Mirotvor Schwartz THE HISTORY OF ICE HOCKEY (1940-1949) This is a part of my “THE HISTORY OF ICE HOCKEY” thematic exhibit. It covers events that took place during the 1940s (from 1940 to 1949). 1 STANLEY CUP 1941 1.Boston Bruins (Milt Schmidt) (2.Detroit Red Wings, 3-4.Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs) 2 1942 The beginning of the Original Six era (1942-67) in the NHL. 3 The Original Six teams were: Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. 4 STANLEY CUP 1944 1.Montreal Canadiens 5 Bill Durnan (Montreal Canadiens) (2.Chicago Black Hawks, 3-4.Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs) 6 1946 On February 17, 1946, the first exhibition ice hockey match in the Soviet Union was played by Physical Culture Institute students after a bandy game. This is generally considered the birthday of the Soviet and Russian hockey. 7 STANLEY CUP 1946 1.Montreal Canadiens (2.Boston Bruins, 3-4.Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks) 8 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1947 (Prague) 9 Austria - Sweden 2:1 10 1.Czechoslovakia 2.Sweden 3.Austria 11 SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP (DIVISION B) 1947/48 3.Dynamo Sverdlovsk (NOTE: The stamp depicts a training game conducted by the team during the season) (1.Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk (promoted to Division A), 2.SKIF Leningrad) 12 WINTER OLYMPICS / WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1948 (St Moritz) 1.Canada (Murray Dowey) (NOTE: The caption correctly identifies Dowey but incorrectly claims he is a 1924 Olympian). 13 2.Czechoslovakia (Mike Buckna (head coach)) (3.Switzerland) 14 FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL SERIES 1948 (Moscow) Game 1 Team Moscow (USSR) - LTC Prague (Czechoslovakia) 6:3 (Vsevolod Bobrov - Bohumil Modry) Overall: Team Moscow - LTC Prague 1-1 (with 1 tie) 15 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1949 (Stockholm) 1.Czechoslovakia (2.Canada, 3.USA) 1930-1939 1950-1959 THE HISTORY OF ICE HOCKEY 16 .