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
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Dit Clapper
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Marty Barry (27)
Assists	Nels Stewart (17)
Points	Marty Barry (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 missed qualifying for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Eddie Shore misses 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. At the 13:00 mark of the second period, after King Clancy upended Shore, the dazed Shore hit Ace Bailey from behind, thinking he was going after Clancy. Bailey's head hit the ice, fracturing it and sending him into convulsions. Red Horner then knocked Shore out. Both recieved game misconducts and Shore had to be carried off the ice by his teammates. Bailey's life hung in the balance but he survived after surgery. 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.

Shore carried from ice.

Shore and Bailey at the first all-star game.

The February 20, 1934 game against the Detroit Red Wings is attended by only 1,500 fans due to a snowstorm. Lionel Hitchman plays his final game on February 22, 1934 against the Ottawa Senators and his #3 is retired.

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 4-10-3 while he was suspended for the Bailey incident) and Hitchman's retirement with 19 games left in the season.

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 schedule

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 postseason.

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
x	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
x	Smillie, DonDon Smillie	LW	12	2	2	4	4
15	O'Neil, JimJim O'Neil	C/RW	23	2	2	4	15
12	Ripley, VicVic Ripley	LW	14	2	1	3	6
x	Lane, MylesMyles Lane	D	25	2	1	3	17
16	Galbraith, PercyPercy Galbraith	LW/D	42	0	2	2	6
x	Gross, LloydLloyd Gross	LW	6	1	0	1	6
3	Hitchman, LionelLionel Hitchman	D	27	1	0	1	4
x	Patterson, GeorgeGeorge Patterson	W	10	0	1	1	2
x	Wilcox, ArchieArchie Wilcox	RW/D	14	0	1	1	2
2	Jerwa, JoeJoe Jerwa	D	2	0	0	0	2
14	Filmore, TommyTommy Filmore	RW	3	0	0	0	0
x	Sheppard, JohnnyJohnny Sheppard	LW	4	0	0	0	0
14	Jerwa, FrankFrank Jerwa	LW/D	5	0	0	0	2
x	Harnott, WalterWalter Harnott	LW	6	0	0	0	2
x	McInenly, BertBert McInenly	LW/D	7	0	0	0	4
16	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

Transactions

• Vic Ripley and Roy Burmister are traded to the New York Rangers for Babe Siebert.
• Art Chapman is traded to the Ottawa Senators.
• Lloyd Gross and George Patterson are obtained from the New York Americans.
• Archie Wilcox is signed as a free agent and traded to the Montreal Maroons.
• Bert McInenly is obtained from Ottawa.

Trivia

• While Eddie Shore missed the first two games of the season holding out for a richer contract, Joe Jerwa wore his #2 jersey.
• 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.

See Also

• 1933–34 NHL season