1933–34 NHL season

The 1933–34 NHL season was the 17th season of the National Hockey League. Nine teams each played 48 games. The Chicago Black Hawks were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Detroit Red Wings three games to one.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Canadian Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 26 13 9 61 174 119 529
Montreal Canadiens 48 22 20 6 50 99 101 308
Montreal Maroons 48 19 18 11 49 117 122 414
New York Americans 48 15 23 10 40 104 132 365
Ottawa Senators 48 13 29 6 32 115 143 344
American Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Detroit Red Wings 48 24 14 10 58 113 98 368
Chicago Black Hawks 48 20 17 11 51 88 83 337
New York Rangers 48 21 19 8 50 120 113 401
Boston Bruins 48 18 25 5 41 111 130 385

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes[source?]

Player Team GP G A PTS PIM
Charlie Conacher Toronto Maple Leafs 42 32 20 52 38
Joe Primeau Toronto Maple Leafs 45 14 32 46 8
Frank Boucher New York Rangers 48 14 30 44 4
Marty Barry Boston Bruins 48 27 12 39 12
Cecil Dillon New York Rangers 48 13 26 39 10

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
        
  C1  Toronto Maple Leafs 2  
    A1  Detroit Red Wings 3  
      
          
    A1  Detroit Red Wings 1
  A2  Chicago Black Hawks 3
  C2  Montreal Canadiens 3G  
A2  Chicago Black Hawks 4G  
A2  Chicago Black Hawks 6G
    C3  Montreal Maroons 2G  
C3  Montreal Maroons 2G
  A3  New York Rangers 1G  

NHL awards

1933–34 NHL awards
O'Brien Trophy: Toronto Maple Leafs
Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
Calder Memorial Trophy: Russ Blinco, Montreal Maroons
Hart Memorial Trophy: Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
Vezina Trophy: Charlie Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks

All-Star teams

First Team   Position   Second Team
Charlie Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks G Roy Worters, New York Americans
King Clancy, Toronto Maple Leafs D Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
Lionel Conacher, Chicago Black Hawks D Ching Johnson, New York Rangers
Frank Boucher, New York Rangers C Joe Primeau, Toronto Maple Leafs
Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leafs RW Bill Cook, New York Rangers
Busher Jackson, Toronto Maple Leafs LW Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens
Lester Patrick, New York Rangers Coach Dick Irvin, Toronto Maple Leafs

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1933–34 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1933–34 (listed with their last team):

References