1943–44 Boston Bruins season

1943–44 Boston Bruins
League5th NHL
1943–44 record19–26–5
Home record15–8–2
Road record4–18–3
Goals for223
Goals against268
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachArt Ross
CaptainDit Clapper
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsHerb Cain (36)
AssistsHerb Cain (46)
PointsHerb Cain (82)
Penalty minutesBep Guidolin (58)
WinsBert Gardiner (17)
Goals against averageBert Gardiner (5.17)

The 1943–44 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 20th season in the NHL. The Bruins failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 1933–34 season.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 50 38 5 7 234 109 +125 83
2 Detroit Red Wings 50 26 18 6 214 177 +37 58
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 23 23 4 214 174 +40 50
4 Chicago Black Hawks 50 22 23 5 178 187 −9 49
5 Boston Bruins 50 19 26 5 223 268 −45 43
6 New York Rangers 50 6 39 5 162 310 −148 17

Record vs. opponents

1943–44 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston — 5–5 1–7–2 3–5–2 7–2–1 3–7
Chicago 5–5 — 5–5 0–8–2 7–1–2 5–4–1
Detroit 7–1–2 5–5 — 0–9–1 8–1–1 6–2–2
Montreal 5–3–2 8–0–2 9–0–1 — 9–0–1 7–2–1
New York 2–7–1 1–7–2 1–8–1 0–9–1 — 2–8
Toronto 7–3 4–5–1 2–6–2 2–7–1 8–2 —


Schedule and results

1943–44 regular season[3]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 30, 1943 2–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 0–0–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
2 W November 6, 1943 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 1–0–1
3 L November 7, 1943 4–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 1–1–1
4 L November 11, 1943 4–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 1–2–1
5 W November 13, 1943 6–2 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 2–2–1
6 T November 16, 1943 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 2–2–2
7 L November 18, 1943 3–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 2–3–2
8 L November 21, 1943 4–13 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 2–4–2
9 W November 23, 1943 8–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 3–4–2
10 W November 25, 1943 6–2 New York Rangers (1943–44) 4–4–2
11 L November 27, 1943 4–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 4–5–2
12 L November 28, 1943 4–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 4–6–2
13 W November 30, 1943 6–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 5–6–2
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
14 W December 5, 1943 5–4 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 6–6–2
15 T December 7, 1943 6–6 Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 6–6–3
16 W December 11, 1943 9–6 New York Rangers (1943–44) 7–6–3
17 L December 12, 1943 4–6 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 7–7–3
18 W December 14, 1943 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 8–7–3
19 L December 19, 1943 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 8–8–3
20 W December 21, 1943 8–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 9–8–3
21 T December 26, 1943 4–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 9–8–4
22 W December 28, 1943 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 10–8–4
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
23 L January 1, 1944 2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 10–9–4
24 W January 2, 1944 13–3 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 11–9–4
25 W January 4, 1944 6–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 12–9–4
26 L January 8, 1944 3–12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 12–10–4
27 W January 15, 1944 7–5 New York Rangers (1943–44) 13–10–4
28 L January 16, 1944 6–8 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 13–11–4
29 L January 18, 1944 2–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 13–12–4
30 L January 22, 1944 2–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 13–13–4
31 L January 23, 1944 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 13–14–4
32 L January 25, 1944 3–6 Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 13–15–4
33 L January 29, 1944 1–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 13–16–4
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
34 L February 1, 1944 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 13–17–4
35 W February 5, 1944 7–2 New York Rangers (1943–44) 14–17–4
36 W February 8, 1944 3–0 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 15–17–4
37 W February 10, 1944 5–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 16–17–4
38 L February 13, 1944 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 16–18–4
39 L February 19, 1944 4–10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 16–19–4
40 L February 20, 1944 5–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 16–20–4
41 L February 26, 1944 2–10 @ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 16–21–4
42 L February 29, 1944 3–7 Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 16–22–4
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
43 L March 2, 1944 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 16–23–4
44 W March 4, 1944 10–9 New York Rangers (1943–44) 17–23–4
45 T March 5, 1944 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1943–44) 17–23–5
46 L March 7, 1944 4–8 Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 17–24–5
47 W March 12, 1944 6–5 Montreal Canadiens (1943–44) 18–24–5
48 W March 14, 1944 6–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44) 19–24–5
49 L March 16, 1944 9–10 @ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44) 19–25–5
50 L March 18, 1944 2–10 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1943–44) 19–26–5

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Herb Cain LW 48 36 46 82 4
Bill Cowley C 36 30 41 71 12
Art Jackson C 49 28 41 69 8
Buzz Boll LW 39 19 25 44 2
Norm Calladine C 49 16 27 43 8
Bep Guidolin LW 47 17 25 42 58
Busher Jackson LW 42 11 21 32 25
Dit Clapper RW/D 50 6 25 31 13
Pat Egan D 25 11 13 24 55
Jack Crawford D 34 4 16 20 8
Don Gallinger C 23 13 5 18 6
Flash Hollett D 25 9 7 16 4
Russ Kopak C 24 7 9 16 0
Alan Rittinger W 19 3 7 10 0
Aldo Palazzari RW 24 6 3 9 4
Guy Labrie D 15 2 7 9 2
Tom Brennan RW 11 2 1 3 2
Chuck Scherza LW/C 9 1 1 2 6
Oscar Aubuchon LW 9 1 0 1 0
Clarence Schmidt RW 7 1 0 1 2
Irwin Boyd RW 5 0 1 1 0
Bert Gardiner G 41 0 1 1 0
George Abbott G 1 0 0 0 0
Maurice Courteau G 6 0 0 0 0
Ab DeMarco C 3 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Franks G 1 0 0 0 0
Benny Grant G 1 0 0 0 0
Otto Schmidt D 2 0 0 0 0
John Wilkinson D 9 0 0 0 6
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bert Gardiner 2460 41 17 19 5 212 5.17 1
Maurice Courteau 360 6 2 4 0 33 5.50 0
George Abbott 60 1 0 1 0 7 7.00 0
Jimmy Franks 60 1 0 1 0 6 6.00 0
Benny Grant 60 1 0 1 0 10 10.00 0
Team: 3000 50 19 26 5 268 5.36 1

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Standings: 1943–1944". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1943-44 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "1943-44 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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