1933–34 Boston Bruins season

1933–34 Boston Bruins
1933–34 Boston Bruins
Division	4th American
1933–34 record	18–25–5
Home record	11–11–2
Road record	7–14–3
Goals for	111
Goals against	130
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Marty Barry
Arena	Boston Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Marty Barry (27)
Assists	Nels Stewart (17)
Points	Marty Barry (39); Nels Stewart (39)
Penalty minutes	Nels Stewart (68)
Wins	Tiny Thompson (18)
Goals against average	Tiny Thompson (2.62)

The 1933–34 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' tenth season in the NHL. The team placed last in the American Division and missed the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	14	10	113	98	58
Chicago Black Hawks	48	20	17	11	88	83	51
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	120	113	50
	48	18	25	5	111	130	41

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

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

1933–34 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
	—	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–3–1	6–9–3
Chicago	2–3–1	—	1–4–1	2–3–1	5–10–3
Detroit	4–1–1	4–1–1	—	3–3	11–5–2
N.Y. Rangers	3–2–1	3–2–1	3–3	—	9–7–2

Vs. Canadian Division

1933–34 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
	5–1	1–4–1	3–3	2–4	1–4–1	12–16–2
Chicago	3–2–1	2–2–2	3–1–2	4–0–2	3–2–1	15–7–8
Detroit	2–3–1	2–1–3	3–0–3	4–2	2–3–1	13–9–8
N.Y. Rangers	3–2–1	3–2–1	2–4	4–1–1	0–3–3	12–12–6

Schedule and results

1933–34 regular season^[3]

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 9, 1933	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	0–1–0
2	L	November 11, 1933	2–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	0–2–0
3	L	November 14, 1933	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	0–3–0
4	W	November 18, 1933	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	1–3–0
5	W	November 21, 1933	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	2–3–0
6	W	November 23, 1933	6–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	3–3–0
7	L	November 26, 1933	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	3–4–0
8	W	November 28, 1933	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	4–4–0
9	L	November 30, 1933	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	4–5–0

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
10	L	December 2, 1933	0–3	New York Rangers (1933–34)	4–6–0
11	W	December 5, 1933	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	5–6–0
12	W	December 9, 1933	4–2	New York Americans (1933–34)	6–6–0
13	L	December 12, 1933	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	6–7–0
14	W	December 14, 1933	5–4 OT	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	7–7–0
15	T	December 17, 1933	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	7–7–1
16	W	December 19, 1933	1–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	8–7–1
17	L	December 23, 1933	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	8–8–1
18	T	December 26, 1933	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	8–8–2
19	W	December 28, 1933	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	9–8–2

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
20	L	January 2, 1934	0–1	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	9–9–2
21	L	January 4, 1934	2–9	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	9–10–2
22	L	January 6, 1934	2–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	9–11–2
23	L	January 9, 1934	1–2	New York Americans (1933–34)	9–12–2
24	T	January 11, 1934	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	9–12–3
25	L	January 14, 1934	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	9–13–3
26	W	January 16, 1934	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	10–13–3
27	L	January 18, 1934	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	10–14–3
28	L	January 21, 1934	2–4	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	10–15–3
29	L	January 23, 1934	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	10–16–3
30	L	January 28, 1934	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	10–17–3
31	W	January 30, 1934	2–1	New York Rangers (1933–34)	11–17–3

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
32	T	February 1, 1934	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	11–17–4
33	W	February 4, 1934	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	12–17–4
34	L	February 6, 1934	0–1	New York Americans (1933–34)	12–18–4
35	L	February 10, 1934	0–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	12–19–4
36	L	February 13, 1934	4–6	New York Rangers (1933–34)	12–20–4
37	T	February 15, 1934	4–4 OT	Montreal Maroons (1933–34)	12–20–5
38	L	February 17, 1934	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	12–21–5
39	L	February 20, 1934	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1933–34)	12–22–5
40	L	February 22, 1934	1–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	12–23–5
41	L	February 24, 1934	4–9	@ Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	12–24–5
42	W	February 27, 1934	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1933–34)	13–24–5

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
43	W	March 1, 1934	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	14–24–5
44	L	March 3, 1934	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1933–34)	14–25–5
45	W	March 6, 1934	7–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1933–34)	15–25–5
46	W	March 13, 1934	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1933–34)	16–25–5
47	W	March 15, 1934	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1933–34)	17–25–5
48	W	March 18, 1934	9–5	@ New York Americans (1933–34)	18–25–5

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Marty Barry	C	48	27	12	39	12
Nels Stewart	C	48	22	17	39	68
Joe Lamb	RW	48	10	15	25	47
Dit Clapper	RW/D	48	10	12	22	6
Red Beattie	LW	48	9	13	22	26
Harry Oliver	RW	48	5	9	14	6
Eddie Shore	D	30	2	10	12	57
Babe Siebert	LW/D	32	5	6	11	31
Alex Smith	D	45	4	6	10	32
Bob Gracie	C/LW	24	2	6	8	8
Art Chapman	C	21	2	5	7	7
Jim O'Neil	C/RW	23	2	2	4	15
Don Smillie	LW	12	2	2	4	4
Myles Lane	D	25	2	1	3	17
Vic Ripley	LW	14	2	1	3	6
Percy Galbraith	LW/D	42	0	2	2	6
Lloyd Gross	LW	6	1	0	1	6
Lionel Hitchman	D	27	1	0	1	4
George Patterson	W	10	0	1	1	2
Archie Wilcox	RW/D	14	0	1	1	2
Bob Davie	D	9	0	0	0	6
Tommy Filmore	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Walter Harnott	LW	6	0	0	0	2
Frank Jerwa	LW/D	5	0	0	0	2
Joe Jerwa	D	2	0	0	0	2
Bert McInenly	LW/D	7	0	0	0	4
Johnny Sheppard	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	2980	48	18	25	5	130	2.62	5
Team:	2980	48	18	25	5	130	2.62	5

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1933-34 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
^ "1933-34 Boston Bruins Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

[1] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-3] "1933-34 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.

[4] "1933-34 Boston Bruins Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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1933–34 NHL season
Canadian	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto
American	Chicago Detroit NY Rangers
See also	Ace Bailey Benefit Game Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

Vs. Canadian Division

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References