# 1941–42 Brooklyn Americans season

The 1941–42 Brooklyn Americans season was the 17th and final season of the Americans NHL franchise. The Americans did not qualify for the playoffs. 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.

## Offseason

The team's name was changed to the Brooklyn Americans and the team moved its practices to the Brooklyn Ice Palace. 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 |
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 :
| 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 |

## 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 | 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 |

## Awards and records

* Hart Trophy – Tommy Anderson