1941–42 Brooklyn Americans season

The 1941–42 Brooklyn Americans season was the 17th and last season of the Americans franchise. The Americans finished in last place and did not qualify for the playoffs. After the season, the team was suspended. Although there were several plans to restart the franchise after the Second World War, none came to be.
==Offseason==
The team's name was changed to the Brooklyn Americans and the team moved its practices to the Brooklyn Ice Palace. The club would continue to rent Madison Square Garden for games.
==Pre-season==
The Americans played a three game series against the New York Rangers in western Canada:
*Saturday, October 25 Americans 2 Rangers 1 @ Port Arthur
*Monday, October 27 Rangers 1 Americans 1 @ Winnipeg
*Wednesday, October 29 Rangers 8 Americans 3 @ Winnipeg
The series was split with one win each and one tie.
==Regular Season==
Harvey "Busher" Jackson became one of the longest holdouts on record when he refused to sign. He was then sold to the Boston Bruins. But the Amerks had two positive notes: two defencemen, Tommy Anderson and Pat Egan, were now All-Star calibre. That didn't prevent them from finishing last, though.
The season started respectably for the Americans with a 3-3 record before going through an eleven-game losing streak from November 22 through December 16. The United States entered World War II after the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Americans suspended operations after the season, expecting many of their players to enlist.
===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 	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
==Playoffs==
*The Americans did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
7 	Tommy Anderson 	48	12	29	41 	54
6 	Mel Hill 	47	14	23	37 	10
9 	Bill Benson 	45	8 	21	29 	31
2 	Pat Egan 	48	8 	20	28 	124
8 	Murray Armstrong 	45	6 	22	28 	15
10 	Buzz Boll 	48	11	15	26 	23
14 	Norm Larson 	40	16	9 	25 	6
18 	Harry Watson 	47	10	8 	18 	6
17 	Ken Mosdell 	41	7 	9 	16 	16
5 	Murph Chamberlain 	11	6 	9 	15 	16
3 	Wilf Field 	41	6 	9 	15 	23
12 	Fred Thurier 	27	7 	7 	14 	4
16, 17 	Joe Krol 	24	9 	3 	12 	8
11 	Bill Summerhill 	16	5 	5 	10 	18
4, 9, 11	Gus Marker 	17	2 	5 	7 	2
16 	Nick Knott 	14	3 	1 	4 	9
12 	Jack Church 	15	1 	3 	4 	10
15 	Peanuts O'Flaherty	11	1 	1 	2 	0
5 	Ralph Wycherley 	2 	0 	2 	2 	2
4 	Andy Branigan 	21	0 	2 	2 	26
5 	Pep Kelly 	8 	1 	0 	1 	0
15 	Hazen McAndrew 	7 	0 	1 	1 	6
5 	Pete Kelly 	8 	0 	1 	1 	4
11 	Red Heron 	11	0 	1 	1 	2
1 	Earl Robertson 	12	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	Chuck Rayner 	36	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	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
*Tommy Anderson, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Pat Egan, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
*Purchase Mel Hill from the Boston Bruins on June 27, 1941.
*Trade Vivan "Squee" Allen and Glenn Brydson to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Phil McAtee and the return of loaned Peanuts O'Flaherty on October 8, 1941.
*Trade Lorne Carr to Toronto for Gus Marker, Red Heron and the loan of Nick Knott on October 30, 1941.
*Sell Busher Jackson to Boston on January 4, 1942.
*Purchase Jack Church from Toronto on February 2, 1942.
*Trade Red Heron to the Montreal Canadiens for Murph Chamberlain on February 13, 1942.
==Trivia==
*No Americans recorded a hat trick this season.
==Gallery==
41-42BrooklynLastGame.jpg|Summary of the last game.
1941-42-NYA-Habs.jpg|Action between Brooklyn and the Montreal Canadiens during the 1941-42 season.
1941-42-Conacher_Brooklyn_Anderson_Rayner.jpg|A rare action photo of the Bruins alternate 1940's jersey. Bruins Jack McGill hunts for a rebound on Chuck Rayner and Tommy Anderson of the Brooklyn Americans during the 1941-42 season.
==See Also==
*1941–42 NHL season
==References==
category:New York Americans seasons
Category:1942 in hockey