1941 Stanley Cup Finals

1941 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams1234Games
Boston Bruins 32434
Detroit Red Wings  2 1 21 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.

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



  Coaching and administrative staff
  • Weston Adams Sr. (President/Owner), Art Ross (Vice President/Manager)
  • Ralph Burkard (Treasurer), Ralph Cooney Weiland (Coach)
  • 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
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