1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 18th season. The Red Wings finished 2nd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
The Wings wore patches on their jerseys encouraging the public to buy War Bonds.
On January 23, 1944, the Rangers Lester Patrick went behind the bench to coach the team with Frank Boucher attending his brother's funeral. Detroit demolished New York 15-0 and set the modern day record of most goals by a team in a single game. Wings goalie Connie Dion was called upon to make only 9 saves in earning the shutout. It was a horrifying experience for Patrick. Only a week later Syd Howe set a modern day record of 6 goals in a game in a 12-2 conquest of the hapless Rangers.
===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 	October 31, 1943 	8–3 	New York Rangers (1943–44) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	November 4, 1943 	5–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	November 7, 1943 	6–4 	Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	2–0–1
4 	T 	November 11, 1943 	2–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	2–0–2
5 	L 	November 13, 1943 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	2–1–2
6 	L 	November 14, 1943 	0–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	2–2–2
7 	W 	November 18, 1943 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1943–44) 	3–2–2
8 	W 	November 21, 1943 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 	4–2–2
9 	L 	November 25, 1943 	3–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	4–3–2
10 	W 	November 28, 1943 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 	5–3–2
11 	L 	December 2, 1943 	5–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	5–4–2
12 	L 	December 4, 1943 	2–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	5–5–2
13 	T 	December 7, 1943 	6–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	5–5–3
14 	L 	December 12, 1943 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	5–6–3
15 	W 	December 16, 1943 	4–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	6–6–3
16 	L 	December 19, 1943 	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (1943–44) 	6–7–3
17 	L 	December 22, 1943 	1–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	6–8–3
18 	W 	December 23, 1943 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1943–44) 	7–8–3
19 	T 	December 26, 1943 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	7–8–4
20 	L 	December 28, 1943 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	7–9–4
21 	L 	December 30, 1943 	3–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	7–10–4
22 	L 	January 2, 1944 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	7–11–4
23 	W 	January 6, 1944 	5–0 	@ New York Rangers (1943–44) 	8–11–4
24 	W 	January 9, 1944 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 	9–11–4
25 	T 	January 13, 1944 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	9–11–5
26 	W 	January 15, 1944 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	10–11–5
27 	W 	January 16, 1944 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 	11–11–5
28 	W 	January 20, 1944 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 	12–11–5
29 	W 	January 23, 1944 	15–0 	New York Rangers (1943–44) 	13–11–5
30 	W 	January 25, 1944 	6–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	14–11–5
31 	W 	January 29, 1944 	6–1 	Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	15–11–5
32 	L 	January 30, 1944 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	15–12–5
33 	W 	February 3, 1944 	12–2 	New York Rangers (1943–44) 	16–12–5
34 	L 	February 5, 1944 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	16–13–5
35 	W 	February 6, 1944 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 	17–13–5
36 	W 	February 10, 1944 	8–3 	@ New York Rangers (1943–44) 	18–13–5
37 	W 	February 13, 1944 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	19–13–5
38 	L 	February 17, 1944 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	19–14–5
39 	W 	February 20, 1944 	6–5 	Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	20–14–5
40 	T 	February 24, 1944 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1943–44) 	20–14–6
41 	L 	February 27, 1944 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	20–15–6
42 	W 	March 2, 1944 	6–5 	New York Rangers (1943–44) 	21–15–6
43 	W 	March 4, 1944 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 	22–15–6
44 	L 	March 5, 1944 	1–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	22–16–6
45 	W 	March 7, 1944 	8–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	23–16–6
46 	L 	March 11, 1944 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 	23–17–6
47 	W 	March 12, 1944 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 	24–17–6
48 	W 	March 16, 1944 	10–9 	Boston Bruins (1943–44) 	25–17–6
49 	W 	March 18, 1944 	6–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 	26–17–6
50 	L 	March 19, 1944 	0–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	26–18–6
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	50	36	37	73 	17
 	C/LW	46	32	28	60 	6
 	RW 	46	21	35	56 	6
 	RW 	39	35	18	53 	4
 	LW/C	42	16	31	47 	13
 	LW 	50	24	18	42 	56
 	C 	28	12	22	34 	4
 	D 	50	7 	12	19 	76
 	D 	23	4 	15	19 	40
 	D 	27	6 	12	18 	34
 	D 	43	4 	14	18 	6
 	RW 	33	6 	11	17 	10
 	D 	46	3 	7 	10 	52
 	C/RW	5 	2 	2 	4 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	3 	4 	0
 	C 	10	1 	2 	3 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	3 	3 	4
 	C 	2 	2 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	7 	1 	1 	2 	2
 	LW 	1 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	LW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	LW/C	3 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	LW/D	7 	0 	1 	1 	2
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/D	3 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	6
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	12
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1560	26	17	7 	2	80 	3.08	1
 	1020	17	6 	8 	3	69 	4.06	1
 	300 	5 	3 	1 	1	15 	3.00	0
 	120 	2 	0 	2 	0	13 	6.50	0
Team: 	3000	50	26	18	6	177	3.54	2
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C/LW	5 	2	2	4 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	1	3 	8
 	RW 	5 	1	2	3 	2
 	C 	5 	0	2	2 	0
 	D 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	LW/C	5 	1	0	1 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	2
 	C/RW	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	8
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	6
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	11
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	300	5 	1	4	17	3.40	0
Team: 	300	5 	1	4	17	3.40	0
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==
*The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
1944-Jan23-Connie Dion.jpg|Connie Dion made only 9 saves in the Red Wings 15-0 demolition of the NYR, January 23, 1944.
43-44NHLExhDetRWToledoGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Toledo
==See Also==
*1943–44 NHL season
*Detroit 15 New York 0: Jan. 23, 1944
==References==
==External Links==
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Detroit Red Wings season, 1943–44
Detroit Red Wings season, 1943–44
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons