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1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season

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Division
  
1st

Goals for
  
229

General Manager
  
Jack Adams

1949–50 record
  
37–19–14

Goals against
  
164

Coach
  
Tommy Ivan

The 1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season saw the team finish in first place in the National Hockey League (NHL) with a record of 37 wins, 19 losses, and 14 ties for 88 points. They defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the Semi-finals before downing the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Finals, also in seven games.

Contents

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

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;

Stanley Cup Finals

Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers

† Played in Toronto.

Detroit wins best-of-seven series four games to three

Roster

† Left off the cup, but qualified to be on it.
a Played his only NHL game in Finals.
b Played his only NHL game in Semi-Finals.

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Terry Sawchuk played seven NHL games in 1950, because Harry Lumley was injured. Sawchuk was not available for the playoffs, because he was helping the AHL Indianapolis Capitols win the Calder Cup. Instead, Harry MacQuestion was called up as the spare goalie for the playoffs. MacQuestion's name was engraved on the Stanley Cup, but he never played in the NHL. MacQuestion was removed from the Stanley Cup when it was redone during 1957–58 season.
  • Detroit did not engrave Gordon Haidy and Doug McKay on the Stanley Cup, even though they each played one playoff game and qualified to be on the cup.
  • Awards and records

  • Prince of Wales Trophy
  • Art Ross Memorial Trophy: || Ted Lindsay
  • Sid Abel, Centre, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Gordie Howe, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
  • Red Kelly, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
  • Ted Lindsay, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
  • Leo Reise, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
  • References

    1949–50 Detroit Red Wings season Wikipedia