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The 1978–79 New York Rangers season was the franchise's
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season. The highlight of the season was participating in the
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Finals, as the Rangers played 12 consecutive playoff games without losing in regulation.


Offseason

The Rangers fired their general manager John Ferguson and head coach
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, replacing them with former
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and two-time
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-winning coach
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. The Rangers signed forwards
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and Ulf Nilsson away from the WHA's
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. The Rangers chose
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with their first pick, in the second-round, 26th over-all. Maloney was the younger brother of Dave Maloney, a defenceman with the Rangers. Don Maloney would get into 28 games for the Rangers that season.


New team colors

In 1978 the Ranger's introduced a new color scheme. While the logo and design remained the same, the Rangers changed to a much lighter shade of blue, dispensing with the dark blue that had been used since the team's inception in 1926. The Rangers would use the new colors until 1999.


Regular season


Season standings


Record vs. opponents


Schedule and results

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Season summary

* February 25: During a win against the Islanders, Ulf Nilsson was injured on a hip check by
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of the
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. He suffered a broken ankle when his skate blade got caught in a crevice in the Madison Square Garden ice as he was hit by Potvin, which resulted in Nilsson bearing the entire force of the hit on only one leg. Although Nilsson has never characterized the hit as dirty and, in 2009, said, "He otvinwas always fair. But the ice was never great in the Garden, because they had basketball and other events. My foot got caught. It was a freak thing." Nevertheless the incident is still commemorated by the "Potvin Sucks" chant that takes place during every Rangers home game, and to this day, this would serve as the origin to this infamous "Potvin Sucks" chant at
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.


Playoffs


Stanley Cup Finals

The Rangers faced the defending champion
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, who were making their fourth straight Stanley Cup Finals appearance. It was the Rangers' first appearance in the finals since the
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. The Canadiens would win the best-of-seven series four games to one, to win their fourth consecutive
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Player statistics

;Skaters ;Goaltenders †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.


Awards and records


Transactions


Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1978 NHL amateur draft in
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References


External links


Rangers on Hockey Database
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