1942–43 NHL season

The **1942–43 NHL season** was the 26th season of the National Hockey League NHL). Six teams played 50 games each. This is the first season of the "Original Six" era of the NHL. The league's long-time president Frank Calder died due to heart disease. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.

## Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PTS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Doug Bentley|Chicago Black Hawks|50|33|40|73|18||||||||
|Bill Cowley|Boston Bruins|48|27|45|72|10||||||||
|Max Bentley|Chicago Black Hawks|47|26|44|70|2||||||||
|Lynn Patrick|New York Rangers|50|22|39|61|28||||||||
|Lorne Carr|Toronto Maple Leafs|50|27|33|60|15||||||||
|Billy Taylor|Toronto Maple Leafs|50|18|42|60|2||||||||
|Bryan Hextall|New York Rangers|50|27|32|59|28||||||||
|Toe Blake|Montreal Canadiens|48|23|36|59|26||||||||
|Elmer Lach|Montreal Canadiens|45|18|40|58|14||||||||
|Buddy O'Connor|Montreal Canadiens|50|15|43|58|2||||||||

## Leading goaltenders

_Note: GP = Games played; Min - Minutes Played; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%"|Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|MIN|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GAA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|SO|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Johnny Mowers|Detroit Red Wings|50|3010|124|2.47|25|14|11|6|||||||||||
|Turk Broda|Toronto Maple Leafs|50|3000|159|3.18|22|19|9|1|||||||||||
|Frank Brimsek|Boston Bruins|50|3000|176|3.53|24|17|9|1|||||||||||
|Bert Gardiner|Chicago Black Hawks|50|3020|180|3.58|17|18|15|1|||||||||||
|Paul Bibeault|Montreal Canadiens|50|3010|191|3.81|19|19|12|1|||||||||||
|Jimmy Franks|New York Rangers|23|1380|103|4.48|5|14|4|0|||||||||||
|Bill Beveridge|New York Rangers|17|1020|89|5.24|4|10|3|1|||||||||||

## Playoffs

- _see 1943 Stanley Cup Finals_

## NHL awards

|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Gaye Stewart, Toronto Maple Leafs|
| --- | --- |
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Bill Cowley, Boston Bruins|
|Lady Byng Trophy:|Max Bentley, Chicago Black Hawks|
|O'Brien Cup:|Boston Bruins|
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Detroit Red Wings|
|Vezina Trophy:|Johnny Mowers, Detroit Red Wings|

### All-Star teams

|First team|Position|Second team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Johnny Mowers, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|G|Frank Brimsek, Boston Bruins|
|Earl Seibert, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|D|Jack Crawford, Boston Bruins|
|Jack Stewart, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|D|Flash Hollett, Boston Bruins|
|Bill Cowley, Boston Bruins|align=center|C|Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Lorne Carr, Toronto Maple Leafs|align=center|RW|Bryan Hextall, New York Rangers|
|Doug Bentley, Chicago Black Hawks|align=center|LW|Lynn Patrick, New York Rangers|
|Jack Adams, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|Coach|Art Ross, Boston Bruins|

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com