1941–42 Boston Bruins season

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

1941–42 Boston Bruins
Division	3rd NHL
1941–42 record	25–17–6
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Dit Clapper
Team leaders
Goals	Roy Conacher (24)
Assists	Bobby Bauer (22) Eddie Wiseman (22)
Points	Roy Conacher (37)
Penalty minutes	Des Smith (70)
Wins	Frank Brimsek (24)
Goals against average	Frank Brimsek (2.35)
← 1940–41 1942–43 →

Offseason

Milt Schmidt and Porky 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
Boston Bruins	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
Team	BRO	BOS	CHI	DET	MON	NYR	TOR
Brooklyn	—	4–4	2–6	3–4–1	3–4–1	2–5–1	2–6
Boston	4–4	—	3–3–2	4–2–2	6–1–1	4–4	4–3–1
Chicago	6–2	3–3–2	—	3–5	4–3–1	2–6	4–4
Detroit	4–3–1	2–4–2	5–3	—	5–3	1–7	2–5–1
Montreal	4–3–1	1–6–1	3–4–1	3–5	—	4–4	3–5
New York	5–2–1	4–4	6–2	7–1	4–4	—	3–4–1
Toronto	6–2	3–4–1	4–4	5–2–1	5–3	4–3–1	—

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	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
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
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
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
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

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins defeated the Chicago Black Hawks in the Quarter-Finals 2–1 but lost the Semi-Final to Detroit 2–0.

Boston Bruins 2, Chicago Black Hawks 1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
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

Boston Bruins 0, Detroit Red Wings 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 29	Detroit Red Wings	6–4	Boston Bruins	0–1
2	March 31	Boston Bruins	1–3	Detroit Red Wings	0–2

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

• 1941–42 NHL season

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. "1941-42 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.