1941 Stanley Cup Final
1941 ice hockey championship series
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The 1941 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings. Boston would win the series 4–0 to win their third Stanley Cup.
Location(s)Boston: Boston Garden (1, 2)
Detroit: Olympia Stadium (3, 4)
Detroit: Olympia Stadium (3, 4)
CoachesBoston: Cooney Weiland
Detroit: Jack Adams
Detroit: Jack Adams
CaptainsBoston: Dit Clapper
Detroit: Ebbie Goodfellow
Detroit: Ebbie Goodfellow
DatesApril 6–12, 1941
| 1941 Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Boston: Boston Garden (1, 2) Detroit: Olympia Stadium (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Boston: Cooney Weiland Detroit: Jack Adams | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Boston: Dit Clapper Detroit: Ebbie Goodfellow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 6–12, 1941 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Bobby Bauer (8:43, second) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Bruins: Bobby Bauer (1996) Frank Brimsek (1966) Dit Clapper (1947) Roy Conacher (1998) Bill Cowley (1968) Woody Dumart (1992) Milt Schmidt (1961) Red Wings: Sid Abel (1969) Ebbie Goodfellow (1963) Syd Howe (1965) Jack Stewart (1964) Coaches: Jack Adams (1959, player) Cooney Weiland (1971, player) | ||||||||||||||||||
Paths to the Finals
Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven 4–3 to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–1 against the New York Rangers, and 2–0 against the Chicago Black Hawks to advance to the Finals.
Game summaries
In the third best-of-seven series, Boston became the first to sweep the series in four games.
| April 6 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–3 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:26 - Eddie Wiseman (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:45 - Milt Schmidt (3) | ||||||
| Carl Liscombe (3) - 10:55 Syd Howe (1) - 17:45 |
Third period | 9:16 - Pat McReavy (2) | ||||||
| Johnny Mowers | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| April 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 1–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mud Bruneteau (2) - 2:41 | Third period | 13:35 - Terry Reardon (2) 17:35 - Roy Conacher (1) | ||||||
| Johnny Mowers | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| April 10 | Boston Bruins | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
| Eddie Wiseman (5) - 3:57 Milt Schmidt (4) - 14:07 |
First period | 3:15 - Bill Jennings (2) 7:45 - Sid Abel (2) | ||||||
| Milt Schmidt (5) - 00:59 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Art Jackson (1) - pp - 17:20 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Johnny Mowers | ||||||
| April 12 | Boston Bruins | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:14 - pp - Carl Liscombe (4) | ||||||
| Flash Hollett (3) - pp - 7:42 Bobby Bauer - pp - 8:43 Eddie Wiseman (6) - 19:32 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Johnny Mowers | ||||||
| Boston won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup engraving
The 1941 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins captain Dit Clapper by NHL President Frank Calder following the Bruins 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game four.
The following Bruins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup
1940–41 Boston Bruins
Players
- 4 Herb Cain
- 7 Eddie Wiseman
- 9 Roy Conacher
- 11 Mel Hill
- 14 Woody Porky Dumart
- 17 Bobby Bauer
- 2 Bill Flash Hollett
- 5 Aubrey Dit Clapper (Captain)
- 6 Jack Crawford
- 8 Des Smith †
- 11–12 Jack Shewchuk*
- 19 Terry Reardon
Coaching and administrative staff
- Weston Adams Sr. (President/Owner), Art Ross (Vice President/Manager)
- Ralph Burkard (Treasurer), Ralph Cooney Weiland (Coach)
- Win Green (Trainer)
Stanley Cup engraving
- * #11–12 Jack Shewchuk (D) played 22 of 48 regular season games, but was not dressed in the playoffs. He was originally left off the cup. Shewchuk's name was added to the cup when it was redone during 1957–58, but not Gordie Bruce.
- † #8 Des Smith (D) was engraved as WES SMITH with a "W" instead of a "D". This mistake was corrected when the Stanley Cup was redone during the 1957–58 Season.
- ‡ #12 Pat McReavy (C) was misspelled PAT McCREAVY with an extra "C" on the new version of the cup created during the 1957–58 season. Pat McReavy was often misspelled as Pat McCreavy on some team pictures with the Boston Bruins. When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93, Pat McReavy's name was misspelled again as Pat McCeavy with a "C" instead of a "R".
- Frank Ryan (Publicity Director) was included on 1929, 1939, and 1941 Stanley Cup pictures, but his name is not engraved on the Stanley Cup.
- Gordie Bruce (LW) was originally credited with playing 8 regular season games and 3 playoff games. Bruce's stats were corrected to only 7 regular season games and no playoff games. He did not qualify, so his name was left off the Stanley Cup.
See also
References & notes
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
- "All-Time NHL Results". Archived from the original on July 24, 2017.