The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup defeating the Detroit Red Wings, winning four straight after losing the first three in a best-of-seven series, a feat only repeated to date three times in NHL history (1975, 2010, 2014) and once in Major League Baseball (2004).
[1] NHL president Frank Calder reported there was a general agreement with the amateur leagues that a junior-aged player should be able to determine his own financial future due to the war.
[3] 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.
They added Emile "Butch" Bouchard to start his great career on defence and another very good player, Buddy O'Connor, at centre.
The New York Rangers had a new goaltender as Sugar Jim Henry replaced the retired Dave Kerr.