1942–43 Detroit Red Wings season

1942–43 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
1942–43 record
Team information
General Manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Sid Abel
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Syd Howe (35)
Assists	Modere "Mud" Bruneteau
Points	Syd Howe (55)
Penalties in minutes	Jimmy Orlando (99)
Wins	Johnny Mowers (25)
Goals against average	Johnny Mowers (2.47)
<1941–42	1943–44>

The 1942–43 Detroit Red Wings season was the seventeenth season of the Detroit NHL franchise, eleventh as the 'Red Wings.' The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

National Hockey League	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Red Wings	50	25	14	11	169	124	61
Boston Bruins	50	24	17	9	195	176	57
Toronto Maple Leafs	50	22	19	9	198	159	53
Montreal Canadiens	50	19	19	12	181	191	50
Chicago Black Hawks	50	17	18	15	179	180	49
New York Rangers	50	11	31	8	161	253	30

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 1, 1942	3–0	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	1–0–0
2	W	November 5, 1942	12–5	New York Rangers (1942–43)	2–0–0
3	L	November 7, 1942	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	2–1–0
4	T	November 8, 1942	3–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	2–1–1
5	W	November 14, 1942	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	3–1–1
6	W	November 15, 1942	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	4–1–1
7	L	November 19, 1942	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	4–2–1
8	T	November 22, 1942	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	4–2–2
9	T	November 24, 1942	4–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	4–2–3
10	W	November 26, 1942	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	5–2–3
11	W	November 29, 1942	7–3	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	6–2–3
12	L	December 1, 1942	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	6–3–3
13	T	December 6, 1942	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	6–3–4
14	L	December 12, 1942	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	6–4–4
15	T	December 13, 1942	1–1	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	6–4–5
16	L	December 15, 1942	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	6–5–5
17	W	December 17, 1942	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	7–5–5
18	W	December 20, 1942	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	8–5–5
19	L	December 25, 1942	1–3	New York Rangers (1942–43)	8–6–5
20	W	December 27, 1942	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	9–6–5
21	W	December 31, 1942	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	10–6–5
22	T	January 1, 1943	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	10–6–6
23	L	January 3, 1943	2–3	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	10–7–6
24	T	January 7, 1943	2–2	New York Rangers (1942–43)	10–7–7
25	W	January 9, 1943	4–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	11–7–7
26	L	January 10, 1943	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	11–8–7
27	W	January 14, 1943	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	12–8–7
28	T	January 16, 1943	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	12–8–8
29	T	January 17, 1943	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	12–8–9
30	W	January 21, 1943	3–2	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	13–8–9
31	W	January 24, 1943	7–0	New York Rangers (1942–43)	14–8–9
32	W	January 26, 1943	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	15–8–9
33	T	January 30, 1943	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	15–8–10
34	L	January 31, 1943	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	15–9–10
35	W	February 4, 1943	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	16–9–10
36	W	February 7, 1943	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	17–9–10
37	L	February 13, 1943	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	17–10–10
38	W	February 14, 1943	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	18–10–10
39	W	February 18, 1943	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	19–10–10
40	W	February 21, 1943	4–0	Boston Bruins (1942–43)	20–10–10
41	L	February 25, 1943	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1942–43)	20–11–10
42	W	February 27, 1943	7–1	New York Rangers (1942–43)	21–11–10
43	W	February 28, 1943	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1942–43)	22–11–10
44	L	March 2, 1943	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1942–43)	22–12–10
45	W	March 6, 1943	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	23–12–10
46	T	March 7, 1943	3–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	23–12–11
47	W	March 11, 1943	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	24–12–11
48	L	March 13, 1943	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	24–13–11
49	L	March 14, 1943	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1942–43)	24–14–11
50	W	March 18, 1943	6–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1942–43)	25–14–11

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	50	20	35	55	10
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	50	23	22	45	2
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	50	19	23	42	19
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	49	18	24	42	33
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	43	18	18	36	6
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	50	15	17	32	10
Watson, HarryHarry Watson	LW	50	13	18	31	10
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	47	12	18	30	10
Brown, ConnieConnie Brown	C	23	5	16	21	6
Douglas, LesLes Douglas	C	21	5	8	13	4
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	44	2	9	11	68
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	50	6	4	10	42
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	40	3	4	7	99
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	8	3	3	6	2
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	11	1	4	5	4
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	4	0	4	4	6
Holota, JohnJohn Holota	C	12	2	0	2	0
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	10	1	1	2	4
Simon, CullyCully Simon	D	34	1	1	2	34
Behling, DickDick Behling	D	2	1	0	1	2
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	1	1	0	1	0
McAtee, JudJud McAtee	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	50	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	3010	50	25	14	11	124	2.47	6
Team:	3010	50	25	14	11	124	2.47	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	10	6	8	14	2
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	10	5	8	13	4
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	9	5	4	9	0
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	10	6	2	8	4
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	10	4	2	6	10
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	10	3	3	6	4
Douglas, LesLes Douglas	C	10	3	2	5	2
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	7	1	2	3	0
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	10	1	2	3	35
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	10	0	3	3	14
Brown, AdamAdam Brown	LW	6	1	1	2	2
Simon, CullyCully Simon	D	9	1	0	1	4
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	6	0	1	1	4
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	5	0	1	1	2
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	10	0	0	0	0
Watson, HarryHarry Watson	LW	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	679	10	8	2	22	1.94	2
Team:	679	10	8	2	22	1.94	2

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Playoffs

Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 1	Boston	2	Detroit	6
April 4	Boston	3	Detroit	4
April 7	Detroit	4	Boston	0
April 8	Detroit	2	Boston	0

Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4–0.

Detroit Red Wings 1943 Stanley Cup Champions

Roster

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, and Carl Mattason (Ass't Trainer) names were originally left off the Stanley Cup. When cup was redone during 1957–58 season Holata 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.

Awards and records

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

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