1933–34 Boston Bruins season

1933–34 Boston Bruins
Division	4th American
1933–34 record	18–25–5
Goals for	111 (6th)
Goals against	130 (7th)
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Marty Barry
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Marty Barry (27)
Assists	Nels Stewart (17)
Points	Marty Barry Nels Stewart (39)
Penalty minutes	Nels Stewart (68)
Wins	Tiny Thompson (18)
Goals against average	Tiny Thompson (2.70)

The 1933–34 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 10th season in the NHL. The Bruins finished 4th in the American Division and missed qualifying for the playoffs.

Pre-season

The Bruins held their training camp in Quebec City, Quebec.

Although official Bruins records list Dit Clapper as the team's captain for the season, Marty Barry was appointed to lead the team as reported in the Boston Globe and a number of other newspapers.

Regular Season

Eddie Shore missed the first two games of the season while holding out for a $7,500 contract.

Aftermath of the Bailey-Shore incident.

The December 12, 1933 game versus the Toronto Maple Leafs was filled with violence. Just before the 13:00 mark of the second period, Eddie Shore was rushing the puck into the Leafs zone when he was checked by Red Horner into the boards, hitting his head. Horner retrieved the puck and rushed up the ice so Ace Bailey hung back to cover for Horner. Dazed and angry, Shore mistook Bailey for Horner and hit Bailey low from behind. Bailey fell backwards and his head hit the ice, fracturing it and sending him into convulsions. Red Horner then punched Shore who fell backwards, hitting his head on the ice, knocking him out. Both received game misconducts and Shore had to be carried off the ice by his teammates where 18 stitches were required to Shore's head. Bailey's life hung in the balance but he survived after two surgeries. The first all-star game was held on February 14, 1934 to benefit Bailey which Shore participated in. He apologized and Bailey forgave Shore. Shore was suspended for 16 games and wore a helmet for the rest of his career.

See also Ace Bailey Benefit All-Star Game.

Shore carried from the ice with #10 Joe Lamb, #15 Art Chapman.

Shore and Bailey on March 6, 1934 at Boston.

Shore returned to action on January 28, 1934 at Madison Square Garden in the Bruins 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers. Wearing a helmet, due to the injury he suffered in the Bailey incident, he racked up assists on both Bruin goals. The entire Bruins team also wore helmets for the remainder of the season.

The February 20, 1934 game against the Detroit Red Wings was attended by only 1,500 fans due to a snowstorm. "Lionel Hitchman Night" was celebrated on February 22, 1934 against the Ottawa Senators. A great defensive defenseman, Hitchman's jersey #3 was retired and Hitchman played his last game. It was the first number retired by the Bruins and the second in pro sports.

Bruins farmhand goalie Percy Jackson, who was playing for the Boston Cubs, was loaned to the New York Americans for a game against the Bruins on March 18, 1934. Boston triumphed 9-5 with Shore and Nels Stewart both collecting four points.

As in the 1931-32 season in which the Bruins missed the playoffs, line-up instability was again a factor in missing the post season in 1933-34. Injuries saw 28 different players suit up for the Bruins, the most in their history to that point. Goals against shot up largely due to Shore missing 18 games (the Bruins went 4-9-3 while he was suspended for the Bailey incident) and Hitchman's retirement with 19 games left in the season. Marty Barry finished 4th in league scoring and 2nd in goals with 27.

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	14	10	113	98	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	20	17	11	88	83	51
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	120	113	50
Boston Bruins	48	18	25	5	111	130	41

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 9, 1933	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	0–1–0
2	L	November 11, 1933	2–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	0–2–0
3	L	November 14, 1933	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	0–3–0
4	W	November 18, 1933	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	1–3–0
5	W	November 21, 1933	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	2–3–0
6	W	November 23, 1933	6–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	3–3–0
7	L	November 26, 1933	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	3–4–0
8	W	November 28, 1933	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	4–4–0
9	L	November 30, 1933	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	4–5–0
10	L	December 2, 1933	0–3	New York Rangers (1933–34)	4–6–0
11	W	December 5, 1933	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	5–6–0
12	W	December 9, 1933	4–2	New York Americans (1933–34)	6–6–0
13	L	December 12, 1933	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	6–7–0
14	W	December 14, 1933	5–4 OT	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	7–7–0
15	T	December 17, 1933	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	7–7–1
16	W	December 19, 1933	1–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	8–7–1
17	L	December 23, 1933	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	8–8–1
18	T	December 26, 1933	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	8–8–2
19	W	December 28, 1933	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	9–8–2
20	L	January 2, 1934	0–1	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	9–9–2
21	L	January 4, 1934	2–9	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	9–10–2
22	L	January 6, 1934	2–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	9–11–2
23	L	January 9, 1934	1–2	New York Americans (1933–34)	9–12–2
24	T	January 11, 1934	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	9–12–3
25	L	January 14, 1934	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	9–13–3
26	W	January 16, 1934	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	10–13–3
27	L	January 18, 1934	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	10–14–3
28	L	January 21, 1934	2–4	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	10–15–3
29	L	January 23, 1934	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	10–16–3
30	L	January 28, 1934	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	10–17–3
31	W	January 30, 1934	2–1	New York Rangers (1933–34)	11–17–3
32	T	February 1, 1934	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	11–17–4
33	W	February 4, 1934	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	12–17–4
34	L	February 6, 1934	0–1	New York Americans (1933–34)	12–18–4
35	L	February 10, 1934	0–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	12–19–4
36	L	February 13, 1934	4–6	New York Rangers (1933–34)	12–20–4
37	T	February 15, 1934	4–4 OT	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	12–20–5
38	L	February 17, 1934	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	12–21–5
39	L	February 20, 1934	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	12–22–5
40	L	February 22, 1934	1–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	12–23–5
41	L	February 24, 1934	4–9	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	12–24–5
42	W	February 27, 1934	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	13–24–5
43	W	March 1, 1934	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	14–24–5
44	L	March 3, 1934	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	14–25–5
45	W	March 6, 1934	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	15–25–5
46	W	March 13, 1934	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	16–25–5
47	W	March 15, 1934	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	17–25–5
48	W	March 18, 1934	9–5	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	18–25–5

Playoffs

• The Bruins did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
8	Barry, MartyMarty Barry	C	48	27	12	39	12
7	Stewart, NelsNels Stewart	C	48	22	17	39	68
10	Lamb, JoeJoe Lamb	RW	48	10	15	25	47
5	Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	48	10	12	22	6
11	Beattie, RedRed Beattie	LW	48	9	13	22	26
9	Oliver, HarryHarry Oliver	RW	48	5	9	14	6
2	Shore, EddieEddie Shore	D	30	2	10	12	57
12	Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	32	5	6	11	31
4	Smith, AlexAlex Smith	D	45	4	6	10	32
6	Gracie, BobBob Gracie	C/LW	24	2	6	8	8
15	Chapman, ArtArt Chapman	C	21	2	5	7	7
14, 17	Smillie, DonDon Smillie	C/D	12	2	2	4	4
14, 15	O'Neil, JimJim O'Neil	C/RW	23	2	2	4	15
12	Ripley, VicVic Ripley	LW	14	2	1	3	6
2, 3, 17, 18	Lane, MylesMyles Lane	D	25	2	1	3	17
16	Galbraith, PercyPercy Galbraith	LW/D	42	2	0	2	6
6	Gross, LloydLloyd Gross	LW	5	1	0	1	6
3	Hitchman, LionelLionel Hitchman	D	27	1	0	1	4
18	Patterson, GeorgeGeorge Patterson	W	10	0	1	1	2
15	Wilcox, ArchieArchie Wilcox	RW/D	12	0	1	1	2
2	Jerwa, JoeJoe Jerwa	D	2	0	0	0	2
14	Filmore, TommyTommy Filmore	RW	3	0	0	0	0
14	Sheppard, JohnnyJohnny Sheppard	LW	4	0	0	0	0
14	Jerwa, FrankFrank Jerwa	LW/D	5	0	0	0	2
3, 15	McInenly, BertBert McInenly	LW/D	6	0	0	0	2
6	Harnott, WalterWalter Harnott	LW	6	0	0	0	2
15, 16, 18	Davie, BobBob Davie	D	9	0	0	0	6
1	Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	2980	48	18	25	5	130	2.62	5
Team:	2980	48	18	25	5	130	2.62	5

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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

• Eddie Shore, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
• NHL Goal Scoring Leader: Marty Barry, Runner-up

Transactions

• Purchase Johnny Sheppard from the New York Americans on October 10, 1933.
• Sign Bert McInenly as a free agent on December 16, 1933.
• Trade Vic Ripley and Roy Burmister to the New York Rangers for Babe Siebert on December 17, 1933. Siebert plays his first game for the Bruins on December 19, 1933 versus the Montreal Maroons.
• Trade Art Chapman and Bob Gracie to the Americans for Lloyd Gross and George Patterson on January 11, 1934.
• Claim Archie Wilcox off waivers for $1 on January 28, 1934.

Farm Teams

• Boston Tiger Cubs, Canadian American Hockey League

Trivia

• While Eddie Shore missed the first two games of the season holding out for a richer contract, Joe Jerwa wore his #2 jersey. After Shore was suspended 16 games for the December 12, 1933 incident with Ace Bailey, Myles Lane wore #2 for 4 games. When the Bruins met the Black Hawks on December 23, Lane switched to jersey #17 before going back to wearing #2.
• Lane wore four different numbers - 2, 3, 17 and 18.
• All Bruins wore a helmet for the January 4, 1934 game versus the Ottawa Senators and lost 9-2.
• Bruins who recorded a hat trick this season include:
  • Joe Lamb and Marty Barry both during the 6-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on November 23, 1933.

Gallery

Ace Bailey is tended to at the left, Eddie Shore on the right, December 12, 1933.

Aftermath of the Shore-Bailey incident, December 12, 1933.

Shore (now wearing a helmet) on his return to action after the Bailey suspension with Art Ross, January 28, 1934.

On January 28, 1934, Eddie Shore plays in his first game after the Bailey suspension. The Rangers Bun Cook scores on Tiny Thompson while Nels Stewart watches.

See Also

• 1933–34 NHL season