Jean Ratelle's 1971-1972 season
Centre Jean Ratelle was 30 years old when the 1971-1972 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 63 of a possible 78 games and scored 46 goals and 63 assists for 109 points, 1.73 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points. He won Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. He also won Ted Lindsay Award.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
- Year 197155 years agoSeason opener
Jean Ratelle plays the 1971-1972 season for New York Rangers
Jean was 31 years old when the 1971-1972 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.
- The gameNYR4–4MTLgame 1/78His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYR4–1BOSWgame 2/78His night+1P+1G+2+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameBOS6–1NYRLgame 3/78His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR5–3TORWgame 4/78His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +2 goalsThe gameMTL4–8NYRWgame 5/78His night+2P+2G+1+/-6SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameCHI1–3NYRWgame 6/78His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gamePIT1–1NYRgame 8/78His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameDET4–7NYRWgame 9/78His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-1SOG
- The gameNYR1–1PITgame 10/78His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameTOR3–3NYRgame 11/78His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP
- November 1971
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR7–1LAKWgame 12/78
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His night+2P+2A+2+/-0SOG - +2 goalsThe gameNYR8–1CGSWgame 13/78His night+2P+2G+3+/-4SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR3–1VANWgame 14/78His night+2P+2A+2+/-1SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK1–7NYRWgame 15/78
1
His night+2P+2A+3+/-0SOG1PPP - +3 pointsThe gameBUF2–5NYRWgame 16/78His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-2SOG
MilestoneJean Ratelle reaches 250 career assists
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · November 13
- The gameNYR1–4MNSLgame 18/78His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameSTL3–8NYRWgame 20/78His night+2P+2A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 7833pointsNHL#214goalsNHL#519assistsNHL#2NYR14-2-0W-L-OT32Points1st in the whole NHL - The gameNYR1–3DETLgame 21/78His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR4–2PHIWgame 22/78His night+2P+2A0+/-3SOG
- December 1971
- +3 pointsThe gameBUF2–7NYRWgame 23/78His night+3P+1G+2A+4+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR2–4PITLgame 24/78His night+2P+2A0+/-5SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameVAN3–6NYRWgame 25/78His night+4P+1G+3A+5+/-1SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR2–2CHIgame 26/78His night+2P+2A+2+/-4SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR5–0PHIWgame 27/78His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-2SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gamePIT1–6NYRWgame 28/78His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG
- The gameNYR1–8BOSLgame 30/78His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR5–2STLWgame 31/78His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameMNS1–1NYRgame 32/78His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT2–4NYRWgame 33/78His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameMTL1–5NYRWgame 35/78His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
MilestoneJean Ratelle reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · December 29
Year 197254 years ago- The gameBOS4–1NYRLgame 37/78His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- +5 pointsThe gameLAK0–8NYRWgame 39/78
1
His night+5P+1G+4A+4+/-7SOG1PPP - Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 39 of 7871pointsNHL#126goalsNHL#645assistsNHL#1NYR27-6-0W-L-OT60Points1st in the whole NHL - The gameNYR5–2BUFWgame 41/78His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–4TORLgame 42/78His night+1P+1A0+/-7SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR5–1LAKWgame 43/78
1
His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG - +1 assistThe gameNYR5–0CGSWgame 44/78His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR2–5VANLgame 45/78His night+2P+2A0+/-2SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR2–4MNSLgame 47/78His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- The gameMNS1–1NYRgame 48/78His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- February 1972
- The gameBOS2–0NYRLgame 49/78His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR4–2BUFWgame 50/78His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR5–6STLLgame 51/78His night+3P+2G+1A-1+/-4SOG2PPP
- +1 goalThe gameTOR2–2NYRgame 52/78His night+1P+1G0+/-5SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameCHI1–4NYRWgame 53/78His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG
- +2 goalsThe gameNYR8–3PITWgame 54/78His night+2P+2G0+/-3SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameLAK2–4NYRWgame 55/78
1
His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG
MilestoneJean Ratelle reaches 200 career goals
in the game against Vancouver Canucks · February 15
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR6–4LAKWgame 57/78
1
His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-3SOG - +2 pointsThe gameNYR2–2CGSgame 58/78His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameDET3–4NYRWgame 59/78His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-5SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 59 of 78102pointsNHL#243goalsNHL#259assistsNHL#2NYR38-11-0W-L-OT86PointsPlayoff spot2nd in the whole NHL
MilestoneJean Ratelle reaches 500 career points
in the game against Detroit Red Wings · February 20
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR7–3MTLWgame 60/78His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-4SOG
- March 1972
- The gameCGS1–4NYRWgame 63/78His nightNo points0+/-0SOG
The season in numbersJean Ratelle closes the 1971-1972 season with 109 points
Points109NHL#3Games63of 7881%Goals46NHL#5Assists63NHL#3P/GP1.73NHL#2+/-+61NHL#3Events109career best in points46career best in goals3hat tricks · 4 goals in one game500career points500NHL games250career assists200career goals13 i radgames with a point · 28 pts8 i radgames with a goal1 month and 4 days laterPlayoffsNew York Rangers are in the playoffs
QuarterfinalNew York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens
NYRvsMTLSwedes on New York RangersNo SwedesSwedes on Montréal CanadiensNo Swedes8 days laterQuarterfinalNew York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2
NYR4–2MTLAdvanceHe did not play in this round3 days laterSemifinalNew York Rangers meet Chicago Blackhawks
NYRvsCHISwedes on New York RangersNo SwedesSwedes on Chicago BlackhawksNo Swedes7 days laterSemifinalNew York Rangers knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–0
NYR4–0CHIAdvanceHe did not play in this round7 days laterStanley Cup FinalNew York Rangers play the Stanley Cup Final against Boston Bruins
NYRvsBOSSwedes on New York RangersNo SwedesSwedes on Boston BruinsNo Swedes- +1 assistGame 1NYR5–6BOSLHis night+1P+1A-1+/-1SOG1PPP
- May 1972
- Boston Bruinslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2NYR1–2BOSLHis nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- Boston Bruinslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 3BOS2–5NYRWHis nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- Boston Bruinslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4BOS3–2NYRLHis nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- Boston Bruinslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 5NYR3–2BOSWHis nightNo points0+/-0SOG
- Boston Bruinslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
- Game 6BOS3–0NYRLHis nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
Stanley Cup FinalBoston Bruins knock New York Rangers out 4–2
NYR2–4BOSEliminated6Games1Points0Goals1AssistsThe run in numbersJean Ratelle ends the 1971-1972 playoffs with 1 points
Points1NHL#86Games6Goals0NHL#77Assists1NHL#67P/GP0.17NHL#72+/--3NHL#119MTL4–2→CHI4–0→BOS2–4HonoursJean Ratelle won Lady Byng Memorial Trophy and Ted Lindsay Award for 1971-1972