1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1943–44 1943 Detroit Red Wings 26–18–6 18–5–2 8–13–4 2nd 214 177 Jack Adams Jack Adams Mud Bruneteau and Flash Hollett Detroit Olympia Carl Liscombe (36) Carl Liscombe (37) Carl Liscombe (73) Harold Jackson (76) Connie Dion (17) Normie Smith (3.00) thumb|right|The 1943–44 Red Wings The 1943–44 Detroit Red Wings season was the 18th season of the Detroit NHL franchise. The Red Wings qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Chicago Black Hawks. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1943–44 regular season1943-44 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1944_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 31, 1943||8–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||1–0–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |2||T||November 4, 1943||5–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||November 7, 1943||6–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||2–0–1 |- |4||T||November 11, 1943||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||2–0–2 |- |5||L||November 13, 1943||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||2–1–2 |- |6||L||November 14, 1943||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||2–2–2 |- |7||W||November 18, 1943||3–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||November 21, 1943||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||4–2–2 |- |9||L||November 25, 1943||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||4–3–2 |- |10||W||November 28, 1943||6–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||5–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||L||December 2, 1943||5–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||5–4–2 |- |12||L||December 4, 1943||2–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||5–5–2 |- |13||T||December 7, 1943||6–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||5–5–3 |- |14||L||December 12, 1943||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||5–6–3 |- |15||W||December 16, 1943||4–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||6–6–3 |- |16||L||December 19, 1943||2–6 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||6–7–3 |- |17||L||December 22, 1943||1–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||6–8–3 |- |18||W||December 23, 1943||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||7–8–3 |- |19||T||December 26, 1943||4–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||7–8–4 |- |20||L||December 28, 1943||2–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||7–9–4 |- |21||L||December 30, 1943||3–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||7–10–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||L||January 2, 1944||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||7–11–4 |- |23||W||January 6, 1944||5–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||8–11–4 |- |24||W||January 9, 1944||4–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||9–11–4 |- |25||T||January 13, 1944||2–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||9–11–5 |- |26||W||January 15, 1944||6–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||10–11–5 |- |27||W||January 16, 1944||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||11–11–5 |- |28||W||January 20, 1944||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||12–11–5 |- |29||W||January 23, 1944||15–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||13–11–5 |- |30||W||January 25, 1944||6–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||14–11–5 |- |31||W||January 29, 1944||6–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||15–11–5 |- |32||L||January 30, 1944||2–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||15–12–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |33||W||February 3, 1944||12–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||16–12–5 |- |34||L||February 5, 1944||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||16–13–5 |- |35||W||February 6, 1944||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||17–13–5 |- |36||W||February 10, 1944||8–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||18–13–5 |- |37||W||February 13, 1944||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||19–13–5 |- |38||L||February 17, 1944||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||19–14–5 |- |39||W||February 20, 1944||6–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||20–14–5 |- |40||T||February 24, 1944||3–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1943–44) ||20–14–6 |- |41||L||February 27, 1944||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||20–15–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |42||W||March 2, 1944||6–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1943–44) ||21–15–6 |- |43||W||March 4, 1944||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||22–15–6 |- |44||L||March 5, 1944||1–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||22–16–6 |- |45||W||March 7, 1944||8–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||23–16–6 |- |46||L||March 11, 1944||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) ||23–17–6 |- |47||W||March 12, 1944||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) ||24–17–6 |- |48||W||March 16, 1944||10–9 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1943–44) ||25–17–6 |- |49||W||March 18, 1944||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||26–17–6 |- |50||L||March 19, 1944||0–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) ||26–18–6 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs January 2011 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Carl Liscombe LW 50 36 37 73 17 Syd Howe C/LW 46 32 28 60 6 Joe Carveth RW 46 21 35 56 6 Mud Bruneteau RW 39 35 18 53 4 Don Grosso LW/C 42 16 31 47 13 Adam Brown Adam Brown (ice hockey) LW 50 24 18 42 56 Murray Armstrong C 28 12 22 34 4 Harold Jackson ice hockey D 50 7 12 19 76 Pat Egan D 23 4 15 19 40 Flash Hollett D 27 6 12 18 34 Bill Quackenbush D 43 4 14 18 6 Bill Jennings Bill Jennings (ice hockey) RW 33 6 11 17 10 Cully Simon D 46 3 7 10 52 Bill Thomson Bill Thomson (ice hockey) C/RW 5 2 2 4 0 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 14 1 3 4 0 Nakina Smith C 10 1 2 3 0 Hy Buller D 7 0 3 3 4 Billy Reay C 2 2 0 2 0 Carl Smith Carl Smith (ice hockey) RW 7 1 1 2 2 Jud McAtee LW 1 0 2 2 0 Bernie Ruelle LW 2 1 0 1 0 Frank Bennett Frank Bennett (ice hockey) LW/D 7 0 1 1 2 Eddie Bruneteau RW 2 0 1 1 0 Tony Bukovich LW/C 3 0 1 1 0 Roly Rossignol RW 1 0 1 1 0 Lude Check LW 1 0 0 0 0 Connie Dion G 26 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Franks Jimmy Franks (ice hockey) G 17 0 0 0 0 Francis Kane Francis Kane (ice hockey) D 2 0 0 0 0 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) G 2 0 0 0 0 Vic Lynn LW/D 3 0 0 0 4 John Sherf LW 8 0 0 0 6 Gordon Sherritt D 8 0 0 0 12 Normie Smith G 5 0 0 0 0 Rudy Zunich D 2 0 0 0 2 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Connie Dion 1560 26 17 7 2 80 3.08 1 Jimmy Franks Jimmy Franks (ice hockey) 1020 17 6 8 3 69 4.06 1 Normie Smith 300 5 3 1 1 15 3.00 0 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) 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 Syd Howe C/LW 5 2 2 4 0 Joe Carveth RW 5 2 1 3 8 Mud Bruneteau RW 5 1 2 3 2 Murray Armstrong C 5 0 2 2 0 Don Grosso LW/C 5 1 0 1 0 Carl Liscombe LW 5 1 0 1 2 Bill Quackenbush D 2 1 0 1 0 Adam Brown Adam Brown (ice hockey) LW 5 0 0 0 8 Connie Dion G 5 0 0 0 0 Flash Hollett D 5 0 0 0 6 Harold Jackson ice hockey D 5 0 0 0 11 Bill Jennings Bill Jennings (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 0 Ken Kilrea Ken Kilrea (ice hockey) LW 2 0 0 0 0 Cully Simon D 5 0 0 0 2 Bill Thomson Bill Thomson (ice hockey) C/RW 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Connie Dion 300 5 1 4 17 3.40 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 17 3.40 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1943-44 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1944.html 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 NHL Record: highest scoring shutout, 15–0 See also 1943–44 NHL season References Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1943 in Detroit Category:1944 in Detroit