1933–34 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1933–34 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 8th season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the American Division and lost to the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1934 Stanley Cup Finals 3 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
On December 14, 1933, Detroit's goalie John Ross Roach was injured near the end of the second period of the Red Wings game versus the Chicago Black Hawks. Defenseman Doug Young filled in for the rest of the game and only allowed one goal but the Red Wings lost 4-0.
Roach returned to the line-up several games later but struggled. After three losses to end 1933, the Red Wings obtained Wilf Cude on loan from the Montreal Canadiens and Roach was demoted to the minors. Cude played excellently, with a 15-6-8 record which included a 13 game unbeaten streak, and led the Red Wings to first place in the American Division and the team's first Prince of Wales Trophy.
Burr Williams played his first NHL game on March 8, 1934 in the Red Wings 3-0 win over the Chicago Black Hawks. He went on to play the last three games of the regular season and seven in the playoffs.
===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 	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==
===Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2===
Best of 5
*Mar 22 Detroit Red Wings 2-1 at Toronto Maple Leafs 00:01:33 OT
*Mar 24 Detroit Red Wings 6-3 at Toronto Maple Leafs
*Mar 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 at Detroit Red Wings
*Mar 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 at Detroit Red Wings
*Mar 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 0-1 at Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings wins series 3 games to 2.
===Chicago Black Hawks 3, Detroit Red Wings 1===
Best of 5
*Apr 3 Chicago Black Hawks 2-1 at Detroit Red Wings 00:21:00 OT
*Apr 5 Chicago Black Hawks 4-1 at Detroit Red Wings
*Apr 8 Detroit Red Wings 5-2 at Chicago Black Hawks
*Apr 10 Detroit Red Wings 0-1 at Chicago Black Hawks 00:30:05 OT
Chicago Black Hawks wins the series 3 games to 1.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
6 	 	RW 	48	16	19	35 	36
10 	 	LW 	47	21	10	31 	8
4 	 	LW 	43	16	15	31 	15
7 	 	C 	39	11	19	30 	6
5 	 	C/D 	48	13	13	26 	45
9 	 	RW 	47	10	9 	19 	36
15 	 	C 	48	3 	14	17 	14
11 	 	LW/D	45	7 	7 	14 	51
8 	 	RW 	48	5 	9 	14 	13
2 	 	D 	47	4 	0 	4 	36
16 	 	C 	28	2 	2 	4 	17
4, 12	 	D 	47	1 	2 	3 	8
14 	 	LW 	13	1 	1 	2 	2
7 	 	C 	8 	0 	2 	2 	2
16 	 	RW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	2
14 	 	D 	24	1 	0 	1 	12
3 	 	D 	28	1 	0 	1 	29
17 	 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	12
17 	 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2
5 	 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2
3 	 	D 	17	0 	0 	0 	20
1, 17	 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	29	0 	0 	0 	0
*NHL games sheets show Burr Williams played the last 4 games of the Red Wings season.
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA	GAA 	SO
 	1860	29	15	6 	8 	47	1.52	4
 	1030	19	9 	8 	1 	45	2.62	1
 	109 	2 	0 	0 	1 	5 	2.75	0
 	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
 	RW 	9 	3	7	10 	2
 	LW 	9 	5	2	7 	2
 	C/D 	9 	4	3	7 	12
 	D 	9 	3	1	4 	8
 	C 	9 	2	2	4 	4
 	C 	7 	0	2	2 	2
 	LW 	8 	0	2	2 	0
 	C 	7 	1	0	1 	2
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	5
 	RW 	7 	0	1	1 	4
 	D 	9 	0	1	1 	2
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	2
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	8
 	LW/D	8 	0	0	0 	2
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	10
 	G 	9 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	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 
==Detroit-Toronto April 1934 Tour of Western Canada==
The Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs played a six game charity exhibition tour of Western Canada sponsored by the Gyro Club. The Leafs Joe Primeau didn't participate. The series was a high scoring affair with Toronto winning three games and Detroit two with one tie. Charlie Conacher led the tour in scoring with 10 goals and 16 points while Larry Aurie was second with 9 goals and 14 points.
April 14, 1934: Toronto 12, Detroit 8 @ Winnipeg, Manitoba
April 16, 1934: Detroit 9 Toronto 8 (OT) @ Winnipeg 
April 18, 1934: Toronto 8, Detroit 5 @ Trail, B.C.
April 21, 1934: Toronto 5, Detroit 5 (OT) @ Vancouver, B.C.
April 23, 1934: Detroit 8 Toronto 4 @ Vancouver 
April 26, 1934: Toronto 7, Detroit 5 @ Vancouver
==Awards and Records==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings (1st win)
==Trivia==
*Red Wings recorded a hat trick this season include:
**John Sorrell during the 5-2 win over the New York Americans on November 12, 1933.
==Gallery==
3Apr1934-Hawks-Wings_Abel_Lewis_Game1.jpg|Wings Herbie Lewis falls while Hawks #2 Clarence Abel defends, Game 1 of the 1934 Stanley Cup Finals on April 3, 1934.
==Video==
Highlights of the February 22, 1934 game between the New York Rangers and the Red Wings, won by the Rangers 3-1. Rangers second goal by #8 Cecil Dillon, assisted by #4 Vic Ripley on Detroit's Wilf Cude is shown. Rangers goalie Andy Aitkenhead plays with a hat.
An Ice Hockey Battle (1934)
==See Also==
*1933–34 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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