# 1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 174 | 119 | 61 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 99 | 101 | 50 |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 117 | 122 | 49 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 104 | 132 | 40 |
| Ottawa Senators | 48 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 115 | 143 | 32 |
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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

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

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Charlie Conacher | RW | 42 | 32 | 20 | 52 | 38 |
| Joe Primeau | C | 45 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 8 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 38 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 38 |
| King Clancy | D | 46 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 62 |
| Bill Thoms | C | 47 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 |
| Andy Blair | C | 47 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 35 |
| Hec Kilrea | LW | 43 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 15 |
| Baldy Cotton | LW | 47 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 46 |
| Red Horner | D | 40 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 146 |
| Buzz Boll | LW | 42 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 21 |
| Hap Day | D | 48 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| Ken Doraty | F | 34 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| Charlie Sands | C/RW | 45 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 |
| Alex Levinsky | D | 47 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
| Ace Bailey | RW | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Jack Shill | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| George Hainsworth | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flash Hollett | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Fred Robertson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| George Hainsworth | 3010 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 119 | 2.37 | 3 |
| Team: | 3010 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 119 | 2.37 | 3 |

### Playoffs

Toronto would face Detroit WilRed Wings and goalie Wilf Cude in series A of the Playoffs.
Game #1 Detroit 2 Toronto 1, #2 Detroit 6 Toronto 3, #3 Toronto 3 Detroit 1, #4Toronto 5 Detroit 1, #5 Detroit 1 Toronto 0. Cude faced 43, 53, 35, 30, and 15 shots for a save % of .932 and gaa of 2.38. Hainsworth faced 31, 28, 23, 15, and 22 shots for a save % of .908 and a gaa of 2.19. Cude faced an average of 35.2 shots per game, while Hainsworth faced 23.8 shots per game. Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Joe Primeau | C | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Charlie Conacher | RW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Doraty | F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Hec Kilrea | LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andy Blair | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Baldy Cotton | LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Thoms | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Red Horner | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Charlie Sands | C/RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Buzz Boll | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| King Clancy | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Hap Day | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| George Hainsworth | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Levinsky | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jack Shill | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| George Hainsworth | 302 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2.19 | 0 |
| Team: | 302 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2.19 | 0 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Playoffs

The Maple Leafs met the Detroit Red Wings in the second round in a best of five series and lost 3–2.

## Transactions

* October 1, 1933: Acquired George Hainsworth from the Montreal Canadiens for Lorne Chabot
* October 4, 1933: Acquired Hec Kilrea from the Ottawa Senators for Bob Gracie and $10,000
* November 13, 1933: Traded Fred Robertson to the Detroit Red Wings for $6,500
* December 9, 1933: Loaned Benny Grant to the New York Americans
* December 12, 1933: Loaned Dave Downie from the Syracuse Stars of the IHL
* January 2, 1934: Loaned Flash Hollett to the Ottawa Senators for the remainder of the season
* March 1, 1934: Signed Free Agent Bill Shill
* April 11, 1934: Traded Alex Levinsky to the New York Rangers for cash