1942-43 NHL season

 The 1942-43 season had 6 teams and had a 50 game season.  USA and Canada governments wanted sports to keep going as WWII raged on.  WWII ravaged all teams.  November 21, 1942 overtime was ended due to wartime travel restrictions as teams needed to get to trains on time.  February 4, 1943 Frank Calder dies of a heart attack.  Red Dutton becomes president. Playoffs format has 1st place vs 3rd place and 2nd vs 4th and semi final winners play for Stanley Cup.  Semis had Detroit beat Toronto 4-2 and Boston beat Montreal 4-1.  Stanley Cup finals had Detroit beat Boston 4-0.  It's their third cup victory.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2024 (XXXIII Olympiad) games

 These games were in Paris from July 26 to August 11. 206 nations and 10714 athletes participated. Highlights include:  1. Breakdance debuted here. 2. Final games under Thomas Bach. Dominica, St Lucia, Cape Verde, and Albania won first medal. Dominica, St Lucia, Botswana and Guatemala won first golds. Refugee Olympic Athletes team also won a medal. 3. 85 nations won a medal. 4. 32 Olympic records and 10 world records fell. 5.  Siffan Hassan won a bronze in 5000 and 10000 meter and a gold in marathon. That's over 57km in running. Wow. 6.  One podium sweep and it was France in men's BMX. Toris Daudet (gold), Sylvain Andre (silver) and Romain Mahieu (bronze) was on the podium. 7. United States and China tied for most gold (40). United States won most overall (40g, 44s, 42b) with 126. France had 16g, 26s, 22b for 64 total. Canada won 9g, 7s, 11b for 27 total. Coming up had the Paralympics.
Read more