1941–42 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1941–42 Toronto
Stanley Cup Champions
Division 2nd
1941–42 record 27–18–3
Home record 18–6–0
Road record 9–12–3
Goals for 158
Goals against 136
General Manager Conn Smythe
Coach Hap Day
Captain Syl Apps
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals Gordie Drillon (23)
Assists Billy Taylor (26)
Points Gordie Drillon and Syl Apps (41)
Penalties in minutes Rudolph Kampman (67)
Wins Turk Broda (27)
Goals against average Turk Broda (2.76)

The 1941–42 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the club's twenty-fifth season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs were coming off a very solid season in 1940–41, finishing with their second highest point total in club history, as they had a 28–14–6 record, earning 62 points, which was two fewer than the 1934–35 team accumulated. Toronto would then lose to the Detroit Red Wings in the first round, extending their Stanley Cup drought to nine seasons.

Toronto got off to a quick start, winning 14 of their first 19 games, battling with the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers for top spot in the NHL. A 4–7–3 slump in their next 14 games saw Toronto fall behind the Bruins and Rangers, however, the Leafs followed up their slump by posting a 7–1–0 record in their next 8 games, before dropping 5 of final 7 games to end the season. Toronto finished the year with a record of 27–18–3, recording 57 points, and finishing in second place in the NHL, three points behind the first place New York Rangers.

The Leafs offense was led by Syl Apps, who despite missing 10 games to injuries, finished tied for the club lead in points with 41. Gordie Drillon also finished with 41 points, and he scored a team best 23 goals, while Billy Taylor had a club high 26 assists. Sweeney Schriner managed to join Drillon in the 20 goal club, as he managed to get 20 goals and earned 36 points. Bucko McDonald led the Leafs blueline, recording 21 points, while Rudolph Kampman provided the team toughness, getting 67 penalty minutes.

In goal, Turk Broda got all the action, winning 27 games and posting a 2.76 GAA, along with earning 6 shutouts.

The Maple Leafs would open the playoffs against the best team in the league, the New York Rangers in a best of seven semi-final series. The Leafs opened the series with a victory at Maple Leaf Gardens with a solid 3–1 win, then managed to go up two games by defeating the Rangers 4–2 at Madison Square Garden. New York managed to take the third game, shutting out Toronto 3–0, however, the Leafs would go up 3–1 in the series, winning the fourth game 2–1 at home. New York staved off elimination in the fifth game, holding off Toronto for a 3–1 win, however, the Leafs ended the series in the sixth game, hanging on for a 3–2 victory, and a spot in the Stanley Cup finals.

Toronto's opponent in the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals was the Detroit Red Wings, who finished the year with a weak 19–25–4 record, ending up in fifth in the league. Detroit defeated the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins to earn a spot in the finals. The Wings surprised Toronto in the series opener, winning the game 3–2, then Detroit managed to take the second game by a 4–2 score to go home with a 2–0 series lead. The Red Wings stayed hot, winning the third game at the Detroit Olympia 5–2, pushing the Leafs to the brink of elimination. Toronto responded in the fourth game, narrowly defeating Detroit 4–3 to cut the Wings series lead to 3–1. The Leafs returned home for the fifth game, and dominated Detroit, winning the game 9–3 and now were down 3–2 in the series. Turk Broda stole the show in the sixth game, shutting out Detroit 3–0 to even the series up, and the Leafs completed their miracle comeback with a 3–1 victory in the seventh and deciding game in front of a record breaking crowd of over 16,000 fans to win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in club history, and first time since the 1931–32 season.

Contents

[edit] Season standings

NHL Standings GP W L T GF GA PTS
New York Rangers 48 29 17 2 177 143 60
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 27 18 3 158 136 57
Boston Bruins 48 25 17 6 160 118 56
Chicago Black Hawks 48 22 23 3 145 155 47
Detroit Red Wings 48 19 25 4 140 147 42
Montreal Canadiens 48 18 27 3 134 173 39
Brooklyn Americans 48 16 29 3 133 175 35

[edit] Game log

[edit] Regular Season

# Date Visitor Score Home Record Pts
1 November 1 New York Rangers 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1–0 0
2 November 8 Boston Bruins 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–1–0 2
3 November 13 Montreal Canadiens 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1–0 4
4 November 15 Detroit Red Wings 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1–0 6
5 November 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 8–6 New York Rangers 4–1–0 8
6 November 20 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Detroit Red Wings 5–1–0 10
7 November 22 Chicago Black Hawks 0–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–1–0 12
8 November 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Chicago Black Hawks 6–2–0 12
9 November 29 Brooklyn Americans 2–8 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–2–0 14
10 November 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 Brooklyn Americans 8–2–0 16
11 December 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 Boston Bruins 8–3–0 16
12 December 6 Montreal Canadiens 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 9–3–0 18
13 December 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Montreal Canadiens 9–4–0 18
14 December 13 New York Rangers 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 10–4–0 20
15 December 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 Detroit Red Wings 11–4–0 22
16 December 20 Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–5–0 22
17 December 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks 12–5–0 24
18 December 25 Boston Bruins 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 13–5–0 26
19 December 27 Detroit Red Wings 3–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 14–5–0 28
20 December 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–2 Brooklyn Americans 14–6–0 28
21 December 30 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–4 Boston Bruins 14–7–0 28
22 January 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 New York Rangers 14–7–1 29
23 January 3 Brooklyn Americans 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 15–7–1 31
24 January 10 Detroit Red Wings 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 15–8–1 31
25 January 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 Montreal Canadiens 16–8–1 33
26 January 17 Chicago Black Hawks 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 16–9–1 33
27 January 24 Brooklyn Americans 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 17–9–1 35
28 January 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–6 Chicago Black Hawks 17–10–1 35
29 January 27 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–0 Boston Bruins 17–10–2 36
30 January 29 Montreal Canadiens 3–7 Toronto Maple Leafs 18–10–2 38
31 January 31 Boston Bruins 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 18–11–2 38
32 February 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–7 New York Rangers 18–12–2 38
33 February 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3 Detroit Red Wings 18–12–3 39
34 February 7 New York Rangers 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 19–12–3 41
35 February 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Brooklyn Americans 20–12–3 43
36 February 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 6–4 Montreal Canadiens 21–12–3 45
37 February 14 Detroit Red Wings 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 22–12–3 47
38 February 21 Brooklyn Americans 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 23–12–3 49
39 February 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 Detroit Red Wings 23–13–3 49
40 February 28 Chicago Black Hawks 2–8 Toronto Maple Leafs 24–13–3 51
41 March 1 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks 25–13–3 53
42 March 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–5 Boston Bruins 25–14–3 53
43 March 5 Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 25–15–3 53
44 March 7 New York Rangers 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs 26–15–3 55
45 March 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–2 New York Rangers 26–16–3 55
46 March 14 Boston Bruins 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 27–16–3 57
47 March 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–6 Brooklyn Americans 27–17–3 57
48 March 19 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–7 Montreal Canadiens 27–18–3 57

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Toronto Maple Leafs 4, New York Rangers 2

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 21 New York Rangers 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0
2 March 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 New York Rangers 2–0
3 March 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–3 New York Rangers 2–1
4 March 28 New York Rangers 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1
5 March 29 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–3 New York Rangers 3–2
6 March 31 New York Rangers 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2

[edit] Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 3

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 April 4 Detroit Red Wings 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1
2 April 7 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–2
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 2–3
6 April 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 Detroit Red Wings 3–3
7 April 18 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Gordie Drillon 48 23 18 41 6
Syl Apps 38 18 23 41 0
Billy Taylor 48 12 26 38 20
Sweeney Schriner 47 20 16 36 21
Lorne Carr 47 16 17 33 4

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA
Turk Broda 48 2960 27 18 3 136 6 2.76

[edit] Playoff stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Syl Apps 13 5 9 14 2
Wally Stanowski 13 2 8 10 2
Billy Taylor 13 2 8 10 4
Sweeney Schriner 13 6 3 9 10
Nick Metz 13 4 4 8 12

[edit] Goaltending

Player GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
Turk Broda 13 780 8 5 31 1 2.38

[edit] 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions

Syl Apps(captain), Turk Broda, Lorne Carr, Bob Davidson, Ernie Dickens, Gordie Drillon, Bob Goldham, Hank Goldup, Rudolph Kampman, Pete Langelle, John McCreedy, Bucko McDonald, Don Metz, Nick Metz, Sweeney Schriner, Wally Stanowski, Gaye Stewart, Billy Taylor, Conn Smythe(manager), Hap Day(coach), Frank Selke(business manager), Tim Daly(trainer)

[edit] Awards and records

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