NHL 1949/50

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NHL 1949/50
league NHL Logo 2005.svg National Hockey League
Period October 12, 1949 to April 23, 1950
Teams 6th
Games / team 70
Regular season
winner Detroit Red Wings
MVP Canada 1921Canada Chuck Rayner (Detroit)
Top scorer Canada 1921Canada Ted Lindsay (Detroit)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner Detroit Red Wings
finalist New York Rangers
NHL seasons
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The 1949/50 NHL season was the 33rd season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 70 games each. The Stanley Cup won the Detroit Red Wings after a 4-3 victory in the final series against the New York Rangers . In the semifinals, Gordie Howe was critically injured when an opponent evaded his check and let Howe go nowhere. The NHL protected its players in an extraordinary way. After Toronto's Cal Gardner injured Montreal's Ken Reardon in a game on January 1, he swore revenge. Reardon had to put $ 1,000 on bail. When he ended his career at the end of the season, he got it back.

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
Detroit Red Wings 37 19th 14th 229 164 88
Canadiens de Montréal 29 22nd 19th 172 150 77
Toronto Maple Leafs 31 27 12 176 173 74
New York Rangers 28 31 11 170 189 67
Boston Bruins 22nd 32 16 198 228 60
Chicago Blackhawks 22nd 38 10 203 244 54

Best scorer

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

player team GP G A. Pts
Ted Lindsay Detroit 69 23 55 78
Sid Abel Detroit 69 34 35 69
Gordie Howe Detroit 70 35 33 68
Maurice Richard Montreal 70 43 22nd 65
Paul Ronty Boston 70 23 36 59
Roy Conacher Chicago 70 25th 31 56
Doug Bentley Chicago 64 20th 33 53
Johnny Peirson Boston 57 27 25th 52
Metro Prystai Chicago 65 29 22nd 51
Bep Guidolin Chicago 70 17th 34 51

Stanley Cup playoffs

  Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                 
1 Detroit Red Wings 4th    
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 3  
1 Detroit Red Wings 4th
  4th New York Rangers 3
2 Canadiens de Montréal 1
4th New York Rangers 4th  

NHL awards

Art Ross Trophy : Ted Lindsay , Detroit Red Wings
Calder Memorial Trophy : Jack Gelineau , Boston Bruins
Hart Memorial Trophy : Chuck Rayner , New York Rangers
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : Edgar Laprade , New York Rangers
Vezina Trophy : Bill Durnan , Montreal Canadiens

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