NHL 1940/41

NHL 1940/41
league	National Hockey League
Period	November 2, 1940 to April 12, 1941
Teams	7th
Games / team	48
Regular season
winner	Boston Bruins
MVP	Canada 1921 Bill Cowley (Boston)
Top scorer	Canada 1921 Bill Cowley (Boston)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner	Boston Bruins
finalist	Detroit Red Wings
NHL seasons
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The 1940-41 NHL season was the 24th season in the National Hockey League . Seven teams played 48 games each. The Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup after a 4-0 win in the final series against the Detroit Red Wings . In Montreal, Dick Irvin , the former Leafs coach, took over the coaching job. The restructuring of the weak team began and it would take a few more years for the fruits to ripen. Meanwhile the Bruins dominated the league , led by the " Kraut Line " with Milt Schmidt , Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer . Hawks goalie Sam LoPresti was one of their targets. He got an incredible 83 shots on goal in one game, of which he saved 80. After no more than 73 shots were fired by a team in any other NHL game, Lopresti may have a record for the ages, but that wasn't the greatest achievement of his life. Two years later he was in the Navy and his ship was sunk. He and his comrades were rescued in a lifeboat after 42 days.

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
Boston Bruins	27	8th	13	158	102	67
Toronto Maple Leafs	28	14th	6th	145	99	62
Detroit Red Wings	21st	16	11	112	102	53
New York Rangers	21st	19th	8th	143	125	50
Chicago Blackhawks	16	25th	7th	112	139	39
Montréal Canadiens	16	26th	6th	121	147	38
New York Americans	8th	29	11	99	186	27

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points

player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts
Bill Cowley	Boston	46	17th	45	62
Bryan Hextall	NY Rangers	48	26th	18th	44
Gordie Drillon	Toronto	42	23	21st	44
Syl Apps	Toronto	41	20th	24	44
Lynn Patrick	NY Rangers	48	20th	24	44
Syd Howe	Detroit	48	20th	24	44
Neil Colville	NY Rangers	48	14th	28	42
Eddie Wiseman	Boston	48	16	24	40
Bobby Bauer	Boston	48	17th	22nd	39
Roy Conacher	Boston	40	24	14th	38
Sweeney Schriner	Toronto	48	24	14th	38

Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarter finals			Semifinals			Stanley Cup Final



			1	Boston Bruins	4th

			2	Toronto Maple Leafs	3



						1	Boston Bruins	4th
						3	Detroit Red Wings	0
3	Detroit Red Wings	2
4th	New York Rangers	1
			3	Detroit Red Wings	2

			5	Chicago Black Hawks	0
5	Chicago Black Hawks	2

6th	Canadiens de Montréal	1

NHL awards

Art Ross Trophy :	Bill Cowley , Boston Bruins
Calder Memorial Trophy :	Johnny Quilty , Montréal Canadiens
Hart Memorial Trophy :	Bill Cowley , Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy :	Bobby Bauer , Boston Bruins
Vezina Trophy :	Turk Broda , Toronto Maple Leafs

Web links

Hacx.de: All NHL final tables ( Memento from March 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )