1941–42 Brooklyn Americans season

The 1941–42 Brooklyn Americans season was the 17th and final season of the Americans NHL franchise. After the season, the Americans franchise was suspended for the duration of World War II. Although general manager Red Dutton intended to revive the franchise after the war, the franchise folded in 1946.

1941–42 Brooklyn Americans
Division	7th NHL
1941–42 record	16–29–3
Team information
Coach	Art Chapman
Captain	Tommy Anderson
Team leaders
Goals	Norm Larsen(16)
Assists	Tommy Anderson (29)
Points	Tommy Anderson (41)
Penalty minutes	Pat Egan (124)
Wins	Chuck Rayner (13)
Goals against average	Roy Worters (3.47)
← 1940–41

Offseason

The team's name was changed to the Brooklyn Americans and the team moved its practices to the Brooklyn Ice Palace.^[1] However, with no arena in Brooklyn suitable even for temporary use, the club continued to rent Madison Square Garden for games.

Regular season

The season started respectably for the Americans with a 3–3–1 record before going through a 10-game losing streak from November 22 through December 16. The United States entered World War II after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Americans suspended operations after the season, expecting many of their players to enlist.

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
New York Rangers	48	29	17	2	60	177	143
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	27	18	3	57	158	136
Boston Bruins	48	25	17	6	56	160	118
Chicago Black Hawks	48	22	23	3	47	145	155
Detroit Red Wings	48	19	25	4	42	140	147
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	27	3	39	134	173
Brooklyn Americans	48	16	29	3	35	133	175

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1941–42 NHL Records [3]
Team	BOS	BRK	CHI	DET	MTL	NYR	TOR
Boston	—	4–4	3–3–2	4–2–2	6–1–1	4–4	4–3–1
Brooklyn	4–4	—	2–6	3–4–1	3–4–1	2–5–1	2–6
Chicago	3–3–2	6–2	—	3–5	4–3–1	2–6	4–4
Detroit	2–4–2	4–3–1	5–3	—	5–3	1–7	2–5–1
Montreal	1–6–1	4–3–1	3–4–1	3–5	—	4–4	3–5
New York	4–4	5–2–1	6–2	7–1	4–4	—	3–4–1
Toronto	3–4–1	6–2	4–4	5–2–1	5–3	4–3–1	—

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 2, 1941	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	0–0–1
2	L	November 6, 1941	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	0–1–1
3	L	November 13, 1941	1–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	0–2–1
4	W	November 15, 1941	4–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	1–2–1
5	W	November 16, 1941	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	2–2–1
6	L	November 18, 1941	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	2–3–1
7	W	November 20, 1941	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	3–3–1
8	L	November 22, 1941	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	3–4–1
9	L	November 27, 1941	2–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	3–5–1
10	L	November 29, 1941	2–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	3–6–1
11	L	November 30, 1941	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	3–7–1
12	L	December 4, 1941	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	3–8–1
13	L	December 7, 1941	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	3–9–1
14	L	December 11, 1941	3–5	New York Rangers (1941–42)	3–10–1
15	L	December 13, 1941	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	3–11–1
16	L	December 14, 1941	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	3–12–1
17	L	December 16, 1941	2–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	3–13–1
18	W	December 18, 1941	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	4–13–1
19	W	December 23, 1941	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	5–13–1
20	L	December 25, 1941	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	5–14–1
21	W	December 28, 1941	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	6–14–1
22	L	December 31, 1941	3–4	New York Rangers (1941–42)	6–15–1
23	L	January 1, 1942	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	6–16–1
24	L	January 3, 1942	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	6–17–1
25	W	January 4, 1942	3–2	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	7–17–1
26	W	January 9, 1942	5–4	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	8–17–1
27	W	January 10, 1942	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	9–17–1
28	L	January 11, 1942	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	9–18–1
29	L	January 13, 1942	2–9	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	9–19–1
30	L	January 15, 1942	4–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	9–20–1
31	W	January 18, 1942	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	10–20–1
32	L	January 22, 1942	2–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	10–21–1
33	L	January 24, 1942	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	10–22–1
34	W	January 29, 1942	5–4	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	11–22–1
35	W	February 1, 1942	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	12–22–1
36	L	February 3, 1942	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (1941–42)	12–23–1
37	L	February 8, 1942	3–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	12–24–1
38	W	February 15, 1942	5–1	@ New York Rangers (1941–42)	13–24–1
39	W	February 19, 1942	6–4	Boston Bruins (1941–42)	14–24–1
40	L	February 21, 1942	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	14–25–1
41	L	February 24, 1942	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1941–42)	14–26–1
42	L	February 28, 1942	3–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	14–27–1
43	T	March 1, 1942	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1941–42)	14–27–2
44	T	March 3, 1942	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1941–42)	14–27–3
45	W	March 5, 1942	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	15–27–3
46	L	March 8, 1942	1–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1941–42)	15–28–3
47	W	March 15, 1942	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1941–42)	16–28–3
48	L	March 17, 1942	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1941–42)	16–29–3

Playoffs

The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tommy Anderson	48	12	29	41	54
Mel Hill	47	14	23	37	10
Bill Benson	45	8	21	29	31
Pat Egan	48	8	20	28	124
Murray Armstrong	45	6	22	28	15
Buzz Boll	48	11	15	26	23
Norm Larson	40	16	9	25	6
Harry Watson	47	10	8	18	6
Ken Mosdell	41	7	9	16	16
Murph Chamberlain	11	6	9	15	16
Wilf Field	41	6	9	15	23
Fred Thurier	27	7	7	14	4
Joe Krol	24	9	3	12	8
Bill Summerhill	16	5	5	10	18
Gus Marker	17	2	5	7	2
Nick Knott	14	3	1	4	9
Jack Church	15	1	3	4	10
Peanuts O'Flaherty	11	1	1	2	0
Andy Branigan	21	0	2	2	26
Ralph Wycherley	2	0	2	2	2
Pep Kelly	8	1	0	1	0
Red Heron	11	0	1	1	2
Pete Kelly	7	0	1	1	4
Hazen McAndrew	7	0	1	1	6
Chuck Rayner	36	0	0	0	0
Earl Robertson	12	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Chuck Rayner	2230	36	13	21	2	129	3.47				1
Earl Robertson	750	12	3	8	1	46	3.68				0
Team:	2980	48	16	29	3	175	3.52				1

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Awards and records

• Hart Trophy – Tommy Anderson

See also

• 1941–42 NHL season

References

1. Kreiser, John; Friedman, Lou (1996). The New York Rangers: Broadway's Longest-Running Hit. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 53. ISBN 1-57167-041-6.
2. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
3. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
4. "1941-42 Brooklyn Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.