1941 Stanley Cup Finals

1941 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 Games
Boston Bruins  3 2 4 3 4
Detroit Red Wings  2 1 2 1 0
Location: Boston, MA (Boston Garden) (1,2)
Detroit, MI (Olympia) (3,4)
Format: Best-of-seven
Coaches: Boston: Cooney Weiland
Detroit: Jack Adams
Captains: Boston: Dit Clapper
Detroit: Ebbie Goodfellow
Dates: April 6 to April 12, 1941
Series-winning
goal:
Bobby Bauer (8:43, second)
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The 1941 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings. Boston would win the series 4–0 to win their third Stanley Cup.

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Paths to the Final

Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven 4–3 to advance to the finals. The Red Wings had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–1 against the New York Rangers, and 2–0 against the Chicago Black Hawks.

The series

In the third best-of-seven series, Boston became the first to sweep the series in 4 games.

Boston won series 4–0

Boston Bruins 1941 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

1 Frank Brimsek



  Non-players
  • Weston Adams Sr. (President/Owner), Art Ross (Vice President/Manager)
  • Ralph Cooney Weiland (Coach), Ralph Burkard (Treasurer)
  • Win Green (Trainer), Frank Ryan (Publicity Director)*

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

References & notes

Preceded by
New York Rangers
1940
Boston Bruins
Stanley Cup Champions

1941
Succeeded by
Toronto Maple Leafs
1942