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41-42DetRW
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, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

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.

18Apr1942-Langelle winner

#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

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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[]

Farm Team[]

Indianapolis Capitals, American Hockey League

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. 1941-42 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

External Links[]

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