Seasons with Rangers: 1 (1926-27)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 8
Playoff Games with Rangers: 0

Acquired
Pro hockey rights sold to Rangers by Calgary (WHL) on Oct. 27, 1926.

Departed
NHL rights sold to Boston on Jan. 17, 1927.

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NYR - Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP W L T OT SO GA SA Sv% GAA Min 1926-1927 Rangers 8 3 4 1 - 2 16 1.87 514 Team Totals: 8 3 4 1 0 2 16 1.87 514

Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP W L T OT SO GA SA Sv% GAA Min 1913-1914 Winnipeg Winnipegs-MHL-Sr. 8 2 6 0 0 47 5.87 480 1914-1915 Winnipegs-MHL-Sr. 6 0 51 8.50 300 1915-1916 Winnipeg 61st Battalion-MHL-Sr. 1 1 0 0 0 4 4.00 60 1916-1917 Winnipeg Monarchs-MHL-Sr. 8 3 5 0 0 46 5.75 480 1917-1918 Winnipeg Ypres-MHL-Sr. 8 6 2 0 0 29 3.63 480 1917-1918 Winnipeg Ypres-Al-Cup 4 3 1 0 1 9 2.25 240 1918-1919 Brandon Elks-MHL-Sr. 9 5 4 0 0 49 5.41 540 1919-1920 Moose Jaw Maple Leafs-SSHL 12 9 3 0 0 40 3.29 730 1920-1921 Saskatoon Crescents-SSHL 16 10 6 0 2 49 3.06 960 1921-1922 Edmonton Eskimos-WCHL 14 10 4 0 1 33 2.38 831 1922-1923 Edmonton Eskimos-WCHL 28 17 10 1 1 87 3.00 1,738 1922-1923 Edmonton Eskimos-St-Cup 1923-1924 Edmonton Eskimos-WCHL 26 9 13 4 1 69 2.50 1,655 1924-1925 Calgary Tigers-WCHL 28 17 11 0 2 80 2.86 1,680 1925-1926 Calgary Tigers-WHL 30 10 17 3 6 80 2.56 1,874 1926-1927 Rangers 8 3 4 1 - 2 16 1.87 514 1926-1927 Bruins 23 12 9 2 - 4 40 1.66 1,445 1927-1928 Bruins 44 20 13 11 - 15 70 1.51 2,780 1928-1929 Minneapolis Millers-AHA 34 17 7 10 14 35 0.98 2,144 1929-1930 Seattle Eskimos-PCHL 36 15 13 8 9 58 1.61 2,160 1930-1931 Boston Tigers-Can-Am 10 3 7 0 0 32 3.15 610 NHL Totals: 75 35 26 14 0 21 126 4,739

Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP W L T OT SO GA SA Sv% GAA Min 1917-1918 Winnipeg Ypres-MHL-Sr. 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 60 1917-1918 Winnipeg Ypres-Al-Cup 4 3 1 0 1 9 2.25 240 1919-1920 Moose Jaw Maple Leafs-SSHL 2 2 0 0 0 4 2.00 120 1920-1921 Saskatoon Crescents-SSHL 4 2 2 0 0 14 3.50 240 1921-1922 Edmonton Eskimos-WCHL 2 0 1 1 0 3 1.50 120 1922-1923 Edmonton Eskimos-WCHL 2 1 0 1 1 3 1.19 151 1922-1923 Edmonton Eskimos-St-Cup 2 0 2 0 0 3 1.46 123 1924-1925 Calgary Tigers-WCHL 2 0 1 1 0 3 1.50 120 1926-1927 Bruins 8 2 2 4 - 2 13 1.50 520 1927-1928 Bruins 2 0 1 1 - 0 5 2.50 120 1928-1929 Minneapolis Millers-AHA 4 1 3 0 0 7 1.75 240 NHL Totals: 10 2 3 5 0 2 18 640

Bio/News RANGERS DEBUT Nov. 16, 1926 (Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons) RANGERS ORGANIZATION STATISTICS Minor-league games: 0 Minor-league teams: None MISCELLANEOUS Uniform Numbers: 1 Retired from pro hockey: 1931 BIOGRAPHY The first man ever to both tend goal and record a victory for the New York Rangers, Winkler lasted half a season before his rights were sold to Boston. Ironically, he went on to defeat the Rangers in the first round of the 1927 playoffs and helped the Bruins to the Stanley Cup finals that year.