1933–34 NHL season

The 1933–34 NHL season was the 17th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nine teams each played 48 games. The Chicago Black Hawks were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Detroit Red Wings three games to one.
==League business==
The New York Americans introduce new sweaters. The team's home uniform uses the word 'Americans' across the front with white stars over a blue area around the shoulders with red and white stripes below the wording. The road uniform is white with a shield logo. There are sleeves and shoulders are blue with a horizontal red stripe at the bottom of the sweater. The team is the second NHL team to have two sets of uniforms, after the Toronto Maple Leafs.
==Regular season==
The Ottawa Senators, having enough problems, now had to deal with holdout Cooney Weiland. He was sold to Detroit, strengthening the Red Wings. The Senators continued to lose, but won a few games when they signed an amateur named Max Kaminsky to centre the Roche brothers Desse and Earl. A defenceman, Ralph "Scotty" Bowman, gave Ottawa fans a little to cheer about. But the handwriting was on the wall, and in the last NHL game to be played in Ottawa until the NHL returned to that city in 1992, the Senators let the New York Americans use goaltender Alex Connell when Roy Worters was hurt. He helped the Americans beat his club.
A major trade was a swap of goaltenders as Lorne Chabot was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for George Hainsworth. The Canadiens also loaned Wilf Cude to Detroit and he led the Red Wings to first place. Chabot did not do badly either, leading the Canadian Division in goaltending, helping the goal-strapped Canadiens to second place. Aurel Joliat of the Canadiens won the Hart Trophy.
===Final standings===
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold
Canadian Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	13	9 	61 	174	119	529
Montreal Canadiens 	48	22	20	6 	50 	99 	101	308
Montreal Maroons 	48	19	18	11	49 	117	122	414
New York Americans 	48	15	23	10	40 	104	132	365
Ottawa Senators 	48	13	29	6 	32 	115	143	344
American Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM
Detroit Red Wings 	48	24	14	10	58 	113	98 	368
Chicago Black Hawks	48	20	17	11	51 	88 	83 	337
New York Rangers 	48	21	19	8 	50 	120	113	401
Boston Bruins 	48	18	25	5 	41 	111	130	385
==NHL All-Star Game==
On February 14, 1934, the first NHL All-Star Game, albeit an unofficial one, was held to benefit Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ace Bailey, who suffered a career-ending injury. On December 12, 1933, near the end of the second period of a game between the Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the Boston Garden, Bailey was tripped from behind by Bruins defenceman Eddie Shore, in retaliation for a check that Toronto defenceman King Clancy had delivered to Shore. Bailey was not the intended target of the check; Shore wanted to hit Clancy instead. Bailey was badly hurt, unconscious and bleeding. The Leafs' Red Horner took offence to the hit, and subsequently knocked out Shore with a punch. Shore was forgiven after the game when both players regained consciousness, with Bailey saying that it was "all part of the game." However, Bailey would pass out and lapse into convulsions. Bailey was not expected to live after a single night in the hospital after suffering from severe hemorrhaging. It was made well known that Shore would have been charged with manslaughter were Bailey to die. Fortunately, he gradually recovered, but his hockey career was over. For his actions, Shore received a 16-game suspension, a third of the 48-game schedule of the time, while Horner was suspended for the remainder of 1933.
The game itself was proposed by Walter Gilhooley, the sports editor of the Journal in Montreal. This proposal would become a reality on January 24, 1934, in a meeting of the NHL's Board of Governors in 1934. The NHL's first All-Star Game was held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, during which Bailey's #6 uniform was retired by the Leafs. It was the first number to be retired in the NHL. The game saw the Leafs battle against an All-Star team made of players from the other eight teams, which the Leafs won 7–3. One of the more memorable moments before the game was when Bailey presented Shore with his All-Star jersey, showing to the public that Bailey had clearly forgiven him for his actions. Bailey also presented a trophy to NHL President Frank Calder before a game in the hope that the trophy would go to the winner of an annual All-Star Game for the benefit of injured players.
==Playoffs==
=== First round ===
{| class="wikitable" 	Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings 	Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings
Date 	Away Team 	Away Team 	Home Team 	Home Team 	Notes 	 	
March 22 	Detroit 	2 	1 	Toronto 	OT 	 	
March 24 	Detroit 	6 	1 	Toronto 	 	 	
March 26 	Toronto 	3 	1 	Detroit 	 	 	
March 28 	Toronto 	5 	1 	Detroit 	 	 	
March 30 	Toronto 	0 	1 	Detroit 	 	 	
Detroit won the series 3-games-to-2 and advanced to the final.	Detroit won the series 3-games-to-2 and advanced to the final.	Detroit won the series 3-games-to-2 and advanced to the final.	Detroit won the series 3-games-to-2 and advanced to the final.	Detroit won the series 3-games-to-2 and advanced to the final.	Detroit won the series 3-games-to-2 and advanced to the final.	Detroit won the series 3-games-to-2 and advanced to the final.	
{| class="wikitable" 	Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Date 	Away Team 	Away Team 	Home Team 	Home Team 	Notes 	 	
March 22 	Chicago 	3 	2 	Mtl. Canadiens 	 	 	
March 25 	Mtl. Canadiens 	1 	1 	Chicago 	OT 	 	
Chicago won the series 4-3 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 4-3 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 4-3 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 4-3 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 4-3 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 4-3 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 4-3 in total goals.	
=== Second round===
{| class="wikitable" 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks 	Montreal Maroons vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Date 	Away Team 	Away Team 	Home Team 	Home Team 	 	
March 28 	Chicago 	3 	0 	Mtl. Maroons 	 	
April 1 	Mtl. Maroons 	2 	3 	Chicago 	 	
Chicago won the series 6-2 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 6-2 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 6-2 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 6-2 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 6-2 in total goals.	Chicago won the series 6-2 in total goals.	
===Final===
Chicago Black Hawks vs. Detroit Red Wings
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 3 	Chicago	2 	Detroit	1 	2OT
April 5 	Chicago	4 	Detroit	1 	
April 8 	Detroit	5 	Chicago	2 	
April 10	Detroit	0 	Chicago	1 	2OT
Chicago wins best-of-five series 3–1.
The Chicago Black Hawks beat the Detroit Red Wings three games to one with the fourth game going into double overtime. After regulation time in the fourth game, Black Hawks star goaltender and two-time Vezina Trophy winner, Charlie Gardiner, left the game because he wasn't feeling well. He died two months later of a brain hemorrhage.
==Awards==
Rookie of the Year: 	Russ Blinco, Montreal Maroons
Hart Trophy:(Most valuable player) 	Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Trophy:(Excellence and sportsmanship) 	Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
O'Brien Cup:(Canadian Division champion) 	Toronto Maple Leafs
Prince of Wales Trophy:(American Division champion)	Detroit Red Wings
Vezina Trophy:(Fewest goals allowed) 	Charlie Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks
==Player statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	PTS	PIM
Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs	42	32	20	52 	38
Joe Primeau 	Toronto Maple Leafs	45	14	32	46 	8
Frank Boucher 	New York Rangers 	48	14	30	44 	4
Marty Barry 	Boston Bruins 	48	27	12	39 	12
Nels Stewart 	Boston Bruins 	48	22	17	39 	68
Cecil Dillon 	New York Rangers 	48	13	26	39 	10
Busher Jackson 	Toronto Maple Leafs	38	20	18	38 	38
Aurel Joliat 	Montreal Canadiens 	48	22	15	37 	27
Hooley Smith 	Montreal Maroons 	47	18	19	37 	58
Paul Thompson 	Chicago Black Hawks	48	20	16	36 	17
Source: NHL.
===Leading goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shut outs; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	Team 	GP	Mins	GA 	SO	GAA
[ilf Cude 	Montreal, Detroit 	30	1920	47 	5 	1.47
Charlie Gardiner	Chicago Black Hawks	48	3050	83 	10	1.63
Roy Worters 	New York Americans 	36	2240	75 	4 	2.01
Lorne Chabot 	Montreal Canadiens 	47	2928	101	8 	2.07
Andy Aitkenhead 	New York Rangers 	48	2990	76 	7 	2.27
Source: NHL.
==Team Photos==
33-34BosBru.jpg|Boston Bruins
33-34ChiBH.jpg|Chicago Black Hawks
33-34DetRW.jpg|Detroit Red Wings
33-34MtlCdn.jpg|Montreal Canadiens
33-34MtlMar.jpg|Montreal Maroons
33-34NYA.jpg|New York Americans
33-34NYR.jpg|New York Rangers
33-34TorML.jpg|Toronto Maple Leafs
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==External links==
*Hockeydb.com 1933–34 season
*NHL.com
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