1989–90 New York Rangers season

The 1989–90 New York Rangers season was the 64th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). During the regular season, the Rangers led the Patrick Division with 85 points and qualified for the NHL playoffs. In the first round of the playoffs, the Rangers defeated the New York Islanders four games to one and earned a berth in the Patrick Division Finals. There, New York lost to the Washington Capitals in five games.^[1]

Offseason

During the offseason, Gulf+Western, owners of the Rangers, and all MSG properties since 1977,^[2] changed their name to Paramount Communications. The new name was chosen in honor of the company's leading subsidiary, the Paramount Pictures film studio.^[3]

Regular season

The Rangers finished the regular season with the most power-play opportunities (442) and the most power-play goals scored (103).^[4]

Final standings

Patrick Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Rangers	80	36	31	13	279	267	85
New Jersey Devils	80	37	34	9	295	288	83
Washington Capitals	80	36	38	6	284	275	78
New York Islanders	80	31	38	11	281	288	73
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	32	40	8	318	359	72
Philadelphia Flyers	80	30	39	11	290	297	71

^[5]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.

Wales Conference^[6]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Boston Bruins	ADM	80	46	25	9	289	232	101
2	Buffalo Sabres	ADM	80	45	27	8	286	248	98
3	Montreal Canadiens	ADM	80	41	28	11	288	234	93
4	Hartford Whalers	ADM	80	38	33	9	275	268	85
5	New York Rangers	PTK	80	36	31	13	279	267	85
6	New Jersey Devils	PTK	80	37	34	9	295	288	83
7	Washington Capitals	PTK	80	36	38	6	284	275	78
8	New York Islanders	PTK	80	31	38	11	281	288	73
9	Pittsburgh Penguins	PTK	80	32	40	8	318	359	72
10	Philadelphia Flyers	PTK	80	30	39	11	290	297	71
11	Quebec Nordiques	ADM	80	12	61	7	240	407	31

Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

1989-90 Game Log

October: 8-2-3 (Home: 4-1-3; Road: 4-1-0)

November: 5-7-1 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 1-6-0)

December: 2-9-3 (Home: 1-4-2; Road: 1-5-1)

January: 5-4-3 (Home: 2-1-2; Road: 3-3-1)

February: 9-3-1 (Home: 5-2-0; Road: 4-1-1)

March: 7-5-2 (Home: 4-1-1; Road: 3-4-1)

April: 0-1-0 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 0-0-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 1990 Stanley Cup playoffs

Key: Win Loss

1990 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Division Semi-finals: vs. New York Islanders - New York Rangers win series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Series
1	April 5	New York Islanders	1 - 2	New York Rangers		16,651	New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 7	New York Islanders	2 - 5	New York Rangers		16,651	New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 9	New York Rangers	3 - 4	New York Islanders	2OT	16,297	New York Rangers lead series 2-1
4	April 11	New York Rangers	6 - 1	New York Islanders		16,297	New York Rangers lead series 3-1
5	April 13	New York Islanders	5 - 6	New York Rangers		16,651	New York Rangers win series 4-1

Division Finals: vs. Washington Capitals - Washington wins series 4-1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Series
1	April 19	Washington Capitals	3 - 7	New York Rangers		16,651	New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 21	Washington Capitals	6 - 3	New York Rangers		16,651	Series tied 1-1
3	April 23	New York Rangers	1 - 7	Washington Capitals		18,011	Washington leads series 2-1
4	April 25	New York Rangers	3 - 4	Washington Capitals	OT	18,130	Washington wins series 3-1
5	April 27	Washington Capitals	2 - 1	New York Rangers	OT	16,651	Washington wins series 4-1

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	80	43	31	74	11	44
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	76	27	41	68	7	42
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	76	32	34	66	3	32
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	68	22	44	66	11	105
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	73	14	43	57	4	50
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	72	11	45	56	-18	26
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom^‡	48	19	19	38	-10	100
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls^†	32	12	25	37	-3	20
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen^‡	63	18	18	36	-4	30
Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette	79	13	16	29	-8	305
Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson	41	9	17	26	4	57
Granato, TonyTony Granato^‡	37	7	18	25	1	77
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner^†	12	11	5	16	4	6
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	54	0	15	15	4	94
Horava, MiloslavMiloslav Horava	45	4	10	14	10	26
King, KrisKris King	68	6	7	13	2	286
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	80	5	8	13	-26	161
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	58	4	9	13	-17	8
Moller, RandyRandy Moller	60	1	12	13	-1	139
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw	22	2	10	12	-3	22
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	55	1	9	10	-7	53
Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	56	3	6	9	-10	80
Broten, PaulPaul Broten	32	5	3	8	-4	26
Bloemberg, JeffJeff Bloemberg	28	3	3	6	-8	25
Archibald, DaveDave Archibald^†	19	2	3	5	0	6
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	16	0	5	5	-1	2
Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort	31	3	1	4	2	24
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	25	1	2	3	-8	59
Bennett, RickRick Bennett	6	1	0	1	-4	5
Millen, CoreyCorey Millen	4	0	0	0	-2	2
Charlesworth, ToddTodd Charlesworth	7	0	0	0	-3	6
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek	15	0	0	0	-1	55

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	10	7	5	12	16
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	10	3	8	11	0
Kisio, KellyKelly Kisio	10	2	8	10	8
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	10	6	3	9	0
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	10	5	3	8	12
Moller, RandyRandy Moller	10	1	6	7	32
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	10	1	6	7	4
Mallette, TroyTroy Mallette	10	2	2	4	81
Mullen, BrianBrian Mullen	10	2	2	4	8
Rochefort, NormandNormand Rochefort	10	2	1	3	26
Bloemberg, JeffJeff Bloemberg	7	0	3	3	5
Ruff, LindyLindy Ruff	8	0	3	3	12
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	9	2	1	3	10
Wilson, CareyCarey Wilson	10	2	1	3	0
Broten, PaulPaul Broten	6	1	1	2	2
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	4	0	1	1	19
Erixon, JanJan Erixon	10	1	0	1	2
King, KrisKris King	10	0	1	1	30
Horava, MiloslavMiloslav Horava	2	0	1	1	0
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	3	0	1	1	2
Miller, KevinKevin Miller	1	0	0	0	0
Greschner, RonRon Greschner	10	0	0	0	16

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	47	2734	19	19	7	154	3.38	1362	.887	1
Richter, MikeMike Richter	23	1320	12	5	5	66	3.00	686	.904	0
Froese, BobBob Froese	15	812	5	7	1	45	3.33	355	.873	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Richter, MikeMike Richter	6	330	3	2	19	3.45	181	.895	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	6	298	2	3	15	3.02	153	.902	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;

Roster

1989-90 New York Rangers

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

12 – Kris King
16 – Ulf Dahlen
18 – Tony Granato
19 – Brian Mullen
20 – Jan Erixon
22 – Mike Gartner
25 – John Ogrodnick
26 – Troy Mallette
27 – Rick Bennett
28 – Tomas Sandstrom
30 – Chris Nilan
37 – Paul Broten
44 – Lindy Ruff

Centers

8 – Darren Turcotte
9 – Bernie Nicholls
10 – Dave Archibald
11 – Kelly Kisio
15 – Mark Janssens
17 – Carey Wilson
23 – Corey Millen
32 – Kevin Miller
Coach: Roger Neilson

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in Bloomington, Minnesota at the Met Center.^[8]^[9]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	20	Steven Rice	RW	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	40	Jason Prosofsky	RW	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	45	Rob Zamuner	LW	Canada	Guelph Platers (OHL)
3	49	Louie DeBrusk	LW	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
4	67	Jim Cummins	RW	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
5	88	Aaron Miller	D	United States	Niagara Scenics (NAHL)
6	118	Joby Messier	D	Canada	Michigan State University (NCAA)
7	139	Greg Leahy	F	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
8	160	Greg Spenrath	D	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
9	181	Mark Bavis	LW	United States	Cushing Academy (Massachusetts)
10	202	Roman Oksiuta	RW	Russia	Voskresensk Khimik (Russia)
11	223	Steve Locke	D	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
12	244	Kenneth MacDermid	LW	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

Supplemental Draft

New York's picks at the 1989 NHL Supplemental Draft.^[10]

Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
Anthony Palumbo	C	Canada	Lake Superior State University (CCHA)

References

↑ "1989–90 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
↑ "Gulf & Western buys out Gardens". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 1977-08-22. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
↑ "Gulf and Western plans to sell off its financial services". New Straits Times. 1989-04-11. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
↑ "1989–90 NHL Season Summary". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-20.
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1989–1990 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
↑ "1989-90 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ "1989 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
↑ "1989 NHL Supplemental Draft". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2011-10-22.

New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1989–90 NHL season by team

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	1989 NHL Entry Draft All-Star Game 1990 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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