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 Bruins to win their third Stanley Cup.[1]
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.
The 1943 Stanley Cup was presented to Red Wings captain Sid Abel by NHL PresidentRed 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
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.
