Editing Andy Bathgate (section)

==Post-retirement==
Bathgate owned and managed a {{convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[golf course]] called the Bathgate Golf Centre, while his brother Frank owned a driving range just down the road both on Hwy 10 in [[Mississauga]], [[Ontario]]. During the winters he helped coach his grandson's hockey team. He also stated that he was unlikely to play in any more old-timer's games, citing recent hip surgery. "Those old fellas get too serious. They'll start hooking you."<ref name="bathgolf">{{cite news|title=With good health, 'you've got everything'|work=[[Toronto Star]]|location=Toronto| first=Nancy J. | last=White | url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2007/10/16/with_good_health_youve_got_everything.html| date=October 16, 2007 | access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

The Rangers retired his #9 along with [[Harry Howell (ice hockey)|Harry Howell]]'s #3 in a special ceremony before the February 22, 2009, match against the Maple Leafs. Bathgate joined [[Adam Graves]], whose #9 had been hoisted to the [[Madison Square Garden]] rafters 19 nights earlier.<ref>{{cite web|work=rangers.nhl.com|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=493846|title=Bathgate, Howell come home to the rafters|first=Dan|last=David|date=February 22, 2009|access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> Graves called Bathgate "the greatest Ranger to ever wear the #9".