1987-88 New York Rangers Roster

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-34-10 - 82 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Patrick Division
Coach: Michel Bergeron (36-34-10)
Location: New York, New York
1987-88 New York Rangers Statistics
1987-88 New York Rangers Results

The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 36 wins and 34 losses and 10 ties for 82 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Patrick Division.

The Rangers scored 300 goals and surrendered 283. Walt Poddubny netted 38 goals for New York, and Marcel Dionne tallied 30 or more, too. Kelly Kisio contributed 55 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.38 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

Michel Bergeron coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Bruce BellDFebruary 15, 19656'1"190LToronto, ON Canada
Paul BoutilierDMay 3, 19636'0"200LSydney, NS Canada
Jeff BrubakerLFebruary 24, 19586'2"207LHagerstown, MD USA
Paul CyrLOctober 31, 19635'10"180LPort Alberni, BC Canada
Ulf DahlenRJanuary 12, 19676'2"199LOstersund, Sweden
Lucien DeBloisFJune 21, 19575'11"200RJoliette, QC Canada
Marcel DionneCAugust 3, 19515'9"190RDrummondville, QC Canada
Mike DonnellyLOctober 10, 19635'11"185LLivonia, MI USA
Ron DuguayCJuly 6, 19576'2"200RSudbury, ON Canada
Jan ErixonRJuly 8, 19626'0"196LSkelleftea, Sweden
Bob FroeseGJune 30, 19585'11"176LSt. Catharines, ON Canada
Curt GilesDNovember 30, 19585'8"175LThe Pas, MB Canada
Ron GreschnerDDecember 22, 19546'2"205LGoodsoil, SK Canada
Jari GronstrandDNovember 14, 19626'3"195LTampere, Finland
Mark HardyDFebruary 1, 19595'11"195LSemaden, Switzerland
Willie HuberDJanuary 15, 19586'5"228RStrasskirchen, Germany
Mark JanssensCMay 19, 19686'3"212LSurrey, BC Canada
Chris JensenROctober 28, 19635'11"180RFort St. John, BC Canada
Kelly KisioCSeptember 18, 19595'10"185RWetaskiwin, AB Canada
Pierre LaroucheCNovember 16, 19555'11"175RTaschereau, QC Canada
Brian LeetchDMarch 3, 19686'0"185LCorpus Christi, TX USA
Norm MaciverDSeptember 8, 19645'11"180LThunder Bay, ON Canada
Don MaloneyLSeptember 5, 19586'1"190LLindsay, ON Canada
Larry MelnykDFebruary 21, 19606'0"195LWestminster, BC Canada
Brian MullenLMarch 16, 19625'10"180LNew York, NY USA
Steve NemethRFebruary 11, 19675'8"170LCalgary, AB Canada
Chris NilanRFebruary 9, 19586'0"205RBoston, MA USA
John OgrodnickLJune 20, 19596'0"204LOttawa, ON Canada
Joe PatersonLJune 25, 19606'2"207LToronto, ON Canada
James PatrickDJune 14, 19636'2"202RWinnipeg, MB Canada
Jim PaveseDMay 8, 19626'2"205LNew York, NY USA
Michel PetitDFebruary 12, 19646'1"205RSt. Malo, QC Canada
Dave PichetteDFebruary 4, 19606'3"190LGrand Falls, NL Canada
Walt PoddubnyLFebruary 14, 19606'1"210LThunder Bay, ON Canada
Rudy PoeschekDSeptember 29, 19666'2"218RTerrace, BC Canada
Tomas SandstromRSeptember 4, 19646'2"205LJakobstad, Finland
Ron ScottGJuly 21, 19605'8"155LGuelph, ON Canada
David ShawDMay 25, 19646'2"205RSt. Thomas, ON Canada
Mike SiltalaCAugust 5, 19635'9"170RToronto, ON Canada
Ron TalakoskiRJune 1, 19626'3"220RThunder Bay, ON Canada
Mark TinordiDMay 9, 19666'4"213LRed Deer, AB Canada
John VanbiesbrouckGSeptember 4, 19635'8"176LDetroit, MI USA
Gord WalkerFAugust 12, 19656'0"175LCastlegar, BC Canada
Simon WheeldonCAugust 30, 19665'11"170LVancouver, BC Canada



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