1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs
1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs
League	3rd NHL
1943–44 record	23–23–4
Home record	13–11–1
Road record	10–12–3
Goals for	214
Goals against	174
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Hap Day
Captain	Bob Davidson
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Lorne Carr (36)
Assists	Gus Bodnar (40); Babe Pratt (40)
Points	Lorne Carr (74)
Penalty minutes	Reg Hamilton (32)
Wins	Paul Bibeault (13)
Goals against average	Paul Bibeault (3.00)

The 1943–44 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 27th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Offseason

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		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

Record vs. opponents

1943–44 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	5–5	1–7–2	3–5–2	7–2–1	3–7
Chicago	5–5	—	5–5	0–8–2	7–1–2	5–4–1
Detroit	7–1–2	5–5	—	0–9–1	8–1–1	6–2–2
Montreal	5–3–2	8–0–2	9–0–1	—	9–0–1	7–2–1
New York	2–7–1	1–7–2	1–8–1	0–9–1	—	2–8
	7–3	4–5–1	2–6–2	2–7–1	8–2	—

Schedule and results

1943–44 regular season^[3]

October

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 30	5–2	New York Rangers (1943–44)	1–0–0
2	W	October 31	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	2–0–0

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
3	T	November 4	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	2–0–1
4	L	November 6	2–5	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	2–1–1
5	W	November 7	7–4	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	3–1–1
6	T	November 11	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	3–1–2
7	L	November 13	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	3–2–2
8	L	November 18	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	3–3–2
9	L	November 20	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	3–4–2
10	W	November 21	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	4–4–2
11	L	November 23	5–8	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	4–5–2
12	W	November 27	7–4	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	5–5–2
13	L	November 28	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	5–6–2

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
14	W	December 2	6–5	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	6–6–2
15	W	December 4	11–4	New York Rangers (1943–44)	7–6–2
16	W	December 11	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	8–6–2
17	L	December 12	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	8–7–2
18	L	December 16	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	8–8–2
19	W	December 18	8–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	9–8–2
20	W	December 19	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	10–8–2
21	L	December 21	5–8	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	10–9–2
22	L	December 25	3–5	New York Rangers (1943–44)	10–10–2
23	W	December 31	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	11–10–2

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
24	W	January 1	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	12–10–2
25	L	January 4	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	12–11–2
26	W	January 6	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	13–11–2
27	W	January 8	12–3	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	14–11–2
28	W	January 11	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	15–11–2
29	L	January 15	4–6	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	15–12–2
30	L	January 16	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	15–13–2
31	W	January 18	7–2	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	16–13–2
32	L	January 22	1–5	New York Rangers (1943–44)	16–14–2
33	L	January 23	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	16–15–2
34	T	January 27	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	16–15–3
35	L	January 29	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	16–16–3

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
36	W	February 5	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	17–16–3
37	L	February 6	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	17–17–3
38	L	February 12	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	17–18–3
39	W	February 13	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	18–18–3
40	W	February 19	10–4	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	19–18–3
41	T	February 20	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	19–18–4
42	L	February 24	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	19–19–4
43	L	February 26	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1943–44)	19–20–4
44	W	February 29	7–3	@ Boston Bruins (1943–44)	20–20–4

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
45	L	March 4	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	20–21–4
46	L	March 5	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1943–44)	20–22–4
47	W	March 9	8–0	@ New York Rangers (1943–44)	21–22–4
48	W	March 11	5–0	New York Rangers (1943–44)	22–22–4
49	L	March 12	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1943–44)	22–23–4
50	W	March 18	10–2	Boston Bruins (1943–44)	23–23–4

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

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lorne Carr	RW	50	36	38	74	9
Gus Bodnar	C	50	22	40	62	18
Babe Pratt	D	50	17	40	57	30
Ted Kennedy	C	49	26	23	49	2
Bob Davidson	LW	47	19	28	47	21
Jackie Hamilton	C	49	20	17	37	4
George Boothman	C/D	49	16	18	34	14
Moe Morris	D	50	12	21	33	22
Mel Hill	RW	17	9	10	19	6
Jack McLean	C/RW	32	3	15	18	30
Reg Hamilton	D	39	4	12	16	32
Tom O'Neill	RW	33	8	7	15	29
Bud Poile	RW	11	6	8	14	9
Don Webster	LW	27	7	6	13	28
Bucko McDonald	D	9	2	4	6	8
Johnny Ingoldsby	RW/D	21	5	0	5	15
Ross Johnstone	D	18	2	0	2	6
Red Carr	LW	5	0	1	1	2
Frank Dunlap	W	15	0	1	1	2
Paul Bibeault	G	29	0	0	0	0
Benny Grant	G	20	0	0	0	0
Jean Marois	G	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Prentice	LW	5	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Paul Bibeault	1740	29	13	14	2	87	3.00	5
Benny Grant	1200	20	9	9	2	83	4.15	0
Jean Marois	60	1	1	0	0	4	4.00	0
Team:	3000	50	23	23	4	174	3.48	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
George Boothman	C/D	5	2	1	3	2
Moe Morris	D	5	1	2	3	2
Babe Pratt	D	5	0	3	3	4
Ted Kennedy	C	5	1	1	2	4
Jackie Hamilton	C	5	1	0	1	0
Reg Hamilton	D	5	1	0	1	8
Lorne Carr	RW	5	0	1	1	0
Paul Bibeault	G	5	0	0	0	0
Gus Bodnar	C	5	0	0	0	0
Bob Davidson	LW	5	0	0	0	4
Ross Johnstone	D	3	0	0	0	0
Jack McLean	C/RW	3	0	0	0	6
Tom O'Neill	RW	4	0	0	0	6
Don Webster	LW	5	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Paul Bibeault	300	5	1	4	23	4.60	0
Team:	300	5	1	4	23	4.60	0

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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

September 11, 1943: Acquired Garth Boesch from the Brooklyn Americans in Dispersal Draw
November 1, 1943: Acquired Red Garrett, Gordon Bell and cash from the New York Rangers for Bucko McDonald
November 18, 1943: Called up Jean Marois from the Toronto St. Michael's Majors of the OHA
November 27, 1943: Loaned George Abbott to the Boston Bruins for one game
December 22, 1943: Loaned Paul Bibeault from the Montreal Canadiens for remainder of the 1943–44 season

References

^ "Standings: 1943–1944". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1943-44 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "1943-44 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

[standings-1] "Standings: 1943–1944". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 22, 2017.

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

[Gamelog-3] "1943-44 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.

[4] "1943-44 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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