1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season

1943–44 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd NHL
1943–44 record	26–18–6
Goals for	214
Goals against	177
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Mud Bruneteau
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Carl Liscombe (36)
Assists	Carl Liscombe (37)
Points	Carl Liscombe (73)
Penalty minutes	Harold Jackson (76)
Wins	Connie Dion (17)
Goals against average	Normie Smith (3.00)

The 1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 18th season. The Red Wings finished 2nd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 1.

Regular Season

Ken Kilrea sporting a War Bonds patch.

The Wings wore patches on their jerseys encouraging the public to buy War Bonds.

On January 23, 1944, the Rangers Lester Patrick went behind the bench to coach the team with Frank Boucher attending his brother's funeral. Detroit demolished New York 15-0 and set the modern day record of most goals by a team in a single game. Wings goalie Connie Dion was called upon to make only 9 saves in earning the shutout. It was a horrifying experience for Patrick. Only a week later Syd Howe set a modern day record of 6 goals in a game in a 12-2 conquest of the hapless Rangers.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	50	38	5	7	83	234	109	557
Detroit Red Wings	50	26	18	6	58	214	177	374
Toronto Maple Leafs	50	23	23	4	50	214	174	303
Chicago Black Hawks	50	22	23	5	49	178	187	240
Boston Bruins	50	19	26	5	43	223	268	207
New York Rangers	50	6	39	5	17	162	310	253

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	W	October 31, 1943	8–3	New York Rangers (1943–44)	1–0–0
2	T	November 4, 1943	5–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	1–0–1
3	W	November 7, 1943	6–4	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	2–0–1
4	T	November 11, 1943	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	2–0–2
5	L	November 13, 1943	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	2–1–2
6	L	November 14, 1943	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	2–2–2
7	W	November 18, 1943	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	3–2–2
8	W	November 21, 1943	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	4–2–2
9	L	November 25, 1943	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	4–3–2
10	W	November 28, 1943	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	5–3–2
11	L	December 2, 1943	5–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	5–4–2
12	L	December 4, 1943	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	5–5–2
13	T	December 7, 1943	6–6	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	5–5–3
14	L	December 12, 1943	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	5–6–3
15	W	December 16, 1943	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	6–6–3
16	L	December 19, 1943	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	6–7–3
17	L	December 22, 1943	1–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	6–8–3
18	W	December 23, 1943	5–3	New York Rangers (1943–44)	7–8–3
19	T	December 26, 1943	4–4	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	7–8–4
20	L	December 28, 1943	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	7–9–4
21	L	December 30, 1943	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	7–10–4
22	L	January 2, 1944	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	7–11–4
23	W	January 6, 1944	5–0	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	8–11–4
24	W	January 9, 1944	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	9–11–4
25	T	January 13, 1944	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	9–11–5
26	W	January 15, 1944	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	10–11–5
27	W	January 16, 1944	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	11–11–5
28	W	January 20, 1944	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	12–11–5
29	W	January 23, 1944	15–0	New York Rangers (1943–44)	13–11–5
30	W	January 25, 1944	6–3	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	14–11–5
31	W	January 29, 1944	6–1	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	15–11–5
32	L	January 30, 1944	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	15–12–5
33	W	February 3, 1944	12–2	New York Rangers (1943–44)	16–12–5
34	L	February 5, 1944	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	16–13–5
35	W	February 6, 1944	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	17–13–5
36	W	February 10, 1944	8–3	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	18–13–5
37	W	February 13, 1944	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	19–13–5
38	L	February 17, 1944	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	19–14–5
39	W	February 20, 1944	6–5	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	20–14–5
40	T	February 24, 1944	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	20–14–6
41	L	February 27, 1944	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	20–15–6
42	W	March 2, 1944	6–5	New York Rangers (1943–44)	21–15–6
43	W	March 4, 1944	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	22–15–6
44	L	March 5, 1944	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	22–16–6
45	W	March 7, 1944	8–4	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	23–16–6
46	L	March 11, 1944	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	23–17–6
47	W	March 12, 1944	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44)	24–17–6
48	W	March 16, 1944	10–9	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	25–17–6
49	W	March 18, 1944	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	26–17–6
50	L	March 19, 1944	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	26–18–6

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	50	36	37	73	17
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	46	32	28	60	6
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	46	21	35	56	6
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	39	35	18	53	4
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	42	16	31	47	13
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	50	24	18	42	56
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	28	12	22	34	4
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	50	7	12	19	76
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	23	4	15	19	40
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	27	6	12	18	34
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	43	4	14	18	6
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	33	6	11	17	10
Simon, CullyCully Simon	D	46	3	7	10	52
Thomson, BillBill Thomson	C/RW	5	2	2	4	0
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	14	1	3	4	0
Smith, NakinaNakina Smith	C	10	1	2	3	0
Buller, HyHy Buller	D	7	0	3	3	4
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	2	2	0	2	0
Smith, CarlCarl Smith	RW	7	1	1	2	2
McAtee, JudJud McAtee	LW	1	0	2	2	0
Ruelle, BernieBernie Ruelle	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Rossignol, RolyRoly Rossignol	RW	1	0	1	1	0
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	2	0	1	1	0
Bukovich, TonyTony Bukovich	LW/C	3	0	1	1	0
Bennett, FrankFrank Bennett	LW/D	7	0	1	1	2
Check, LudeLude Check	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Zunich, RudyRudy Zunich	D	2	0	0	0	2
Kane, FrancisFrancis Kane	D	2	0	0	0	0
Lynn, VicVic Lynn	LW/D	3	0	0	0	4
Sherf, JohnJohn Sherf	LW	8	0	0	0	6
Sherritt, GordonGordon Sherritt	D	8	0	0	0	12
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	2	0	0	0	0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	G	5	0	0	0	0
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	G	17	0	0	0	0
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	G	26	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	1560	26	17	7	2	80	3.08	1
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	1020	17	6	8	3	69	4.06	1
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	300	5	3	1	1	15	3.00	0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	120	2	0	2	0	13	6.50	0
Team:	3000	50	26	18	6	177	3.54	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	5	2	2	4	0
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	5	2	1	3	8
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	5	1	2	3	2
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	5	0	2	2	0
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	2	1	0	1	0
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	5	1	0	1	0
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	5	1	0	1	2
Thomson, BillBill Thomson	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Simon, CullyCully Simon	D	5	0	0	0	2
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	5	0	0	0	8
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	5	0	0	0	6
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	5	0	0	0	11
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	G	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	300	5	1	4	17	3.40	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	17	3.40	0

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 win any awards this season.

Gallery

Connie Dion made only 9 saves in the Red Wings 15-0 demolition of the NYR, January 23, 1944.

Pre-season @ Toledo

See Also

• 1943–44 NHL season
• Detroit 15 New York 0: Jan. 23, 1944

External Links

• 1943–44 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

Detroit Red Wings
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Stanley Cups	1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008
Affiliates	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL), Toledo Walleye (ECHL)