1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season

1943–44 Detroit Red Wings
Division2nd NHL
1943–44 record26–18–6
Goals for214
Goals against177
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainMud Bruneteau and Flash Hollett
Team leaders
GoalsCarl Liscombe (36)
AssistsCarl Liscombe (37)
PointsCarl Liscombe (73)
Penalty minutesHarold Jackson (76)
WinsConnie Dion (17)
Goals against averageNormie Smith (3.00)
The 1943–44 Red Wings

The 1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season was the 18th season of the Detroit NHL franchise. The Red Wings qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Chicago Black Hawks.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 50 38 5 7 234 109 +125 83
2 Detroit Red Wings 50 26 18 6 214 177 +37 58
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 23 23 4 214 174 +40 50
4 Chicago Black Hawks 50 22 23 5 178 187 −9 49
5 Boston Bruins 50 19 26 5 223 268 −45 43
6 New York Rangers 50 6 39 5 162 310 −148 17

Record vs. opponents

1943–44 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 5–5 1–7–2 3–5–2 7–2–1 3–7
Chicago 5–5 — 5–5 0–8–2 7–1–2 5–4–1
Detroit 7–1–2 5–5 — 0–9–1 8–1–1 6–2–2
Montreal 5–3–2 8–0–2 9–0–1 — 9–0–1 7–2–1
New York 2–7–1 1–7–2 1–8–1 0–9–1 — 2–8
Toronto 7–3 4–5–1 2–6–2 2–7–1 8–2 —


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 31, 1943 8–3 New York Rangers (1943–44) 1–0–0
2 T November 4, 1943 5–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 1–0–1
3 W November 7, 1943 6–4 Boston Bruins (1943–44) 2–0–1
4 T November 11, 1943 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 2–0–2
5 L November 13, 1943 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 2–1–2
6 L November 14, 1943 0–2 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 2–2–2
7 W November 18, 1943 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 3–2–2
8 W November 21, 1943 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 4–2–2
9 L November 25, 1943 3–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 4–3–2
10 W November 28, 1943 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 5–3–2
11 L December 2, 1943 5–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 5–4–2
12 L December 4, 1943 2–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 5–5–2
13 T December 7, 1943 6–6 @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 5–5–3
14 L December 12, 1943 1–5 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 5–6–3
15 W December 16, 1943 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 6–6–3
16 L December 19, 1943 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 6–7–3
17 L December 22, 1943 1–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 6–8–3
18 W December 23, 1943 5–3 New York Rangers (1943–44) 7–8–3
19 T December 26, 1943 4–4 Boston Bruins (1943–44) 7–8–4
20 L December 28, 1943 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 7–9–4
21 L December 30, 1943 3–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 7–10–4
22 L January 2, 1944 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 7–11–4
23 W January 6, 1944 5–0 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 8–11–4
24 W January 9, 1944 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 9–11–4
25 T January 13, 1944 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 9–11–5
26 W January 15, 1944 6–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 10–11–5
27 W January 16, 1944 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 11–11–5
28 W January 20, 1944 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 12–11–5
29 W January 23, 1944 15–0 New York Rangers (1943–44) 13–11–5
30 W January 25, 1944 6–3 @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 14–11–5
31 W January 29, 1944 6–1 Boston Bruins (1943–44) 15–11–5
32 L January 30, 1944 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 15–12–5
33 W February 3, 1944 12–2 New York Rangers (1943–44) 16–12–5
34 L February 5, 1944 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 16–13–5
35 W February 6, 1944 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 17–13–5
36 W February 10, 1944 8–3 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 18–13–5
37 W February 13, 1944 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 19–13–5
38 L February 17, 1944 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 19–14–5
39 W February 20, 1944 6–5 Boston Bruins (1943–44) 20–14–5
40 T February 24, 1944 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 20–14–6
41 L February 27, 1944 1–5 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 20–15–6
42 W March 2, 1944 6–5 New York Rangers (1943–44) 21–15–6
43 W March 4, 1944 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 22–15–6
44 L March 5, 1944 1–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 22–16–6
45 W March 7, 1944 8–4 @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 23–16–6
46 L March 11, 1944 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 23–17–6
47 W March 12, 1944 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 24–17–6
48 W March 16, 1944 10–9 Boston Bruins (1943–44) 25–17–6
49 W March 18, 1944 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 26–17–6
50 L March 19, 1944 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 26–18–6

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Carl Liscombe LW 50 36 37 73 17
Syd Howe C/LW 46 32 28 60 6
Joe Carveth RW 46 21 35 56 6
Mud Bruneteau RW 39 35 18 53 4
Don Grosso LW/C 42 16 31 47 13
Adam Brown LW 50 24 18 42 56
Murray Armstrong C 28 12 22 34 4
Harold Jackson D 50 7 12 19 76
Pat Egan D 23 4 15 19 40
Flash Hollett D 27 6 12 18 34
Bill Quackenbush D 43 4 14 18 6
Bill Jennings RW 33 6 11 17 10
Cully Simon D 46 3 7 10 52
Bill Thomson C/RW 5 2 2 4 0
Ken Kilrea LW 14 1 3 4 0
Nakina Smith C 10 1 2 3 0
Hy Buller D 7 0 3 3 4
Billy Reay C 2 2 0 2 0
Carl Smith RW 7 1 1 2 2
Jud McAtee LW 1 0 2 2 0
Bernie Ruelle LW 2 1 0 1 0
Frank Bennett LW/D 7 0 1 1 2
Eddie Bruneteau RW 2 0 1 1 0
Tony Bukovich LW/C 3 0 1 1 0
Roly Rossignol RW 1 0 1 1 0
Lude Check LW 1 0 0 0 0
Connie Dion G 26 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Franks G 17 0 0 0 0
Francis Kane D 2 0 0 0 0
Harry Lumley G 2 0 0 0 0
Vic Lynn LW/D 3 0 0 0 4
John Sherf LW 8 0 0 0 6
Gordon Sherritt D 8 0 0 0 12
Normie Smith G 5 0 0 0 0
Rudy Zunich D 2 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Connie Dion 1560 26 17 7 2 80 3.08 1
Jimmy Franks 1020 17 6 8 3 69 4.06 1
Normie Smith 300 5 3 1 1 15 3.00 0
Harry Lumley 120 2 0 2 0 13 6.50 0
Team: 3000 50 26 18 6 177 3.54 2

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Syd Howe C/LW 5 2 2 4 0
Joe Carveth RW 5 2 1 3 8
Mud Bruneteau RW 5 1 2 3 2
Murray Armstrong C 5 0 2 2 0
Don Grosso LW/C 5 1 0 1 0
Carl Liscombe LW 5 1 0 1 2
Bill Quackenbush D 2 1 0 1 0
Adam Brown LW 5 0 0 0 8
Connie Dion G 5 0 0 0 0
Flash Hollett D 5 0 0 0 6
Harold Jackson D 5 0 0 0 11
Bill Jennings RW 4 0 0 0 0
Ken Kilrea LW 2 0 0 0 0
Cully Simon D 5 0 0 0 2
Bill Thomson C/RW 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Connie Dion 300 5 1 4 17 3.40 0
Team: 300 5 1 4 17 3.40 0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

NHL Record: highest scoring shutout, 15–0

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Standings: 1943–1944". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1943-44 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.