1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season

1940–41 Detroit Red Wings

Division

3rd NHL

1940–41 record

21–16–11

Goals for

112

Goals against

102

Team information

General Manager

Jack Adams

Coach

Jack Adams

Captain

Ebbie Goodfellow

Team leaders

<1939–40

1941–42>

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Boston Bruins	48	27	8	13	67	168	102
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	28	14	6	62	145	99
Detroit Red Wings	48	21	16	11	53	112	102
New York Rangers	48	21	19	8	50	143	125
Chicago Black Hawks	48	16	25	7	39	112	139
Montreal Canadiens	48	16	26	6	38	121	147
New York Americans	48	8	29	11	27	99	186

^[1]

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

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 3, 1940	4–2	New York Americans (1940–41)	1–0–0
2	L	November 9, 1940	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	1–1–0
3	T	November 10, 1940	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	1–1–1
4	T	November 16, 1940	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	1–1–2
5	W	November 17, 1940	2–0	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	2–1–2
6	T	November 19, 1940	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	2–1–3
7	W	November 21, 1940	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	3–1–3
8	T	November 24, 1940	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	3–1–4
9	W	November 29, 1940	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	4–1–4
10	L	December 1, 1940	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	4–2–4
11	W	December 5, 1940	5–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	5–2–4
12	L	December 7, 1940	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	5–3–4
13	W	December 8, 1940	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	6–3–4
14	W	December 13, 1940	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	7–3–4
15	L	December 15, 1940	1–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	7–4–4
16	L	December 17, 1940	2–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	7–5–4
17	T	December 19, 1940	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1940–41)	7–5–5
18	L	December 22, 1940	3–5	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	7–6–5
19	W	December 25, 1940	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	8–6–5
20	W	December 29, 1940	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	9–6–5
21	W	January 1, 1941	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	10–6–5
22	W	January 4, 1941	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	11–6–5
23	W	January 5, 1941	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	12–6–5
24	T	January 7, 1941	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	12–6–6
25	T	January 9, 1941	3–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	12–6–7
26	L	January 12, 1941	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	12–7–7
27	T	January 14, 1941	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	12–7–8
28	L	January 18, 1941	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	12–8–8
29	L	January 19, 1941	1–2	New York Rangers (1940–41)	12–9–8
30	W	January 24, 1941	4–2 OT	New York Americans (1940–41)	13–9–8
31	L	January 26, 1941	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	13–10–8
32	L	January 30, 1941	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	13–11–8
33	T	February 6, 1941	4–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	13–11–9
34	T	February 9, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	13–11–10
35	L	February 11, 1941	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	13–12–10
36	W	February 14, 1941	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	14–12–10
37	W	February 16, 1941	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	15–12–10
38	L	February 22, 1941	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	15–13–10
39	W	February 23, 1941	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	16–13–10
40	L	February 27, 1941	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	16–14–10
41	W	February 28, 1941	5–4	New York Americans (1940–41)	17–14–10
42	W	March 2, 1941	4–2 OT	New York Rangers (1940–41)	18–14–10
43	L	March 4, 1941	0–6	@ New York Rangers (1940–41)	18–15–10
44	W	March 6, 1941	6–1	@ New York Americans (1940–41)	19–15–10
45	W	March 8, 1941	4–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41)	20–15–10
46	W	March 13, 1941	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	21–15–10
47	T	March 16, 1941	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1940–41)	21–15–11
48	L	March 18, 1941	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41)	21–16–11

Playoffs

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers

**New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings**
Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 20	New York R.	1	Detroit	2 (OT)
Mar 23	Detroit	1	New York R.	3
Mar 25	New York R.	2	Detroit	3

Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.^[2]

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Chicago Black Hawks

**Chicago Black Hawks vs Detroit Red Wings**
Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 27	Chicago	1	Detroit	3
Mar 30	Detroit	2	Chicago	1 (OT)

Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–0.^[2]

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings

**Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins**
Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Apr 6	Detroit	2	Boston	3
Apr 8	Detroit	1	Boston	2
Apr 10	Boston	4	Detroit	2
Apr 12	Boston	3	Detroit	1

Boston wins the Stanley Cup 4–0.^[2]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	48	20	24	44	8
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	47	11	22	33	29
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	45	11	17	28	12
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	42	10	16	26	34
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	47	13	12	25	18
Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht	C	43	7	18	25	7
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	47	5	17	22	35
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	33	10	10	20	0
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	45	8	7	15	14
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	27	5	8	13	11
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	48	1	10	11	99
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	47	2	6	8	56
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	12	1	5	6	2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	19	2	1	3	2
Brown, ConnieConnie Brown	C	3	1	2	3	0
Douglas, LesLes Douglas	C	18	1	2	3	2
Herchenratter, ArtArt Herchenratter	LW	10	1	2	3	2
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	15	2	0	2	0
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	11	1	1	2	2
Whitelaw, BobBob Whitelaw	D	23	0	2	2	2
Wilder, ArchArch Wilder	LW	18	0	2	2	2
Behling, DickDick Behling	D	3	0	0	0	0
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	1	0	0	0	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	3040	48	21	16	11	102	2.01	4
Team:	3040	48	21	16	11	102	2.01	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	9	1	7	8	0
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	8	4	3	7	12
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	9	1	4	5	0
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	9	2	2	4	2
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	9	2	2	4	0
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	9	1	3	4	4
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	9	2	1	3	2
Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht	C	9	2	1	3	0
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	9	1	2	3	8
Brown, ConnieConnie Brown	C	9	0	2	2	0
Orlando, JimmyJimmy Orlando	D	9	0	2	2	31
Fisher, JoeJoe Fisher	RW	5	1	0	1	6
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	3	0	1	1	9
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	G	9	0	0	0	0
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	9	0	0	0	0
Whitelaw, BobBob Whitelaw	D	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Mowers, JohnnyJohnny Mowers	561	9	4	5	20	2.14	0
Team:	561	9	4	5	20	2.14	0

^[3]

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;

References

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
1 2 3 Diamond 2000, p. 35.
↑ "1940-41 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

External links

"1940–41 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Detroit Events Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1940–41 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal Canadiens NY Americans NY Rangers Toronto

See also	Stanley Cup Finals

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1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (4) New York Rangers

(3) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Chicago Black Hawks

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links