1984–85 New York Rangers season

1984–85 New York Rangers
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	9th Wales
1984–85 record	26–44–10
Home record	16–18–6
Road record	10–26–4
Goals for	295
Goals against	345
Team information
General manager	Craig Patrick
Coach	Herb Brooks Craig Patrick
Captain	Barry Beck
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Tomas Sandstrom (29)
Assists	Reijo Ruotsalainen (45)
Points	Reijo Ruotsalainen (73)
Penalty minutes	George McPhee (139)
Wins	Glen Hanlon (14)
Goals against average	Glen Hanlon (4.18)

The 1984–85 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 59th season. In the regular season, New York had a 26–44–10 record and finished fourth in the Patrick Division. The Rangers made the NHL playoffs, where they lost to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round, three games to none.

Regular season

Final standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	20	7	348	241	113
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	322	240	101
New York Islanders	80	40	34	6	345	312	86
New York Rangers	80	26	44	10	295	345	62
New Jersey Devils	80	22	48	10	264	346	54
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	24	51	5	276	385	53

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.

Record vs. opponents

Patrick Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Patrick Division 1984–85 NHL records Team NJD NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total New Jersey — 3−2−2 2−5 2−5 5−2 2−4−1 14−18−3 N.Y. Islanders 2−3−2 — 4−3 3−3−1 5−2 3−4 17−15−3 N.Y. Rangers 5−2 3−4 — 0−7 4−3 2−5 14−21−0 Philadelphia 5−2 3−3−1 7−0 — 5−2 5−1−1 25−8−2 Pittsburgh 2−5 2−5 3−4 2–5 — 0−6−1 9−25−1 Washington 4−2−1 4−3 5−2 1–5−1 6−0–1 — 20−13−2 Vs. Adams Division 1984–85 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total New Jersey 0−3 0−3 0−3 1−1−1 1−1−1 2−11−2 N.Y. Islanders 1−2 2−1 1−1−1 1−2 0−3 5−9−1 N.Y. Rangers 0−1−2 1−1−1 0−1−2 0−2−1 1−2 2−7−6 Philadelphia 2−1 1−1−1 2−0−1 1−2 1−1−1 7−5−3 Pittsburgh 1−2 0−2−1 1−2 1−2 0−3 3−11−1 Washington 2−1 1−2 1−2 1−1−1 2−1 7−7−1 Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Norris Division 1984–85 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR Total New Jersey 0−3 1−1−1 1−1−1 0−2−1 3−0 5−7−3 N.Y. Islanders 3−0 2−1 1−1−1 3−0 2−1 11−3−1 N.Y. Rangers 0−3 1−2 1−2 2−0−1 2−0−1 6−7−2 Philadelphia 2−1 2−0−1 3−0 3−0 2−1 12−2−1 Pittsburgh 1−2 1−1−1 1−2 1−2 2−1 6−8−1 Washington 3−0 2−1 2−0−1 2−0−1 2−0−1 11−1−3 Vs. Smythe Division 1984–85 NHL records Team CGY EDM LAK VAN WIN Total New Jersey 0−2−1 1−2 0−3 0−3 0−2−1 1−12−2 N.Y. Islanders 1−2 0−2−1 2−1 2−1 2−1 7−7−1 N.Y. Rangers 0−2−1 1−1−1 1−2 2−1 0−3 4−9−2 Philadelphia 2−1 3−0 1−1−1 3−0 0−3 9−5−1 Pittsburgh 2−0−1 1−1−1 0−3 2−1 1−2 6−7−2 Washington 2−1 0−1−2 2−1 3−0 1−2 8−5−2

Schedule and results

1984–85 regular season
October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 3–2–0) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 11 Hartford Whalers 4 – 4 OT 0–0–1 2 13 @ Minnesota North Stars 3 – 1 0–1–1 3 14 Minnesota North Stars 3 – 1 0–2–1 4 20 @ Washington Capitals 6 – 5 1–2–1 5 21 New York Islanders 6 – 5 2–2–1 6 25 @ New Jersey Devils 11 – 2 3–2–1 7 27 @ Quebec Nordiques 5 – 2 4–2–1 8 28 Boston Bruins 6 – 4 4–3–1 9 30 @ New York Islanders 7 – 3 4–4–1
November: 4–7–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 1–3–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 10 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 7 – 5 5–4–1 11 7 Washington Capitals 4 – 3 6–4–1 12 9 New York Islanders 5 – 4 OT 7–4–1 13 11 Los Angeles Kings 4 – 2 7–5–1 14 14 @ Chicago Black Hawks 6 – 4 7–6–1 15 17 @ New York Islanders 10 – 4 7–7–1 16 18 New Jersey Devils 6 – 0 7–8–1 17 21 Buffalo Sabres 3 – 2 8–8–1 18 24 @ Quebec Nordiques 8 – 3 8–9–1 19 25 Quebec Nordiques 3 – 2 OT 8–10–1 20 28 Washington Capitals 2 – 1 8–11–1 21 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 3 OT 8–11–2
December: 4–8–3 (home: 2–4–3; road: 2–4–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 22 1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 – 1 9–11–2 23 3 Philadelphia Flyers 6 – 2 9–12–2 24 5 Calgary Flames 4 – 4 OT 9–12–3 25 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 – 3 OT 9–13–3 26 8 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4 – 2 9–14–3 27 10 Los Angeles Kings 4 – 2 10–14–3 28 12 Boston Bruins 3 – 3 OT 10–14–4 29 15 @ Washington Capitals 4 – 2 10–15–4 30 16 Washington Capitals 6 – 3 10–16–4 31 19 Winnipeg Jets 5 – 4 10–17–4 32 22 @ New Jersey Devils 5 – 3 11–17–4 33 23 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 3 OT 11–17–5 34 26 @ Detroit Red Wings 5 – 2 11–18–5 35 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 7 – 3 11–19–5 36 30 St. Louis Blues 6 – 2 12–19–5
January: 5–6–3 (home: 4–1–1; road: 1–5–2) Game January Opponent Score Record 37 2 Vancouver Canucks 6 – 0 13–19–5 38 5 @ Boston Bruins 3 – 3 OT 13–19–6 39 6 New Jersey Devils 5 – 4 OT 14–19–6 40 9 @ Winnipeg Jets 6 – 5 OT 14–20–6 41 12 @ St. Louis Blues 4 – 4 OT 14–20–7 42 14 New Jersey Devils 2 – 1 14–21–7 43 16 Buffalo Sabres 2 – 2 OT 14–21–8 44 18 @ New Jersey Devils 9 – 6 15–21–8 45 19 @ Washington Capitals 7 – 1 15–22–8 46 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3 – 2 15–23–8 47 24 Detroit Red Wings 3 – 1 16–23–8 48 26 @ Montreal Canadiens 3 – 2 16–24–8 49 27 Minnesota North Stars 3 – 2 17–24–8 50 31 @ Calgary Flames 7 – 2 17–25–8
February: 3–8–1 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–5–1) Game February Opponent Score Record 51 2 @ Edmonton Oilers 5 – 1 17–26–8 52 3 @ Vancouver Canucks 4 – 1 17–27–8 53 5 @ Los Angeles Kings 7 – 5 17–28–8 54 7 @ New York Islanders 7 – 5 17–29–8 55 9 @ Hartford Whalers 2 – 2 OT 17–29–9 56 10 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3 – 2 17–30–9 57 15 Edmonton Oilers 8 – 7 18–30–9 58 17 New York Islanders 9 – 3 19–30–9 59 21 Hartford Whalers 4 – 3 OT 19–31–9 60 22 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 8 – 3 20–31–9 61 25 Winnipeg Jets 12 – 5 20–32–9 62 28 Washington Capitals 5 – 4 20–33–9
March: 5–9–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–6–1) Game March Opponent Score Record 63 2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – 4 20–34–9 64 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 – 3 21–34–9 65 6 @ Vancouver Canucks 6 – 3 22–34–9 66 7 @ Calgary Flames 11 – 5 22–35–9 67 9 @ Edmonton Oilers 3 – 3 OT 22–35–10 68 11 Chicago Black Hawks 4 – 3 OT 22–36–10 69 13 Philadelphia Flyers 5 – 2 22–37–10 70 16 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – 0 22–38–10 71 17 New Jersey Devils 7 – 3 23–38–10 72 21 @ Philadelphia Flyers 8 – 4 23–39–10 73 22 @ Detroit Red Wings 5 – 3 23–40–10 74 24 New York Islanders 5 – 2 23–41–10 75 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 – 4 24–41–10 76 30 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3 – 0 24–42–10 77 31 Toronto Maple Leafs 7 – 5 25–42–10
April: 1–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–1–0) Game April Opponent Score Record 78 2 Philadelphia Flyers 2 – 1 25–43–10 79 4 @ St. Louis Blues 5 – 4 26–43–10 80 7 @ Chicago Black Hawks 3 – 1 26–44–10
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

1985 Stanley Cup playoffs
Division semifinals vs. (P1) Philadelphia Flyers – Philadelphia wins 3–0 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Series 1 April 10 New York Rangers 4 – 5 Philadelphia Flyers OT Philadelphia leads series 1-0 2 April 11 New York Rangers 1 – 3 Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia leads series 2-0 3 April 13 Philadelphia Flyers 6 – 5 New York Rangers Philadelphia wins series 3-0
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Reijo Ruotsalainen	80	28	45	73	-27	32
Mike Rogers	78	26	38	64	-25	24
Pierre Larouche	65	24	36	60	-17	8
Tomas Sandstrom	74	29	30	59	3	51
Anders Hedberg	64	20	31	51	-15	10
Ron Greschner	48	16	29	45	-19	42
Mark Pavelich	48	14	31	45	1	29
Peter Sundstrom	76	18	26	44	-26	34
James Patrick	75	8	28	36	-17	71
Steve Patrick†	43	11	18	29	-5	63
Jan Erixon	66	7	22	29	-11	33
George McPhee	49	12	15	27	-9	139
Don Maloney	37	11	16	27	-9	32
Barry Beck	56	7	19	26	-11	65
Mike Allison	31	9	15	24	0	17
Grant Ledyard	42	8	12	20	8	53
Robbie Ftorek	48	9	10	19	-7	35
Bob Brooke	72	7	9	16	-18	79
Willie Huber	49	3	11	14	-20	55
Dave Gagner	38	6	6	12	-16	16
Chris Kontos	28	4	8	12	-12	24
Tom Laidlaw	61	1	11	12	-12	52
Nick Fotiu	46	4	7	11	-7	54
Mark Osborne	23	4	4	8	-2	33
Jim Wiemer†	22	4	3	7	-10	30
Andre Dore	25	0	7	7	-2	35
Randy Heath	12	2	3	5	-1	15
Steve Richmond	34	0	5	5	-16	90
Dave Maloney‡	16	2	1	3	3	10
Kelly Miller	5	0	2	2	-2	2
Mike Blaisdell	12	1	0	1	-4	11
Larry Patey	7	0	1	1	-6	12
Simo Saarinen	8	0	0	0	-4	8

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Don Maloney	3	4	0	4	2
Mike Rogers	3	0	4	4	4
Mark Pavelich	3	0	3	3	2
Ron Greschner	2	0	3	3	12
Anders Hedberg	3	2	1	3	2
Tom Laidlaw	3	0	2	2	4
Grant Ledyard	3	0	2	2	4
Tomas Sandstrom	3	0	2	2	0
Reijo Ruotsalainen	3	2	0	2	6
Willie Huber	2	1	0	1	2
Barry Beck	3	0	1	1	11
George McPhee	3	1	0	1	7
Larry Patey	1	0	0	0	0
Kelly Miller	3	0	0	0	2
Jim Wiemer	1	0	0	0	0
Mark Osborne	3	0	0	0	4
Bob Brooke	3	0	0	0	8
Jan Erixon	2	0	0	0	2
Steve Patrick	1	0	0	0	0
James Patrick	3	0	0	0	4
Peter Sundstrom	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Glen Hanlon	44	2510	14	20	7	175	4.18	1614	.878	0
John Vanbiesbrouck	42	2358	12	24	3	166	4.22	1512	.877	1

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Glen Hanlon	3	168	0	3	14	5.00	99	.859	0
John Vanbiesbrouck	1	20	0	0	0	0.00	12	1.000	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.

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 1984 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	14	Terry Carkner	D	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
2	35	Raimo Helminen	C	Finland	Ilves Tampere (FNL)
4	77	Paul Broten	C	United States	Roseau H.S. (Minnesota)
5	98	Clark Donatelli	LW	United States	Stratford Jr. A (OHA)
6	119	Kjell Samuelsson	D	Sweden	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
7	140	Thomas Hussey	LW	Canada	St. Andrew's College (Ontario)
8	161	Brian Nelson	C	United States	Willmar H.S. (Minnesota)
9	182	Ville Kentala	LW	Finland	HIFK (FNL)
9	188	Heinz Ehlers	C	Denmark	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
10	202	Kevin Miller	C	United States	Redford Royals (NAJHL)
11	223	Tom Lorentz	C	United States	Brady H.S. (Minnesota)
12	243	Scott Brower	G	Canada	Lloydminster Lancers (SJHL)

Farm teams

• New Haven Nighthawks – American Hockey League

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season