1987–88 New York Rangers season

1987–88 New York Rangers
Division 5th Patrick
Conference T-7th Wales
1987–88 record 36–34–10
Goals for 300
Goals against 283
Team information
General Manager Phil Esposito
Coach Michel Bergeron
Captain Ron Greschner (Oct–Dec)
Kelly Kisio (Dec–Apr)
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Walt Poddubny (38)
Assists Kelly Kisio (55)
Points Walt Poddubny (88)
Penalties in minutes Michel Petit (223)
Wins John Vanbiesbrouck (27)
Goals against average John Vanbiesbrouck (3.38)
<1986–87 1988–89>

The 1987–88 New York Rangers season was the 62nd season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers compiled a 36–34–10 record during the regular season,[1] but despite having 82 points, they were eliminated from playoff contention after their last game when the New Jersey Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks.[2] This would be the only time in the 1980s in which the Rangers missed the playoffs.[3]

Offseason

Rangers General Manager Phil Esposito was part of the four man committee that would select players and coaches for Team Canada at the 1987 Canada Cup.[4]

Regular season

The Rangers led the league in power-play goals scored, with 111. They also scored the fewest short-handed goals during the regular season out of all 21 teams, with just 6.[5]

Final standings

Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders 80 39 31 10 308 267 88
Philadelphia Flyers 80 38 33 9 292 292 85
Washington Capitals 80 38 33 9 281 249 85
New Jersey Devils 80 38 36 6 295 296 82
New York Rangers 80 36 34 10 300 283 82
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 36 35 9 319 316 81

[6]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

1987–88 Game Log

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1988 Stanley Cup playoffs.[5]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Poddubny, WaltWalt Poddubny 77 38 50 88 2 76
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio 77 23 55 78 8 88
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom 69 28 40 68 −6 95
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne 67 31 34 65 −14 54
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick 70 17 45 62 16 52
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen 74 25 29 54 −2 42
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick 64 22 32 54 −3 16
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen 70 29 23 52 5 26
Maloney, DonDon Maloney 66 12 21 33 12 60
Petit, MichelMichel Petit† 64 9 24 33 3 223
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw 68 7 25 32 −8 100
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois 74 9 21 30 −3 103
Erixon, JanJan Erixon 70 7 19 26 3 33
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver 37 9 15 24 10 14
Cyr, PaulPaul Cyr† 40 4 13 17 −5 41
Gronstrand, JariJari Gronstrand 62 3 11 14 8 63
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch 17 2 12 14 5 0
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche 10 3 9 12 −3 13
Duguay, RonRon Duguay‡ 44 4 4 8 −9 23
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan† 22 3 5 8 0 96
Greschner, RonRon Greschner 51 1 5 6 −9 82
Walker, GordieGordie Walker 18 1 4 5 −8 17
Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly‡ 17 2 2 4 −5 8
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy† 19 2 2 4 −5 31
Pichette, DaveDave Pichette 6 1 3 4 −2 4
Huber, WillieWillie Huber‡ 11 1 3 4 −4 14
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson† 21 1 3 4 −4 63
Bell, BruceBruce Bell 13 1 2 3 −10 8
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi 24 1 2 3 −5 50
Nemeth, SteveSteve Nemeth 12 2 0 2 −4 2
Brubaker, JeffJeff Brubaker 31 2 0 2 0 78
Boutilier, PaulPaul Boutilier‡ 4 0 1 1 −1 6
Wheeldon, SimonSimon Wheeldon 5 0 1 1 −2 4
Talakoski, RonRon Talakoski 6 0 1 1 0 12
Jensen, ChrisChris Jensen 7 0 1 1 −1 2
Melnyk, LarryLarry Melnyk 14 0 1 1 −7 34
Pavese, JimJim Pavese†‡ 14 0 1 1 −7 48
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens 1 0 0 0 0 0
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek 1 0 0 0 0 2
Siltala, MikeMike Siltala 3 0 0 0 0 0
Giles, CurtCurt Giles‡ 13 0 0 0 −5 10

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV% SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck 56 3319 27 22 7 187 3.38 1697 .890 2
Froese, BobBob Froese 25 1443 8 11 3 85 3.53 695 .878 0
Scott, RonRon Scott 2 90 1 1 0 6 4.00 41 .854 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.

[7]

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 1987 NHL Entry Draft in Detroit, Michigan at the Joe Louis Arena.[8][9]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 10 Jayson More D  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
2 31 Daniel Lacroix LW  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3 46 Simon Gagne RW  Canada Laval Titan (QMJHL)
4 69 Mike Sullivan C  United States Boston University (NCAA)
5 94 Erik O'Borsky C  United States Yale University (NCAA)
6 115 Ludek Cajka D  Czechoslovakia Dukla Jihlava (Czech Extraliga)
7 136 Clint Thomas D  United States Bartlett H.S. (Alaska)
8 157 Ckuck Wiegand RW  United States Essex Junction H.S. (Vermont)
9 178 Eric Burrill RW  United States Tartan H.S. (Massachusetts)
10 199 Dave Porter F  United States Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
10 205 Brett Barnett LW  Canada Wexford Raiders (OPJHL)
11 220 Lance Marciano D  United States Choate Academy (Connecticut)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1987 NHL Supplemental Draft.[10]

Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
Joe Lockwood RW  United States University of Michigan (CCHA)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1987–88 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  2. ↑ "MacLean shoots New Jersey into first playoff appearance". The Miami News. April 4, 1988. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ "New York Rangers Franchise Index". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Gretzky to Lemieux: The Story of the 1987 Canada Cup, p.8, Ed Willies, McLelland and Stewart, Toronto, Canada, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7710-8942-8
  5. 1 2 "1987–88 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  6. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  7. ↑ "1987–88 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  8. ↑ "1987 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  9. ↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  10. ↑ "1987 NHL Supplemental Draft". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2011-10-15.

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