1941–42 Boston Bruins season

1941–42 Boston Bruins
League3rd NHL
1941–42 record25–17–6
Home record17–4–3
Road record8–13–3
Goals for160
Goals against118
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachArt Ross
CaptainDit Clapper
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsRoy Conacher (24)
AssistsBobby Bauer (22)
Eddie Wiseman (22)
PointsRoy Conacher (37)
Penalty minutesDes Smith (70)
WinsFrank Brimsek (24)
Goals against averageFrank Brimsek (2.35)

The 1941–42 Boston Bruins season, was the team's 18th season. They placed third in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart were identified as two players to be called to Canada for compulsory training in the armed forces, potentially breaking up the Bruins' top line. Canadian authorities threatened to disallow any single men between the ages of 21 and 25 from leaving Canada to play ice hockey.[1] However, the two were not called to the forces and played another season for the Bruins.

Regular season

On December 9, 1941, the Chicago Blackhawks-Boston Bruins game would be delayed for over a half hour as United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that America was at war.[2]

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
New York Rangers 48 29 17 2 60 177 143
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 27 18 3 57 158 136
48 25 17 6 56 160 118
Chicago Black Hawks 48 22 23 3 47 145 155
Detroit Red Wings 48 19 25 4 42 140 147
Montreal Canadiens 48 18 27 3 39 134 173
Brooklyn Americans 48 16 29 3 35 133 175

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1941–42 NHL Records [4]
Team BOS BRK CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
— 4–4 3–3–2 4–2–2 6–1–1 4–4 4–3–1
Brooklyn 4–4 — 2–6 3–4–1 3–4–1 2–5–1 2–6
Chicago 3–3–2 6–2 — 3–5 4–3–1 2–6 4–4
Detroit 2–4–2 4–3–1 5–3 — 5–3 1–7 2–5–1
Montreal 1–6–1 4–3–1 3–4–1 3–5 — 4–4 3–5
New York 4–4 5–2–1 6–2 7–1 4–4 — 3–4–1
Toronto 3–4–1 6–2 4–4 5–2–1 5–3 4–3–1 —


Schedule and results

1941–42 regular season[5]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 8, 1941 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 0–1–0
2 W November 15, 1941 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 1–1–0
3 W November 16, 1941 2–1 New York Rangers (1941–42) 2–1–0
4 W November 18, 1941 7–2 Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 3–1–0
5 L November 20, 1941 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 3–2–0
6 W November 23, 1941 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 4–2–0
7 W November 25, 1941 7–1 Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 5–2–0
8 W November 27, 1941 6–2 OT @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 6–2–0
9 W November 29, 1941 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 7–2–0
10 W November 30, 1941 3–2 Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 8–2–0
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
11 W December 2, 1941 3–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 9–2–0
12 L December 7, 1941 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 9–3–0
13 T December 9, 1941 2–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 9–3–1
14 T December 14, 1941 3–3 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 9–3–2
15 W December 16, 1941 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 10–3–2
16 W December 20, 1941 4–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 11–3–2
17 T December 21, 1941 2–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 11–3–3
18 W December 23, 1941 3–2 New York Rangers (1941–42) 12–3–3
19 L December 25, 1941 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 12–4–3
20 W December 30, 1941 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 13–4–3
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
21 W January 1, 1942 5–4 Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 14–4–3
22 L January 4, 1942 2–3 @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 14–5–3
23 W January 6, 1942 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 15–5–3
24 W January 13, 1942 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 16–5–3
25 W January 18, 1942 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 17–5–3
26 L January 20, 1942 2–4 New York Rangers (1941–42) 17–6–3
27 L January 22, 1942 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 17–7–3
28 T January 24, 1942 2–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 17–7–4
29 W January 25, 1942 7–3 Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 18–7–4
30 T January 27, 1942 0–0 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 18–7–5
31 L January 29, 1942 4–5 @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 18–8–5
32 W January 31, 1942 3–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 19–8–5
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
33 L February 1, 1942 1–2 Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 19–9–5
34 L February 3, 1942 3–5 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 19–10–5
35 L February 5, 1942 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 19–11–5
36 W February 8, 1942 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 20–11–5
37 W February 10, 1942 8–1 Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 21–11–5
38 L February 15, 1942 0–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 21–12–5
39 L February 19, 1942 4–6 @ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 21–13–5
40 L February 24, 1942 3–4 New York Rangers (1941–42) 21–14–5
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
41 T March 1, 1942 3–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 21–14–6
42 W March 3, 1942 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 22–14–6
43 L March 7, 1942 3–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42) 22–15–6
44 L March 8, 1942 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42) 22–16–6
45 W March 10, 1942 9–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42) 23–16–6
46 W March 12, 1942 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1941–42) 24–16–6
47 L March 14, 1942 4–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42) 24–17–6
48 W March 17, 1942 8–3 Brooklyn Americans (1941–42) 25–17–6

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the quarterfinals 2–1 but lost the semifinal to Detroit 2–0.

1942 Stanley Cup playoffs[5]
Quarterfinals vs. (4) Chicago Black Hawks – Bruins win 2–1
Game Date Visitor Score Home Series
1 March 22 Boston Bruins 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0
2 March 24 Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 Boston Bruins 1–1
3 March 26 Chicago Black Hawks 2–3 Boston Bruins 2–1
Semifinals vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 2–0
Game Date Visitor Score Home Series
1 March 29 Detroit Red Wings 6–4 Boston Bruins 0–1
2 March 31 Boston Bruins 1–3 Detroit Red Wings 0–2

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Roy Conacher LW 43 24 13 37 12
Milt Schmidt C/D 36 14 21 35 34
Bobby Bauer RW 36 13 22 35 11
Eddie Wiseman RW 45 12 22 34 8
Flash Hollett D 48 19 14 33 21
Woody Dumart LW 35 14 15 29 8
Bill Cowley C 28 4 23 27 6
Art Jackson C 47 6 18 24 25
Jack McGill C 13 8 11 19 2
Herb Cain LW 34 8 10 18 2
Dutch Hiller LW 43 7 10 17 19
Dit Clapper RW/D 32 3 12 15 31
Des Smith D 48 7 7 14 70
Busher Jackson LW 26 5 7 12 18
Gordie Bruce LW 15 4 8 12 11
Jack Crawford D 43 2 9 11 37
Red Hamill LW 9 6 3 9 2
Lloyd Gronsdahl RW 10 1 2 3 0
Jack Shewchuk D 22 2 0 2 14
Frank Mario C 9 1 1 2 0
Clare Martin D 13 0 1 1 4
Pat McReavy C 6 0 1 1 0
Frank Brimsek G 47 0 0 0 0
Nick Damore G 1 0 0 0 0
Phil Hergesheimer RW 3 0 0 0 2
Cliff Thompson D 3 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 2930 47 24 17 6 115 2.35 3
Nick Damore 60 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0
Team: 2990 48 25 17 6 118 2.37 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jack McGill C 5 4 1 5 6
Gordie Bruce LW 5 2 3 5 4
Roy Conacher LW 5 2 1 3 0
Des Smith D 5 1 2 3 2
Bill Cowley C 5 0 3 3 5
Herb Cain LW 5 1 0 1 0
Jack Crawford D 5 0 1 1 4
Dutch Hiller LW 5 0 1 1 0
Flash Hollett D 5 0 1 1 2
Art Jackson C 5 0 1 1 0
Busher Jackson LW 5 0 1 1 0
Jack Shewchuk D 5 0 1 1 7
Eddie Wiseman RW 5 0 1 1 0
Frank Brimsek G 5 0 0 0 0
Clare Martin D 5 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 307 5 2 3 16 3.13 0
Team: 307 5 2 3 16 3.13 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ "Two Members of Boston's Kraut Line May Not Be Allowed to Play in U.S.". Ottawa Citizen. September 18, 1941. p. 13.
  2. ^ Duplacey, James (2008). Hockey's Book of Firsts. JG Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9.
  3. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  4. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "1941-42 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  6. ^ "1941-42 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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