1926–27 New York Rangers season
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The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the hockey team's first. The team placed first in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins
who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League
(WHL):
Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers
, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd
and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland
and Tiny Thompson
, Paul Thompson's brother.
However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick
took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins
. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.
was kept heated. The temperature was warm due to the insistence of Tex Rickard, who insisted that "the public was everything and the performers nothing". The players complained about the conditions publicly and to Lester Patrick.
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The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the hockey team's first. The team placed first in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins
who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League
(WHL):
Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers
, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd
and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland
and Tiny Thompson
, Paul Thompson's brother.
However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick
took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins
. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.
was kept heated. The temperature was warm due to the insistence of Tex Rickard, who insisted that "the public was everything and the performers nothing". The players complained about the conditions publicly and to Lester Patrick.
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The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the hockey team's first. The team placed first in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins
who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League
(WHL):
Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers
, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd
and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland
and Tiny Thompson
, Paul Thompson's brother.
However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick
took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins
. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.
was kept heated. The temperature was warm due to the insistence of Tex Rickard, who insisted that "the public was everything and the performers nothing". The players complained about the conditions publicly and to Lester Patrick.
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Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
Off-season
The Rangers team was organized by Conn SmytheConn Smythe
Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens...
who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
(WHL):
- The brothers BillBill CookWilliam Osser Xavier Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association....
and Bun CookBun CookFrederick Joseph "Bun" Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.Cook was part of the Bread Line with his brother Bill Cook and Frank...
were part of the dispersed players of the WHL, having played for the Saskatoon SheiksSaskatoon SheiksThe Saskatoon Sheiks were a professional ice hockey team in the Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League from 1922 to 1928. The team was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, except for the end of the 1922 season, when they played in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.The team entered the WCHL in...
; - Frank BoucherFrank BoucherFrançois-Xavier "Raffles" Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. Boucher played the forward position for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and the Vancouver Maroons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...
was from the Vancouver Maroons of the WHL; - Leo BourgeaultLeo BourgeaultJ. Antonio "Leo" Bourgeault was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He was born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario....
was also from Saskatoon of the WHL; - Murray MurdochMurray MurdochJohn Murray Murdoch was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach....
had been a member of the 1923 Memorial CupMemorial CupThe Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
-winning University of ManitobaUniversity of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
; - Paul ThompsonPaul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1906)Paul Ivan Thompson was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 13 season in the National Hockey League ....
was a member of the junior Calgary CanadiansCalgary CanadiansThe Calgary Canadians were a junior ice hockey team that played in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 1924, they became the first team from Alberta to play for the Memorial Cup, and in 1926, the first to win it....
, Memorial Cup winners in 1926; - Taffy Abel had been a member of the silver-medal-winning United States team in the 1924 Olympics;
- Stan BrownStan Brown (ice hockey)Dr. Joseph Alfred Stanislaus Brown was a professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in 48 National Hockey League games for the New York Rangers and the Detroit Cougars...
had been a member of the Allan CupAllan CupThe Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
-winning Toronto Dentals team.
Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers
Minneapolis Millers
The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League.The team played first in Athletic Park and later Nicollet Park.The name Minneapolis...
, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd (ice hockey)
Bill Boyd was a professional ice hockey forward who played 133 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers and New York Americans. He won the Stanley Cup in 1928 with the New York Rangers.Billy Boyd had one son, William Gould.- External links :...
and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland
Cooney Weiland
Ralph "Cooney" Weiland was an NHL forward who played for the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, and Detroit Red Wings....
and Tiny Thompson
Tiny Thompson
Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League , first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959...
, Paul Thompson's brother.
However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick
Lester Patrick
Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...
took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.
Regular season
Unlike the arenas where the players played before, the Madison Square GardenMadison Square Garden (1925)
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third of that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan on the site of the city's trolley car barns. It was the first Garden that was not located near...
was kept heated. The temperature was warm due to the insistence of Tex Rickard, who insisted that "the public was everything and the performers nothing". The players complained about the conditions publicly and to Lester Patrick.
Schedule and Results
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The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the hockey team's first. The team placed first in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
Off-season
The Rangers team was organized by Conn SmytheConn Smythe
Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens...
who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
(WHL):
- The brothers BillBill CookWilliam Osser Xavier Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association....
and Bun CookBun CookFrederick Joseph "Bun" Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.Cook was part of the Bread Line with his brother Bill Cook and Frank...
were part of the dispersed players of the WHL, having played for the Saskatoon SheiksSaskatoon SheiksThe Saskatoon Sheiks were a professional ice hockey team in the Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League from 1922 to 1928. The team was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, except for the end of the 1922 season, when they played in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.The team entered the WCHL in...
; - Frank BoucherFrank BoucherFrançois-Xavier "Raffles" Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. Boucher played the forward position for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and the Vancouver Maroons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...
was from the Vancouver Maroons of the WHL; - Leo BourgeaultLeo BourgeaultJ. Antonio "Leo" Bourgeault was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He was born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario....
was also from Saskatoon of the WHL; - Murray MurdochMurray MurdochJohn Murray Murdoch was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach....
had been a member of the 1923 Memorial CupMemorial CupThe Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
-winning University of ManitobaUniversity of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
; - Paul ThompsonPaul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1906)Paul Ivan Thompson was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 13 season in the National Hockey League ....
was a member of the junior Calgary CanadiansCalgary CanadiansThe Calgary Canadians were a junior ice hockey team that played in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 1924, they became the first team from Alberta to play for the Memorial Cup, and in 1926, the first to win it....
, Memorial Cup winners in 1926; - Taffy Abel had been a member of the silver-medal-winning United States team in the 1924 Olympics;
- Stan BrownStan Brown (ice hockey)Dr. Joseph Alfred Stanislaus Brown was a professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in 48 National Hockey League games for the New York Rangers and the Detroit Cougars...
had been a member of the Allan CupAllan CupThe Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
-winning Toronto Dentals team.
Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers
Minneapolis Millers
The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League.The team played first in Athletic Park and later Nicollet Park.The name Minneapolis...
, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd (ice hockey)
Bill Boyd was a professional ice hockey forward who played 133 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers and New York Americans. He won the Stanley Cup in 1928 with the New York Rangers.Billy Boyd had one son, William Gould.- External links :...
and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland
Cooney Weiland
Ralph "Cooney" Weiland was an NHL forward who played for the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, and Detroit Red Wings....
and Tiny Thompson
Tiny Thompson
Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League , first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959...
, Paul Thompson's brother.
However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick
Lester Patrick
Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...
took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.
Regular season
Unlike the arenas where the players played before, the Madison Square GardenMadison Square Garden (1925)
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third of that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan on the site of the city's trolley car barns. It was the first Garden that was not located near...
was kept heated. The temperature was warm due to the insistence of Tex Rickard, who insisted that "the public was everything and the performers nothing". The players complained about the conditions publicly and to Lester Patrick.
Schedule and Results
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The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the hockey team's first. The team placed first in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
Off-season
The Rangers team was organized by Conn SmytheConn Smythe
Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens...
who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...
(WHL):
- The brothers BillBill CookWilliam Osser Xavier Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association....
and Bun CookBun CookFrederick Joseph "Bun" Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.Cook was part of the Bread Line with his brother Bill Cook and Frank...
were part of the dispersed players of the WHL, having played for the Saskatoon SheiksSaskatoon SheiksThe Saskatoon Sheiks were a professional ice hockey team in the Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League from 1922 to 1928. The team was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, except for the end of the 1922 season, when they played in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.The team entered the WCHL in...
; - Frank BoucherFrank BoucherFrançois-Xavier "Raffles" Boucher was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. Boucher played the forward position for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and the Vancouver Maroons in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association...
was from the Vancouver Maroons of the WHL; - Leo BourgeaultLeo BourgeaultJ. Antonio "Leo" Bourgeault was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He was born in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario....
was also from Saskatoon of the WHL; - Murray MurdochMurray MurdochJohn Murray Murdoch was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach....
had been a member of the 1923 Memorial CupMemorial CupThe Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
-winning University of ManitobaUniversity of ManitobaThe University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...
; - Paul ThompsonPaul Thompson (ice hockey b. 1906)Paul Ivan Thompson was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 13 season in the National Hockey League ....
was a member of the junior Calgary CanadiansCalgary CanadiansThe Calgary Canadians were a junior ice hockey team that played in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 1924, they became the first team from Alberta to play for the Memorial Cup, and in 1926, the first to win it....
, Memorial Cup winners in 1926; - Taffy Abel had been a member of the silver-medal-winning United States team in the 1924 Olympics;
- Stan BrownStan Brown (ice hockey)Dr. Joseph Alfred Stanislaus Brown was a professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in 48 National Hockey League games for the New York Rangers and the Detroit Cougars...
had been a member of the Allan CupAllan CupThe Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
-winning Toronto Dentals team.
Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers
Minneapolis Millers
The Minneapolis Millers were an American professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota, until 1960. In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League.The team played first in Athletic Park and later Nicollet Park.The name Minneapolis...
, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd (ice hockey)
Bill Boyd was a professional ice hockey forward who played 133 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the New York Rangers and New York Americans. He won the Stanley Cup in 1928 with the New York Rangers.Billy Boyd had one son, William Gould.- External links :...
and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland
Cooney Weiland
Ralph "Cooney" Weiland was an NHL forward who played for the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, and Detroit Red Wings....
and Tiny Thompson
Tiny Thompson
Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League , first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959...
, Paul Thompson's brother.
However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick
Lester Patrick
Curtis Lester "The Silver Fox" Patrick born in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, was a professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association , and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League...
took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days.
Regular season
Unlike the arenas where the players played before, the Madison Square GardenMadison Square Garden (1925)
Madison Square Garden was an indoor arena in New York City, the third of that name. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1968, and was located on Eighth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Manhattan on the site of the city's trolley car barns. It was the first Garden that was not located near...
was kept heated. The temperature was warm due to the insistence of Tex Rickard, who insisted that "the public was everything and the performers nothing". The players complained about the conditions publicly and to Lester Patrick.
Schedule and Results
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November: 4-1-0 (Home: 2-0-0; Road: 2-1-0)