1943-44 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics

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Record: 26-18-6 (58 points), Finished 2nd in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jack Adams (26-18-6)

Captain: Mud Bruneteau , Flash Hollett

Primary Arena: Detroit Olympia

Goals For: 214 (3rd of 6), Goals Against: 177 (3rd of 6)
SRS: 0.62 (3rd of 6), SOS: -0.12 (4th of 6)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-1) to Chicago Black Hawks

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 31, DET (1-0) beat NYR, 8-3

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Detroit Red Wings	50	26	18	6	58	.580	214	177	0.62	-0.12	4.28	3.54	14			17			0	0						2
League Average	50	22	22	5	50	.500	204	204					20			20			2	2		122500.0				2

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Detroit Red Wings
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
Murray Armstrong	ca	C	28	5-10	170	L/-	5	January 1, 1916	12 G, 22 A, 34 P
Frank Bennett	ca	LW	21	5-11	182	R/-	R	March 4, 1922	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Adam Brown	gb	LW	23	5-9	175	L/-	1	February 4, 1920	24 G, 18 A, 42 P
Eddie Bruneteau	ca	RW	24	5-9	172	R/-	1	August 1, 1919	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Mud Bruneteau (C)	ca	RW	29	5-11	185	R/-	8	November 28, 1914	35 G, 18 A, 53 P
Tony Bukovich	us	LW	28	5-11	160	L/-	R	August 30, 1915	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Hy Buller	ca	D	17	5-11	183	L/-	R	March 15, 1926	0 G, 3 A, 3 P
Joe Carveth	ca	RW	25	5-10	180	R/-	3	March 21, 1918	21 G, 33 A, 54 P
Lude Check	ca	LW	25	5-10	165	L/-	R	May 22, 1918	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Connie Dion	ca	G	25	5-4	140	-/R	R	August 11, 1918	17-7-2, 3.08 GAA
Pat Egan	ca	D	25	5-10	195	R/-	3	April 25, 1918	4 G, 15 A, 19 P
Jimmy Franks	ca	G	29	5-11	156	-/L	2	November 8, 1914	6-8-3, 4.06 GAA
Don Grosso	ca	C	28	5-11	170	L/-	5	April 12, 1915	16 G, 31 A, 47 P
Flash Hollett (C)	ca	D	32	6-0	180	L/-	10	April 13, 1911	6 G, 12 A, 18 P
Syd Howe	ca	C	32	5-9	165	L/-	14	September 28, 1911	32 G, 28 A, 60 P
Harold Jackson	ca	D	25	6-0	195	R/-	4	August 1, 1918	7 G, 13 A, 20 P
Bill Jennings	ca	RW	27	5-10	165	R/-	3	June 28, 1916	6 G, 11 A, 17 P
Francis Kane	ca	D	21	5-11	186	L/-	R	January 19, 1923	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Ken Kilrea	ca	LW	25	6-0	170	L/-	4	January 16, 1919	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
Carl Liscombe	ca	LW	28	5-7	162	L/-	6	May 17, 1915	36 G, 37 A, 73 P
Harry Lumley	ca	G	17	6-0	195	-/L	R	November 11, 1926	0-2-0, 6.50 GAA
Vic Lynn	ca	LW	19	5-10	175	L/-	1	January 26, 1925	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Jud McAtee	ca	LW	23	5-9	170	L/-	1	February 5, 1920	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Bill Quackenbush	ca	D	21	5-11	190	L/-	1	March 2, 1922	4 G, 14 A, 18 P
Billy Reay	ca	LW	25	5-7	155	L/-	R	August 21, 1918	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
Roly Rossignol	ca	RW	22	5-9	168	R/-	R	October 18, 1921	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Bernie Ruelle	us	LW	23	5-9	165	L/-	R	November 23, 1920	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
John Sherf	us	LW	30	5-11	178	L/-	4	April 8, 1913	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Gordon Sherritt	ca	D	24	6-1	195	L/-	R	April 8, 1919	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Cully Simon	ca	D	25	5-10	190	L/-	1	May 8, 1918	3 G, 7 A, 10 P
Carl Smith	ca	RW	26	5-5	150	L/-	R	September 18, 1917	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
Nakina Smith	ca	C	28	5-10	150	L/-	R	July 26, 1915	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
Normie Smith	ca	G	35	5-7	165	-/L	6	March 18, 1908	3-1-1, 3.00 GAA
Bill Thomson	gb	RW	29	5-9	162	R/-	1	March 23, 1914	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
Rudy Zunich	us	D	33	5-9	170	L/-	R	November 24, 1910	0 G, 0 A, 0 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Carl Liscombe	28	LW	50	36	37	73		17	33	3	0	7	32	5	0					5.3	1.1	6.4
2	Syd Howe*	32	C	48	32	28	60		6	29	3	0	5	26	2	0					4.2	1.1	5.2
3	Joe Carveth	25	RW	46	21	33	54		6	21	0	0	1	33	0	0					3.2	1.0	4.2
4	Mud Bruneteau	29	RW	39	35	18	53		4	33	2	0	3	16	2	0					4.4	0.9	5.2
5	Don Grosso	28	C	42	16	31	47		13	14	2	0	1	29	2	0					2.3	0.9	3.3
6	Adam Brown	23	LW	50	24	18	42		56	24	0	0	2	18	0	0					2.1	1.1	3.2
7	Murray Armstrong	28	C	28	12	22	34		4	11	1	0	2	20	2	0					1.9	0.6	2.5
8	Harold Jackson	25	D	50	7	13	20		76	7	0	0	3	13	0	0					0.6	4.5	5.0
9	Pat Egan	25	D	23	4	15	19		60	4	0	0	0	15	0	0					1.1	2.1	3.1
10	Flash Hollett	32	D	27	6	12	18		34	5	1	0	0	10	2	0					1.0	2.4	3.5
11	Bill Quackenbush*	21	D	43	4	14	18		6	4	0	0	0	14	0	0					0.5	3.8	4.3
12	Bill Jennings	27	RW	33	6	11	17		10	5	1	0	1	11	0	0					-0.1	0.7	0.6
13	Cully Simon	25	D	46	3	7	10		52	3	0	0	0	7	0	0					-0.3	4.1	3.8
14	Bill Thomson	29	RW	5	2	2	4		0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0					0.2	0.1	0.3
15	Ken Kilrea	25	LW	14	1	3	4		0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0					-0.4	0.3	-0.1
16	Nakina Smith	28	C	10	1	2	3		0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0					-0.3	0.2	0.0
17	Hy Buller	17	D	7	0	3	3		4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0					0.0	0.6	0.7
18	Billy Reay	25	LW	2	2	0	2		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.2	0.0	0.2
19	Carl Smith	26	RW	7	1	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.2	0.2	0.0
20	Jud McAtee	23	LW	1	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0					0.1	0.0	0.1
21	Bernie Ruelle	23	LW	2	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.1
22	Frank Bennett	21	LW	7	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.3	0.2	-0.2
23	Eddie Bruneteau	24	RW	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Tony Bukovich	28	LW	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					-0.1	0.1	0.0
25	Roly Rossignol	22	RW	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0.0	0.0	0.0
26	Lude Check	25	LW	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.0	0.0
27	Connie Dion	25	G	26	0	0	0		0					0					1560	60:00	0.0	0.0	6.2
28	Francis Kane	21	D	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.2	0.1
29	Vic Lynn	19	LW	3	0	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.1	-0.1
30	John Sherf	30	LW	8	0	0	0		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.4	0.2	-0.3
31	Gordon Sherritt	24	D	8	0	0	0		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.2	0.7	0.5
32	Normie Smith	35	G	5	0	0	0		0					0					300	60:00	0.0	0.0	1.2
33	Rudy Zunich	33	D	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					-0.1	0.2	0.1
34	Jimmy Franks	29	G	17	0				0					0					1020	60:00	0.0	0.0	2.9
35	Harry Lumley*	17	G	2	0				0					0					120	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			50	214	276	490		376	200	14	0	26	261	15	0					24.3	27.6	62.1

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Connie Dion	25	26		17	7	2	80				3.08	1	1560						2.19	6.2
2	Jimmy Franks	29	17		6	8	3	69				4.06	1	1020						3.00	2.9
3	Normie Smith	35	5		3	1	1	15				3.00	0	300						2.20	1.2
4	Harry Lumley*	17	2		0	2	0	13				6.50	0	120						5.00	0.0
	Team Total				26	18	6	177				3.54	2	3000						2.58	10.2