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The 1926–27 New York Rangers season was the hockey team's first. The team placed first in the new American Division and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins ==Off-season== The Rangers team was organized by Conn Smythe who used his extensive knowledge of available amateur players along with sound selection of players available from the dispersal of the Western Hockey League (WHL): * The brothers Bill and Bun Cook were part of the dispersed players of the WHL, having played for the Saskatoon Sheiks; * Frank Boucher was from the Vancouver Maroons of the WHL; * Leo Bourgeault was also from Saskatoon of the WHL; * Murray Murdoch had been a member of the 1923 Memorial Cup-winning University of Manitoba; * Paul Thompson was a member of the junior Calgary Canadians, Memorial Cup winners in 1926; * Taffy Abel had been a member of the silver-medal-winning United States team in the 1924 Olympics; * Stan Brown had been a member of the Allan Cup-winning Toronto Dentals team. Smythe signed several players from the amateur Minneapolis Millers, including Taffy Abel, Billy Boyd and Ching Johnson. The 1925–26 Millers also provided other players to the NHL in the future, including Cooney Weiland and Tiny Thompson, Paul Thompson's brother. Training camp was held in Toronto at the Ravina Gardens arena near Smythe's home. However, before the season started, Smythe was fired by the club and Lester Patrick took over from Smythe. Patrick received the job as part of the dispersal agreement of the WHL. His brother Frank received a job at the Boston Bruins. Smythe would eventually receive a $10,000 severance, a large amount in those days. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1926–27 New York Rangers season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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