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1938-39 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics

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Record: 18-24-6 (42 points), Finished 5th in NHL (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jack Adams (18-24-6)

Captain: Ebbie Goodfellow

Primary Arena: Detroit Olympia

Goals For: 107 (6th of 7), Goals Against: 128 (4th of 7)
SRS: -0.38 (4th of 7), SOS: 0.06 (4th of 7)

Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (2-1) to Toronto Maple Leafs
Won Quarter-Finals (2-1) over Montreal Canadiens

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Detroit Red Wings	48	18	24	6	42	.438	107	128	-0.38	0.06	2.23	2.67	18			13			3	8						4
League Average	48	20	20	7	48	.500	122	122					18			18			4	4		85100.0				6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
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Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
Sid Abel	ca CA	LW	20	5-11	170	L/-	R	February 22, 1918
Larry Aurie	ca CA	RW	33	5-6	148	R/-	11	February 8, 1905
Marty Barry	ca CA	C	33	5-11	175	L/-	10	December 8, 1905
Phil Besler	ca CA	RW	25	5-11	180	R/-	1	December 9, 1913
Ralph Bowman	ca CA	D	27	5-11	190	L/-	5	June 20, 1911
Connie Brown	ca CA	C	22	5-7	168	L/-	R	January 11, 1917
Mud Bruneteau	ca CA	RW	24	5-11	185	R/-	3	November 28, 1914
Eddie Bush	ca CA	D	20	6-1	195	R/-	R	July 11, 1918
Charlie Conacher	ca CA	RW	29	6-1	195	R/-	9	December 20, 1909
Don Deacon	ca CA	LW	25	5-9	190	L/-	1	June 2, 1913
Gus Giesebrecht	ca CA	C	21	6-0	177	L/-	R	September 14, 1917
Ebbie Goodfellow (C)	ca CA	D	32	6-0	175	L/-	9	April 9, 1906
Don Grosso	ca CA	C	23	5-11	170	L/-	R	April 12, 1915
Syd Howe	ca CA	LW	27	5-9	165	L/-	9	September 28, 1911
Buck Jones	ca CA	D	20	5-11	200	R/-	R	August 17, 1918
Jack Keating	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	180	L/-	R	October 9, 1916
Pete Kelly	ca CA	RW	25	5-11	170	R/-	4	May 22, 1913
Hec Kilrea	ca CA	LW	31	5-8	175	L/-	13	June 11, 1907
Ken Kilrea	ca CA	LW	20	6-0	170	L/-	R	January 16, 1919
Herbie Lewis	ca CA	LW	32	5-9	163	L/-	10	April 17, 1906
Carl Liscombe	ca CA	LW	23	5-7	162	L/-	1	May 17, 1915
Charley Mason	ca CA	RW	26	5-10	160	R/-	3	February 1, 1912
Bucko McDonald	ca CA	D	24	5-10	205	L/-	4	October 31, 1914
Alex Motter	ca CA	C	25	6-0	175	L/-	3	June 20, 1913
John Sherf	us US	LW	25	5-11	178	L/-	3	April 8, 1913
Normie Smith	ca CA	G	30	5-7	165	-/L	5	March 18, 1908
Jack Stewart	ca CA	D	21	5-10	190	L/-	R	May 6, 1917
Harvey Teno	ca CA	G	23	5-7	175	-/L	R	February 15, 1915
Tiny Thompson	ca CA	G	35	5-10	160	-/L	10	May 31, 1903
Bill Thomson	gb GB	RW	24	5-9	162	R/-	R	March 23, 1914
Dave Trottier	ca CA	C	32	5-10	170	L/-	10	June 25, 1906
Eddie Wares	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	182	R/-	2	March 19, 1915
Doug Young	ca CA	D	30	5-10	190	R/-	7	October 1, 1908

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					Scoring				Goals				Assists			Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Marty Barry	33	C	48	13	28	41	4	7	6	0	1	21	6	1			Byng-2
2	Syd Howe	27	LW	48	16	21	37	11	11	3	2	1	18	3	0
3	Carl Liscombe	23	LW	48	8	18	26	13	7	0	1	0	16	2	0
4	Charlie Conacher	29	RW	40	7	15	22	39	6	1	0	1	11	4	0	3:00
5	Gus Giesebrecht	21	C	28	10	10	20	2	8	2	0	3	5	5	0
6	Hec Kilrea	31	LW	48	8	9	17	8	7	1	0	2	7	0	2
7	Eddie Wares	23	RW	30	8	8	16	10	7	1	0	2	3	4	1
8	Alex Motter	25	C	44	5	11	16	17	5	0	0	1	10	1	0
9	Herbie Lewis	32	LW	42	6	10	16	8	3	3	0	2	7	3	0
10	Ebbie Goodfellow	31	D	48	8	8	16	36	8	0	0	1	6	2	0
11	Pete Kelly	25	RW	32	4	9	13	4	4	0	0	0	9	0	0
12	Mud Bruneteau	24	RW	20	4	7	11	0	3	1	0	1	5	2	0
13	Doug Young	30	D	42	1	5	6	16	1	0	0	0	5	0	0
14	Ralph Bowman	27	D	43	2	3	5	26	2	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	Don Deacon	25	LW	6	1	3	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0
16	Phil Besler	25	RW	5	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	Sid Abel	20	LW	15	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
18	Dave Trottier	32	C	11	1	1	2	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Don Grosso	23	C	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	Buck Jones	20	D	11	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	Connie Brown	22	C	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	Charley Mason	26	RW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Jack Stewart	21	D	32	0	1	1	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	Jack Keating	22	LW	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Larry Aurie	33	RW	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Ken Kilrea	20	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Bucko McDonald	24	D	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Eddie Bush	20	D	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	John Sherf	25	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Normie Smith	30	G	4	0	0	0	0					0			240:00
31	Harvey Teno	23	G	5	0	0	0	0					0			300:00
32	Tiny Thompson	35	G	39	0	0	0	0					0			2397:00
33	Bill Thomson	24	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			48	107	174	281	244	86	18	3	18	137	33	4	2940:00

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring				Goals				Assists			Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Charlie Conacher	29	RW	5	2	5	7	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	0
2	Marty Barry	33	C	6	3	1	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
3	Syd Howe	27	C	6	3	1	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
4	Herbie Lewis	32	LW	6	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	Don Deacon	25	LW	2	2	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
6	Hec Kilrea	31	LW	6	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	Don Grosso	23	LW	4	1	2	3	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	Doug Young	30	D	6	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	Sid Abel	20	C	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Ken Kilrea	20	LW	3	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Gus Giesebrecht	21	C	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
12	Buck Jones	20	D	6	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Alex Motter	25	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	Eddie Wares	23	D	6	1	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Pete Kelly	25	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Ebbie Goodfellow	32	C	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Mud Bruneteau	24	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Carl Liscombe	23	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	John Sherf	25	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Tiny Thompson	35	G	6	0	0	0	0				0	0			373:29
21	Ralph Bowman	27	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			6	16	22	38	51	8	8	0	3	12	10	0	373:29

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Goalie Stats

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			Goalie Stats											Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Charlie Conacher	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0	3:00	.00	0.0	7	15	22	39
2	Tiny Thompson	35	39	39	16	17	6	100	2.50	4	2397:00	3.10	6.1	0	0	0	0
3	Harvey Teno	23	5	5	2	3	0	15	3.00	0	300:00	3.60	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	Normie Smith	30	4	4	0	4	0	12	3.00	0	240:00	3.75	0.4	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		48		18	24	6	127	2.59	4	2940:00	3.20	7.0	7	15	22	39

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats									Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	GAA	SO	MIN	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Tiny Thompson	35	6	6	3	3	0	15	2.41	1	373:29	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		6		3	3	0	15	2.41	1	373:29	0	0	0	0

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Miscellaneous Stats

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					Adjusted				Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Marty Barry	33	C	48	22	52	74	26.2	3.5	0.7	4.2	Byng-2
2	Syd Howe	27	LW	48	27	37	64	24.8	3.3	0.7	4.0
3	Carl Liscombe	23	LW	48	14	33	47	16.6	1.3	0.7	2.0
4	Charlie Conacher	29	RW	40	14	28	42	15.3	1.4	0.6	2.0
5	Gus Giesebrecht	21	C	28	17	18	35	14.2	1.9	0.4	2.3
6	Hec Kilrea	31	LW	48	14	16	30	12.0	0.3	0.7	1.0
7	Ebbie Goodfellow	31	D	48	14	15	29	11.7	1.7	2.8	4.5
8	Alex Motter	25	C	44	8	20	28	9.8	0.1	0.7	0.7
9	Herbie Lewis	32	LW	42	10	18	28	10.4	0.3	0.6	0.9
10	Eddie Wares	23	RW	30	14	15	29	11.7	1.1	0.4	1.6
11	Pete Kelly	25	RW	32	7	16	23	8.2	0.2	0.5	0.7
12	Mud Bruneteau	24	RW	20	5	13	18	6.3	0.4	0.3	0.7
13	Doug Young	30	D	42	2	9	11	3.6	-0.1	2.5	2.4
14	Ralph Bowman	27	D	43	3	5	8	3.0	-0.1	2.5	2.5
15	Don Deacon	25	LW	6	2	5	7	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.3
16	Dave Trottier	32	C	11	2	2	4	1.6	-0.2	0.2	-0.1
17	Don Grosso	23	C	1	2	2	4	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.3
18	Buck Jones	20	D	11	0	2	2	0.6	-0.1	0.7	0.5
19	Sid Abel	20	LW	15	2	2	4	1.6	-0.4	0.2	-0.2
20	Phil Besler	25	RW	5	0	2	2	0.6	-0.1	0.1	-0.1
21	Jack Keating	22	LW	1	2	0	2	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.2
22	Jack Stewart	21	D	32	0	2	2	0.6	-0.5	1.9	1.4
23	Charley Mason	26	RW	4	0	2	2	0.6	-0.1	0.1	0.0
24	Connie Brown	22	C	2	2	0	2	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
25	Larry Aurie	33	RW	1	2	0	2	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.2
26	Bucko McDonald	24	D	14	0	0	0	0.0	-0.3	0.8	0.6
27	John Sherf	25	LW	3	0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
28	Ken Kilrea	20	LW	1	0	0	0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
29	Bill Thomson	24	RW	4	0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
30	Eddie Bush	20	D	8	0	0	0	0.0	-0.2	0.5	0.3
	Team Totals			48	185	314	499	186.6	14.0	18.8	32.9