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1943 Stanley Cup Finals

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1943 Stanley Cup Finals
1234 Total
Detroit Red Wings 6442 4
Boston Bruins 2300 0
Location(s)Detroit: Olympia Stadium (1, 2)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
CoachesDetroit: Jack Adams
Boston: Art Ross
CaptainsDetroit: Sid Abel
Boston: Dit Clapper
DatesApril 1–8, 1943
Series-winning goalJoe Carveth (12:09, first)
Hall of FamersRed 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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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]

Paths to the Finals

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Boston 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

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Goalie 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

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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

Coaching and administrative staff

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

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References and notes

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  1. ^ Bill King (April 9, 1943). "Stanley Cup to Detroit as sweep is complete". Google. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
Preceded by Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup Champions

1943
Succeeded by