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Old 12-19-2016, 08:53 PM   #13
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1940-41

1940-41

OFFSEASON
No retirements of note and no major trades. New players joining the league this season include Max Bentley and Bill Mosienko along with Butch Bouchard, Elmer Lach and Ken Reardon joining Montreal.


REGULAR SEASON
Early in the season the Detroit Red Wings may have acquired the goaltender to lead them through the next decade as they picked up 20 year old Chuck Rayner from the Rangers in exchange for a pair of minor leaguers. Rayner was 3-1-0 with a 2.74 GAA in 7 career games with the Rangers, who have 28 year old former Black Hawk Mike Karakas as their number one goaltender. The Red Wings will keep Rayner in the minors for now as they have Eddie Robertson and backup Johnny Mowers already under contract.

On November 21st Charlie Conacher and Moe Morris set what I believe is a sim record. Each picked up 6 points as the Toronto Maple Leafs blasted the New York Americans 9-2. Each had a goal and 5 assists in the win and I will record it as the single game point record for a player and also credit Morris with the single game point record for a defenseman.

The Boston Bruins followed up their Stanley Cup win with the best record in the regular season as Frank Brimsek again was the backbone of the best defensive team in the league. 23 year old Milt Schmidt is to the point where he can rival Toronto's Syl Apps for the title of best player in the game. Apps once again won the league scoring title, but Schmidt, with 13 goals in the final 7 games of the season, nearly doubled his point total from the previous year to finish second in the scoring race.


Code:
   
		    	GP  W  L  T  PTS   
Boston Bruins		48 32  8  8   72
Toronto	Maple Leafs	48 33 13  2   68
Detroit Red Wings 	48 29 18  1   59
Montreal Canadiens	48 26 18  4   56
New York Rangers	48 20 24  4   44
New York Americans	48 10 36  2   22
Chicago Black Hawks	48  6 39  3   15

SCORING LEADERS		TEAM GP  G  A  PTS
Syl Apps		TOR  47 30 40  70
Milt Schmidt	 	BOS  48 31 31  62
Toe Blake		MON  48 27 26  53
Carl Liscombe		DET  48 18 34  52
Sid Abel		DET  48 18 32  50
Roy Conacher		BOS  45 17 33  50
Charlie Conacher	TOR  42 19 29  48
Bobby Bauer		BOS  48 17 31  48
Neil Colville		NYR  48 19 25  44
Syd Howe		DET  48 17 26  43
The Bruins would face Toronto in the opening round of the playoffs and Boston took the series opener but lost both Milt Schmidt and Bobby Bauer for the series with injuries. Despite 8 points from Roy Conacher in the series the Bruins could not overcome the absence of two of their top three players and Boston fell in 6 games to the Leafs. In the other semi-final the Montreal Canadiens ousted Detroit in 5 games.

The series opened in Toronto with the visiting Canadiens drawing first blood thanks to defenseman Butch Bouchard. The 20 year old rookie scored his first career playoff goal in overtime to lift the Habs to a 3-2 victory. Syl Apps had a goal and an assist for Toronto while Paul Haynes provided the same for Montreal.

First period goals from Murph Chamberlain and Busher Jackson were enough to lift Toronto to a 3-1 victory in Game Two and two days later both Chamberlain and Jackson would score in the third period to give the Leafs a 4-3 come from behind victory in Montreal.

Game Four was another overtime contest and the Canadiens would even the series with a 3-2 victory as Johnny Quilty scored just 39 seconds into the extra frame.

Back in Toronto for Game Five the Leafs pulled out a 5-3 victory thanks to 2 goals and an assist from Gordie Drillon. Charlie Conacher, Art Jackson and Don Metz would also score for Toronto while Paul Haynes, Elmer Lach and Ken Reardon replied for Montreal.

The Leafs are once again crowned Stanley Cup champion - 9th time in the past 10 years - after winning Game Six 3-2. Red Horner got the game winner midway through the third period just minutes after Toe Blake had tied the contest with a powerplay goal for Montreal. Gordie Drillon and Elmer Lach tied for the playoff scoring lead with 11 points each, two more than both Charlie Conacher and Syl Apps. For his efforts Drillon, a 27 year old in his 6th season with the Leafs, was named the playoff MVP.

Other Award winners:

HART TROPHY: Syl Apps Toronto (47 GP 30-40-70)

VEZINA TROPHY: Frank Brimsek Boston (32-6-10, 1.78)

NORRIS TROPHY: Jack Stewart Detroit (48 GP,11-27-38)

ART ROSS TROPHY: Syl Apps Toronto (47 GP 30-40-70)

CALDER TROPHY: Elmer Lach Montreal (48 GP 9-26-35)


The game does not select the all-star team but I will start naming first and second team all-stars
Code:

POS      FIRST TEAM		     SECOND TEAM
G   Frank Brimsek    Boston	Turk Broda	 Montreal	
D   Dit Clapper	     Boston	Babe Pratt	 NY Rangers	
D   Jack Stewart     Detroit	Jack Crawford	 Boston
C   Syl Apps	     Toronto	Milt Schmidt	 Boston
LW  Toe Blake	     Montreal 	Roy Conacher     Boston     
RW  Bobby Bauer	     Boston     Charlie Conacher Toronto
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