1940-41 Kansas City Americans Statistics
Team Record: 25-23 - 50 points
in the AHA
Lost League Championship
Coach: Bill Hudson (0-0)
Coach: Johnny Gottselig (0-0)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
The Kansas City Americans of the American Hockey Association ended the 1940-41 season with a record of 25 wins and 23 losses for 50 points in the AHA.
The Americans led the league with 150 goals. Kansas City allowed 152 goals. Joe Papike scored 20 goals for the squad, and Bill Hudson contributed 28 assists. Sam LoPresti topped the team with 9 wins.
Bill Hudson and Johnny Gottselig coached the team. The 1940-41 Kansas City Americans lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hudson | 47 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 0.36 | 0.60 | 0.96 | ||
| Joe Papike | R | 39 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 15 | 0.51 | 0.59 | 1.10 | |
| Sammy McManus | L | 44 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 19 | 0.34 | 0.52 | 0.86 | |
| Pete Leswick | R | 45 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 16 | 0.31 | 0.49 | 0.80 | |
| Aud Tuten | D | 47 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 75 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.57 | |
| Garnett Betts | R | 42 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.62 | |
| Ted Breckheimer | L | 48 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.48 | |
| Andre Maloney | R | 44 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.48 | |
| Johnny Gottselig | L | 13 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0.69 | 0.46 | 1.15 | |
| John Mikolich | L | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.31 | |
| Lloyd Jackson | C | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.54 | |
| Joe Matte | D | 44 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.27 | |
| Max Bentley | C | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | |
| Red Mitchell | D | 47 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.11 | |
| Stan Chakowski | F | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 | |
| Bill Mosienko | R | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.57 | |
| Henry Dyck | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.20 | 0.20 | ||
| Sam LoPresti | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Burr Williams | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Horace LaMarche | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rudy Ahlin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Nutt | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 604 | 150 | 186 | 336 | 271 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam LoPresti | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Bill Nutt | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Horace LaMarche | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy McManus | L | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.38 | 0.63 |
| Pete Leswick | R | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Aud Tuten | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.25 |
| Johnny Gottselig | L | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.50 |
| Joe Matte | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 |
| Red Mitchell | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| Bill Mosienko | R | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.13 | 0.63 |
| Totals | 56 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 0 |
