1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season

1943–44 Detroit Red Wings

Division

2nd NHL

1943–44 record

26–18–6

Goals for

214

Goals against

177

Team information

General Manager

Jack Adams

Coach

Jack Adams

Captain

Mud Bruneteau

Team leaders

<1942–43

1944–45>

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

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 −9	49
5	Boston Bruins	50	19	26	5	223	268	-45 −45	43
6	New York Rangers	50	6	39	5	162	310	-148 −148	17

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	50	36	37	73	17
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	46	32	28	60	6
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	46	21	35	56	6
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	39	35	18	53	4
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	42	16	31	47	13
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	50	24	18	42	56
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	28	12	22	34	4
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	50	7	12	19	76
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	23	4	15	19	40
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	27	6	12	18	34
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	43	4	14	18	6
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	33	6	11	17	10
Simon, CullyCully Simon	D	46	3	7	10	52
Thomson, BillBill Thomson	C/RW	5	2	2	4	0
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	14	1	3	4	0
Smith, NakinaNakina Smith	C	10	1	2	3	0
Buller, HyHy Buller	D	7	0	3	3	4
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	2	2	0	2	0
Smith, CarlCarl Smith	RW	7	1	1	2	2
McAtee, JudJud McAtee	LW	1	0	2	2	0
Ruelle, BernieBernie Ruelle	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Bennett, FrankFrank Bennett	LW/D	7	0	1	1	2
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	2	0	1	1	0
Bukovich, TonyTony Bukovich	LW/C	3	0	1	1	0
Rossignol, RolyRoly Rossignol	RW	1	0	1	1	0
Check, LudeLude Check	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	G	26	0	0	0	0
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	G	17	0	0	0	0
Kane, FrancisFrancis Kane	D	2	0	0	0	0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	2	0	0	0	0
Lynn, VicVic Lynn	LW/D	3	0	0	0	4
Sherf, JohnJohn Sherf	LW	8	0	0	0	6
Sherritt, GordonGordon Sherritt	D	8	0	0	0	12
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	G	5	0	0	0	0
Zunich, RudyRudy Zunich	D	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	1560	26	17	7	2	80	3.08	1
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	1020	17	6	8	3	69	4.06	1
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	300	5	3	1	1	15	3.00	0
Lumley, HarryHarry 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
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	5	2	2	4	0
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	5	2	1	3	8
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	5	1	2	3	2
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	5	0	2	2	0
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	5	1	0	1	0
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	5	1	0	1	2
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	2	1	0	1	0
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	5	0	0	0	8
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	G	5	0	0	0	0
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	5	0	0	0	6
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	5	0	0	0	11
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Simon, CullyCully Simon	D	5	0	0	0	2
Thomson, BillBill Thomson	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	300	5	1	4	17	3.40	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	17	3.40	0

^[2]

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

References

↑ "1943–1944 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1943-44 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links

"1943–44 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arena	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena New Detroit Arena

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

Championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch Blackhawks–Red Wings rivalry London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1943–44 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

See also

References

External links