1962–63 New York Rangers season

1962–63 New York Rangers
1962–63 New York Rangers
League	5th NHL
1962–63 record	22–36–12
Home record	12–17–6
Road record	10–19–6
Goals for	211
Goals against	233
Team information
General manager	Muzz Patrick
Coach	Muzz Patrick; Red Sullivan
Captain	Andy Bathgate
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Camille Henry (37)
Assists	Andy Bathgate (46)
Points	Andy Bathgate (81)
Penalty minutes	Doug Harvey (92)
Wins	Gump Worsley (22)
Goals against average	Gump Worsley (3.27)

The 1962–63 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 37th season. New York finished in fifth place in the NHL with 56 points and did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1960–61 season.^[1]^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[3]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	23	12	221	180	+41	82
2	Chicago Black Hawks	70	32	21	17	194	178	+16	81
3	Montreal Canadiens	70	28	19	23	225	183	+42	79
4	Detroit Red Wings	70	32	25	13	200	194	+6	77
5	New York Rangers	70	22	36	12	211	233	−22	56
6	Boston Bruins	70	14	39	17	198	281	−83	45

Record vs. opponents

1962–63 NHL Records ^[4]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	2–10–2	2–7–5	2–7–5	4–7–3	4–8–2
Chicago	10–2–2	—	5–6–3	3–7–4	10–2–2	4–7–3
Detroit	7–2–5	6–5–3	—	3–9–2	9–3–2	7–6–1
Montreal	7–2–5	7–3–4	9–3–2	—	5–5–4	3–6–5
New York	7–4–3	2–10–2	3–9–2	5–5–4	—	5–8–1
Toronto	8–4–2	7–4–3	6–7–1	6–3–5	8–5–1	—

Schedule and results

1962–63 regular season^[5]

October: 2–5–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 1–2–0)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Record
1	11	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	0–1–0
2	13	@ Montreal Canadiens	6–3	0–2–0
3	14	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	1–2–0
4	17	Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	1–3–0
5	21	Montreal Canadiens	3–3	1–3–1
6	27	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–1	2–3–1
7	28	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	2–4–1
8	30	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	2–5–1

November: 6–7–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–3–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
9	1	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–0	2–6–1
10	3	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–3	2–6–2
11	4	@ Boston Bruins	4–3	3–6–2
12	7	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–1	3–7–2
13	10	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–3	3–8–2
14	11	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	3–9–2
15	14	Boston Bruins	6–2	4–9–2
16	17	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	4–10–2
17	18	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–1	5–10–2
18	21	Boston Bruins	4–2	6–10–2
19	22	@ Boston Bruins	7–1	7–10–2
20	24	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	7–11–2
21	25	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	7–12–2
22	29	@ Detroit Red Wings	5–0	8–12–2

December: 3–7–4 (home: 2–2–2; road: 1–5–2)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
23	2	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–1	8–13–2
24	5	Detroit Red Wings	3–3	8–13–3
25	8	@ Boston Bruins	3–3	8–13–4
26	9	Boston Bruins	4–2	8–14–4
27	12	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	8–15–4
28	13	@ Detroit Red Wings	3–2	8–16–4
29	15	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–2	9–16–4
30	16	Detroit Red Wings	5–2	10–16–4
31	22	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	10–17–4
32	23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	10–18–4
33	25	@ Boston Bruins	6–2	10–19–4
34	27	Boston Bruins	9–3	11–19–4
35	30	Montreal Canadiens	4–4	11–19–5
36	31	@ Detroit Red Wings	1–1	11–19–6

January: 3–6–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 2–3–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
37	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	12–19–6
38	5	@ Montreal Canadiens	2–2	12–19–7
39	6	Montreal Canadiens	6–0	12–20–7
40	12	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	12–21–7
41	13	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2	12–22–7
42	19	@ Boston Bruins	5–3	13–22–7
43	20	@ Chicago Black Hawks	6–2	13–23–7
44	23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	13–23–8
45	26	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–2	14–23–8
46	27	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	14–24–8
47	30	Detroit Red Wings	6–1	14–25–8

February: 4–6–3 (home: 2–2–2; road: 2–4–1)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
48	2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2–2	14–25–9
49	3	Boston Bruins	6–4	14–26–9
50	6	Montreal Canadiens	6–3	15–26–9
51	9	Chicago Black Hawks	3–3	15–26–10
52	10	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	15–27–10
53	12	@ Boston Bruins	6–3	15–28–10
54	16	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	15–29–10
55	17	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–1	16–29–10
56	20	Boston Bruins	3–3	16–29–11
57	23	@ Montreal Canadiens	6–3	16–30–11
58	24	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	16–31–11
59	26	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–3	17–31–11
60	28	@ Chicago Black Hawks	6–1	18–31–11

March: 4–5–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 1–2–1)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
61	2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	18–32–11
62	3	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	18–33–11
63	6	Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	19–33–11
64	9	@ Montreal Canadiens	5–2	20–33–11
65	10	Montreal Canadiens	5–1	20–34–11
66	14	@ Detroit Red Wings	9–4	20–35–11
67	17	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	20–36–11
68	20	Boston Bruins	5–1	21–36–11
69	21	@ Boston Bruins	2–2	21–36–12
70	24	Montreal Canadiens	5–0	22–36–12

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Andy Bathgate	70	35	46	81	54
Camille Henry	60	37	23	60	8
Earl Ingarfield	69	19	24	43	40
Doug Harvey	68	4	35	39	92
Dean Prentice^‡	49	13	25	38	18
Andy Hebenton	70	15	22	37	8
Rod Gilbert	70	11	20	31	20
Harry Howell	70	5	20	25	55
Dave Balon	70	11	13	24	72
Don McKenney^†	21	8	16	24	4
Bronco Horvath^‡	41	7	15	22	34
Jean Ratelle	48	11	9	20	8
Larry Cahan	56	6	14	20	47
Jim Neilson	69	5	11	16	38
Albert Langlois	60	2	14	16	62
Ken Schinkel	69	6	9	15	15
Vic Hadfield	36	5	6	11	32
Leon Rochefort	23	5	4	9	6
Ted Hampson	46	4	2	6	2
Don Johns	6	0	4	4	6
Bryan Hextall Jr.	21	0	2	2	10
Ralph Keller	3	1	0	1	6
Mel Pearson	5	1	0	1	6
Duane Rupp	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lorne Worsley	67	3980	22	34	10	217	3.27	2534	.914	2
Marcel Paille	3	180	0	1	2	10	3.33	107	.907	0
Marcel Pelletier	2	40	0	1	0	3	4.50	27	.889	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;GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Pos = Position;GP = Games played; 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;

References

^ "1962–63 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
^ "New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
^ "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1962–63 New York Rangers Schedule". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
^ "1962–63 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

[hr-1] "1962–63 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved January 29, 2011.

[2] "New York Rangers". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2026.

[standings-div-3] "1962–1963 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

[4] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-5] "1962–63 New York Rangers Schedule". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved March 31, 2025.

[6] "1962–63 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

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New York Rangers seasons
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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1962–63 NHL season
Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto
See also	All-Star Game Intra-league draft Stanley Cup Final