# 1933–34 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1933–34 Detroit Red Wings season was the eighth season for the Detroit NHL franchise, second as the Red Wings. The Red Wings finished first in the American Division to qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 113 | 98 | 58 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 88 | 83 | 51 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 120 | 113 | 50 |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 111 | 130 | 41 |
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 9, 1933 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | November 12, 1933 | 5–2 | New York Americans (1933–34) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | November 14, 1933 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1933–34) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | November 16, 1933 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1933–34) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | W | November 19, 1933 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1933–34) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | W | November 21, 1933 | 3–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | L | November 23, 1933 | 0–6 | Boston Bruins (1933–34) | 4–3–0 |
| 8 | W | November 26, 1933 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) | 5–3–0 |
| 9 | W | November 30, 1933 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) | 6–3–0 |
| 10 | L | December 3, 1933 | 0–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) | 6–4–0 |
| 11 | T | December 5, 1933 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) | 6–4–1 |
| 12 | W | December 10, 1933 | 3–1 | Montreal Maroons (1933–34) | 7–4–1 |
| 13 | W | December 12, 1933 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) | 8–4–1 |
| 14 | L | December 14, 1933 | 0–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) | 8–5–1 |
| 15 | T | December 17, 1933 | 4–4 OT | New York Americans (1933–34) | 8–5–2 |
| 16 | W | December 19, 1933 | 1–0 | @ New York Americans (1933–34) | 9–5–2 |
| 17 | L | December 23, 1933 | 0–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) | 9–6–2 |
| 18 | L | December 25, 1933 | 3–6 | Ottawa Senators (1933–34) | 9–7–2 |
| 19 | L | December 30, 1933 | 1–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) | 9–8–2 |
| 20 | W | January 4, 1934 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1933–34) | 10–8–2 |
| 21 | W | January 7, 1934 | 2–0 | Ottawa Senators (1933–34) | 11–8–2 |
| 22 | L | January 9, 1934 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1933–34) | 11–9–2 |
| 23 | T | January 11, 1934 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) | 11–9–3 |
| 24 | W | January 14, 1934 | 2–0 | Boston Bruins (1933–34) | 12–9–3 |
| 25 | T | January 18, 1934 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Maroons (1933–34) | 12–9–4 |
| 26 | L | January 20, 1934 | 4–5 | @ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) | 12–10–4 |
| 27 | W | January 21, 1934 | 4–2 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) | 13–10–4 |
| 28 | W | January 23, 1934 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1933–34) | 14–10–4 |
| 29 | T | January 25, 1934 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Americans (1933–34) | 14–10–5 |
| 30 | T | January 27, 1934 | 2–2 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) | 14–10–6 |
| 31 | T | January 28, 1934 | 3–3 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) | 14–10–7 |
| 32 | T | February 1, 1934 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1933–34) | 14–10–8 |
| 33 | W | February 4, 1934 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) | 15–10–8 |
| 34 | T | February 8, 1934 | 1–1 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) | 15–10–9 |
| 35 | W | February 10, 1934 | 3–0 | @ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) | 16–10–9 |
| 36 | W | February 13, 1934 | 6–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) | 17–10–9 |
| 37 | T | February 15, 1934 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Americans (1933–34) | 17–10–10 |
| 38 | W | February 18, 1934 | 2–1 OT | Ottawa Senators (1933–34) | 18–10–10 |
| 39 | W | February 20, 1934 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1933–34) | 19–10–10 |
| 40 | L | February 22, 1934 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1933–34) | 19–11–10 |
| 41 | W | February 25, 1934 | 2–1 OT | New York Americans (1933–34) | 20–11–10 |
| 42 | W | February 27, 1934 | 5–1 | New York Rangers (1933–34) | 21–11–10 |
| 43 | L | March 1, 1934 | 1–4 | Montreal Maroons (1933–34) | 21–12–10 |
| 44 | L | March 3, 1934 | 4–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) | 21–13–10 |
| 45 | W | March 8, 1934 | 3–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) | 22–13–10 |
| 46 | W | March 11, 1934 | 3–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) | 23–13–10 |
| 47 | W | March 15, 1934 | 4–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) | 24–13–10 |
| 48 | L | March 18, 1934 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) | 24–14–10 |

## Playoffs
### (C1) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (A1) Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Mar 22 | Detroit | 2 | Toronto | 1 (OT) |
| Mar 24 | Detroit | 6 | Toronto | 3 |
| Mar 26 | Toronto | 3 | Detroit | 1 |
| Mar 28 | Toronto | 5 | Detroit | 1 |
| Mar 30 | Toronto | 0 | Detroit | 1 |
Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–2.

### (A1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (A2) Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Black Hawks vs Detroit Red Wings :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Apr 3 | Chicago | 2 | Detroit | 1 (2OT) |
| Apr 5 | Chicago | 4 | Detroit | 1 |
| Apr 8 | Detroit | 5 | Chicago | 2 |
| Apr 10 | Detroit | 0 | Chicago | 1 (2OT) |
Chicago wins the Stanley Cup 3–1.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Larry Aurie | RW | 48 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 36 |
| John Sorrell | LW | 47 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 8 |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 43 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 15 |
| Cooney Weiland | C | 39 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 6 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 48 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 45 |
| Frank Carson | RW | 47 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 36 |
| Gord Pettinger | C | 48 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 14 |
| Hap Emms | LW/D | 45 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
| Eddie Wiseman | RW | 48 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
| Doug Young | D | 47 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| Wilf Starr | C | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| Walt Buswell | D | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Lloyd Gross | LW | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Carl Voss | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ted Graham | D | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Gus Marker | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fred Robertson | D | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Burr Williams | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Abbie Cox | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Cude | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart Evans | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Yip Foster | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Gallagher | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hay | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Moffat | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Ross Roach | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Wilf Cude | 1860 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 1.52 | 4 |
| John Ross Roach | 1030 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 2.62 | 1 |
| Abbie Cox | 109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.75 | 0 |
| Doug Young | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.86 | 0 |
| Team: | 3020 | 48 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 98 | 1.95 | 5 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Larry Aurie | RW | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Ted Graham | D | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Cooney Weiland | C | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| John Sorrell | LW | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Wilf Starr | C | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Gord Pettinger | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Walt Buswell | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Frank Carson | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Eddie Wiseman | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gene Carrigan | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Cude | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hap Emms | LW/D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lloyd Gross | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Marker | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Moffat | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burr Williams | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Doug Young | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Wilf Cude | 593 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 2.12 | 1 |
| Team: | 593 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 2.12 | 1 |
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;