1940–41 New York Americans season

The 1940–41 New York Americans season was the Americans' 16th season of play. The Americans finished last in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Pre-season==
The Americans played a six game series against the New York Rangers in western Canada:
*Saturday, October 19 Rangers 5 Americans 2 @ Winnipeg
*Tuesday, October 22 Americans 5 Rangers 2 @ Regina
*Thursday, October 24 Rangers 7 Americans 1 @ Saskatoon
*Saturday, October 26 Americans 4 Rangers 3 @ Regina
*Monday, October 28 Americans 3 Rangers 2 @ Winnipeg
*Wednesday, October 30 Rangers 5 Americans 3 @ Port Arthur
The series was split at 3 wins each.
==Regular Season==
Boston Bruins coach Cooney Weiland adjusted his defense pairs while Eddie Wiseman moved to Bill Cowley's line and Mel Hill to Herb Cain's. The adjustments bore immediate fruit against the Americans on December 1, 1940. Eddie Wiseman took it to his old team and had a natural hat trick to start the game, all assisted by Bill Cowley. The Americans tied it up 3-3 going into the third period before the Bruins had one of the best period in their history, led by Cowley. A seven goal explosion, led by Cowley's pair and an assist as well as Woody Dumart's first two goals of the season saw the Bruins thump the Americans 10-3. It was the first six point game for a player in Bruins history. In the rematch two nights later, Cowley moved into first place in the league scoring race with 2 goals and an assist as the Bruins beat the Americans 6-2.
During the game on February 23, 1941, after receiving a legal check from the Bruins Dit Clapper, defenseman Pat Egan slid into the boards, fractured his ankle and missed the remainder of the season.
During the February 28, 1941 game versus the Detroit Red Wings, Americans goalie Chuck Rayner was hurt with a little over seven minutes remaining in the game. Defenseman Andy Branigan filled in for Rayner and did not allow any goals. The Red Wings won 5-4.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	November 3, 1940 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	November 7, 1940 	1–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	1–1–0
3 	T 	November 14, 1940 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 	1–1–1
4 	L 	November 17, 1940 	0–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	1–2–1
5 	L 	November 19, 1940 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1940–41) 	1–3–1
6 	L 	November 21, 1940 	1–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 	1–4–1
7 	L 	November 23, 1940 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	1–5–1
8 	W 	November 24, 1940 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	2–5–1
9 	W 	November 28, 1940 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1940–41) 	3–5–1
10 	L 	November 30, 1940 	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	3–6–1
11 	L 	December 1, 1940 	3–10 	Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	3–7–1
12 	L 	December 3, 1940 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	3–8–1
13 	T 	December 12, 1940 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 	3–8–2
14 	L 	December 15, 1940 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1940–41) 	3–9–2
15 	W 	December 17, 1940 	3–2 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	4–9–2
16 	T 	December 19, 1940 	1–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	4–9–3
17 	T 	December 21, 1940 	2–2 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	4–9–4
18 	W 	December 22, 1940 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 	5–9–4
19 	L 	December 25, 1940 	1–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	5–10–4
20 	T 	December 27, 1940 	3–3 OT 	Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	5–10–5
21 	L 	December 28, 1940 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	5–11–5
22 	W 	December 31, 1940 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	6–11–5
23 	L 	January 5, 1941 	2–6 	New York Rangers (1940–41) 	6–12–5
24 	T 	January 9, 1941 	3–3 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	6–12–6
25 	L 	January 11, 1941 	0–9 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	6–13–6
26 	L 	January 12, 1941 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1940–41) 	6–14–6
27 	T 	January 19, 1941 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 	6–14–7
28 	L 	January 23, 1941 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	6–15–7
29 	L 	January 24, 1941 	2–4 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	6–16–7
30 	L 	January 26, 1941 	1–6 	Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	6–17–7
31 	W 	January 30, 1941 	5–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 	7–17–7
32 	L 	February 2, 1941 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	7–18–7
33 	T 	February 4, 1941 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1940–41) 	7–18–8
34 	T 	February 8, 1941 	3–3 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	7–18–9
35 	W 	February 9, 1941 	6–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	8–18–9
36 	L 	February 16, 1941 	4–5 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	8–19–9
37 	L 	February 18, 1941 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1940–41) 	8–20–9
38 	L 	February 20, 1941 	2–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41) 	8–21–9
39 	L 	February 23, 1941 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	8–22–9
40 	T 	February 25, 1941 	4–4 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41) 	8–22–10
41 	L 	February 28, 1941 	4–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	8–23–10
42 	L 	March 2, 1941 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	8–24–10
43 	L 	March 6, 1941 	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1940–41) 	8–25–10
44 	L 	March 8, 1941 	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1940–41)	8–26–10
45 	T 	March 9, 1941 	2–2 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1940–41)	8–26–11
46 	L 	March 13, 1941 	3–8 	Boston Bruins (1940–41) 	8–27–11
47 	L 	March 15, 1941 	0–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1940–41) 	8–28–11
48 	L 	March 16, 1941 	3–6 	@ New York Rangers (1940–41) 	8–29–11
==Playoffs==
*The Americans did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
9 	Lorne Carr 	48	13	19	32 	10
10 	Buzz Boll 	47	12	14	26 	16
11 	Busher Jackson 	46	8 	18	26 	4
8 	Murray Armstrong 	48	10	14	24 	6
4, 5 	Charlie Conacher 	46	7 	16	23 	32
17, 19 	Norm Larson 	48	9 	9 	18 	6
7 	Tommy Anderson 	35	3 	12	15 	8
2 	Pat Egan 	39	4 	9 	13 	51
3 	Wilf Field 	36	5 	6 	11 	31
16, 19 	Ralph Wycherley 	26	4 	5 	9 	4
5 	Hooley Smith 	41	2 	7 	9 	4
15 	Pete Kelly 	11	3 	5 	8 	2
18 	John Sorrell 	30	2 	6 	8 	2
15, 16, 18	Bill Benson 	22	3 	4 	7 	4
15 	Fred Hunt 	15	2 	5 	7 	0
6 	Peter Slobodian 	41	3 	2 	5 	54
12 	Peanuts O'Flaherty	10	4 	0 	4 	0
19 	Chuck Corrigan 	16	2 	2 	4 	2
14 	Fred Thurier 	3 	2 	1 	3 	0
12 	Andy Branigan 	6 	1 	0 	1 	5
14, 15 	Viv Allen 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0
12 	Lloyd Finkbeiner 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
19 	Jack Tomson 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	Chuck Rayner 	12	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	Earl Robertson 	36	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Earl Robertson	2260	36	6	22	8 	142	3.77	 	 	 	1
Chuck Rayner 	773 	12	2	7 	3 	44 	3.42	 	 	 	0
Andy Branigan 	7 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0.00	 	 	 	0
Team: 	3040	48	8	29	11	186	3.67	 	 	 	1
==Awards and Records==
*The Americans did not win any awards this season.
==Farm Teams==
*Springfield Indians, American Hockey League
*Seattle Olympics, Pacific Coast Hockey League
==Transactions==
*Trade Jack Howard and loan Peanuts O'Flaherty to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Clarence Drouillard on January 17, 1941.
==Trivia==
*No Americans recorded a hat trick this season.
==Gallery==
1940-Dec25-Cowley-NYA.jpg|Bill Cowley and Jack Crawford, first game played with the Bruins new gold jerseys, Christmas, 1940.
1941-Feb23-Krauts-NYA.jpg|Bobby Bauer scores on the Americans, February 23, 1941.
1941-Peter_Slobodzian.jpg|Peter Slobodian of the New York Americans wore a facial protector in the 1940-41 season.
4041newyorkamericans.jpg
==See Also==
*1940–41 NHL season
==References==
category:New York Americans seasons
Category:1941 in hockey