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REGULAR SEASON The New York Americans changed their name to the Brooklyn Americans in an attempt to build a civic relationship with those from Flatbush, but they finished last again. Harvey "Busher" Jackson became one of the longest holdouts on record when he refused to sign. He was then sold to Boston. 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. Frank Patrick suffered a heart attack and had to sell his interest in the Montreal Canadiens, and the Habs almost had to move to Cleveland. But, Tommy Gorman kept the team alive. They added Emile "Butch" Bouchard to start his great career on defence and another very good player, Buddy O'Connor , at centre. Montreal had goaltending problems as Bert Gardiner slumped, and rookie Paul Bibeault replaced him. He showed flashes of brilliance, but his inexperience showed. Joe Benoit starred with 20 goals, the first Canadien to do that since 1938-39, when Toe Blake did it. The New York Rangers had a new goaltender as Sugar Jim Henry replaced the retired Dave Kerr. Henry was one of the reasons the Rangers finished first, something they would not again do for the next 50 years. Final standings ''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes'' ''Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold'' Scoring leaders ''Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes'' STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS ''Note: all dates in 1942'' Playoff bracket
Quarter-finals Boston Bruins vs. '''Chicago Black Hawks''' ''Boston wins best-of-three series 2-1'' Detroit Red Wings vs. '''Montreal Canadiens''' ''Detroit wins best-of-three series 2-1'' Semi-finals New York Rangers vs. '''Toronto Maple Leafs''' ''Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-2'' Boston Bruins vs. '''Detroit Red Wings''' ''Detroit wins best-of-three series 2-0'' Stanley Cup finals Toronto Maple Leafs vs. '''Detroit Red Wings''' The Leafs' comeback from a 3-0 series deficit to win the Stanley Cup marked the first time such a rally had been achieved in North American professional sports. Their feat has been equalled only twice: first by the New York Islanders in the 1975 NHL quarter-finals, and then by Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series . ''Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-3'' NHL AWARDS All-Star teams DEBUTS
LAST GAMES The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1941-42 (listed with their last team):
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