1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in seven games.
==Off-season==
The Red Wings held their training camp in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
==Regular Season==
===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
3 	W 	October 19, 1949 	6–1 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	2–1–0
4 	T 	October 23, 1949 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	2–1–1
5 	W 	October 27, 1949 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	3–1–1
6 	W 	October 29, 1949 	1–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	4–1–1
7 	L 	October 30, 1949 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	4–2–1
8 	W 	November 2, 1949 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	5–2–1
9 	W 	November 5, 1949 	4–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	6–2–1
10 	W 	November 6, 1949 	7–0 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	7–2–1
11 	W 	November 12, 1949 	7–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	8–2–1
12 	T 	November 13, 1949 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	8–2–2
13 	W 	November 16, 1949 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	9–2–2
14 	W 	November 19, 1949 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	10–2–2
15 	W 	November 20, 1949 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	11–2–2
16 	W 	November 23, 1949 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	12–2–2
17 	T 	November 24, 1949 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	12–2–3
18 	L 	November 26, 1949 	2–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	12–3–3
19 	L 	November 27, 1949 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	12–4–3
20 	W 	November 30, 1949 	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	13–4–3
21 	W 	December 1, 1949 	2–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	14–4–3
22 	W 	December 3, 1949 	5–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	15–4–3
23 	L 	December 4, 1949 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	15–5–3
24 	W 	December 7, 1949 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	16–5–3
25 	L 	December 10, 1949 	0–1 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	16–6–3
26 	L 	December 11, 1949 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	16–7–3
27 	W 	December 14, 1949 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	17–7–3
28 	L 	December 17, 1949 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	17–8–3
29 	W 	December 18, 1949 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	18–8–3
30 	W 	December 21, 1949 	7–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	19–8–3
31 	W 	December 25, 1949 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	20–8–3
32 	T 	December 28, 1949 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	20–8–4
33 	W 	December 31, 1949 	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	21–8–4
34 	W 	January 1, 1950 	5–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	22–8–4
35 	L 	January 4, 1950 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	22–9–4
36 	L 	January 8, 1950 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	22–10–4
37 	L 	January 11, 1950 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	22–11–4
38 	W 	January 14, 1950 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	23–11–4
39 	W 	January 15, 1950 	1–0 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	24–11–4
40 	W 	January 18, 1950 	5–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	25–11–4
41 	W 	January 21, 1950 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	26–11–4
42 	L 	January 22, 1950 	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	26–12–4
43 	T 	January 25, 1950 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	26–12–5
44 	T 	January 26, 1950 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	26–12–6
45 	T 	January 28, 1950 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	26–12–7
46 	L 	January 29, 1950 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	26–13–7
47 	T 	February 1, 1950 	3–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	26–13–8
48 	T 	February 4, 1950 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	26–13–9
49 	T 	February 5, 1950 	5–5 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	26–13–10
50 	W 	February 8, 1950 	9–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	27–13–10
51 	W 	February 11, 1950 	9–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	28–13–10
52 	L 	February 12, 1950 	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	28–14–10
53 	L 	February 15, 1950 	0–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	28–15–10
54 	L 	February 18, 1950 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	28–16–10
55 	W 	February 20, 1950 	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	29–16–10
56 	T 	February 23, 1950 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	29–16–11
57 	W 	February 26, 1950 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	30–16–11
58 	W 	March 1, 1950 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	31–16–11
59 	L 	March 4, 1950 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50)	31–17–11
60 	T 	March 6, 1950 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	31–17–12
61 	W 	March 8, 1950 	5–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	32–17–12
62 	L 	March 9, 1950 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1949–50) 	32–18–12
63 	W 	March 11, 1950 	5–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	33–18–12
64 	W 	March 12, 1950 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50)	34–18–12
65 	W 	March 15, 1950 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	35–18–12
66 	T 	March 16, 1950 	2–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1949–50) 	35–18–13
67 	T 	March 18, 1950 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1949–50) 	35–18–14
68 	W 	March 19, 1950 	5–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 	36–18–14
69 	W 	March 22, 1950 	8–7 	New York Rangers (1949–50) 	37–18–14
70 	L 	March 26, 1950 	4–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 	37–19–14
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
Leo Reise scored the series winning goal in overtime in Game 7.
===Detroit Red Wings 4, New York Rangers 3===
Pete Babando scored the Cup winning goal in double overtime in Game 7.
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 11	New York	1 	Detroit 	4 	
April 13	Detroit 	1 	New York	3 	†
April 15	Detroit 	4 	New York	0 	†
April 18	New York	4 	Detroit 	3 	OT
April 20	New York	2 	Detroit 	1 	OT
April 22	New York	4 	Detroit 	5 	
April 23	New York	3 	Detroit 	4 	2OT
† Played in Toronto.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	69	23	55	78 	141
 	C/LW	69	34	35	69 	46
 	RW 	70	35	33	68 	69
 	D/C 	70	15	25	40 	9
 	C 	69	17	21	38 	42
 	RW 	69	24	7 	31 	21
 	C 	68	14	16	30 	8
 	RW 	70	14	16	30 	20
 	RW 	60	13	17	30 	13
 	LW 	65	8 	15	23 	58
 	LW 	69	7 	14	21 	53
 	D 	70	4 	17	21 	46
 	D 	65	3 	11	14 	86
 	LW 	56	6 	6 	12 	25
 	D 	63	4 	8 	12 	63
 	C 	65	4 	4 	8 	8
 	D 	64	2 	5 	7 	14
 	D 	11	2 	2 	4 	2
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	C/LW	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	63	0 	0 	0 	10
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3780	63	33	16	14	148	2.35	7
 	420 	7 	4 	3 	0 	16 	2.29	1
Team: 	4200	70	37	19	14	164	2.34	8
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	14	5	4	9 	2
 	C 	14	3	6	9 	0
 	C/LW	14	6	2	8 	6
 	LW 	13	4	4	8 	16
 	LW 	14	4	2	6 	13
 	RW 	14	2	4	6 	6
 	C 	14	2	3	5 	8
 	D 	14	1	4	5 	20
 	LW 	8 	2	2	4 	2
 	D/C 	14	1	3	4 	2
 	D 	4 	0	3	3 	8
 	D 	14	2	0	2 	19
 	RW 	8 	0	2	2 	0
 	LW 	8 	0	1	1 	0
 	D 	9 	0	1	1 	10
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	7
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	10	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	16
 	LW 	13	0	0	0 	13
 	G 	14	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	910	14	8	6	28	1.85	3
Team: 	910	14	8	6	28	1.85	3
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 Red Wings 1950 Stanley Cup Champions==
==Awards and Records==
* Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
* Art Ross Memorial Trophy: Ted Lindsay
* Sid Abel, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
* Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
* Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Red Kelly, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Leo Reise, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Farm Teams==
*Indianapolis Capitals, American Hockey League
*Omaha Knights, United States Hockey League
*Humboldt Indians, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
==Gallery==
49-50NHLExhDetRWSaskatoonGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Saskatoon
49-50NHLExhDetroitGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Detroit
49-50NHLExhDetRWWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
==Video==
A minute worth of video of Game 4 of the 1950 Semi-Finals, won in double overtime 2-1 by the Detroit Red Wings over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Goals by the Leafs Max Bentley, the Wings Marty Pavelich and the OT goal by Leo Reise are shown as are some great saves by Turk Broda.
TOR DET Rivalry 1950 Semi-Finals Game 4-0
Over 30 minutes of game footage from the Semi-finals and Finals including the presentation of the Stanley Cup.
NHL 1950 SC Final HL DET NYR
==References==
* Red Wings on Hockey Database
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