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selected for the end of season all @ - @ star second team . the next season the bruins won 36 of 48 games , and won the stanley cup in the playoffs ; ross was named to the first all @ - @ star team as the best coach in the league for the season and the team only tied two games , which is tied for the second few ##est in a season . he hired the recently retired co ##oney wei ##land to coach the bruins for the 1939 – 40 nhl season . the bruins would win the cup again in 1941 , and tied their record of only four away losses all season . ross once again took over as coach
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