1943 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1943 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings, appearing in their third straight Finals, swept the series 4–0 to win their third Stanley Cup.[1]

1943 Stanley Cup Finals
1234Total
Detroit Red Wings64424
Boston Bruins23000
Location(s)Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
CoachesDetroit: Jack Adams
Boston: Art Ross
CaptainsDetroit: Sid Abel
Boston: Dit Clapper
DatesApril 1–8, 1943
Series-winning goalJoe Carveth (12:09, first)
Hall of FamersRed Wings:
Sid Abel (1969)
Ebbie Goodfellow (1963; did not play)
Syd Howe (1965)
Jack Stewart (1964)
Harry Watson (1994)
Bruins:
Frank Brimsek (1966)
Dit Clapper (1947)
Bill Cowley (1968)
Busher Jackson (1971)
Coaches:
Jack Adams (1959, player)
Art Ross (1949, player)
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Paths to the Finals

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Boston defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a best-of-seven 4–1 to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven 4–2 to advance and gain vengeance for Toronto's 4–3 series victory in the previous year's Finals.

Game summaries

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Goalie Johnny Mowers shutout the Bruins in the final two games.

April 1Boston Bruins2–6Detroit Red WingsOlympia StadiumRecap 
Art Jackson (4) - 18:13First period1:15 - Jack Stewart (1)
No scoringSecond period1:12 - Mud Bruneteau (3)
15:43 - sh - Sid Abel (5)
19:06 - Joe Carveth (4)
Ab DeMarco (3) - 17:53Third period1:21 - Mud Bruneteau (4)
16:24 - Mud Bruneteau (5)
Frank BrimsekGoalie statsJohnny Mowers
April 4Boston Bruins3–4Detroit Red WingsOlympia StadiumRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Jack Crawford (1) - 10:16
Art Jackson (5) - 11:04
Second period17:06 - Les Douglas (2)
Art Jackson (6) - 16:38Third period5:55 - Joe Carveth (5)
6:21 - Carl Liscombe (5)
13:16 - Syd Howe (1)
Frank BrimsekGoalie statsJohnny Mowers
April 7Detroit Red Wings4–0Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Don Grosso (2) - 3:26
Don Grosso (3) - pp - 10:16
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Les Douglas (3) - 8:03
Don Grosso (4) - 16:41
Third periodNo scoring
Johnny MowersGoalie statsFrank Brimsek
April 8Detroit Red Wings2–0Boston BruinsBoston GardenRecap 
Joe Carveth (6) - 12:09First periodNo scoring
Carl Liscombe (6) - 2:45Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Johnny MowersGoalie statsFrank Brimsek
Detroit won series 4–0


Stanley Cup engraving

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The 1943 Stanley Cup was presented to Red Wings captain Sid Abel by NHL President Red Dutton following the Red Wings 2–0 win over the Bruins in game four.

The following Red Wings players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1942–43 Detroit Red Wings

Players

Coaching and administrative staff

Stanley Cup engraving

  • Jack Adams (Manager-Coach) was suspended during the playoffs, so injured defenceman Ebbie Goodfellow served as Coach during Adams' suspension. When the cup was engraved, Adams was listed as Manager and Goodfellow as Coach, even though Adams was officially the Manager-Coach.
  • Johnny Holota was originally left off the Stanley Cup. When cup was redone during 1957–58 season Holota's name was added to the Cup. John Holota played only 12 games, did not play in the playoffs, and did not qualify to be engraved on the Stanley Cup
  • &-Carl Mattson (Asst. Trainer) was left off the Stanley Cup, but was included on mid-season team picture.
  • ^Joe Fisher name was included on the cup for playing 1 regular season game and 1 playoff game (Semi-Finals). NHL no longer recognizes Fisher as playing in the playoffs in 1943, but did dress for 1 game.

See also

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References and notes

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  1. ^ Bill King (April 9, 1943). "Stanley Cup to Detroit as sweep is complete". Google. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
Preceded by Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup Champions

1943
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