.7
9	Ted Irvine	26	LW	76	20	18	38	17	137	18	2	0	6	14	3	1	150	13.3			1.9	1.6	3.5
10	Jim Neilson	30	D	77	8	24	32	31	69	6	2	0	3	16	8	0	200	4.0			2.0	6.4	8.4
11	Bill Fairbairn	24	RW	56	7	23	30	-1	32	5	2	0	1	17	6	0	88	8.0			0.9	0.7	1.6
12	Rod Seiling	26	D	68	5	22	27	31	34	5	0	0	3	17	5	0	136	3.7			1.5	5.9	7.4
13	Bruce MacGregor	29	RW	27	12	13	25	14	4	9	2	1	3	10	3	0	60	20.0			2.1	0.8	2.9
14	Tim Horton*	41	D	78	2	18	20	27	57	1	1	0	1	10	7	1	124	1.6			0.4	6.2	6.6
15	Jack Egers	22	RW	60	7	10	17	6	50	4	3	0	3	8	2	0	88	8.0			-0.4	1.0	0.6
16	Arnie Brown	29	D	48	3	12	15	0	24	3	0	0	2	9	3	0	114	2.6			0.6	2.8	3.4
17	Ron Stewart	38	C	76	5	6	11	6	19	3	0	2	1	6	0	0	52	9.6			-1.8	1.2	-0.6
18	Dale Rolfe	30	D	14	0	7	7	11	23	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	28	0.0			0.3	1.5	1.9
19	Syl Apps	23	C	31	1	2	3	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	25	4.0			-1.0	0.4	-0.5
20	André Dupont	21	D	7	1	2	3	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	5.9			0.2	0.5	0.7
21	Glen Sather*	27	LW	31	2	0	2	0	52	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	11.1			-1.0	0.4	-0.5
22	Larry Brown	23	D	31	1	1	2	8	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	56	1.8			-0.4	2.3	1.9
23	Mike Robitaille	22	D	11	1	1	2	-1	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	9.1			0.0	0.6	0.6
24	Jim Krulicki	22	LW	27	0	2	2	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14	0.0			-1.0	0.3	-0.7
25	Ab DeMarco	21	D	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.2	0.2
26	Don Luce	22	C	9	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0			-0.3	0.1	-0.2
27	Don Blackburn	32	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
28	Ed Giacomin*	31	G	45	0	0	0	0	4				0	0			0		2638	58:37	0.0	0.0	11.0
29	Gilles Villemure	30	G	34	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		2036	59:54	0.0	0.0	8.0
	Team Total			78	259	426	685	303	944	194	60	5	49	307	111	8	2795	9.3			36.3	50.1	105.4

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Ed Giacomin*	31	45		27	10	7	95	1215	1120	.922	2.16	8	2638				81	22.6	2.07	11.0
2	Gilles Villemure	30	34		22	8	4	78	966	888	.919	2.30	4	2036				83	15.5	2.21	8.0
	Team Total				49	18	11	173	2181	2008	.921	2.22	12	4674				82	38.0	2.13	19.0