1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season

1937–38 Detroit Red Wings

Division

4th American

1937–38 record

12–25–11

Goals for

Goals against

133

Team information

General Manager

Jack Adams

Coach

Jack Adams

Captain

Doug Young

Team leaders

<1936–37

1938–39>

The 1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season was the 12th season for the Detroit NHL franchise, sixth as the Red Wings. The Wings finished last in the American Division and missed the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	48	30	11	7	142	89	67
New York Rangers	48	27	15	6	149	96	60
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	25	9	97	139	37
Detroit Red Wings	48	12	25	11	99	133	35

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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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 4, 1937	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	0–0–1
2	L	November 7, 1937	0–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	0–1–1
3	L	November 13, 1937	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	0–2–1
4	W	November 14, 1937	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	1–2–1
5	L	November 18, 1937	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	1–3–1
6	L	November 21, 1937	0–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	1–4–1
7	L	November 23, 1937	1–3	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	1–5–1
8	W	November 25, 1937	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	2–5–1
9	L	November 28, 1937	1–3	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	2–6–1
10	L	December 5, 1937	1–2	New York Americans (1937–38)	2–7–1
11	W	December 7, 1937	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–7–1
12	L	December 9, 1937	2–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	3–8–1
13	L	December 12, 1937	2–5	New York Rangers (1937–38)	3–9–1
14	L	December 14, 1937	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	3–10–1
15	L	December 16, 1937	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	3–11–1
16	L	December 19, 1937	2–4	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–12–1
17	T	December 25, 1937	1–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–12–2
18	L	December 26, 1937	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	3–13–2
19	T	December 30, 1937	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	3–13–3
20	L	January 2, 1938	1–4	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	3–14–3
21	W	January 4, 1938	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	4–14–3
22	T	January 6, 1938	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	4–14–4
23	L	January 9, 1938	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	4–15–4
24	L	January 11, 1938	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	4–16–4
25	T	January 13, 1938	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	4–16–5
26	T	January 15, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	4–16–6
27	T	January 16, 1938	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	4–16–7
28	W	January 20, 1938	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	5–16–7
29	W	January 23, 1938	3–2	New York Americans (1937–38)	6–16–7
30	L	January 27, 1938	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	6–17–7
31	L	January 29, 1938	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	6–18–7
32	T	January 30, 1938	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	6–18–8
33	L	February 1, 1938	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	6–19–8
34	W	February 3, 1938	6–1	@ New York Americans (1937–38)	7–19–8
35	W	February 6, 1938	8–0	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	8–19–8
36	L	February 10, 1938	0–4	New York Rangers (1937–38)	8–20–8
37	T	February 13, 1938	2–2 OT	New York Americans (1937–38)	8–20–9
38	W	February 20, 1938	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	9–20–9
39	T	February 24, 1938	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–20–10
40	T	February 27, 1938	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	9–20–11
41	L	March 1, 1938	1–6	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	9–21–11
42	L	March 3, 1938	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	9–22–11
43	W	March 6, 1938	4–3	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	10–22–11
44	L	March 10, 1938	2–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	10–23–11
45	W	March 13, 1938	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	11–23–11
46	L	March 15, 1938	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	11–24–11
47	L	March 17, 1938	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	11–25–11
48	W	March 20, 1938	4–3	New York Rangers (1937–38)	12–25–11

Playoffs

The Red Wings failed to make the playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	42	13	18	31	12
Barry, MartyMarty Barry	C	48	9	20	29	34
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	48	8	19	27	14
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	41	14	10	24	30
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	32	5	17	22	6
Aurie, LarryLarry Aurie	RW	47	10	9	19	19
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea	LW	48	9	9	18	10
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	21	9	7	16	2
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	47	3	7	10	14
Sorrell, JohnJohn Sorrell	LW	23	3	7	10	0
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	24	3	6	9	16
Young, DougDoug Young	D	48	3	5	8	24
Hudson, RonRon Hudson	C	32	5	2	7	2
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	30	0	7	7	13
Lamb, JoeJoe Lamb	RW	14	3	1	4	6
Pettinger, GordGord Pettinger	C	12	1	3	4	4
Beattie, RedRed Beattie	LW	11	1	2	3	0
Bowman, RalphRalph Bowman	D	45	0	2	2	26
Bessone, PetePete Bessone	D	6	0	1	1	6
Doraty, KenKen Doraty	F	2	0	1	1	2
Drouillard, ClarenceClarence Drouillard	C	10	0	1	1	0
Kelly, PetePete Kelly	RW	9	0	1	1	2
Roulston, RollyRolly Roulston	LW/D	2	0	1	1	0
Doran, JohnJohn Doran	D	7	0	0	0	10
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	G	1	0	0	0	0
Kilrea, WallyWally Kilrea	RW/C	5	0	0	0	4
Mackie, HowieHowie Mackie	RW/D	7	0	0	0	0
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	6	0	0	0	4
Sherf, JohnJohn Sherf	LW	6	0	0	0	2
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	G	47	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	2930	47	11	25	11	130	2.66	3
Franks, JimmyJimmy Franks	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	2990	48	12	25	11	133	2.67	3

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

European tour

Main article: 1938 Detroit Red Wings – Montreal Canadiens European tour

After failing to make the playoffs, the Red Wings embarked on a tour of Europe with the Montreal Canadiens. Prior to departure, the two teams played three exhibition games in Nova Scotia. In Europe, the teams played a nine-game series in England and France. The Canadiens won the series with a record of 5–3–1

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.
↑ "1937-38 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links

"1937–38 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

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

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Little Caesars Arena

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues Pittsburgh Penguins

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

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Detroit Red Wings 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

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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

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Canadian	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Maroons NY Americans Toronto

American	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers

See also	Howie Morenz Memorial Game European Tour Stanley Cup Finals

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1937–38 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

European tour

See also

References

External links