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 Bruins to win their third Stanley Cup.[1]
| 1943 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location(s) | Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Detroit: Jack Adams Boston: Art Ross | ||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Detroit: Sid Abel Boston: Dit Clapper | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 1–8, 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Series-winning goal | Joe Carveth (12:09, first) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Red 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
editBoston defeated the Montreal Canadiens in five games to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games to advance and avenge their defeat in the previous year's Finals after the Maple Leafs erased a 3-0 series deficit to win the Cup.
Game summaries
editGoalie Johnny Mowers shutout the Bruins in the final two games.
| April 1 | Boston Bruins | 2–6 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
| Art Jackson (4) - 18:13 | First period | 1:15 - Jack Stewart (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:12 - Mud Bruneteau (3) 15:43 - sh - Sid Abel (5) 19:06 - Joe Carveth (4) | ||||||
| Ab DeMarco (3) - 17:53 | Third period | 1:21 - Mud Bruneteau (4) 16:24 - Mud Bruneteau (5) | ||||||
| Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Johnny Mowers | ||||||
| April 4 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jack Crawford (1) - 10:16 Art Jackson (5) - 11:04 |
Second period | 17:06 - Les Douglas (2) | ||||||
| Art Jackson (6) - 16:38 | Third period | 5:55 - Joe Carveth (5) 6:21 - Carl Liscombe (5) 13:16 - Syd Howe (1) | ||||||
| Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Johnny Mowers | ||||||
| April 7 | Detroit Red Wings | 4–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Don Grosso (2) - 3:26 Don Grosso (3) - pp - 10:16 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Les Douglas (3) - 8:03 Don Grosso (4) - 16:41 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johnny Mowers | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| April 8 | Detroit Red Wings | 2–0 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Joe Carveth (6) - 12:09 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carl Liscombe (6) - 2:45 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Johnny Mowers | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| Detroit won series 4–0 | |
Stanley Cup engraving
editThe 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
- 3 Alex Motter
- 8 Syd Howe
- 12 Sid Abel (Captain)
- 16-13 Connie Brown
- 18 Les Douglas
- 18 Johnny Holota
- 7 Carl Liscombe
- 9 Mordere Mud Bruneteau
- 10 Don Grosso
- 14 Joe Carveth
- 16 Adam Brown
- 17 Harry Watson
- 16 Joe Fisher^
- 2 Jack Stewart
- 4 Jimmy Orlando
- 11 Eddie Wares
- 15 John Cully Simon
- 16-19–5 Harold "Hal" Jackson
- 5 Ebbie Goodfellow (playing-Co-Coach)
Coaching and administrative staff
- James E. Norris Sr. (President/Owner), James D. Norris Jr. (Vice President/Owner)
- Arthur Wirtz Sr. (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner), Jack Adams (Manager-Coach)
- Frank "Honey" Walker (Trainer)
- Carl Mattson (Asst. Trainer)
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
editReferences and notes
edit- ^ Bill King (April 9, 1943). "Stanley Cup to Detroit as sweep is complete". Google. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- NHL (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Dan Diamond & Associates.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7
- "All-Time NHL Results".