1932–33 NHL season

The 1932–33 NHL season was the 16th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nine teams (original Senators rejoined the league) each played 48 games. The New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one for the Stanley Cup.

1932–33 NHL season
League	National Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	November 10, 1932 – April 13, 1933
Number of games	48
Number of teams	9
Regular season
Season champions	Boston Bruins
Season MVP	Eddie Shore (Bruins)
Top scorer	Bill Cook (Rangers)
Canadian Division champions	Toronto Maple Leafs
American Division champions	Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup
Champions	New York Rangers
Runners-up	Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL seasons
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

League business

After sitting out for a season due to financial difficulties, the Ottawa Senators rejoined the NHL.^[1] The Philadelphia Quakers never rejoined the NHL after sitting out the 1931–32 season.

Detroit Falcons were renamed as the Detroit Red Wings.

Although the Montreal Maroons had Flat Walsh, Dave Kerr and Normie Smith for goal, they were interested in acquiring Chuck Gardiner of Chicago. James Strachan offered $10,000 plus one of his goalkeepers, but there was no deal.

Billy Coutu, expelled from the NHL in 1927, was reinstated to the NHL, but never returned.

Rule changes

This season, the NHL started allowing a substitute to serve penalties for goaltender's penalties.^[1]

The NHL now required a captain or alternate captain to be on the ice at all times.

Regular season

There was a record number of four goaltenders who served as captains for their teams: George Hainsworth, Roy Worters, Charlie Gardiner, and Alex Connell.^[2] The Red Wings and Boston Bruins tied for the best overall record with 58 points apiece, but it was Boston that was awarded first overall due to a better head-to-head record. Ottawa started the season up in second place in the Canadian Division near the .500 mark at mid season, but collapsed in the second half and finished last. President Ahearn instructed coach Cy Denneny to fine players who displayed indifferent hockey. At the same time, he stated that Hector Kilrea was not for sale. Toronto manager Conn Smythe offered Andy Blair, Ken Doraty, and Baldy Cotton for Kilrea, which drew a snort of disdain from Ahearn.^{[citation needed]}

The Montreal Canadiens, under new coach Newsy Lalonde, spent much of the season in last place, but made the playoffs when they rallied to finish third. Toronto, with its Kid line, finished first for the first time as the Maple Leafs. Led by the play of Eddie Shore, the Boston Bruins finished first in the American Division.

The first forfeit in NHL history occurred during a Black Hawks-Bruins game at Boston Garden on March 14, 1933. Chicago coach Tommy Gorman punched referee Bill Stewart following a disputed overtime goal by Boston's Marty Barry. Stewart threw several punches at Gorman before summoning the police to remove Gorman from the visitors' bench. The Hawks refused to continue the game without their coach. The puck was placed at center ice by Stewart. Boston's Cooney Weiland scored without any Hawks on the ice—at which point the game was forfeited to Boston. Ironically, referee Stewart would coach the Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup in 1937-1938.

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	25	15	8	124	88	58
Detroit Red Wings	48	25	15	8	111	93	58
New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	135	107	54
Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	20	12	88	101	44

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	18	6	119	111	54
Montreal Maroons	48	22	20	6	135	119	50
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	25	5	92	115	41
New York Americans	48	15	22	11	91	118	41
Ottawa Senators	48	11	27	10	88	131	32

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

American

Vs. American Division 1932–33 NHL Records ^[3] Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total Boston — 3–2–1 2–3–1 3–3 8–8–2 Chicago 2–3–1 — 1–5 2–2–2 5–10–3 Detroit 3–2–1 5–1 — 4–2 12–5–1 N.Y. Rangers 3–3 2–2–2 2–4 — 7–9–2

Vs. Canadian Division 1932–33 NHL Records Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total Boston 4–1–1 4–2 2–2–2 3–1–2 4–1–1 17–7–6 Chicago 3–3 2–2–2 2–2–2 2–1–3 2–2–2 11–10–9 Detroit 3–2–1 1–4–1 3–0–3 4–1–1 2–3–1 13–10–7 N.Y. Rangers 4–1–1 2–3–1 3–2–1 3–0–3 2–4 14–10–6

Canadian

Vs. Canadian Division 1932–33 NHL Records ^[4] Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total M. Canadiens — 2–3–1 2–3–1 4–2 3–3 11–11–2 M. Maroons 3–2–1 — 3–3 3–3 2–3–1 11–11–2 N.Y. Americans 3–2–1 3–3 — 2–3–1 3–2–1 11–10–3 Ottawa 2–4 3–3 3–2–1 — 0–6 8–15–1 Toronto 3–3 3–2–1 2–3–1 6–0 — 14–8–2

Vs. American Division 1932–33 NHL Records Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total M. Canadiens 1–4–1 3–3 2–3–1 1–4–1 7–14–3 M. Maroons 2–4 2–2–2 4–1–1 3–2–1 11–9–4 N.Y. Americans 2–2–2 2–2–2 0–3–3 2–3–1 6–10–8 Ottawa 1–3–2 1–2–3 1–4–1 0–3–3 3–12–9 Toronto 1–4–1 2–2–2 3–2–1 4–2 10–10–4

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

First round

Semifinals

Final

C1

Toronto

3

A1

Boston

2

C1

Toronto

1

C2

Mtl Maroons

2G

A3

NY Rangers

3

A2

Detroit

5G

A2

Detroit

3G

A3

NY Rangers

6G

C3

Mtl Canadiens

5G

A3

NY Rangers

8G

Quarterfinals

(A2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (C2) Montreal Maroons

March 25	Detroit Red Wings		2–0		Montreal Maroons	Montreal Forum	Recap
Larry Aurie (1) – 08:40		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Carl Voss (1) – 03:42		Third period			No scoring
John Ross Roach		Goalie stats			Dave Kerr

March 28	Montreal Maroons		2–3		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Hooley Smith (1) – 10:06 Hooley Smith (2) – pp – 12:08		Second period			19:51 – Herbie Lewis (1)
No scoring		Third period			03:47 – Ebbie Goodfellow (1) 15:54 – John Gallagher (1)
Dave Kerr		Goalie stats			John Ross Roach

Detroit won series on total goals 5–2

(A3) New York Rangers vs. (C3) Montreal Canadiens

March 26	Montreal Canadiens		2–5		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
No scoring		First period			02:34 – pp – Bill Cook (1) 03:01 – pp – Bun Cook (1)
No scoring		Second period			05:36 – Murray Murdoch (1)
Albert Leduc (1) – 18:45 Aurele Joliat (1) – 19:29		Third period			13:10 – Cecil Dillon (1) 17:44 – Frank Boucher (1)
George Hainsworth		Goalie stats			Andy Aitkenhead

March 28	New York Rangers		3–3		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Art Somers (1) – 11:39		First period			04:50 – Wildor Larochelle (1) 07:56 – Aurele Joliat (2)
No scoring		Second period			11:34 – Hago Harrington (1)
Cecil Dillon (2) – 12:50 Cecil Dillon (3) – 18:11		Third period			No scoring
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			George Hainsworth

New York won series on total goals 8–5

Semifinals

(A1) Boston Bruins vs. (C1) Toronto Maple Leafs

Game five of this series is the second longest game in NHL history, it was the longest at the time.

March 25	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–2	OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Bill Thoms (1) – 14:03		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			02:14 – Dit Clapper (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			14:14 – Marty Barry
Lorne Chabot		Goalie stats			Tiny Thompson

March 28	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–0	OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Busher Jackson (1) – 15:03		First overtime period			No scoring
Lorne Chabot		Goalie stats			Tiny Thompson

March 30	Boston Bruins		2–1	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Nels Stewart (1) – 04:47		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			14:34 – Ken Doraty (1)
Eddie Shore (1) – 04:23		First overtime period			No scoring
Tiny Thompson		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

April 1	Boston Bruins		3–5		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Vic Ripley (1) – 00:32		First period			06:40 – Charlie Sands (1) 14:40 – pp – Busher Jackson (2)
Nels Stewart (2) – 04:43 Marty Barry (2) – 18:01		Second period			02:16 – Busher Jackson (3) 17:14 – Charlie Conacher (1)
No scoring		Third period			03:39 – Charlie Sands (2)
Tiny Thompson		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

April 3	Boston Bruins		0–1	6OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Sixth overtime period			04:46 – Ken Doraty (2)
Tiny Thompson		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

Toronto won series 3–2

(A2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (A3) New York Rangers

March 30	Detroit Red Wings		0–2		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
No scoring		First period			17:46 – Ching Johnson (1)
No scoring		Second period			13:48 – Cecil Dillon (4)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
John Ross Roach		Goalie stats			Andy Aitkenhead

April 2	New York Rangers		4–3		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Ott Heller (1) – 05:50 Cecil Dillon (5) – sh – 14:24		First period			05:17 – John Sorrell (1)
Babe Siebert (1) – 05:05		Second period			14:50 – Doug Young (1)
17:32 – Frank Boucher (2)		Third period			06:53 – John Sorrell (2)
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			John Ross Roach

New York won series on total goals 6–3

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1933 Stanley Cup Finals

April 4	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–5		New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden III	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:18 – Bun Cook (2) 13:11 – Cecil Dillon (6)
No scoring		Second period			08:31 – pp – Ott Heller (2) 14:25 – sh – Cecil Dillon (7)
Alex Levinsky (1) – 15:53		Third period			16:55 – Murray Murdoch (2)
Lorne Chabot		Goalie stats			Andy Aitkenhead

April 8	New York Rangers		3–1		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Ott Heller (3) – 08:18 Bill Cook (2) – sh – 11:38		First period			01:10 – Ken Doraty (3)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Earl Seibert (1) – 14:39		Third period			No scoring
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

April 11	New York Rangers		2–3		Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Cecil Dillon (8) – sh – 02:21		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			07:21 – pp – Ken Doraty (4)
Butch Keeling (1) – sh – 07:42		Third period			05:29 – pp – Ken Doraty (5) 08:30 – Red Horner (1)
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

April 13	New York Rangers		1–0	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Bill Cook (3) – pp – 07:33		First overtime period			No scoring
Andy Aitkenhead		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

New York won series 3–1

Awards

It was the first season that league president Frank Calder named the best rookie of the year. The first winner was Carl Voss of the Detroit Red Wings.^[5] Although Tiny Thompson was named 'most valuable goaltender', he was not named to the NHL All-Star team.

Rookie of the Year: (Best first-year player)	Carl Voss, Detroit Red Wings
Hart Trophy: (Most valuable player)	Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Trophy: (Excellence and sportsmanship)	Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
O'Brien Cup: (Canadian Division champions)	Toronto Maple Leafs
Prince of Wales Trophy: (American Division champions)	Boston Bruins
Vezina Trophy: (Top goaltender)	Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
John Ross Roach, Detroit Red Wings	G	Chuck Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks
Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins	D	King Clancy, Toronto Maple Leafs
Ching Johnson, New York Rangers	D	Lionel Conacher, Montreal Maroons
Frank Boucher, New York Rangers	C	Howie Morenz, Montreal Canadiens
Bill Cook, New York Rangers	RW	Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leafs
Baldy Northcott, Montreal Maroons	LW	Busher Jackson, Toronto Maple Leafs
Lester Patrick, New York Rangers	Coach	Dick Irvin, Toronto Maple Leafs

Player statistics

Leading scorers

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Bill Cook	New York Rangers	48	28	22	50	51
Busher Jackson	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	27	17	44	43
Baldy Northcott	Montreal Maroons	48	22	21	43	30
Hooley Smith	Montreal Maroons	48	20	21	41	66
Paul Haynes	Montreal Maroons	48	16	25	41	18
Aurel Joliat	Montreal Canadiens	48	18	21	39	53
Marty Barry	Boston Bruins	48	24	13	37	40
Bun Cook	New York Rangers	48	22	15	37	35
Nels Stewart	Boston Bruins	47	18	18	36	62
Howie Morenz	Montreal Canadiens	46	14	21	35	32

Source: NHL.^[6]

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Team	GP	W	L	T	Mins	GA	SO	GAA
Tiny Thompson	Boston Bruins	48	25	15	8	3000	88	11	1.76
John Ross Roach	Detroit Red Wings	48	25	15	8	2970	93	10	1.88
Charlie Gardiner	Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	20	12	3010	101	5	2.01
Andy Aitkenhead	New York Rangers	48	23	17	8	2970	107	3	2.16
Lorne Chabot	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	18	6	2946	111	5	2.26
Dave Kerr	Montreal Maroons	25	14	8	3	1520	58	4	2.29

Source: NHL.^[7]

Coaches

American Division

• Boston Bruins: Art Ross
• Chicago Black Hawks: Emil Iverson and Tommy Gorman
• Detroit Red Wings: Jack Adams
• New York Rangers: Lester Patrick

Canadian Division

• Montreal Canadiens: Newsy Lalonde
• Montreal Maroons: Eddie Gerard
• New York Americans: Bullet Joe Simpson
• Ottawa Senators: Cy Denneny
• Toronto Maple Leafs: Dick Irvin

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1932–33 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

• Art Wiebe, Chicago Black Hawks
• Eddie Wiseman, Detroit Red Wings
• Charlie Sands, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Buzz Boll*, Toronto Maple Leafs
• Bill Thoms, Toronto Maple Leafs

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1932–33 (listed with their last team):

• George Owen, Boston Bruins
• Billy Burch, Chicago Black Hawks, last active player from the Hamilton Tigers franchise.
• Reg Noble, Montreal Maroons
• Hib Milks, Ottawa Senators
• Harold Darragh, Toronto Maple Leafs

See also

• 1932-33 NHL Transactions
• List of Stanley Cup champions
• 1932 in sports
• 1933 in sports

References

• Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.
• Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
• Dryden, Steve, ed. (2000). Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9.
• Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley; Hughes, Morgan; Romain, Joseph; Duplacey, James (2003). The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Publications International Inc. ISBN 0-7853-9624-1.
• McFarlane, Brian (1973). The Story of the National Hockey League. New York, NY: Pagurian Press. ISBN 0-684-13424-1.

Notes

1. Fischler et al. 2003, p. 90.
2. Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 13, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
4. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
5. Fischler et al. 2003, p. 92.
6. Dinger 2011, p. 147.
7. "1932–1933 – Regular Season – Goalie – Goalie Season Stats Leaders – Goals Against Average". nhl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2015.

External links

• Hockeydb.com 1932–33 season
• NHL.com