1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 17th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1933–34 Toronto Maple Leafs
O'Brien Trophy winners
Division	1st Canadian
1933–34 record	26–13–9
Home record	19–2–3
Road record	7–11–6
Goals for	174
Goals against	119
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Hap Day
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Charlie Conacher (32)
Assists	Joe Primeau (32)
Points	Charlie Conacher (52)
Penalty minutes	Red Horner (156)
Wins	George Hainsworth (26)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.37)
← 1932–33 1934–35 →

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	13	9	174	119	61
Montreal Canadiens	48	22	20	6	99	101	50
Montreal Maroons	48	19	18	11	117	122	49
New York Americans	48	15	23	10	104	132	40
Ottawa Senators	48	13	29	6	115	143	32

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division 1933–34 NHL records[2] Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total M. Canadiens — 2–3–1 5–1 3–1–2 4–2 14–7–3 M. Maroons 3–2–1 — 2–2–2 4–1–1 1–5 10–10–4 N.Y. Americans 1–5 2–2–2 — 4–2 0–3–3 7–12–5 Ottawa 1–3–2 1–4–1 2–4 — 2–4 6–15–3 Toronto 2–4 5–1 3–0–3 4–2 — 14–7–3

Vs. American Division 1933–34 NHL records Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total M. Canadiens 1–5 2–3–1 3–2–1 2–3–1 8–13–3 M. Maroons 4–1–1 2–2–2 1–2–3 2–3–1 9–8–7 N.Y. Americans 3–3 1–3–2 0–3–3 4–2 8–11–5 Ottawa 4–2 0–4–2 2–4 1–4–1 7–14–3 Toronto 4–1–1 2–3–1 3–2–1 3–0–3 12–6–6

Schedule and results

1933–34 regular season[3]
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W November 9, 1933 6–1 Boston Bruins (1933–34) 1–0–0 2 W November 11, 1933 4–3 New York Rangers (1933–34) 2–0–0 3 W November 18, 1933 4–1 Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 3–0–0 4 T November 21, 1933 1–1 OT @ New York Rangers (1933–34) 3–0–1 5 L November 25, 1933 0–1 Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 3–1–1 6 W November 28, 1933 7–3 New York Americans (1933–34) 4–1–1 7 W November 30, 1933 1–0 @ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 5–1–1
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 8 W December 2, 1933 8–3 Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 6–1–1 9 W December 3, 1933 3–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 7–1–1 10 W December 5, 1933 9–1 @ New York Americans (1933–34) 8–1–1 11 L December 7, 1933 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 8–2–1 12 W December 9, 1933 1–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 9–2–1 13 W December 12, 1933 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 10–2–1 14 L December 14, 1933 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 10–3–1 15 W December 16, 1933 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 11–3–1 16 W December 23, 1933 8–2 Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 12–3–1 17 T December 26, 1933 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 12–3–2 18 T December 28, 1933 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1933–34) 12–3–3 19 W December 30, 1933 8–1 Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 13–3–3
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 20 W January 1, 1934 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 14–3–3 21 L January 4, 1934 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 14–4–3 22 W January 6, 1934 7–3 Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 15–4–3 23 T January 11, 1934 1–1 OT @ New York Americans (1933–34) 15–4–4 24 T January 13, 1934 2–2 OT New York Americans (1933–34) 15–4–5 25 W January 16, 1934 7–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 16–4–5 26 W January 18, 1934 6–2 Boston Bruins (1933–34) 17–4–5 27 T January 20, 1934 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 17–4–6 28 L January 21, 1934 2–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 17–5–6 29 W January 23, 1934 8–4 Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 18–5–6 30 L January 25, 1934 0–6 @ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 18–6–6 31 T January 27, 1934 2–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 18–6–7 32 L January 28, 1934 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 18–7–7
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 33 T February 1, 1934 5–5 OT @ New York Rangers (1933–34) 18–7–8 34 W February 3, 1934 8–4 Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 19–7–8 35 L February 4, 1934 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 19–8–8 36 T February 8, 1934 3–3 OT @ New York Americans (1933–34) 19–8–9 37 W February 10, 1934 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 20–8–9 38 W February 17, 1934 6–4 Boston Bruins (1933–34) 21–8–9 39 L February 20, 1934 2–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34) 21–9–9 40 W February 24, 1934 8–3 New York Rangers (1933–34) 22–9–9 41 W February 27, 1934 2–1 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1933–34) 23–9–9
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 42 W March 3, 1934 6–4 Detroit Red Wings (1933–34) 24–9–9 43 L March 6, 1934 2–7 @ Boston Bruins (1933–34) 24–10–9 44 L March 8, 1934 1–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1933–34) 24–11–9 45 W March 10, 1934 8–5 New York Americans (1933–34) 25–11–9 46 L March 15, 1934 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 25–12–9 47 W March 17, 1934 3–2 New York Rangers (1933–34) 26–12–9 48 L March 18, 1934 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34) 26–13–9
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Charlie Conacher	RW	42	32	20	52	38
Joe Primeau	C	45	14	32	46	8
Busher Jackson	LW	38	20	18	38	38
King Clancy	D	46	11	17	28	62
Bill Thoms	C	47	8	18	26	24
Andy Blair	C	47	14	9	23	35
Hec Kilrea	LW	43	10	13	23	15
Baldy Cotton	LW	47	8	14	22	46
Red Horner	D	40	11	10	21	146
Buzz Boll	LW	42	12	8	20	21
Hap Day	D	48	9	10	19	35
Ken Doraty	F	34	9	10	19	6
Charlie Sands	C/RW	45	8	8	16	2
Alex Levinsky	D	47	5	11	16	38
Ace Bailey	RW	13	2	3	5	11
Jack Shill	C	7	0	1	1	0
George Hainsworth	G	48	0	0	0	0
Flash Hollett	D	4	0	0	0	4
Fred Robertson	D	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	3010	48	26	13	9	119	2.37	3
Team:	3010	48	26	13	9	119	2.37	3

Playoffs

Toronto would face Detroit WilRed Wings and goalie Wilf Cude in series A of the Playoffs. Game #1 Detroit 2 Toronto 1, #2 Detroit 6 Toronto 3, #3 Toronto 3 Detroit 1, #4Toronto 5 Detroit 1, #5 Detroit 1 Toronto 0. Cude faced 43, 53, 35, 30, and 15 shots for a save % of .932 and gaa of 2.38. Hainsworth faced 31, 28, 23, 15, and 22 shots for a save % of .908 and a gaa of 2.19. Cude faced an average of 35.2 shots per game, while Hainsworth faced 23.8 shots per game. Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joe Primeau	C	5	2	4	6	6
Charlie Conacher	RW	5	3	2	5	0
Ken Doraty	F	5	2	2	4	0
Hec Kilrea	LW	5	2	0	2	2
Andy Blair	C	5	0	2	2	16
Baldy Cotton	LW	5	0	2	2	0
Bill Thoms	C	5	0	2	2	0
Red Horner	D	5	1	0	1	6
Busher Jackson	LW	5	1	0	1	8
Charlie Sands	C/RW	5	1	0	1	0
Buzz Boll	LW	5	0	0	0	9
King Clancy	D	3	0	0	0	8
Hap Day	D	5	0	0	0	6
George Hainsworth	G	5	0	0	0	0
Alex Levinsky	D	5	0	0	0	6
Jack Shill	C	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	302	5	2	3	11	2.19	0
Team:	302	5	2	3	11	2.19	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs met the Detroit Red Wings in the second round in a best of five series and lost 3–2.

Transactions

• October 1, 1933: Acquired George Hainsworth from the Montreal Canadiens for Lorne Chabot
• October 4, 1933: Acquired Hec Kilrea from the Ottawa Senators for Bob Gracie and $10,000
• November 13, 1933: Traded Fred Robertson to the Detroit Red Wings for $6,500
• December 9, 1933: Loaned Benny Grant to the New York Americans
• December 12, 1933: Loaned Dave Downie from the Syracuse Stars of the IHL
• January 2, 1934: Loaned Flash Hollett to the Ottawa Senators for the remainder of the season
• March 1, 1934: Signed Free Agent Bill Shill
• April 11, 1934: Traded Alex Levinsky to the New York Rangers for cash

See also

• 1933–34 NHL season