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{{Infobox sports season
| title =1938–39 NHL season
| league =[[National Hockey League]]
| sport =[[Ice hockey]]
| duration = November 3, 1938 – April 16, 1939
| no_of_games = 48
| no_of_teams = 7
| attendance =
| season = Regular season
| season_champs = [[Boston Bruins]]
| MVP = Toe Blake (Montreal Canadiens)
| MVP_link =
| top_scorer = Toe Blake (Montreal Canadiens)
| top_scorer_link =
| playoffs =
| playoffs_link =
| conf1 =
| conf1_link =
| conf1_champ =
| conf1_runner-up =
| conf2 =
| conf2_link =
| conf2_champ =
| conf2_runner-up =
| finals =Stanley Cup
| finals_link =
| finals_champ =[[Boston Bruins]]
| finals_runner-up =[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| playoffs_MVP =
| playoffs_MVP_link=
|prevseason_year = [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]]
|nextseason_year = [[1939–40 NHL season|1939–40]]
| seasonslistnames =[[List of NHL seasons|NHL]]
}}

The '''1938–39 NHL season''' was the [[List of NHL seasons|22nd]] season of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). Seven teams each played 48 games. The [[Boston Bruins]] were the [[List of Stanley Cup champions|Stanley Cup winners]] as they beat the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] four games to one in the final series.

==League business==
Just prior to the start of the 1938–39 season, the league held a meeting to decide the fate of the [[Montreal Maroons]]. The team had requested a shift to St. Louis, but this was rejected after considerable discussion, resulting in the Maroons suspending operations for the season. They sold most of their players to the Canadiens, and it was evident that the Maroons were through for good. With only seven teams left, the NHL decided to go back to the one division format.

==Regular season==
Prior to the start of the season, the Boston Bruins sold their star goaltender, Tiny Thompson, who had just won a record fourth Vezina Trophy, to the Detroit Red Wings The fans thought Art Ross was crazy,but soon they were applauding rookie Frank Brimsek, would go on to back-stop the Bruins to a first overall finish and a Stanley Cup victory. He wiped out Thompson's shutout sequence record with three consecutive shutouts. He nearly equalled his new record with three more. He ended the season with 10 shutouts, and earned the nickname "Mr. Zero". He also became the first goaltender to win both the Vezina Trophy and Calder Trophy in the same season.

Joseph Cattarinich died on December 7 of a heart attack following an eye operation. Cattarinich was the original goaltender of the Montreal Canadiens when they were formed in 1909 and later a part-owner of the team. He was 57.

The Montreal Canadiens eroded to the point where Jules Dugal replaced Cecil Hart as manager and coach. Dugal wasn't much better and the Canadiens finished sixth. One bright note was that Toe Blake won the scoring title, however, despite the poor showing of the team.

Chicago, after its Stanley Cup win the previous season, began floundering at mid-season and owner Frederic McLaughlin was displeased. Accordingly, he fired coach Bill Stewart and hired left wing Paul Thompson in his place. But the Black Hawks continued to lose and finished last.

The New York Americans, up in third place at mid-season, proceeded to fall into a big slump in the second half and though they finished fourth, they were below .500 and had the worst defence in the league. Part of the problem was the retirements of Ching Johnson and Hap Day on defence. Al Murray was also out of action for quite a time. Still, goaltender Earl Robertson found himself on the second all-star team.

===Final standings===
''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
 
''Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold''
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%" | National Hockey League
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | T
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Pts
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GF
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | GA
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | PIM
|-
| '''[[Boston Bruins]]''' || 48 ||36|| 10|| 2 || 74 ||156 ||76|| 251
|-
| '''[[New York Rangers]]''' || 48 ||26|| 16 ||6 || 58|| 149|| 105 ||393
|-
| '''[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]''' || 48 ||19 ||20 ||9 || 47|| 114|| 107 ||370
|-
| '''[[New York Americans]]''' || 48 ||17|| 21 ||10 || 44|| 119 ||157|| 276
|-
| '''[[Detroit Red Wings]]''' || 48 ||18 ||24 ||6 || 42|| 107 ||128|| 240
|-
| '''[[Montreal Canadiens]]''' || 48 || 15 ||24|| 9 || 39|| 115 ||146|| 294
|-
| [[Chicago Black Hawks]] || 48 ||12 ||28|| 8 || 32|| 91|| 132 ||367
|}

==Playoffs==

===Quarterfinals===
{|
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="6" | [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] vs. [[New York Americans]]
|-
! width="60" | Date
! colspan="2" width="120" | Away Team
! colspan="2" width="120" | Home Team
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| March 21 || NY Americans || 0 || '''4''' || '''Toronto'''
|- align="center"
| March 23 || '''Toronto''' || '''2''' || 0 || NY Americans
|-
| align="center" colspan="6" | '''Toronto won the series 2-0.'''
|}
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="7" | [[Montreal Canadiens]] vs. [[Detroit Red Wings]]
|-
! width="60" | Date
! colspan="2" width="120" | Away Team
! colspan="2" width="120" | Home Team
! width="40" | Notes
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| March 21 || Detroit || 0 || '''2''' || '''Montreal'''
|- align="center"
| March 23 || Montreal || 3 || '''7''' || '''Detroit'''
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| March 26 || Montréal || 0 || '''1''' || '''Detroit''' || OT
|-
| align="center" colspan="7" | '''Detroit won the series 2-1.'''
|}
|}

===Semifinals===
'''Boston Bruins''' vs. '''New York Rangers''' 
The Rangers became the first team in NHL history to force a Game seven after losing the first three games of a series. [[Mel Hill]], a right wing for the Bruins, scored a record three overtime goals in a single series.<ref>http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=12944</ref>

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60" | Date
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150" | Away
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5" | Score
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150" | Home
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5" | Score
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="60" | Notes
|-
|March 21 || '''Boston Bruins''' || align="center"|'''2''' || New York Rangers || align="center"|1 || 3OT
|-
|March 23 || New York Rangers || align="center"|2 || '''Boston Bruins''' || align="center"|'''3''' || OT
|-
|March 26 || New York Rangers || align="center"|1 || '''Boston Bruins''' || align="center"|'''4''' ||
|-
|March 28 || Boston Bruins || align="center"|1 || '''New York Rangers''' || align="center"|'''2''' ||
|-
|March 30 || '''New York Rangers''' || align="center"|'''2''' || Boston Bruins || align="center"|1 || OT
|-
|April 1 || Boston Bruins || align="center"|1 ||'''New York Rangers''' || align="center"|'''3''' ||
|-
|April 2 || New York Rangers || align="center"|1 ||'''Boston Bruins''' || align="center"|'''2''' || 3OT
|}
''Boston wins best-of-seven series 4–3''
{|
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="7" | [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] vs. [[Detroit Red Wings]]
|-
! width="60" | Date
! colspan="2" width="120" | Away Team
! colspan="2" width="120" | Home Team
! width="40" | Notes
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| March 28 || Detroit || 1 || '''4''' || '''Toronto'''
|- align="center"
| March 30 || Toronto || 1 || '''3''' || '''Detroit'''
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| April 1 || Detroit || 4 || '''5''' || '''Toronto''' || OT
|-
| align="center" colspan="7" | '''Toronto won the series 2-1.'''
|}
|}

===Final===
{| class="prettytable"
! bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="7" | [[Boston Bruins]] vs. [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|-
! width="60" | Date
! colspan="2" width="120" | Away Team
! colspan="2" width="120" | Home Team
! width="40" | Notes
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| April 6 || Toronto || 1 || '''2''' || '''Boston'''
|- align="center"
| April 9 || '''Toronto''' || '''3''' || 2 || Boston || OT
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| April 11 || '''Boston''' || '''3''' || 1 || Toronto
|- align="center"
| April 13 || '''Boston''' || '''2''' || 0 || Toronto
|- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| April 16 || Toronto || 1 || '''3''' || '''Boston'''
|-
| align="center" colspan="7" | '''Boston won the series 4-1 and the [[Stanley Cup]].'''
|}

[[File:1939 Boston.jpg|thumb|250px|The 1939 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins.]]
==Awards==
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable"
|+ Award winners
|Calder Trophy: (Best first-year player) || Frank Brimsek, [[Boston Bruins]]
|-
|Hart Trophy: (Most valuable player) || Toe Blake, [[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: (Excellence and sportsmanship) || Clint Smith, [[New York Rangers]]
|-
|[[O'Brien Trophy|O'Brien Cup]]: (Canadian Division champion) || [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
|-
|[[Prince of Wales Trophy]]: (American Division champion) || [[Boston Bruins]]
|-
|Vezina Trophy: (Fewest goals allowed) || Frank Brimsek, [[Boston Bruins]]
|}

==Player statistics==

===Scoring leaders===
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Player
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%" | Team
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | G
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | A
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | PTS
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | PIM
|-
| Toe Blake || Montreal Canadiens || 48 || 24 || 23 || 47 ||10
|-
| Sweeney Schriner || New York Americans || 48 ||13 ||31 ||44 ||20
|-
| Bill Cowley || Boston Bruins || 34 ||8 ||34 ||42 ||2
|-
| Clint Smith || New York Rangers || 48 ||21 ||20 ||41 ||2
|-
| Marty Barry || Detroit Red Wings || 48 ||13 ||28 ||41 ||4
|-
| Syl Apps || Toronto Maple Leafs || 44 || 15 || 25 || 40 ||4
|-
| Tommy Anderson || New York Americans || 47 ||13 ||27 ||40 ||14
|-
| Johnny Gottselig || Chicago Black Hawks || 48 ||16 ||23 ||39 ||15
|-
| Paul Haynes || Montreal Canadiens || 47 ||5 ||33 ||38 ||27
|-
| Roy Conacher || Boston Bruins || 47 ||26 ||11 ||37 ||12
|}
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

==References==
* {{cite book|title=Total Hockey |editor=Diamond, Dan |publisher=Total Sports |year=2000 |isbn=1-892129-85-X |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Dinger |editor-first=Ralph |year=2011 |title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 |publisher=Dan Diamond & Associates |isbn=978-1-894801-22-5 |ref={{harvid|Dinger|2011}}}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Dryden |editor-first=Steve |title=Century of hockey |publisher=McClelland & Stewart Ltd. |location=Toronto, ON |year=2000 |isbn=0-7710-4179-9 |ref={{harvid|Dryden|2000}}}}
* {{cite book |last1=Fischler |first1=Stan |last2=Fischler |first2=Shirley
|last3=Hughes |first3=Morgan |last4=Romain |first4=Joseph |last5=Duplacey |first5=James
|year=2003 |title=The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League |publisher=Publications International Inc. |isbn=0-7853-9624-1 |ref={{harvid|Fischler|2003}}}}
* {{cite book |last=McFarlane |first=Brian |title=The Story of the National Hockey League
|publisher=Pagurian Press |location=New York, NY |year=1973 |isbn=0-684-13424-1 |ref=harv}}

;Notes
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/nhl1927.html Hockey Database]
*[http://nhl.com/ NHL.com]

{{NHL seasons|1938}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:1938 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:1939 in ice hockey]]

1938–39 NHL season - Revision history

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