1943 Stanley Cup Finals

1943 ice hockey championship series

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]

Paths to the Finals

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

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

Stanley Cup engraving

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

  Centres

• 3 Alex Motter
• 8 Syd Howe
• 12 Sid Abel (Captain)
• 16-13 Connie Brown
• 18 Les Douglas
• 18 Johnny Holota

  Wingers

• 7 Carl Liscombe
• 9 Mordere Mud Bruneteau
• 10 Don Grosso
• 14 Joe Carveth
• 16 Adam Brown
• 17 Harry Watson
• 16 Joe Fisher^

  Defencemen

• 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)

  Goaltenders

• 1 Johnny Mowers

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

• 1942–43 NHL season

References and notes

1. 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".