NHL 1939/40
NHL 1939/40 | |
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league | National Hockey League |
Period | November 2, 1939 to April 13, 1940 |
Teams | 7th |
Games / team | 48 |
Regular season | |
winner | Boston Bruins |
MVP | Ebbie Goodfellow (Detroit) |
Top scorer | Milt Schmidt (Boston) |
Playoffs | |
Stanley Cup winner | New York Rangers |
finalist | Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHL seasons | |
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The 1939/40 NHL season was the 23rd season in the National Hockey League . Seven teams played 48 games each. The Stanley Cup won the New York Rangers after a 4-2 win in the final series against the Toronto Maple Leafs . Montreal's new coach Babe Siebert died before the season, before his first game. In late February, the first NHL game was televised from Madison Square Garden .
Regular season
Closing table
Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
W. | L. | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Boston Bruins | 31 | 12 | 5 | 170 | 98 | 67 |
New York Rangers | 27 | 11 | 10 | 136 | 77 | 64 |
Toronto Maple Leafs | 25th | 17th | 2 | 134 | 110 | 56 |
Chicago Blackhawks | 23 | 19th | 6th | 112 | 120 | 52 |
Detroit Red Wings | 16 | 26th | 6th | 91 | 126 | 38 |
New York Americans | 15th | 29 | 4th | 106 | 140 | 34 |
Montréal Canadiens | 10 | 33 | 5 | 90 | 168 | 25th |
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points
player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts |
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Milt Schmidt | Boston | 48 | 22nd | 30th | 52 |
Woody Dumart | Boston | 48 | 22nd | 21st | 43 |
Bobby Bauer | Boston | 48 | 17th | 26th | 43 |
Gordie Drillon | Toronto | 43 | 21st | 19th | 40 |
Bill Cowley | Boston | 48 | 13 | 27 | 40 |
Bryan Hextall | NY Rangers | 48 | 24 | 15th | 39 |
Neil Colville | NY Rangers | 48 | 19th | 19th | 38 |
Syd Howe | Detroit | 46 | 14th | 23 | 37 |
Toe Blake | Montreal | 48 | 17th | 19th | 36 |
Murray Armstrong | NY Americans | 48 | 16 | 20th | 36 |
Stanley Cup playoffs
Quarter finals | Semifinals | Stanley Cup Final | |||||||||||
1 | Boston Bruins | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | New York Rangers | 4th | |||||||||||
2 | New York Rangers | 4th | |||||||||||
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |||||||||||
4th | Chicago Black Hawks | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Detroit Red Wings | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Detroit Red Wings | 2 | |||||||||||
6th | New York Americans | 1 |
NHL Awards and trophies awarded
Web links
- Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )