1933–34 Montreal Maroons season

The 1933–34 Montreal Maroons season was the 10th season of the Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maroons finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 6 goals to 2.
==Off-season==
In another move to save money via a salary dump, defenseman Lionel Conacher was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks for Ted Graham on October 1, 1933. Conacher ended up being Chicago's top scoring defenseman in the 1933-34 season, a First Team All-Star and won the 1934 Stanley Cup.
==Regular Season==
For only the second time in their history, one goalie played all the Maroons games as Dave Kerr played all 48 games. Not since winning the Stanley Cup in the 1925-26 season had this occurred when Clint Benedict played all 36 games. 
Defenseman Irv Frew played his first NHL game on Christmas Day, 1933 as the Maroons lost 3-0 to the New York Rangers. Mired in fourth place with a 4-9-4 record and out of a playoff spot, Russ Blinco was called up from the minors and Herb Cain was signed from junior. Both made their NHL debuts on December 30, 1933 as the Maroons played to a 2-2 tie against their cross-town rivals, the Montreal Canadiens. Their addition to the line-up turned the Maroons season around as they went 15-9-7 for the rest of the schedule and finished in third place, making the post season.
Russ Blinco was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy after scoring 23 points in 31 games.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	November 11, 1933 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	November 14, 1933 	2–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	1–1–0
3 	T 	November 16, 1933 	2–2 OT 	New York Americans (1933–34) 	1–1–1
4 	T 	November 19, 1933 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Americans (1933–34) 	1–1–2
5 	L 	November 21, 1933 	0–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 	1–2–2
6 	W 	November 25, 1933 	1–0 	New York Rangers (1933–34) 	2–2–2
7 	W 	November 28, 1933 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 	3–2–2
8 	L 	November 30, 1933 	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) 	3–3–2
9 	L 	December 2, 1933 	3–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	3–4–2
10 	T 	December 5, 1933 	1–1 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	3–4–3
11 	L 	December 7, 1933 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	3–5–3
12 	L 	December 10, 1933 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	3–6–3
13 	W 	December 16, 1933 	3–2 	Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	4–6–3
14 	L 	December 19, 1933 	0–1 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	4–7–3
15 	T 	December 21, 1933 	0–0 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 	4–7–4
16 	L 	December 23, 1933 	2–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	4–8–4
17 	L 	December 25, 1933 	0–3 	@ New York Rangers (1933–34) 	4–9–4
18 	T 	December 30, 1933 	2–2 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 	4–9–5
19 	W 	January 2, 1934 	1–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	5–9–5
20 	W 	January 4, 1934 	5–4 OT 	@ New York Americans (1933–34) 	6–9–5
21 	W 	January 6, 1934 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	7–9–5
22 	L 	January 9, 1934 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 	7–10–5
23 	T 	January 11, 1934 	1–1 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	7–10–6
24 	L 	January 14, 1934 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1933–34) 	7–11–6
25 	W 	January 16, 1934 	6–5 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 	8–11–6
26 	T 	January 18, 1934 	1–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	8–11–7
27 	T 	January 21, 1934 	2–2 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	8–11–8
28 	L 	January 23, 1934 	4–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	8–12–8
29 	W 	January 25, 1934 	6–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) 	9–12–8
30 	W 	January 27, 1934 	2–1 OT 	New York Americans (1933–34) 	10–12–8
31 	L 	January 30, 1934 	2–3 	@ New York Americans (1933–34) 	10–13–8
32 	W 	February 1, 1934 	3–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	11–13–8
33 	L 	February 3, 1934 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1933–34) 	11–14–8
34 	W 	February 6, 1934 	6–2 	Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	12–14–8
35 	W 	February 8, 1934 	3–2 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 	13–14–8
36 	W 	February 10, 1934 	1–0 	Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	14–14–8
37 	L 	February 13, 1934 	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	14–15–8
38 	T 	February 15, 1934 	4–4 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 	14–15–9
39 	L 	February 17, 1934 	2–4 	New York Americans (1933–34) 	14–16–9
40 	W 	February 20, 1934 	6–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	15–16–9
41 	W 	February 22, 1934 	1–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 	16–16–9
42 	L 	February 27, 1934 	1–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34) 	16–17–9
43 	W 	March 1, 1934 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 	17–17–9
44 	L 	March 4, 1934 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	17–18–9
45 	T 	March 8, 1934 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1933–34) 	17–18–10
46 	W 	March 11, 1934 	7–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1933–34) 	18–18–10
47 	W 	March 13, 1934 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 	19–18–10
48 	T 	March 17, 1934 	2–2 OT 	Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 	19–18–11
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Maroons 2 Goals, New York Rangers 1 Goal===
Earl Robinson was the series hero as he scored both Maroon goals in the deciding game.
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	March 20	New York Rangers	0-0 	Montreal Maroons	0-0
2	March 25	Montreal Maroons	2-1 	New York Rangers	2-1
===Chicago Black Hawks 6 Goals, Montreal Maroons 2 Goals===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	Record
1	March 28	Chicago Black Hawks	3-0 	Montreal Maroons 	3-0
2	April 1 	Montreal Maroons 	2-3 	Chicago Black Hawks	2-6
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
7 	 	C/RW	47	18	19	37 	58
5 	 	D/LW	47	20	13	33 	27
15	 	RW/C	47	12	16	28 	14
8 	 	LW 	48	9 	17	26 	47
14	 	C 	31	14	9 	23 	2
4 	 	RW 	48	14	9 	23 	46
10	 	C 	44	5 	4 	9 	18
9 	 	RW 	37	4 	5 	9 	19
17	 	LW 	30	4 	5 	9 	14
11	 	D 	47	4 	3 	7 	20
2 	 	D 	48	2 	5 	7 	31
6 	 	D 	27	4 	2 	6 	35
16	 	RW/C	45	3 	1 	4 	7
12	 	D 	30	2 	1 	3 	41
6 	 	D 	19	2 	1 	3 	10
14	 	LW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0
17	 	C/LW	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
17	 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4
12	 	RW/D	10	0 	0 	0 	2
3 	 	D 	17	0 	0 	0 	19
1 	 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3060	48	19	18	11	122	2.39	6
Team: 	3060	48	19	18	11	122	2.39	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
5 	 	D/LW	4 	2	0	2 	0
15	 	RW/C	4 	2	0	2 	0
2 	 	D 	4 	0	2	2 	2
14	 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	0
10	 	C 	4 	0	1	1 	2
7 	 	C/RW	4 	0	1	1 	6
9 	 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
12	 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
17	 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	0
6 	 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4
3 	 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	6
16	 	RW/C	4 	0	0	0 	0
11	 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0
8 	 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	6
4 	 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0
1 	 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	240	4 	1	2	7 	1.75	1
Team: 	240	4 	1	2	7 	1.75	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 
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Trophy: Russ Blinco
==Transactions==
*Purchase Vernon Ayres from the New York Americans on June 1, 1933.
*Trade Lionel Conacher to the Chicago Black Hawks for Ted Graham on October 1, 1933.
*Trade Al Huggins to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Stewart Adams on November 1, 1933.
*Trade Ted Graham to the Detroit Red Wings for Stewart Evans on January 2, 1934.
==Trivia==
*Maroons who had a hat trick this season include:
**Baldy Northcott during the 6-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 25, 1934.
**Hooley Smith during the 6-2 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on March 13, 1934.
**Baldy Northcott during the 6-2 win over Chicago on March 13, 1934.
==Gallery==
33-34NHLMonMarGameAd.jpg|Home Opener
33-34NHLQFMonMarGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final
33-34NHLSFMonMarGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
==See Also==
*1933–34 NHL season
==References==
Category:Montreal Maroons seasons
Category:1933 in hockey
Category:1934 in hockey