1941–42 Boston Bruins season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1941–42
Year:	1941
Team:	Boston Bruins
Record:	25–17–6
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	3rd
Coach:	Art Ross
Goalsleader:	Roy Conacher (24)
Assistsleader:	Bobby Bauer (22) Eddie Wiseman (22)
Pointsleader:	Roy Conacher (37)
Pimleader:	Des Smith (70)
Winsleader:	Frank Brimsek (24)
Gaaleader:	Frank 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]

Record vs. opponents

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		1–0
2	March 24		4–0	Boston Bruins	1–1
3	March 26		2–3	Boston Bruins	2–1

Boston Bruins 0, Detroit Red Wings 2

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	43	24	13	37	12
	C/D	36	14	21	35	34
	RW	36	13	22	35	11
	RW	45	12	22	34	8
	D	48	19	14	33	21
	LW	35	14	15	29	8
	C	28	4	23	27	6
	C	47	6	18	24	25
	C	13	8	11	19	2
	LW	34	8	10	18	2
	LW	43	7	10	17	19
	RW/D	32	3	12	15	31
	D	48	7	7	14	70
	LW	26	5	7	12	18
	LW	15	4	8	12	11
	D	43	2	9	11	37
	LW	9	6	3	9	2
	RW	10	1	2	3	0
	D	22	2	0	2	14
	C	9	1	1	2	0
	D	13	0	1	1	4
	C	6	0	1	1	0
	G	47	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	2
	D	3	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2930	47	24	17	6	115	2.35	3
	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
	C	5	4	1	5	6
	LW	5	2	3	5	4
	LW	5	2	1	3	0
	D	5	1	2	3	2
	C	5	0	3	3	5
	LW	5	1	0	1	0
	D	5	0	1	1	4
	LW	5	0	1	1	0
	D	5	0	1	1	2
	C	5	0	1	1	0
	LW	5	0	1	1	0
	D	5	0	1	1	7
	RW	5	0	1	1	0
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	307	5	2	3	16	3.13	0
Team:	307	5	2	3	16	3.13	0

^[3]

See also

• 1941–42 NHL season

Notes and References

1. News: Ottawa Citizen . Two Members of Boston's Kraut Line May Not Be Allowed to Play in U.S. . September 18, 1941 . 13.
2. Book: Duplacey, James. Hockey's Book of Firsts. 2008. JG Press. 978-1-57215-037-9. 71 .
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 . 1941-42 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.