1941 Stanley Cup Final

Paths to the Finals

Boston defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in a best-of-seven 4–3 to advance to the Finals. The Red Wings had to play two best-of three series; winning 2–1 against the New York Rangers, and 2–0 against the Chicago Black Hawks to advance to the Finals.

Game summaries

In the third best-of-seven series, Boston became the first to sweep the series in four games.

|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =13:26 - Eddie Wiseman (4) |1-2-1 =No scoring |1-2-2 =14:45 - Milt Schmidt (3) |1-3-1 =Carl Liscombe (3) - 10:55 Syd Howe (1) - 17:45 |1-3-2 =9:16 - Pat McReavy (2) |goalie1-1 =Johnny Mowers |goalie1-2 =Frank Brimsek

|2-1-1 =No scoring |2-1-2 =No scoring |2-2-1 =No scoring |2-2-2 =No scoring |2-3-1 =Mud Bruneteau (2) - 2:41 |2-3-2 =13:35 - Terry Reardon (2) 17:35 - Roy Conacher (1) |goalie2-1 =Johnny Mowers |goalie2-2 =Frank Brimsek

|3-1-1 =3:15 - Bill Jennings (2) 7:45 - Sid Abel (2) |3-1-2 =Eddie Wiseman (5) - 3:57 Milt Schmidt (4) - 14:07 |3-2-1 =No scoring |3-2-2 =Milt Schmidt (5) - 00:59 |3-3-1 =No scoring |3-3-2 =Art Jackson (1) - pp - 17:20 |goalie3-1 =Johnny Mowers |goalie3-2 =Frank Brimsek

|4-1-1 =10:14 - pp - Carl Liscombe (4) |4-1-2 =No scoring |4-2-1 =No scoring |4-2-2 =Flash Hollett (3) - pp - 7:42 Bobby Bauer - pp - 8:43 Eddie Wiseman (6) - 19:32 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =No scoring |goalie4-1 =Johnny Mowers |goalie4-2 =Frank Brimsek

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1941 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins captain Dit Clapper by NHL President Frank Calder following the Bruins 3–1 win over the Red Wings in game four.

The following Bruins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1940–41 Boston Bruins

• 5 Aubrey Dit Clapper (Captain)
• 6 Jack Crawford
• 8 Des Smith †
• 11–12 Jack Shewchuk*
• 19 Terry Reardon
• 12 Pat McReavy ‡
• 15 Milt Schmidt
• 16 Art Jackson
• 7 Eddie Wiseman
• 9 Roy Conacher
• 11 Mel Hill
• 14 Woody Dumart
• 17 Bobby Bauer |non-players=
• Weston Adams Sr. (President/Owner), Art Ross (Vice President/Manager)
• Ralph Burkard (Treasurer), Ralph Cooney Weiland (Coach)
• Win Green (Trainer) |player-notes=

|engraving-notes=

• • #11–12 Jack Shewchuk (D) played 22 of 48 regular season games, but not dressed in the playoffs. He was original left off the cup. Shewchuk name was added to the cup when it redone during 1957–58, but not Gordie Bruce.
• † #8 Des Smith (D) was engraved as WES SMITH with a "W" instead a "D". This mistake was corrected when the Stanley Cup was redone during the 1957–58 Season.
• ‡ #12 Pat McReavy (C) was misspelled PAT McCREAVY with an extra "C" on new version of the cup created during the 1957–58 season. Pat McReavy was often misspelled as Pat McCreavy on some team pictures with the Boston Bruins. When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93, Pat McReavy name was misspelled as Pat McCeavy with "C" instead of a "R".
• Frank Ryan (Publicity Director) was included on 1929, 1939 1941 Stanley Cup pictures, but his name is not engraved on the Stanley Cup.
• Gordie Bruce (LW) was originally credited with playing 8 regular season games, and 3 playoffs games. Bruce's stats were corrected to only 7 regular season, and no playoff games. He did not qualify so his name was left off the Stanley Cup. |

References & notes

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

before = New York Rangers 1940 | after = Toronto Maple Leafs 1942 | title = Boston Bruins Stanley Cup champions | years = 1941|