Seasons with Rangers: 9 (6 as player from 1975 to 1981, 3 as general manager from 1986-87 to 1988-89)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 422
Playoff Games with Rangers: 30

Acquired
Traded to Rangers by Boston with Carol Vadnais in exchange for Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi on Nov. 7, 1975.

Departed
Retired from NHL following 1980-81 season.

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NYR - Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1975-1976 Rangers 62 29 38 67 -39 28 16 1 2 217 13.4 1976-1977 Rangers 80 34 46 80 -28 52 15 0 4 344 9.9 1977-1978 Rangers 79 38 43 81 -22 53 21 0 5 259 14.7 1978-1979 Rangers 80 42 36 78 -1 37 14 0 7 215 19.5 1979-1980 Rangers 80 34 44 78 -13 73 13 0 5 245 13.9 1980-1981 Rangers 41 7 13 20 -13 20 3 0 0 91 7.7 Team Totals: 422 184 220 404 -116 263 82 1 23 1,371 13.4

NYR - Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1977-1978 Rangers 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1978-1979 Rangers 18 8 12 20 20 2 0 2 1979-1980 Rangers 9 3 3 6 8 1 0 1 Team Totals: 30 11 16 27 33 3 0 3

Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1959-1960 Sault Ste. Marie Algoma-NOJHA 1960-1961 Sarnia Legionnaires-ON-Jr.B 32 47 61 108 1961-1962 St. Catharines Teepees-OHA-Jr. 49 32 39 71 54 1961-1962 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds-EPHL 6 0 3 3 2 1962-1963 St. Louis Braves-EPHL 71 36 54 90 51 1963-1964 Blackhawks 27 3 2 5 2 0 0 0 1963-1964 St. Louis Braves-CPHL 43 26 54 80 65 1964-1965 Blackhawks 70 23 32 55 44 5 1 9 1965-1966 Blackhawks 69 27 26 53 49 7 0 6 1966-1967 Blackhawks 69 21 40 61 40 2 1 3 1967-1968 Bruins 74 35 49 84 19 21 9 1 3 284 12.3 1968-1969 Bruins 74 49 77 126 56 79 10 2 9 351 14.0 1969-1970 Bruins 76 43 56 99 28 50 18 1 5 405 10.6 1970-1971 Bruins 78 76 76 152 71 71 25 1 16 550 13.8 1971-1972 Bruins 76 66 67 133 55 76 28 2 16 426 15.5 1972-1973 Canada-Summit-72 8 7 6 13 15 1972-1973 Bruins 78 55 75 130 16 87 19 5 11 411 13.4 1973-1974 Bruins 78 68 77 145 51 58 14 4 9 393 17.3 1974-1975 Bruins 79 61 66 127 18 62 27 4 8 347 17.6 1975-1976 Bruins 12 6 10 16 -1 8 3 0 0 57 10.5 1975-1976 Rangers 62 29 38 67 -39 28 16 1 2 217 13.4 1976-1977 Canada-Can-Cup 7 4 3 7 0 1976-1977 Rangers 80 34 46 80 -28 52 15 0 4 344 9.9 1976-1977 Canada-WEC-A 10 7 3 10 14 1977-1978 Rangers 79 38 43 81 -22 53 21 0 5 259 14.7 1978-1979 Rangers 80 42 36 78 -1 37 14 0 7 215 19.5 1979-1980 Rangers 80 34 44 78 -13 73 13 0 5 245 13.9 1980-1981 Rangers 41 7 13 20 -13 20 3 0 0 91 7.7 NHL Totals: 1,282 717 873 1,590 197 910 249 23 118

Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1961-1962 St. Catharines Teepees-OHA-Jr. 6 1 4 5 9 1963-1964 Blackhawks 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1964-1965 Blackhawks 13 3 3 6 15 0 0 0 1965-1966 Blackhawks 6 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1966-1967 Blackhawks 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1967-1968 Bruins 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1968-1969 Bruins 10 8 10 18 8 5 0 2 1969-1970 Bruins 14 13 14 27 16 4 0 2 1970-1971 Bruins 7 3 7 10 6 2 0 0 1971-1972 Bruins 15 9 15 24 24 2 0 3 1972-1973 Bruins 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1973-1974 Bruins 16 9 5 14 25 4 0 2 1974-1975 Bruins 3 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 1977-1978 Rangers 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1978-1979 Rangers 18 8 12 20 20 2 0 2 1979-1980 Rangers 9 3 3 6 8 1 0 1 NHL Totals: 130 61 76 137 138 21 0 12

Bio/News RANGERS DEBUT Nov. 7, 1975 (Rangers at California Golden Seals) FINAL GAME WITH RANGERS Jan. 9, 1981 (Rangers vs. Buffalo Sabres) RANGERS CAPTAIN Nov. 12, 1975 to Oct. 10, 1978 MAJOR NHL AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS WITH RANGERS Hockey Hall of Fame — Inducted 1984 Lester Patrick Trophy — 1978 NHL All-Star Game — 1977, 1978, 1980 RANGERS TEAM AWARDS Rangers MVP — 1978-79 Players` Player Award — 1976-77 (co-winner) Boucher Trophy (Most Popular) — 1977-78, 1978-79 INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS WHILE WITH RANGERS 1976 Canada Cup 1977 World Championships in Austria RANGERS TEAM LEADER Most points — 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79 (tie), 1979-80 Most goals — 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80 Most playoff points — 1979 Most playoff goals — 1979 RANGERS COACHING STATISTICS Head coach and general manager — 1986-87 and April 1, 1989, to May 24, 1989 Career regular-season record — 24-21-0 Career playoff record — 2-8 RANGERS ORGANIZATION STATISTICS Minor-league games: 0 Minor-league teams: None MISCELLANEOUS Nickname: Espo Full Name: Philip Anthony Esposito Uniform Numbers: 5, 12, 77 Retired from NHL: 1981 BIOGRAPHY By the time he arrived in New York in a high-profile November 1975 trade, Phil Esposito had already ensured himself a spot in the Hall of Fame based on his remarkable achievements with the Boston Bruins. But Esposito, then 33 years old, still had plenty in the tank and went on to star for five more seasons with the Rangers. Named team captain less than a week after his first game, Esposito led the Blueshirts in scoring in all four of his full seasons with the team and was the top goal-scorer three times. From 1976 to 1980, he was the major factor in the Rangers offense scoring no less than 78 points and 34 goals in a season. He also had a 42-goal performance in 1978-79. When the Rangers went all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1979, it was a 37-year-old Espo who supplied the offense to complement the goaltending of John Davidson. Esposito had 20 points in 18 playoff games to pace the Rangers in the playoffs. On Nov. 4, 1977, Esposito scored his 600th NHL goal at Vancouver, becoming the first player to reach that milestone in a Rangers uniform. The Blueshirts` representative at three NHL All-Star Games and a two-time winner of the team`s Frank Boucher Trophy, Esposito opted to retire in January 1981. A special ceremony followed his final game at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 9, 1981, as he left the NHL with more career points than any player except Gordie Howe. Five years after his playing career ended, Esposito became the Rangers` general manager and held that position until 1989. He also coached the team for 45 games during his tenure as GM. RELATED CONTENT º Alumni Profile º A History of the New York Rangers º Photographic Memory: 1979 Stanley Cup Playoffs º Rangers in the Hall of Fame º Rangers NHL Award Winners º Rangers Captains º Rangers MVP Winners º Players` Player Award Winners º Boucher Trophy Winners º Rangers All-Time Scoring Leaders