1943 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
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Location(s) |
Detroit:
Olympia Stadium (1, 2) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Detroit:
Jack Adams Boston: Art Ross | ||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Detroit:
Sid Abel Boston: Dit Clapper | ||||||||||||||||||
Dates | April 1–8, 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Joe Carveth (12:09, first) | ||||||||||||||||||
Hall of Famers | Red 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 series 4–0 to win their third Stanley Cup. [1]
Boston defeated the Montreal Canadiens in a best-of-seven 4–1 to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven 4–2 to advance and gain vengeance for Toronto's 4–3 series victory in the previous year's Finals.
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 | |
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