NHL 1938/39

NHL 1938/39
league	National Hockey League
Period	November 3, 1938 to April 16, 1939
Teams	7th
Games / team	48
Regular season
winner	Boston Bruins
MVP	Canada 1921 Toe Blake (Montréal)
Top scorer	Canada 1921 Toe Blake (Montréal)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner	Boston Bruins
finalist	Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL seasons
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The 1938/39 NHL season was the 22nd season in the National Hockey League . Seven teams played 48 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Boston Bruins after a 4-1 win in the final series against the Toronto Maple Leafs . After the Montreal Maroons no longer competed for financial reasons, they no longer played in two groups from this season. The outstanding player was the top scorer Toe Blake , who also won the Hart Memorial Trophy . In the playoffs, however, another player came to the fore. After just ten goals in the regular season, Boston's Mel Hill met six times in the playoffs. He earned his new nickname "Sudden Death" Hill in the semi-final series against the Rangers. In the seven-game series, Hill decided three games in overtime, including the last after 48 minutes.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	36	10	2	156	76	74
New York Rangers	26th	16	6th	149	105	58
Toronto Maple Leafs	19th	20th	9	114	107	47
New York Americans	17th	21st	10	119	157	44
Detroit Red Wings	18th	24	6th	107	128	42
Montréal Canadiens	15th	24	9	115	146	39
Chicago Blackhawks	12	28	8th	91	132	32

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts
Toe Blake	Montréal	48	24	23	47
Sweeney Schriner	NY Americans	48	13	31	44
Bill Cowley	Boston	34	8th	34	42
Clint Smith	NY Rangers	48	21st	20th	41
Marty Barry	Detroit	48	13	28	41
Syl Apps	Toronto	48	15th	25th	40
Tommy Anderson	NY Americans	48	13	27	40
Johnny God blessed	Chicago	48	16	23	39
Paul Haynes	Montréal	47	5	33	38
Roy Conacher	Boston	47	26th	11	37

Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarter finals			Semifinals			Stanley Cup Final



			1	Boston Bruins	4th

			2	New York Rangers	3



						1	Boston Bruins	4th
						3	Toronto Maple Leafs	1
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2
4th	New York Americans	0
			3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2

			5	Detroit Red Wings	1
5	Detroit Red Wings	2

6th	Canadiens de Montréal	1

NHL Awards and trophies awarded

Award	player	team
Art Ross Trophy :	Toe Blake	Montréal Canadiens
Calder Trophy :	Frank Brimsek	Boston Bruins
Hart Memorial Trophy :	Toe Blake	Montréal Canadiens
Lady Byng Trophy :	Clint Smith	New York Rangers
Vezina Trophy :	Frank Brimsek	Boston Bruins

Web links

Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )