1933–34 NHL season

The 1933–34 NHL season was the 17th season of the National Hockey League. Nine teams each played 48 games. The Chicago Black Hawks were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Detroit Red Wings three games to one.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	26	13	9	61	174	119	529
Montreal Canadiens	48	22	20	6	50	99	101	308
Montreal Maroons	48	19	18	11	49	117	122	414
New York Americans	48	15	23	10	40	104	132	365
Ottawa Senators	48	13	29	6	32	115	143	344

American Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	14	10	58	113	98	368
Chicago Black Hawks	48	20	17	11	51	88	83	337
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	50	120	113	401
Boston Bruins	48	18	25	5	41	111	130	385

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes^[source?]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs	42	32	20	52	38
Joe Primeau	Toronto Maple Leafs	45	14	32	46	8
Frank Boucher	New York Rangers	48	14	30	44	4
Marty Barry	Boston Bruins	48	27	12	39	12
Cecil Dillon	New York Rangers	48	13	26	39	10

Stanley Cup playoffs

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Toronto Maple Leafs

2

A1

Detroit Red Wings

3

A1

Detroit Red Wings

1

A2

Chicago Black Hawks

3

C2

Montreal Canadiens

3G

A2

Chicago Black Hawks

4G

A2

Chicago Black Hawks

6G

C3

Montreal Maroons

2G

C3

Montreal Maroons

2G

A3

New York Rangers

1G

NHL awards

1933–34 NHL awards
O'Brien Trophy:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Prince of Wales Trophy:	Detroit Red Wings
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Russ Blinco, Montreal Maroons
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
Vezina Trophy:	Charlie Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks

All-Star teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Charlie Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks	G	Roy Worters, New York Americans
King Clancy, Toronto Maple Leafs	D	Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
Lionel Conacher, Chicago Black Hawks	D	Ching Johnson, New York Rangers
Frank Boucher, New York Rangers	C	Joe Primeau, Toronto Maple Leafs
Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leafs	RW	Bill Cook, New York Rangers
Busher Jackson, Toronto Maple Leafs	LW	Aurel Joliat, Montreal Canadiens
Lester Patrick, New York Rangers	Coach	Dick Irvin, Toronto Maple Leafs

First games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1933–34 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):