1943–44 Boston Bruins season

1943–44 Boston Bruins

Division

5th NHL

1943–44 record

19–26–5

Team information

General Manager

Art Ross

Coach

Art Ross

Captain

Dit Clapper

Team leaders

<1942–43

1944–45>

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

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 30, 1943	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	0–0–1
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
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
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
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
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

Playoffs

The Bruins failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	48	36	46	82	4
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	36	30	41	71	12
Jackson, ArtArt Jackson	C	49	28	41	69	8
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll	LW	39	19	25	44	2
Calladine, NormNorm Calladine	C	49	16	27	43	8
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin	LW	47	17	25	42	58
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson	LW	42	11	21	32	25
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	50	6	25	31	13
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	25	11	13	24	55
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	34	4	16	20	8
Gallinger, DonDon Gallinger	C	23	13	5	18	6
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	25	9	7	16	4
Kopak, RussRuss Kopak	C	24	7	9	16	0
Rittinger, AlanAlan Rittinger	W	19	3	7	10	0
Palazzari, AldoAldo Palazzari	RW	24	6	3	9	4
Labrie, GuyGuy Labrie	D	15	2	7	9	2
Brennan, TomTom Brennan	RW	11	2	1	3	2
Scherza, ChuckChuck Scherza	LW/C	9	1	1	2	6
Aubuchon, OscarOscar Aubuchon	LW	9	1	0	1	0
Schmidt, ClarenceClarence Schmidt	RW	7	1	0	1	2
Boyd, IrwinIrwin Boyd	RW	5	0	1	1	0
Gardiner, BertBert Gardiner	G	41	0	1	1	0
Abbott, GeorgeGeorge Abbott	G	1	0	0	0	0
Courteau, MauriceMaurice Courteau	G	6	0	0	0	0
DeMarco, AbAb DeMarco	C	3	0	0	0	0
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	G	1	0	0	0	0
Grant, BennyBenny Grant	G	1	0	0	0	0
Schmidt, OttoOtto Schmidt	D	2	0	0	0	0
Wilkinson, JohnJohn Wilkinson	D	9	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gardiner, BertBert Gardiner	2460	41	17	19	5	212	5.17	1
Courteau, MauriceMaurice Courteau	360	6	2	4	0	33	5.50	0
Abbott, GeorgeGeorge Abbott	60	1	0	1	0	7	7.00	0
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0
Grant, BennyBenny Grant	60	1	0	1	0	10	10.00	0
Team:	3000	50	19	26	5	268	5.36	1

^[2]

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;

References

↑ "1943–1944 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1943-44 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	All-time roster Records Award Winners 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland

Personnel	Owner Jeremy Jacobs President Cam Neely General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Claude Julien Team captain Zdeno Chara Current roster

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden Warrior Ice Arena (practice) TD Garden

Rivalries	Montreal Canadiens

Retired numbers	2 3 4 5 7 8 9 15 24 77

Affiliates	AHL Providence Bruins ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

General managers	Ross Patrick Emms Schmidt Sinden O'Connell Gorton Chiarelli Sweeney

Head coaches	Ross Denneny Ross Patrick Ross Weiland Ross Clapper Boucher Patrick Schmidt Watson Schmidt Sinden Johnson Guidolin Cherry Creighton Sinden Cheevers Sinden Goring O'Reilly Milbury Bowness Sutter Kasper Burns Keenan Ftorek O'Connell Sullivan Lewis Julien

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Culture	Rene Rancourt The Goal The night the lights went out in Massachusetts Willie O'Ree North Station The Sports Museum of New England Original Six The Big Bad Bruins The Kraut Line "Time to Go"

Boston Bruins seasons

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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1943–44 NHL season

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See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

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1943–44 Boston Bruins season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References