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1943-44DetRW
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[]

1943-44-Hec Kilrea war bonds

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

Playoffs[]

Chicago Black Hawks 4, Detroit Red Wings 1[]

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

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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.

Transactions[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. 1943-44 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

External Links[]

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