1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season

1948–49 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st NHL
1948–49 record	34–19–7
Goals for	195
Goals against	145
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Sid Abel
Alternate captains	Bill Quackenbush Jack Stewart
Arena	Detroit Olympia
Team leaders
Goals	Sid Abel (28)
Assists	Ted Lindsay (28)
Points	Sid Abel Ted Lindsay (54)
Penalty minutes	Ted Lindsay (97)
Wins	Harry Lumley (34)
Goals against average	Harry Lumley (2.42)

The 1948–49 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 23rd season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the league and lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 0.

Regular Season

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	60	34	19	7	75	195	145
Boston Bruins	60	29	23	8	66	178	163
Montreal Canadiens	60	28	23	9	65	152	126
Toronto Maple Leafs	60	22	25	13	57	147	161
Chicago Black Hawks	60	21	31	8	50	173	211
New York Rangers	60	18	31	11	47	133	172

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 13, 1948	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	1–0–0
2	W	October 17, 1948	7–0	New York Rangers (1948–49)	2–0–0
3	T	October 23, 1948	0–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	2–0–1
4	W	October 24, 1948	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	3–0–1
5	W	October 27, 1948	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	4–0–1
6	L	October 30, 1948	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	4–1–1
7	W	October 31, 1948	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	5–1–1
8	L	November 6, 1948	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	5–2–1
9	W	November 7, 1948	7–3	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	6–2–1
10	L	November 11, 1948	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	6–3–1
11	W	November 14, 1948	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	7–3–1
12	T	November 17, 1948	4–4	New York Rangers (1948–49)	7–3–2
13	L	November 21, 1948	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	7–4–2
14	L	November 24, 1948	3–5	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	7–5–2
15	L	November 27, 1948	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	7–6–2
16	W	November 28, 1948	9–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	8–6–2
17	W	December 1, 1948	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	9–6–2
18	W	December 4, 1948	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	10–6–2
19	W	December 5, 1948	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	11–6–2
20	W	December 8, 1948	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	12–6–2
21	W	December 11, 1948	5–3	New York Rangers (1948–49)	13–6–2
22	L	December 12, 1948	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	13–7–2
23	L	December 15, 1948	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	13–8–2
24	L	December 18, 1948	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	13–9–2
25	W	December 19, 1948	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	14–9–2
26	L	December 22, 1948	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	14–10–2
27	L	December 25, 1948	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	14–11–2
28	W	December 26, 1948	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	15–11–2
29	W	December 29, 1948	10–2	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	16–11–2
30	L	January 1, 1949	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	16–12–2
31	W	January 2, 1949	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	17–12–2
32	L	January 6, 1949	2–3	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	17–13–2
33	W	January 8, 1949	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	18–13–2
34	T	January 9, 1949	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	18–13–3
35	W	January 12, 1949	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	19–13–3
36	W	January 16, 1949	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	20–13–3
37	W	January 19, 1949	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	21–13–3
38	T	January 22, 1949	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	21–13–4
39	W	January 23, 1949	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	22–13–4
40	L	January 26, 1949	1–5	New York Rangers (1948–49)	22–14–4
41	W	January 29, 1949	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	23–14–4
42	W	January 30, 1949	4–0	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	24–14–4
43	W	February 2, 1949	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	25–14–4
44	W	February 3, 1949	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	26–14–4
45	W	February 6, 1949	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	27–14–4
46	W	February 9, 1949	8–0	New York Rangers (1948–49)	28–14–4
47	L	February 12, 1949	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	28–15–4
48	T	February 13, 1949	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	28–15–5
49	L	February 16, 1949	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	28–16–5
50	T	February 21, 1949	2–2	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	28–16–6
51	L	February 26, 1949	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	28–17–6
52	L	February 27, 1949	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1948–49)	28–18–6
53	T	March 2, 1949	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1948–49)	28–18–7
54	W	March 5, 1949	6–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	29–18–7
55	W	March 6, 1949	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1948–49)	30–18–7
56	W	March 9, 1949	5–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	31–18–7
57	L	March 13, 1949	2–6	Boston Bruins (1948–49)	31–19–7
58	W	March 16, 1949	6–2	New York Rangers (1948–49)	32–19–7
59	W	March 19, 1949	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1948–49)	33–19–7
60	W	March 20, 1949	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1948–49)	34–19–7

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	60	28	26	54	49
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	50	26	28	54	97
Poile, BudBud Poile	RW	56	21	21	42	6
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	40	12	25	37	57
McFadden, JimJim McFadden	C	55	12	20	32	10
Horeck, PetePete Horeck	LW	60	14	16	30	46
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	51	19	10	29	6
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	60	10	16	26	40
McNab, MaxMax McNab	C	51	10	13	23	14
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	60	6	17	23	0
Gee, GeorgeGeorge Gee	C	47	7	12	19	27
Sclisizzi, EnioEnio Sclisizzi	LW	50	9	8	17	24
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	59	5	11	16	10
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	60	4	11	15	96
Reise, LeoLeo Reise	D	59	3	7	10	60
Lundy, PatPat Lundy	C	15	4	3	7	4
Gauthier, FernFern Gauthier	RW	41	3	2	5	2
Fogolin, LeeLee Fogolin	D	43	1	2	3	59
Conacher, JimJim Conacher	C	4	1	0	1	2
Morrison, DonDon Morrison	C	13	0	1	1	0
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	1	0	0	0	0
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay	LW	1	0	0	0	0
McCaig, DougDoug McCaig	D	1	0	0	0	0
Podolsky, NelsNels Podolsky	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	60	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	3600	60	34	19	7	145	2.42	6
Team:	3600	60	34	19	7	145	2.42	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	11	8	3	11	19
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	11	2	6	8	31
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	11	3	3	6	6
Gee, GeorgeGeorge Gee	C	10	1	3	4	22
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	10	2	0	2	2
Horeck, PetePete Horeck	LW	11	1	1	2	10
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	11	1	1	2	10
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	11	1	1	2	0
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	11	1	1	2	32
McNab, MaxMax McNab	C	10	1	0	1	2
Reise, LeoLeo Reise	D	11	1	0	1	4
McFadden, JimJim McFadden	C	8	0	1	1	6
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	9	0	1	1	8
Poile, BudBud Poile	RW	10	0	1	1	2
Reid, GerryGerry Reid	C	2	0	0	0	2
Glover, FredFred Glover	C	2	0	0	0	0
Lundy, PatPat Lundy	C	4	0	0	0	0
Sclisizzi, EnioEnio Sclisizzi	LW	6	0	0	0	2
Podolsky, NelsNels Podolsky	LW	7	0	0	0	4
Fogolin, LeeLee Fogolin	D	9	0	0	0	4
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	11	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	726	11	4	7	26	2.15	0
Team:	726	11	4	7	26	2.15	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

• Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
• O'Brien Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
• Hart Memorial Trophy: Sid Abel
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Bill Quackenbush
• Sid Abel, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
• Bill Quackenbush, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
• Jack Stewart, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Pre-season @ Saskatoon

Pre-season @ Windsor

Sid Smith scores one of his three goals on Harry Lumley, Game 2 of the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals, April 10, 1949.

Fleming Mackell and Ted Kennedy scrap with Red Wings, Game 4 of the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals, April 16, 1949.

Video

Highlights of Game 4 of the 1949 Stanley Cup Finals in which the Leafs win the Cup with a 3-1 victory. Goals by Ray Timgren and Max Bentley are shown.

Toronto Ice Hockey Match, 1949

See Also

• 1948–49 NHL season

External Links

• 1948–49 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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