1939-40 Stanley Cup Championship

League Standings Regular Season Leaders 1939-40 New York Rangers Round By Round

Season in Review

By the late 1930s, New York had a new group of stars. The team acquired goalie Dave Kerr from the Maroons in 1934 and defenseman Art Coulter from Chicago in 1936, and the duo formed the backbone of the next great Rangers team. 

Prior to the 1939-40 season, Frank Boucher succeeded Lester Patrick as coach and needed almost no time at all to bring the Cup back to New York.

Led by Hall of Famers Neil Colville and Bryan Hextall, the Rangers won their third Stanley Cup title in 1940.

League Standings

TEAM

GP

W

L

T

P

BOS

48

31

12

5

67

NYR

48

27

11

10

64

TML

48

25

17

6

56

CHI

48

23

19

6

52

DET

48

16

26

6

38

NYA

48

15

29

4

34

MTL

48

10

33

5

25

Regular Season Leaders

CATEGORY
LEADER
TOTAL

Goals

Bryan Hextall

24

Assists

Phil Watson

28

Points

Bryan Hextall

39

PIM

Art Coulter

68

Wins

Dave Kerr

27

GAA

Dave Kerr

1.54

SO

Dave Kerr

8

1939-40 New York Rangers

HEAD COACH

Frank Boucher

FORWARDS

17

Cliff Barton

5

Mac Colville

6

Neil Colville

12

Bryan Hextall

8

Dutch Miller

14

Kilby Macdonald

9

Lynn Patrick

16

Alf Pike

19

John Polich

8

Alex Ahibicky

10

Clint Smith

17

Stan Smith

7

Phil Watson

DEFENSE

2

Art Coulter

3

Ott Heller

15

Muzz Patrick

11

Babe Pratt

GOALIE

1

Dave Kerr

Semi-Finals

GAME
RESULT

1

NYR 4 - 0 BOS

2

BOS 4 - 2 NYR

3

BOS 4 - 3 NYR

4

NYR 1 - 0 BOS

5

BOS 0 - 1 NYR

6

NYR 4 - 1 BOS

NYR WIN SERIES 4-2 

Stanley Cup Final

GAME
RESULT

1

NYR 2 - 1 TOR

2

NYR 6 - 2 TOR

3

TOR 2 - 1 NYR

4

TOR 3 - 0 NYR

5

TOR 1 - 2 NYR

6

TOR 2 - 3 NYR

NYR WIN SERIES 4-2