St. Paul Rangers
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The St. Paul Rangers were a minor professional ice hockey
team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota
. They were one of the original five teams of the Central Professional Hockey League. They were an affiliate of the NHL
's New York Rangers
.
Their name was changed to the Minnesota Rangers in 1965 after the neighbouring city of Minneapolis lost its Central League team. The Rangers, though, continued to play in St. Paul. In 1966 the Rangers moved their farm team to Omaha, Nebraska
in anticipation of the start of the NHL's Minnesota North Stars
in 1967.
The Rangers won the Adams Cup
in 1964-65.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
. They were one of the original five teams of the Central Professional Hockey League. They were an affiliate of the NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
's New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
.
Their name was changed to the Minnesota Rangers in 1965 after the neighbouring city of Minneapolis lost its Central League team. The Rangers, though, continued to play in St. Paul. In 1966 the Rangers moved their farm team to Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
in anticipation of the start of the NHL's Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
in 1967.
The Rangers won the Adams Cup
Adams Cup
The Adams Cup was awarded annually to the championship team in Central Hockey League.The CHL was a top-tier minor professional league that operated in the United States from 1963 to 1984. It was owned and operated by the National Hockey League...
in 1964-65.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutesSeason | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
1963–64 | 72 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 80 | 259 | 230 | N/A | 2nd | Lost Final |
1964–65 | 70 | 41 | 23 | 6 | 88 | 281 | 223 | N/A | 1st | Won Adams Cup |
1965–66 | 74 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 79 | 229 | 197 | N/A | 1st | Lost Semi Final |
Totals | 216 | 113 | 82 | 21 | 77 | 769 | 650 | N/A |