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1945-46 Montreal Canadiens

1945–46 Montreal Canadiens
Division NHL
1945–46 record 28–17–5
Goals for 172
Goals against 134
Team information
General manager Tommy Gorman
Coach Dick Irvin
Captain Toe Blake
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Toe Blake (29)
Assists Elmer Lach (34)
Points Toe Blake (50)
Wins Bill Durnan (28)
Goals against average Bill Durnan (2.60)

The 1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 37th season of play. The Canadiens placed first during the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals to win the Stanley Cup for the sixth time.


Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
Montreal Canadiens 50 28 17 5 61 172 134 337
Boston Bruins 50 24 18 8 56 167 156 273
Chicago Black Hawks 50 23 20 7 53 200 178 339
Detroit Red Wings 50 20 20 10 50 146 159 298
Toronto Maple Leafs 50 19 24 7 45 174 185 247
New York Rangers 50 13 28 9 35 144 191 285

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 27, 1945 8–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 1–0–0
2 W November 1, 1945 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 2–0–0
3 W November 3, 1945 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 3–0–0
4 L November 4, 1945 5–6 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 3–1–0
5 W November 10, 1945 5–3 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 4–1–0
6 L November 11, 1945 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 4–2–0
7 W November 14, 1945 6–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 5–2–0
8 W November 15, 1945 2–0 New York Rangers (1945–46) 6–2–0
9 W November 17, 1945 7–3 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 7–2–0
10 L November 21, 1945 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 7–3–0
11 W November 24, 1945 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 8–3–0
12 L November 25, 1945 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 8–4–0
13 W December 1, 1945 4–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 9–4–0
14 W December 8, 1945 1–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 10–4–0
15 L December 9, 1945 1–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 10–5–0
16 L December 13, 1945 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 10–6–0
17 T December 15, 1945 3–3 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 10–6–1
18 W December 16, 1945 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 11–6–1
19 T December 19, 1945 4–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 11–6–2
20 W December 23, 1945 4–1 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 12–6–2
21 W December 26, 1945 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 13–6–2
22 L December 29, 1945 4–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 13–7–2
23 T December 31, 1945 0–0 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 13–7–3
24 W January 5, 1946 4–2 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 14–7–3
25 L January 10, 1946 4–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 14–8–3
26 W January 12, 1946 9–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 15–8–3
27 L January 13, 1946 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 15–9–3
28 L January 16, 1946 1–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 15–10–3
29 W January 19, 1946 3–1 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 16–10–3
30 L January 20, 1946 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 16–11–3
31 L January 23, 1946 2–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 16–12–3
32 W January 26, 1946 5–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 17–12–3
33 W February 2, 1946 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 18–12–3
34 L February 3, 1946 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 18–13–3
35 W February 9, 1946 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 19–13–3
36 W February 10, 1946 2–0 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 20–13–3
37 W February 13, 1946 5–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 21–13–3
38 W February 16, 1946 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 22–13–3
39 W February 17, 1946 5–4 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 23–13–3
40 L February 20, 1946 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 23–14–3
41 W February 24, 1946 6–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 24–14–3
42 L February 27, 1946 3–5 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 24–15–3
43 T March 2, 1946 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 24–15–4
44 L March 3, 1946 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 24–16–4
45 W March 6, 1946 7–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 25–16–4
46 W March 9, 1946 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 26–16–4
47 W March 10, 1946 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 27–16–4
48 T March 14, 1946 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 27–16–5
49 W March 16, 1946 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 28–16–5
50 L March 17, 1946 5–8 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 28–17–5

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Playoffs

Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 1

See 1946 Stanley Cup Finals. Having last met in the 1943 semi-finals where the Bruins defeated the Habs 4 games to 1, the 1946 series would see three games go to overtime. The Canadiens won two of the OT games and defeated the Bruins 4 games to 1.

Game 1 saw a scoreless first period yield to an early second period Power play goal by Butch Bouchard of the Canadiens. Bob Fillion made it 2-0 before the Bruins scored a pair by Bep Guidolin, Woody Dumart. Tied going into the third, the Bruins Jack Crawford scored his only goal of the playoffs. Murph Chamberlain tied the game with less than four minutes in the period, sending the game into overtime. 9:08 into OT, Maurice Richard scored the winner, his 5th of the playoffs.

Game 2 saw the teams trade first period goals by Pat Egan and Elmer Lach. As in game 1, the Bruins took the lead on a goal by Bobby Bauer but the Habs again tied it up on Butch Bouchard's marker. Jimmy Peters was the OT hero and Montreal held a 2-0 series lead going to Boston.

Game 3 again saw Montreal pull the game out in the third period. After the Bruins Guidolin and Terry Reardon tallied, responded by Elmer Lach and Glen Harmon, it was 2-2 at the end of the second. Third period goals by Ken Mosdell and Dutch Hiller and stout goaltending by the Habs Bill Durnan lead Montreal to a 4-3 and a 3-0 stranglehold on the series.

Game 4 saw a scoreless first period. The Bruins Murray Henderson broke the ice in the second, responded to by Richard. In the third, Don Gallinger put the Bruins up but Richard responded again, sending the game into overtime. Terry Reardon's 4th of the playoffs won it for the Bruins, who travelled back to Montreal down 3-1.

Game 5 saw the Kraut Line finally break out with the first goal of the series for Milt Schmidt. Bobby Bauer and Bill Cowley also scored but the Habs responded with Fillion, Lach and Mosdell. Tied 3-3 going into the third, the Habs again demonstrated a strong final frame and once Toe Blake scored at 11:06, Chamberlain and Hiller piled on and Montreal took the Cup in 5 games.

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 19 Boston Bruins 3-4 (OT) Montreal Canadiens 0-1
2 March 21 Boston Bruins 2-3 (OT) Montreal Canadiens 0-2
3 March 24 Montreal Canadiens 4-2 Boston Bruins 3-0
4 March 26 Montreal Canadiens 2-3 (OT) Boston Bruins 3-1
5 March 28 Boston Bruins 3-6 Montreal Canadiens 1-4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Blake, ToeToe Blake LW 50 29 21 50 2
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 50 27 21 48 50
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach C 50 13 34 47 34
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters RW 47 11 19 30 10
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 44 17 12 29 10
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain LW 40 12 14 26 42
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor C 45 11 11 22 2
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit RW 39 9 10 19 8
Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller LW 45 7 11 18 4
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 45 7 10 17 52
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 49 7 10 17 28
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 50 10 6 16 12
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux C/D 45 5 7 12 18
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 43 5 4 9 45
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 13 2 1 3 8
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon LW 6 0 2 2 2
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls D 8 0 1 1 6
MacKay, MurdoMurdo MacKay RW/C 5 0 1 1 0
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon D 13 0 1 1 2
White, MoeMoe White LW/C 4 0 1 1 2
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault G 10 0 0 0 0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 40 0 0 0 0
Lynn, VicVic Lynn LW/D 2 0 0 0 0
Thibeault, LorrainLorrain Thibeault LW 1 0 0 0 0
Tremblay, NilsNils Tremblay C 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 2400 40 24 11 5 104 2.60 4
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault 600 10 4 6 0 30 3.00 0
Team: 3000 50 28 17 5 134 2.68 4

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach C 9 5 12 17 4
Blake, ToeToe Blake LW 9 7 6 13 5
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 9 7 4 11 15
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 9 4 3 7 6
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain LW 9 4 2 6 18
Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller LW 9 4 2 6 2
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 9 4 1 5 6
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor C 9 2 3 5 0
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 9 1 4 5 0
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters RW 9 3 1 4 6
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 9 2 1 3 17
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 9 1 2 3 4
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 9 1 1 2 4
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux C/D 9 0 2 2 2
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls D 8 0 1 1 2
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 9 0 0 0 0
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon LW 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 581 9 8 1 20 2.07 0
Team: 581 9 8 1 20 2.07 0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals


      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

Montreal Canadiens 1946 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centers
  Wingers
  Goaltenders

1 Bill Durnan


  Non-players
  • Donat Raymond (president/owner), Dalton Coleman (vice president/owner)
  • Bill Hardy (director), Tommy Gorman (manager)
  • Dick Irvin Sr. (coach), Arthur Cayford (secretary-treasurer)†
  • Ernie Cook (trainer)†, Hector Dubois (ass't trainer)†

† Left off cup, but included on the team picture.



Farm Teams


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Video

Highlights of the December 16, 1945 game between the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens which the Habs took 4-2. Goalie Jim Henry of the Rangers is under siege but keeps the game close. First goal of the game by Canadiens Billy Reay is shown as the last goal by Canadiens Bob Fillion.

See also

References

  1. 1945–46 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
  2. 1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
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