1967–68 New York Rangers season

New York Rangers
1967–68 New York Rangers
Division	2nd East
1967–68 record	39–23–12
Goals for	226
Goals against	183
	Team information
General Manager	Emile Francis
Coach	Emile Francis
Captain	Bob Nevin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
	Team leaders
Goals	Jean Ratelle (32)
Assists	Rod Gilbert (48)
Points	Jean Ratelle (78)
Penalties in minutes	Reg Fleming (132)
Wins	Eddie Giacomin (36)
Goals against average	Gilles Villemure (2.40)
<1966–67	1968–69>

The 1967–68 New York Rangers season was the 42nd season for the team.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	74	42	22	10	236	167	+69	94
2	New York Rangers	74	39	23	12	226	183	+43	90
3	Boston Bruins	74	37	27	10	259	216	+43	84
4	Chicago Black Hawks	74	32	26	16	212	222	−10	80
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	74	33	31	10	209	176	+33	76
6	Detroit Red Wings	74	27	35	12	245	257	−12	66

Schedule and results

1967–68 Game Log

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

November: 4–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 1–4–0)

December: 7–5–3 (Home: 5–1–3; Road: 2–4–0)

January: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 3–3–1)

February: 8–2–3 (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 5–1–2)

March: 9–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 3–2–1)

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1968 Stanley Cup Playoffs

East Division Quarter-finals: vs. Chicago Black Hawks – Chicago wins series 4–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 4	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 9	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 2–0
3	April 11	New York Rangers	4–7	Chicago Black Hawks		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	April 13	New York Rangers	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks		Series tied 2–2
5	April 14	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	New York Rangers		Chicago leads series 3–2
6	April 16	New York Rangers	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks		Chicago wins series 4–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jean Ratelle	74	32	46	78	18
Rod Gilbert	73	29	48	77	12
Phil Goyette	73	25	40	65	10
Bob Nevin	74	28	30	58	20
Don Marshall	70	19	30	49	2
Vic Hadfield	59	20	19	39	45
Orland Kurtenbach	73	15	20	35	82
Jim Neilson	67	6	29	35	60
Harry Howell	74	5	24	29	62
Arnie Brown	74	1	25	26	83
Reg Fleming	73	17	7	24	132
Bernie Geoffrion	59	5	16	21	11
Camille Henry	36	8	12	20	0
Rod Seiling	71	5	11	16	44
Ron Stewart^†	55	7	7	14	19
Larry Jeffrey	47	2	4	6	15
Wayne Hillman	62	0	5	5	46
Gordon Berenson^‡	19	2	1	3	2
Larry Mickey	4	0	2	2	0
Walt Tkaczuk	2	0	0	0	0
Al Hamilton	2	0	0	0	0
Ron Attwell^†	4	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rod Gilbert	6	5	0	5	4
Jean Ratelle	6	0	4	4	2
Vic Hadfield	6	1	2	3	6
Don Marshall	6	2	1	3	0
Bob Nevin	6	0	3	3	4
Ron Stewart	6	1	1	2	2
Rod Seiling	6	0	2	2	4
Reg Fleming	6	0	2	2	4
Jim Neilson	6	1	1	2	4
Bernie Geoffrion	1	0	1	1	0
Arnie Brown	6	0	1	1	8
Harry Howell	6	1	0	1	0
Orland Kurtenbach	6	1	0	1	26
Phil Goyette	6	0	1	1	4
Dennis Hextall	2	0	0	0	0
Wayne Hillman	2	0	0	0	0
Larry Jeffrey	3	0	0	0	0
Camille Henry	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	66	3940	36	20	10	160	2.44	8
Don Simmons	5	300	2	1	2	13	2.60	0
Gilles Villemure	4	200	1	2	0	8	2.40	1

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Ed Giacomin	6	360	2	4	18	3.00	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;

Awards and honors

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Transactions

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Roster

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
24	Ron Attwell	C	R	33	1967	Humber Summit, Ontario
24	Red Berenson	LW	L	28	1966	Regina, Saskatchewan
4	Arnie Brown	D	L	26	1964	Oshawa, Ontario
9	Reg Fleming	LW	L	31	1965	Montreal, Quebec
5	Bernie Geoffrion	RW	R	37	1966	Montreal, Quebec
1	Ed Giacomin	G	L	28	1965	Sudbury, Ontario
7	Rod Gilbert	RW	R	26	1960	Montreal, Quebec
20	Phil Goyette	C	L	34	1963	Lachine, Quebec
11	Vic Hadfield	LW	L	27	1961	Oakville, Ontario
6	Al Hamilton	D	R	21	1965	Flin Flon, Manitoba
21	Camille Henry	C	L	35	1953	Quebec City, Quebec
2	Wayne Hillman	D	R	29	1964	Kirkland Lake, Ontario
3	Harry Howell	D	L	35	1952	Hamilton, Ontario
10	Larry Jeffrey	LW	L	27	1967	Goderich, Ontario
25	Orland Kurtenbach	C	L	31	1966	Cudworth, Saskatchewan
22	Don Marshall	LW	L	36	1963	Montreal, Quebec
18	Larry Mickey	RW	R	24	1965	Lacombe, Alberta
15	Jim Neilson	D	L	27	1962	Big River, Saskatchewan
8	Bob Nevin (C)	RW	R	30	1963	South Porcupine, Ontario
19	Jean Ratelle	C	L	27	1960	Lac St. Jean, Quebec
16	Rod Seiling	D	L	23	1963	Kitchener, Ontario
30	Don Simmons	G	R	36	1965	Port Colborne, Ontario
12	Ron Stewart	RW	R	35	1967	Calgary, Alberta
17	Walt Tkaczuk	C	L	20	1967	Emsdetten, Germany
30	Gilles Villemure	G	R	27	1963	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec

^[3] Updated August 9, 2013.

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1967 NHL Amateur Draft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	6	Bob Dickson	LW	Canada	Chatham (Junior B)
2	15	Brian Tosh	D	Canada	Smiths Falls Bears (CJAHL)

Farm teams

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References

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Contents

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Awards and honors

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

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