1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season

1950–51 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st NHL
1950–51 record	44–13–13
Goals for	236
Goals against	139
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Tommy Ivan
Captain	Sid Abel
Alternate captains	Leo Reise Red Kelly Ted Lindsay
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Gordie Howe (43)
Assists	Gordie Howe (43)
Points	Gordie Howe (86)
Penalty minutes	Ted Lindsay (110)
Wins	Terry Sawchuk (44)
Goals against average	Terry Sawchuk (1.99)

The 1950–51 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 25th season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2.

Regular Season

Commemorative patch worn by the Red Wings in 1951.

Beginning in the 1951, the Red Wings wore a patch on the left sleeve of their jerseys commemorating the city of Detroit's 250th anniversary.

The Detroit Red Wings got hot in the second half, overtaking Toronto and finished in first place again, becoming the first NHL team with more than 100 points. Gordie Howe led the NHL in goals, assists, and points while goaltender Terry Sawchuk won the Calder Trophy as the league's best rookie. Sawchuk set a record for most wins by a goalie, as he was in net for all of Detroit's 44 victories.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Detroit Red Wings	70	44	13	13	101	236	139
Toronto Maple Leafs	70	41	16	13	95	212	138
Montreal Canadiens	70	25	30	15	65	173	184
Boston Bruins	70	22	30	18	62	178	197
New York Rangers	70	20	29	21	61	169	201
Chicago Black Hawks	70	13	47	10	36	171	280

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 11, 1950	3–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	1–0–0
2	T	October 15, 1950	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	1–0–1
3	L	October 21, 1950	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	1–1–1
4	W	October 22, 1950	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	2–1–1
5	L	October 25, 1950	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	2–2–1
6	W	October 28, 1950	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	3–2–1
7	W	October 29, 1950	2–0	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	4–2–1
8	T	November 2, 1950	2–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	4–2–2
9	W	November 5, 1950	4–2	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	5–2–2
10	T	November 8, 1950	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	5–2–3
11	W	November 11, 1950	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	6–2–3
12	W	November 12, 1950	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	7–2–3
13	W	November 16, 1950	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	8–2–3
14	W	November 18, 1950	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	9–2–3
15	T	November 19, 1950	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	9–2–4
16	L	November 23, 1950	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	9–3–4
17	W	November 25, 1950	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	10–3–4
18	L	November 26, 1950	0–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	10–4–4
19	L	November 29, 1950	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	10–5–4
20	W	December 2, 1950	7–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	11–5–4
21	L	December 3, 1950	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	11–6–4
22	W	December 6, 1950	9–0	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	12–6–4
23	W	December 9, 1950	5–0	New York Rangers (1950–51)	13–6–4
24	W	December 10, 1950	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	14–6–4
25	W	December 13, 1950	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	15–6–4
26	W	December 14, 1950	4–2	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	16–6–4
27	W	December 16, 1950	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	17–6–4
28	T	December 17, 1950	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	17–6–5
29	W	December 19, 1950	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	18–6–5
30	T	December 23, 1950	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	18–6–6
31	W	December 25, 1950	4–1	New York Rangers (1950–51)	19–6–6
32	W	December 28, 1950	8–1	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	20–6–6
33	W	December 30, 1950	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	21–6–6
34	L	December 31, 1950	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	21–7–6
35	L	January 3, 1951	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	21–8–6
36	W	January 4, 1951	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	22–8–6
37	L	January 6, 1951	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	22–9–6
38	W	January 7, 1951	3–0	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	23–9–6
39	T	January 9, 1951	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	23–9–7
40	W	January 13, 1951	4–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	24–9–7
41	W	January 14, 1951	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	25–9–7
42	W	January 17, 1951	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	26–9–7
43	W	January 18, 1951	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	27–9–7
44	T	January 21, 1951	0–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	27–9–8
45	W	January 23, 1951	8–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	28–9–8
46	T	January 25, 1951	3–3	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	28–9–9
47	L	January 27, 1951	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	28–10–9
48	L	January 28, 1951	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	28–11–9
49	W	February 1, 1951	3–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	29–11–9
50	T	February 4, 1951	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	29–11–10
51	W	February 7, 1951	11–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	30–11–10
52	W	February 8, 1951	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	31–11–10
53	W	February 10, 1951	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	32–11–10
54	W	February 11, 1951	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	33–11–10
55	W	February 17, 1951	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	34–11–10
56	T	February 19, 1951	2–2	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	34–11–11
57	T	February 21, 1951	2–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	34–11–12
58	L	February 25, 1951	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	34–12–12
59	T	February 28, 1951	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1950–51)	34–12–13
60	W	March 3, 1951	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	35–12–13
61	W	March 5, 1951	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	36–12–13
62	W	March 7, 1951	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1950–51)	37–12–13
63	W	March 10, 1951	3–2	New York Rangers (1950–51)	38–12–13
64	W	March 11, 1951	7–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	39–12–13
65	W	March 15, 1951	4–0	Boston Bruins (1950–51)	40–12–13
66	W	March 17, 1951	8–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	41–12–13
67	W	March 18, 1951	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1950–51)	42–12–13
68	W	March 21, 1951	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1950–51)	43–12–13
69	L	March 24, 1951	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	43–13–13
70	W	March 25, 1951	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1950–51)	44–13–13

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	70	43	43	86	74
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	69	23	38	61	30
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	67	24	35	59	110
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	70	17	37	54	24
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters	RW	68	17	21	38	14
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	62	20	17	37	27
Gee, GeorgeGeorge Gee	C	70	17	20	37	19
McFadden, JimJim McFadden	C	70	14	18	32	10
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	LW	67	18	13	31	18
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	67	9	20	29	41
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	61	5	18	23	31
Reise, LeoLeo Reise	D	68	5	16	21	67
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	53	7	6	13	2
Skov, GlenGlen Skov	C/LW	19	7	6	13	13
Stasiuk, VicVic Stasiuk	LW	50	3	10	13	12
Martin, ClareClare Martin	D	50	1	6	7	12
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	37	1	6	7	20
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	30	1	4	5	0
Raglan, RagsRags Raglan	D	33	3	1	4	14
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	18	1	2	3	6
Fogolin, LeeLee Fogolin	D	19	0	1	1	16
Jankowski, LouLou Jankowski	C/RW	1	0	1	1	0
Delvecchio, AlexAlex Delvecchio	C/LW	1	0	0	0	0
Woit, BennyBenny Woit	RW/D	2	0	0	0	2
Black, SteveSteve Black	LW	5	0	0	0	2
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	70	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	4200	70	44	13	13	139	1.99	11
Team:	4200	70	44	13	13	139	1.99	11

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	6	4	3	7	0
Howe, GordieGordie Howe	RW	6	4	3	7	4
Reise, LeoLeo Reise	D	6	2	3	5	2
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	6	1	1	2	0
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	LW	6	0	2	2	4
Prystai, MetroMetro Prystai	C	3	1	0	1	0
Gee, GeorgeGeorge Gee	C	6	0	1	1	0
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	D	6	0	1	1	2
Kelly, RedRed Kelly	D/C	6	0	1	1	0
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	6	0	1	1	8
Pavelich, MartyMarty Pavelich	LW	6	0	1	1	2
Wilson, JohnnyJohnny Wilson	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Martin, ClareClare Martin	D	2	0	0	0	0
McNab, MaxMax McNab	C	2	0	0	0	0
Woit, BennyBenny Woit	RW/D	4	0	0	0	2
Glover, FredFred Glover	C	6	0	0	0	0
Skov, GlenGlen Skov	C/LW	6	0	0	0	0
McFadden, JimJim McFadden	C	6	0	0	0	2
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters	RW	6	0	0	0	0
Pronovost, MarcelMarcel Pronovost	D	6	0	0	0	0
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Sawchuk, TerryTerry Sawchuk	463	6	2	4	13	1.68	1
Team:	463	6	2	4	13	1.68	1

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
• Art Ross Trophy: Gordie Howe
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Red Kelly
• Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Red Kelly, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
• Terry Sawchuk, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
• Leo Reise, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Pre-season @ Windsor

Gordie Howe with goalie Chuck Rayner and Bill Quackenbush, 4th NHL All-Star Game, October 8, 1950.

Gerry McNeil, Sid Abel, Vic Stasiuk in 1950-51 season action. Note the City of Detroit 250th anniversary patch.

See Also

• 1950–51 NHL season

References

• 1950–51 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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