I need help to identify old ny rangers hockey team photos

[Michael B]

This photo was quite possibly taken February 2, 1931 at the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) World Championships in Krynica-Zdrój, Poland. The United States beat Romania 15-0 in the fourth game of the second round to advance to the finals. They would lose to Canada 2-0 in the championship game. You can see that the USA has a 15 beside their name on the scoreboard on the right side of the photo. The only other time the U.S. scored 15 goals in international competition was the 1947 World Championships in Prague where they beat Romania 15-3 (February 20). The next year at the Olympics in St. Moritz the U.S. team (which included professionals) beat Poland 23-4 (January, 31) and beat Italy 31-1 (February 1).
My first thought was that this photo was taken in Chamonix, France or St. Moritz, Switzerland.

[Butch7999]

Noting only that we've asked some pretty dimwitted questions on Net54 and have almost always gotten informative and courteous answers,
we just pay it forward here and hope we're not held in contempt for doing so...

Our hockey historian colleagues confirm our suspicions with much more detail than we had. The photo is indeed of the Rangers --
the Massachusetts Rangers, also known as Boston Olympics.

Michael (above) was close, but it's 1932-33, not 1931. Rangers/Olympics represented the USA at the 1933 World Championship
in Prague, so this is in the winter of 1932/33. The rink is indeed somewhere in the Alps -- the team played some warm-up games in
the Swiss towns of St-Moritz, Davos, and Arosa, and in Chamonix, France.

The coach is Walter Brown, founder of the Boston Celtics. He went on to own the Boston Bruins from 1951-1964,
and was president of the IIHF between 1954-1957.
The goaltender is Gerry Cosby, who went on to own the famous hockey equipment store. In the five games played
in the actual tournament, Cosby allowed only one goal — to Canada in the gold medal game.

A few of the other players had been on the 1932 Lake Placid Olympic team. Almost all of them had played college hockey
for Yale, Dartmouth, or Boston College, along with one Harvard player. Cosby was the only one who didn't play collegiate hockey.

This is the only American team to win the IIHF World Championship. In the gold-medal game, they handed Canada
its first loss in international competition. To this day the Americans have won only four international world titles at the senior level:
the '60 and '80 Olympics, both at home; the '96 World Cup at Montreal; and this team's '33 World Championship at Prague.

[earlywynnfan]

This would be where Eva thanks you guys and moves on.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

This would be where Eva thanks you guys and moves on.

And then consigns it to an auction house as the New York Rangers.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

This would be where Eva thanks you guys and moves on.

I agree. I think this is where a very sincere thanks should be the next post from EVAJOY.....

As for bully laws, that statement was hilarious. Yeah, file a complaint with the moderator and it will be dealt with .

And lastly, no, not close to banishment on this one. If folks don't want to help then they shouldn't. If they do, then they should. Nothing I have seen, to me, has come close to crossing the line of being a member or not.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

Noting only that we've asked some pretty dimwitted questions on Net54 and have almost always gotten informative and courteous answers,

If you don't understand the difference between this guy's questions and those of past forum members, after all the discussions we've had about it, and all the explanations given for our exasperation with him, then you are even more dense than he is.

[Butch7999]

Thank you, Scott.

[Runscott]

My pleasure, Butch.

[bmarlowe1]

Originally Posted by Runscott

If you don't understand the difference between this guy's questions and those of past forum members, after all the discussions we've had about it, and all the explanations given for our exasperation with him....

Butch - excellent research by your friends, but still waiting for Eva to thank them. I'm also still waiting for him to thank all the posters who provided excellent insight on his bogus "Joe Jackson," as well as for the face analysis I did on the same. I should probably send him an invoice. Scott F's attitude is perfect.

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Butch - excellent research by your friends, but still waiting for Eva the thank them. I'm also still waiting for him to thank all the posters who provided excellent insight on his bogus "Joe Jackson," as well as for the face analysis I did on the same. I should probably send him an invoice. Scott F's attitude is perfect.

I agree. I'm sure he will after he's done listing his items on eBay.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by bmarlowe1

Butch - excellent research by your friends, but still waiting for Eva to thank them. I'm also still waiting for him to thank all the posters who provided excellent insight on his bogus "Joe Jackson," as well as for the face analysis I did on the same.

Agreed regarding his friends' research. If you are willing to help him, despite behavior that in my opinion does not warrant it, then fine;however, if others did not let him know that it is unacceptable, it would encourage more clowns of similar ilk, and at some point the positive contributors would be fewer as a result.

[Michael B]

I know that it only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades, but I was glad I was in the hockey rink, if not at center ice. I thought I would share a few original photos from my archives of players in the OP's photo.

The first is Winthrop 'Ding' Palmer in 1929 while a junior forward on the Yale hockey team.

The second is the 1936 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team prior to leaving for Garmisch-Partenkirchen. This may have been taken at Boston Arena, now owned by Northeastern University. Sitting in front is Walter Brown. Standing directly behind him is John Garrison. I had the pleasure of meeting Garrison and the two men to the right of Brown - John Lax and Gordon Smith, all from Boston.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Michael,
Those are great photos. I love the early hockey stuff. Rare to find though. When I saw the OP's original photo it reminded me a little of some early hockey teams from Minnesota. Here you can see a sweater that is somewhat close to the Rangers sweater in the photo. This team is the Duluth Hornets who had many early greats on their team during this period like HOFer Herbie Lewis. Others in this same league were Ching Johnson, Moose Goheen, Tiny Thompson, and lots of others. There was an Eveleth Rangers team during this era too. Jason

Sorry for the glare, this photo is framed