# 1934–35 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1934–35 Detroit Red Wings season was the ninth season for the Detroit NHL franchise, third as the Red Wings. The Red Wings finished fourth in the American Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

American Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 129 | 112 | 58 |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 118 | 88 | 57 |
| New York Rangers | 48 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 137 | 139 | 50 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 127 | 114 | 45 |
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 11, 1934 | 2–4 | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | November 15, 1934 | 8–2 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | November 17, 1934 | 3–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | November 20, 1934 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | November 22, 1934 | 3–4 OT | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | L | November 24, 1934 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 2–4–0 |
| 7 | W | November 25, 1934 | 4–1 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 3–4–0 |
| 8 | L | November 29, 1934 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 3–5–0 |
| 9 | W | December 2, 1934 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 4–5–0 |
| 10 | W | December 9, 1934 | 3–1 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 5–5–0 |
| 11 | L | December 11, 1934 | 0–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 5–6–0 |
| 12 | W | December 13, 1934 | 11–2 | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 6–6–0 |
| 13 | T | December 16, 1934 | 2–2 OT | New York Americans (1934–35) | 6–6–1 |
| 14 | T | December 20, 1934 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 6–6–2 |
| 15 | L | December 22, 1934 | 3–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 6–7–2 |
| 16 | W | December 23, 1934 | 2–1 | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 7–7–2 |
| 17 | L | December 25, 1934 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 7–8–2 |
| 18 | L | December 27, 1934 | 2–5 | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 7–9–2 |
| 19 | T | December 30, 1934 | 0–0 OT | New York Americans (1934–35) | 7–9–3 |
| 20 | W | January 1, 1935 | 1–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 8–9–3 |
| 21 | L | January 3, 1935 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 8–10–3 |
| 22 | W | January 6, 1935 | 6–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 9–10–3 |
| 23 | W | January 8, 1935 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 10–10–3 |
| 24 | L | January 13, 1935 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 10–11–3 |
| 25 | W | January 15, 1935 | 1–0 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 11–11–3 |
| 26 | T | January 17, 1935 | 3–3 OT | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 11–11–4 |
| 27 | L | January 20, 1935 | 1–6 | St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 11–12–4 |
| 28 | T | January 26, 1935 | 0–0 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 11–12–5 |
| 29 | T | January 27, 1935 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 11–12–6 |
| 30 | T | January 31, 1935 | 4–4 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 11–12–7 |
| 31 | L | February 3, 1935 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1934–35) | 11–13–7 |
| 32 | L | February 5, 1935 | 2–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 11–14–7 |
| 33 | L | February 7, 1935 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 11–15–7 |
| 34 | L | February 10, 1935 | 1–2 OT | Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 11–16–7 |
| 35 | L | February 14, 1935 | 0–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 11–17–7 |
| 36 | L | February 16, 1935 | 3–7 | @ Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 11–18–7 |
| 37 | L | February 17, 1935 | 3–5 OT | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 11–19–7 |
| 38 | W | February 21, 1935 | 3–1 | Montreal Maroons (1934–35) | 12–19–7 |
| 39 | W | February 24, 1935 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1934–35) | 13–19–7 |
| 40 | L | February 26, 1935 | 2–3 | @ New York Americans (1934–35) | 13–20–7 |
| 41 | W | February 28, 1935 | 5–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 14–20–7 |
| 42 | W | March 3, 1935 | 3–1 OT | New York Americans (1934–35) | 15–20–7 |
| 43 | W | March 7, 1935 | 6–1 | New York Rangers (1934–35) | 16–20–7 |
| 44 | W | March 9, 1935 | 5–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 17–20–7 |
| 45 | L | March 10, 1935 | 1–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1934–35) | 17–21–7 |
| 46 | L | March 12, 1935 | 2–3 | @ St. Louis Eagles (1934–35) | 17–22–7 |
| 47 | W | March 14, 1935 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1934–35) | 18–22–7 |
| 48 | W | March 17, 1935 | 6–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1934–35) | 19–22–7 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Larry Aurie | RW | 48 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 24 |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 47 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 26 |
| Cooney Weiland | C | 48 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 10 |
| John Sorrell | LW | 47 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 12 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 48 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 44 |
| Eddie Wiseman | RW | 39 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 14 |
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 14 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 11 |
| Doug Young | D | 48 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 37 |
| Tommy Anderson | LW/D | 27 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| Lorne Duguid | LW | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Earl Roche | LW | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Irwin Boyd | RW | 42 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Gord Pettinger | C | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Ralph Bowman | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| Walt Buswell | D | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 |
| Des Roche | RW | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Yip Foster | D | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Wilf Starr | C | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Graham | D | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Lloyd Gross | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oscar Asmundson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Kilrea | RW/C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Moffat | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Patterson | W | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ross Roach | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Normie Smith | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Normie Smith | 1550 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 2.01 | 2 |
| John Ross Roach | 1460 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 2.55 | 4 |
| Team: | 3010 | 48 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 114 | 2.27 | 6 |
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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;