1984–85 New York Rangers season

1984–85 New York Rangers
1984–85 New York Rangers
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	9th Wales
1984–85 record	26–44–10
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)
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

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.^[1]

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

^[2]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^[3]
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 Game Log

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

Playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1985 Stanley Cup playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. Philadelphia Flyers – Philadelphia wins series 3-0
#	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

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.

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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 records

Transactions

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal, Canada at the Montreal Forum.^[5]^[6]

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^[7]

References

^ "1984–85 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1984-85 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
^ "1984 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
^ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
^ "New Haven Nighthawks Statistics and History". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016.

[1] "1984–85 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved October 16, 2010.

[nhl-gd-standings-2] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

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

[4] "1984-85 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.

[5] "1984 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

[6] "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

[7] "New Haven Nighthawks Statistics and History". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016.

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Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto
Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg
See also	Draft Waiver draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals