1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	1st Canadian
1933–34 record	26–13–9
Goals for	174
Goals against	119
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Hap Day
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Charlie Conacher (32)
Assists	Joe Primeau (32)
Points	Charlie Conacher (52)
Penalty minutes	Red Horner (146)
Wins	George Hainsworth (26)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.37)

The 1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 17th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 1st in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 3 games to 2.

Regular Season

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.

King Clancy's jersey, March 17, 1934.

On March 17, 1934, the Maple Leafs played the New York Rangers and celebrated St. Patrick's Day by declaring it "King Clancy Night." Clancy wore a special green Maple Leafs jersey complete with a shamrock on the back instead of a number. Green pants, socks and stick completed the uniform. Rangers GM/coach Lester Patrick was aghast at Clancy's attire and convinced him to wear his regular Leafs uniform after the first period.

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 9, 1933	6–1	Boston Bruins (1933–34)	1–0–0
2	W	November 11, 1933	4–3	New York Rangers (1933–34)	2–0–0
3	W	November 18, 1933	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	3–0–0
4	T	November 21, 1933	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	3–0–1
5	L	November 25, 1933	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	3–1–1
6	W	November 28, 1933	7–3	New York Americans (1933–34)	4–1–1
7	W	November 30, 1933	1–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	5–1–1
8	W	December 2, 1933	8–3	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	6–1–1
9	W	December 3, 1933	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	7–1–1
10	W	December 5, 1933	9–1	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	8–1–1
11	L	December 7, 1933	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	8–2–1
12	W	December 9, 1933	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	9–2–1
13	W	December 12, 1933	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34)	10–2–1
14	L	December 14, 1933	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	10–3–1
15	W	December 16, 1933	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	11–3–1
16	W	December 23, 1933	8–2	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	12–3–1
17	T	December 26, 1933	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34)	12–3–2
18	T	December 28, 1933	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	12–3–3
19	W	December 30, 1933	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	13–3–3
20	W	January 1, 1934	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	14–3–3
21	L	January 4, 1934	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	14–4–3
22	W	January 6, 1934	7–3	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	15–4–3
23	T	January 11, 1934	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	15–4–4
24	T	January 13, 1934	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1933–34)	15–4–5
25	W	January 16, 1934	7–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	16–4–5
26	W	January 18, 1934	6–2	Boston Bruins (1933–34)	17–4–5
27	T	January 20, 1934	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	17–4–6
28	L	January 21, 1934	2–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	17–5–6
29	W	January 23, 1934	8–4	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	18–5–6
30	L	January 25, 1934	0–6	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	18–6–6
31	T	January 27, 1934	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	18–6–7
32	L	January 28, 1934	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	18–7–7
33	T	February 1, 1934	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	18–7–8
34	W	February 3, 1934	8–4	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	19–7–8
35	L	February 4, 1934	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	19–8–8
36	T	February 8, 1934	3–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	19–8–9
37	W	February 10, 1934	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	20–8–9
38	W	February 17, 1934	6–4	Boston Bruins (1933–34)	21–8–9
39	L	February 20, 1934	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	21–9–9
40	W	February 24, 1934	8–3	New York Rangers (1933–34)	22–9–9
41	W	February 27, 1934	2–1 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	23–9–9
42	W	March 3, 1934	6–4	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	24–9–9
43	L	March 6, 1934	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1933–34)	24–10–9
44	L	March 8, 1934	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	24–11–9
45	W	March 10, 1934	8–5	New York Americans (1933–34)	25–11–9
46	L	March 15, 1934	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	25–12–9
47	W	March 17, 1934	3–2	New York Rangers (1933–34)	26–12–9
48	L	March 18, 1934	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	26–13–9

Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 2

Best of 5

• Mar 22 Detroit Red Wings 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (00:01:33 OT)
• Mar 24 Detroit Red Wings 6 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3
• Mar 26 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Detroit Red Wings 1
• Mar 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Detroit Red Wings 1
• Mar 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 0 at Detroit Red Wings 1

Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3 games to 2.

Player Stats

1933-34 program.

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	RW	42	32	20	52	38
Primeau, JoeJoe Primeau	C	45	14	32	46	8
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	38	20	18	38	38
Clancy, KingKing Clancy	D	46	11	17	28	62
Thoms, BillBill Thoms	C	47	8	18	26	24
Blair, AndyAndy Blair	C	47	14	9	23	35
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea	LW	43	10	13	23	15
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton	LW	47	8	14	22	46
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	40	11	10	21	146
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll	LW	42	12	8	20	21
Day, HapHap Day	D	48	9	10	19	35
Doraty, KenKen Doraty	F	34	9	10	19	6
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	45	8	8	16	2
Levinsky, AlexAlex Levinsky	D	47	5	11	16	38
Bailey, AceAce Bailey	RW	13	2	3	5	11
Shill, JackJack Shill	C	7	0	1	1	0
Robertson, FredFred Robertson	D	2	0	0	0	0
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	4	0	0	0	4
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	3010	48	26	13	9	119	2.37	3
Team:	3010	48	26	13	9	119	2.37	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Primeau, JoeJoe Primeau	C	5	2	4	6	6
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	RW	5	3	2	5	0
Doraty, KenKen Doraty	F	5	2	2	4	0
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea	LW	5	2	0	2	2
Blair, AndyAndy Blair	C	5	0	2	2	16
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton	LW	5	0	2	2	0
Thoms, BillBill Thoms	C	5	0	2	2	0
Horner, RedRed Horner	D	5	1	0	1	6
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	5	1	0	1	8
Sands, CharlieCharlie Sands	C/RW	5	1	0	1	0
Shill, JackJack Shill	C	2	0	0	0	0
Clancy, KingKing Clancy	D	3	0	0	0	8
Day, HapHap Day	D	5	0	0	0	6
Levinsky, AlexAlex Levinsky	D	5	0	0	0	6
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll	LW	5	0	0	0	9
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	302	5	2	3	11	2.19	0
Team:	302	5	2	3	11	2.19	0

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

Detroit-Toronto April 1934 Tour of Western Canada

The Detroit Red Wings and the Maple Leafs played a six game charity exhibition tour of Western Canada sponsored by the Gyro Club. The Leafs Joe Primeau didn't participate. The series was a high scoring affair with Toronto winning three games and Detroit two with one tie. Charlie Conacher led the tour in scoring with 10 goals and 16 points while Larry Aurie was second with 9 goals and 14 points.

April 14, 1934: Toronto 12, Detroit 8 @ Winnipeg, Manitoba
April 16, 1934: Detroit 9 Toronto 8 (OT) @ Winnipeg
April 18, 1934: Toronto 8, Detroit 5 @ Trail, B.C.
April 21, 1934: Toronto 5, Detroit 5 (OT) @ Vancouver, B.C.
April 23, 1934: Detroit 8 Toronto 4 @ Vancouver
April 26, 1934: Toronto 7, Detroit 5 @ Vancouver

Awards and Records

• O'Brien Trophy: Toronto Maple Leafs
• NHL Scoring Leader: Charlie Conacher
• Charlie Conacher, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Busher Jackson, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• King Clancy, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
• Joe Primeau, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Dick Irvin, Coach, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Home opener.

Last home game.

Ad for train to Detroit for playoff game.

Maple Leafs team at the Ace Bailey Benefit Game.

Joe Primeau, Ace Bailey and Howie Morenz, opening face-off of the Ace Bailey Benefit All-Star Game, February 14, 1934.

See Also

• 1933–34 NHL season