1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season

1941–42 Detroit Red Wings
Division	5th NHL
1941–42 record	19–25–4
Goals for	140
Goals against	147
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Ebbie Goodfellow
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Don Grosso (23)
Assists	Sid Abel (31)
Points	Don Grosso (53)
Penalty minutes	Jimmy Orlando (111)
Wins	Johnny Mowers (19)
Goals against average	Joe Turner (2.57)

The 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 16th season. The Red Wings finished 5th in the league and lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 3.

Regular Season

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

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 1, 1941	3–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	1–0–0
2	T	November 2, 1941	3–3 OT	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	1–0–1
3	L	November 9, 1941	1–3	New York Rangers (1941–42)	1–1–1
4	L	November 15, 1941	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	1–2–1
5	L	November 16, 1941	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	1–3–1
6	L	November 20, 1941	3–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	1–4–1
7	W	November 22, 1941	2–1	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	2–4–1
8	L	November 23, 1941	2–4	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	2–5–1
9	L	November 25, 1941	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	2–6–1
10	W	November 27, 1941	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	3–6–1
11	L	November 29, 1941	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	3–7–1
12	W	December 4, 1941	4–3	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	4–7–1
13	W	December 7, 1941	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	5–7–1
14	L	December 14, 1941	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	5–8–1
15	L	December 18, 1941	3–4 OT	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	5–9–1
16	T	December 21, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	5–9–2
17	W	December 25, 1941	3–2 OT	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	6–9–2
18	L	December 27, 1941	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	6–10–2
19	L	December 28, 1941	1–3	New York Rangers (1941–42)	6–11–2
20	W	January 1, 1942	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	7–11–2
21	L	January 3, 1942	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	7–12–2
22	W	January 4, 1942	10–0	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	8–12–2
23	L	January 6, 1942	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	8–13–2
24	L	January 9, 1942	4–5	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	8–14–2
25	W	January 10, 1942	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	9–14–2
26	L	January 11, 1942	5–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	9–15–2
27	L	January 13, 1942	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	9–16–2
28	L	January 18, 1942	3–5	Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	9–17–2
29	W	January 22, 1942	4–3	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	10–17–2
30	L	January 24, 1942	2–3	New York Rangers (1941–42)	10–18–2
31	L	January 25, 1942	2–11	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	10–19–2
32	W	January 29, 1942	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	11–19–2
33	T	February 5, 1942	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	11–19–3
34	L	February 7, 1942	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	11–20–3
35	L	February 8, 1942	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	11–21–3
36	L	February 12, 1942	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	11–22–3
37	L	February 14, 1942	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	11–23–3
38	W	February 15, 1942	5–0	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	12–23–3
39	W	February 19, 1942	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	13–23–3
40	W	February 22, 1942	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	14–23–3
41	W	February 24, 1942	3–2	@ Brooklyn Americans (1941–42)	15–23–3
42	L	February 26, 1942	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	15–24–3
43	T	March 1, 1942	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	15–24–4
44	W	March 5, 1942	5–2	New York Rangers (1941–42)	16–24–4
45	W	March 8, 1942	3–1	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	17–24–4
46	L	March 14, 1942	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	17–25–4
47	W	March 15, 1942	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	18–25–4
48	W	March 19, 1942	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	19–25–4

Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 2, Boston Bruins 0

After defeating the Red Wings in the 1941 Stanley Cup Finals, the Wings got their revenge on the Bruins, eliminating them in the Semi-finals 2 games to 0.

Game 1 saw the Wings take commanding 3-0 and 4-1 leads and despite a Hat trick from the Bruins Jack McGill, they'd take game 1 by a 6-4 score.

Game 2 resulted in a 3-1 win for the Wings led by a pair of goals from Joe Carveth, eliminating the Bruins.

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

Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 3

The 1942 Stanley Cup Finals involved a remarkable comeback. Toronto came back from a 3–0 deficit to win the best-of-seven series, the only such occurrence in a Stanley Cup Final series as of 2020.

After losing the first 3 games, Toronto coach Hap Day replaced regulars Bucko McDonald and Gordie Drillon with Don Metz and Hank Goldup for Game 4. This was the turning point in the series as Don Metz (brother of Leafs Nick Metz) scored the winner as the Leafs took the game by 4-3. The game ended in total chaos as not happy with the officiating, Detroit took two misconduct penalties in the final minutes. As the game ended, Detroit coach Jack Adams physically assaulted referee Mel Harwood. Harwood and NHL President Frank Calder had to be escorted out of the building by police. Adams was suspended for the rest of the series.

Game 5 saw Detroit captain Ebbie Goodfellow take on the coaching duties. Don Metz had a Hat trick and 2 assists as the Maple Leafs routed the Red Wings 9-3.

#8 Pete Langelle scores the winning goal in Game 7 of the Finals, April 18, 1942.

Game 6 saw Turk Broda shutout the Red Wings and Don Metz scored the winner as the Leafs tied the series with a 3-0 victory.

Game 7 in Toronto was the first time a crowd of over 16,000 attended a hockey game in Canada. Detroit survived being two men down in the scoreless first period, then struck early in the second period on a goal by Syd Howe. Sweeney Schriner scored on a scramble in front of the net to tie the score. Two minutes later, Pete Langelle scored the winner. The Maple Leafs dominated the rest of the game with Schriner scoring again at 16:11 of the third period to secure the win and the Cup.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 4	Detroit Red Wings	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0
2	April 7	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–0
3	April 9	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–5	Detroit Red Wings	0–3
4	April 12	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Detroit Red Wings	1–3
5	April 14	Detroit Red Wings	3–9	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2
6	April 16	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–0	Detroit Red Wings	3–3
7	April 18	Detroit Red Wings	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–4

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	48	23	30	53	13
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	48	18	31	49	45
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	43	9	29	38	31
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	48	16	19	35	6
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	48	14	19	33	8
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	47	13	17	30	14
Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht	C	34	6	16	22	2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	29	6	11	17	2
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	28	6	9	15	15
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	21	3	12	15	4
McReavy, PatPat McReavy	C	34	5	8	13	0
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	44	4	7	11	93
Bush, EddieEddie Bush	D	18	4	6	10	40
Brown, GerryGerry Brown	LW	13	4	4	8	0
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	48	1	7	8	111
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	19	2	4	6	20
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	9	2	2	4	2
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	16	2	1	3	6
Jones, BuckBuck Jones	D	21	2	1	3	8
Brown, ConnieConnie Brown	C	9	0	3	3	4
McCaig, DougDoug McCaig	D	9	0	1	1	6
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller	LW	7	0	0	0	0
Whitelaw, BobBob Whitelaw	D	9	0	0	0	0
Turner, JoeJoe Turner	G	1	0	0	0	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	47	0	1	1	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	2880	47	19	25	3	144	3.00	5
Turner, JoeJoe Turner	70	1	0	0	1	3	2.57	0
Team:	2950	48	19	25	4	147	2.99	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	12	8	6	14	29
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	12	6	6	12	2
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	12	3	5	8	0
Bush, EddieEddie Bush	D	11	1	6	7	23
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	12	5	1	6	6
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	12	4	2	6	8
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	9	4	0	4	0
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	12	1	3	4	20
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	12	1	3	4	22
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	12	0	4	4	45
Brown, GerryGerry Brown	LW	12	2	1	3	4
McReavy, PatPat McReavy	C	11	1	1	2	4
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	10	0	2	2	4
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	12	0	1	1	12
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht	C	2	0	0	0	0
McCaig, DougDoug McCaig	D	2	0	0	0	6
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	12	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	720	12	7	5	38	3.17	0
Team:	720	12	7	5	38	3.17	0

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• O'Brien Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
• Sid Abel, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

Farm Team

Indianapolis Capitals, American Hockey League

Gallery

Jim Henry stops Pat McReavy as Babe Pratt defends, November 29, 1941.

See Also

• 1941–42 NHL season

External Links

• 1941–42 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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