1933–34 Montreal Maroons season

1933–34 Montreal Maroons
Division	3rd Canadian
1933–34 record	19–18–11
Goals for	117
Goals against	122
Team information
General manager	James Strachan
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Hooley Smith
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Baldy Northcott (20)
Assists	Hooley Smith (19)
Points	Hooley Smith (37)
Penalty minutes	Hooley Smith (58)
Wins	Dave Kerr (19)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.39)

The 1933–34 Montreal Maroons season was the 10th season of the Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maroons finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 6 goals to 2.

Off-season

In another move to save money via a salary dump, defenseman Lionel Conacher was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks for Ted Graham on October 1, 1933. Conacher ended up being Chicago's top scoring defenseman in the 1933-34 season, a First Team All-Star and won the 1934 Stanley Cup.

Regular Season

Russ Blinco won the Calder Trophy in 1934.

For only the second time in their history, one goalie played all the Maroons games as Dave Kerr played all 48 games. Not since winning the Stanley Cup in the 1925-26 season had this occurred when Clint Benedict played all 36 games.

Defenseman Irv Frew played his first NHL game on Christmas Day, 1933 as the Maroons lost 3-0 to the New York Rangers. Mired in fourth place with a 4-9-4 record and out of a playoff spot, Russ Blinco was called up from the minors and Herb Cain was signed from junior. Both made their NHL debuts on December 30, 1933 as the Maroons played to a 2-2 tie against their cross-town rivals, the Montreal Canadiens. Their addition to the line-up turned the Maroons season around as they went 15-9-7 for the rest of the schedule and finished in third place, making the post season.

Russ Blinco was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy after scoring 23 points in 31 games.

Final Standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	13	9	174	119	61
Montreal Canadiens	48	22	20	6	99	101	50
Montreal Maroons	48	19	18	11	117	122	49
New York Americans	48	15	23	10	104	132	40
Ottawa Senators	48	13	29	6	115	143	32

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

Game Log

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

Playoffs

Montreal Maroons 2 Goals, New York Rangers 1 Goal

Earl Robinson was the series hero as he scored both Maroon goals in the deciding game.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 20	New York Rangers	0-0	Montreal Maroons	0-0
2	March 25	Montreal Maroons	2-1	New York Rangers	2-1

Chicago Black Hawks 6 Goals, Montreal Maroons 2 Goals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 28	Chicago Black Hawks	3-0	Montreal Maroons	3-0
2	April 1	Montreal Maroons	2-3	Chicago Black Hawks	2-6

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C/RW	47	18	19	37	58
5	Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	47	20	13	33	27
15	Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	47	12	16	28	14
8	Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	48	9	17	26	47
14	Blinco, RussRuss Blinco	C	31	14	9	23	2
4	Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward	RW	48	14	9	23	46
10	Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	44	5	4	9	18
9	Brydson, GlennGlenn Brydson	RW	37	4	5	9	19
17	Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	30	4	5	9	14
11	MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	47	4	3	7	20
2	Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	48	2	5	7	31
6	Evans, StewartStewart Evans	D	27	4	2	6	35
16	Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea	RW/C	45	3	1	4	7
12	Frew, IrvIrv Frew	D	30	2	1	3	41
6	Graham, TedTed Graham	D	19	2	1	3	10
14	Duguid, LorneLorne Duguid	LW	5	0	1	1	0
17	Runge, PaulPaul Runge	C/LW	4	0	0	0	0
17	McCabe, StanStan McCabe	LW	8	0	0	0	4
12	Wilcox, ArchieArchie Wilcox	RW/D	10	0	0	0	2
3	Ayres, VernVern Ayres	D	17	0	0	0	19
1	Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	3060	48	19	18	11	122	2.39	6
Team:	3060	48	19	18	11	122	2.39	6

Playoffs

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
5	Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	4	2	0	2	0
15	Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	4	2	0	2	0
2	Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	4	0	2	2	2
14	Blinco, RussRuss Blinco	C	4	0	1	1	0
10	Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	4	0	1	1	2
7	Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C/RW	4	0	1	1	6
9	Brydson, GlennGlenn Brydson	RW	1	0	0	0	0
12	Starr, HaroldHarold Starr	D	3	0	0	0	0
17	Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	4	0	0	0	0
6	Evans, StewartStewart Evans	D	4	0	0	0	4
3	Frew, IrvIrv Frew	D	4	0	0	0	6
16	Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea	RW/C	4	0	0	0	0
11	MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	4	0	0	0	0
8	Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	4	0	0	0	6
4	Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward	RW	4	0	0	0	0
1	Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	G	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	240	4	1	2	7	1.75	1
Team:	240	4	1	2	7	1.75	1

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

• Calder Trophy: Russ Blinco

Transactions

• Purchase Vernon Ayres from the New York Americans on June 1, 1933.
• Trade Lionel Conacher to the Chicago Black Hawks for Ted Graham on October 1, 1933.
• Trade Al Huggins to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Stewart Adams on November 1, 1933.
• Trade Ted Graham to the Detroit Red Wings for Stewart Evans on January 2, 1934.

Trivia

• Maroons who had a hat trick this season include:
  • Baldy Northcott during the 6-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 25, 1934.
  • Hooley Smith during the 6-2 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on March 13, 1934.
  • Baldy Northcott during the 6-2 win over Chicago on March 13, 1934.

Gallery

Home Opener

Quarter Final

Semi Final

See Also

• 1933–34 NHL season