1943 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Boston defeated the Montreal Canadiens in five games to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games to advance and avenge their defeat in the previous year's Finals after the Maple Leafs erased a 3-0 series deficit to win the Cup.

Game summaries

Goalie Johnny Mowers shutout the Bruins in the final two games.

|1-1-1 =Art Jackson (4) - 18:13 |1-1-2 =1:15 - Jack Stewart (1) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =1:12 - Mud Bruneteau (3) 15:43 - sh - Sid Abel (5) 19:06 - Joe Carveth (4) |1-3-1 =Ab DeMarco (3) - 17:53 |1-3-2 =1:21 - Mud Bruneteau (4) 16:24 - Mud Bruneteau (5) |goalie1-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie1-2 =Johnny Mowers

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =Jack Crawford (1) - 10:16 Art Jackson (5) - 11:04 |2-2-2 =17:06 - Les Douglas (2) |2-3-1 =Art Jackson (6) - 16:38 |2-3-2 =5:55 - Joe Carveth (5) 6:21 - Carl Liscombe (5) 13:16 - Syd Howe (1) |goalie2-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie2-2 =Johnny Mowers

|3-1-1 =No scoring |3-1-2 =Don Grosso (2) - 3:26 Don Grosso (3) - pp - 10:16 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Les Douglas (3) - 8:03 Don Grosso (4) - 16:41 |goalie3-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie3-2 =Johnny Mowers

|4-1-1 =No scoring |4-1-2 =Joe Carveth (6) - 12:09 |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Carl Liscombe (6) - 2:45 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Frank Brimsek |goalie4-2 =Johnny Mowers

Stanley Cup engraving

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

• 4 Jimmy Orlando
• 11 Eddie Wares
• 15 John Cully Simon
• 16-19–5 Harold "Hal" Jackson
• 5 Ebbie Goodfellow (playing-Co-Coach)
• 8 Syd Howe
• 12 Sid Abel (Captain)
• 16-13 Connie Brown
• 18 Les Douglas
• 18 Johnny Holota
• 9 Mordere Mud Bruneteau
• 10 Don Grosso
• 14 Joe Carveth
• 16 Adam Brown
• 17 Harry Watson
• 16 Joe Fisher* |non-players=
• James E. Norris Sr. (President/Owner), James D. Norris Jr. (Vice President/Owner)
• Arthur Wirtz Sr. (Secretary-Treasurer/Owner), Jack Adams (Manager-Coach)
• Frank "Honey" Walker (Trainer) |player-notes= Did not play in Finals. |engraving-notes=
• Jack Adams (Manager-Coach) was suspended during the playoffs, so injured defenceman Ebbie Goodfellow served as Coach during Adams' suspension. When the cup was engraved, Adams was listed as Manager and Goodfellow as Coach, even though Adams was officially the Manager-Coach.
• Johnny Holota was originally left off the Stanley Cup. When cup was redone during 1957–58 season Holota's name was added to the Cup. John Holota played only 12 games, did not play in the playoffs, and did not qualify to be engraved on the Stanley Cup
• Carl Mattson (Asst. Trainer) was left off the Stanley Cup, but was included on mid-season team picture.
• • Joe Fisher name was included on the cup for playing 1 regular season game and 1 playoff game (Semi-Finals). NHL no longer recognizes Fisher as playing in the playoffs in 1943, but did dress for 1 game}}

References and notes

• Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50.

before = Toronto Maple Leafs 1942 | after = Montreal Canadiens 1944 | title = Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup champions | years = 1943|

References

1. (April 9, 1943). "Stanley Cup to Detroit as sweep is complete".