1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season

1937–38 Detroit Red Wings
Division	4th American
1937–38 record	12–25–11
Goals for	99
Goals against	133
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Herbie Lewis
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Herbie Lewis (13)
Assists	Marty Barry (20)
Points	Herbie Lewis (31)
Penalty minutes	Marty Barry (34)
Wins	Normie Smith (11)
Goals against average	Normie Smith (2.66)

The 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 12th season. The Wings finished last in the American Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Mud Bruneteau suffered a broken arm during the 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on January 2, 1938.

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	30	11	7	142	89	67
New York Rangers	48	27	15	6	149	96	60
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	25	9	97	139	37
Detroit Red Wings	48	12	25	11	99	133	35

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	T	November 4, 1937	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	0–0–1
2	L	November 7, 1937	0–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	0–1–1
3	L	November 13, 1937	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	0–2–1
4	W	November 14, 1937	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	1–2–1
5	L	November 18, 1937	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	1–3–1
6	L	November 21, 1937	0–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	1–4–1
7	L	November 23, 1937	1–3	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	1–5–1
8	W	November 25, 1937	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	2–5–1
9	L	November 28, 1937	1–3	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	2–6–1
10	L	December 5, 1937	1–2	New York Americans (1937–38)	2–7–1
11	W	December 7, 1937	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–7–1
12	L	December 9, 1937	2–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	3–8–1
13	L	December 12, 1937	2–5	New York Rangers (1937–38)	3–9–1
14	L	December 14, 1937	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	3–10–1
15	L	December 16, 1937	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	3–11–1
16	L	December 19, 1937	2–4	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–12–1
17	T	December 25, 1937	1–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–12–2
18	L	December 26, 1937	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–13–2
19	T	December 30, 1937	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	3–13–3
20	L	January 2, 1938	1–4	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–14–3
21	W	January 4, 1938	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	4–14–3
22	T	January 6, 1938	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	4–14–4
23	L	January 9, 1938	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	4–15–4
24	L	January 11, 1938	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	4–16–4
25	T	January 13, 1938	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	4–16–5
26	T	January 15, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	4–16–6
27	T	January 16, 1938	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	4–16–7
28	W	January 20, 1938	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	5–16–7
29	W	January 23, 1938	3–2	New York Americans (1937–38)	6–16–7
30	L	January 27, 1938	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	6–17–7
31	L	January 29, 1938	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	6–18–7
32	T	January 30, 1938	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	6–18–8
33	L	February 1, 1938	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	6–19–8
34	W	February 3, 1938	6–1	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	7–19–8
35	W	February 6, 1938	8–0	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	8–19–8
36	L	February 10, 1938	0–4	New York Rangers (1937–38)	8–20–8
37	T	February 13, 1938	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	8–20–9
38	W	February 20, 1938	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	9–20–9
39	T	February 24, 1938	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–20–10
40	T	February 27, 1938	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	9–20–11
41	L	March 1, 1938	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	9–21–11
42	L	March 3, 1938	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	9–22–11
43	W	March 6, 1938	4–3	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	10–22–11
44	L	March 10, 1938	2–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	10–23–11
45	W	March 13, 1938	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	11–23–11
46	L	March 15, 1938	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	11–24–11
47	L	March 17, 1938	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	11–25–11
48	W	March 20, 1938	4–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	12–25–11

Playoffs

• The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	42	13	18	31	12
Barry, MartyMarty Barry	C	48	9	20	29	34
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	48	8	19	27	14
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	41	14	10	24	30
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	32	5	17	22	6
Aurie, LarryLarry Aurie	RW	47	10	9	19	19
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea	LW	48	9	9	18	10
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	21	9	7	16	2
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	47	3	7	10	14
Sorrell, JohnJohn Sorrell	LW	23	3	7	10	0
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	24	3	6	9	16
Young, DougDoug Young	D	48	3	5	8	24
Hudson, RonRon Hudson	C	32	5	2	7	2
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	30	0	7	7	13
Lamb, JoeJoe Lamb	RW	14	3	1	4	6
Pettinger, GordGord Pettinger	C	12	1	3	4	4
Beattie, RedRed Beattie	LW	11	1	2	3	0
Bowman, RalphRalph Bowman	D	45	0	2	2	26
Roulston, RollyRolly Roulston	LW/D	2	0	1	1	0
Doraty, KenKen Doraty	F	2	0	1	1	2
Kelly, PetePete Kelly	RW	9	0	1	1	2
Bessone, PetePete Bessone	D	6	0	1	1	6
Drouillard, ClarenceClarence Drouillard	C	10	0	1	1	0
Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea	RW/C	5	0	0	0	4
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	6	0	0	0	4
Sherf, JohnJohn Sherf	LW	6	0	0	0	2
Mackie, HowardHoward Mackie	RW/D	7	0	0	0	0
Doran, JohnJohn Doran	D	7	0	0	0	10
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	G	1	0	0	0	0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	G	47	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	2930	47	11	25	11	130	2.66	3
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	2990	48	12	25	11	133	2.67	3

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

• The Red Wings did not receive any awards this season.

1938 Detroit Red Wings–Montreal Canadiens European tour

Normie Smith makes a save during the third game in Paris, France, April 29, 1938.

In April and May 1938, the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens played a nine-game exhibition series in England and France. It was the first time in the history of the NHL that its teams played games in Europe. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1.

Gallery

Bill Cowley scored twice, December 7, 1937.

Eddie Shore clears the net, January 2, 1938.

Eddie Shore and Tiny Thompson stop John Sorrell and Marty Barry, January 11, 1938.

See Also

• 1937–38 NHL season

External Links

• 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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