1945–46 Montreal Canadiens | |
Division | NHL |
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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
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | |
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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 | |||||
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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 |
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 |
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Toe Blake | LW | 50 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 2 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 50 | 27 | 21 | 48 | 50 |
Elmer Lach | C | 50 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 34 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 47 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 10 |
Billy Reay | C | 44 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 10 |
Murph Chamberlain | LW | 40 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 42 |
Buddy O'Connor | C | 45 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 |
Joe Benoit | RW | 39 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 |
Dutch Hiller | LW | 45 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
Butch Bouchard | D | 45 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 52 |
Glen Harmon | D | 49 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 50 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 |
Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 45 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 |
Ken Reardon | D | 43 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 45 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Gerry Plamondon | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Frank Eddolls | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Murdo MacKay | RW/C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mike McMahon | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Moe White | LW/C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paul Bibeault | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Durnan | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vic Lynn | LW/D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lorrain Thibeault | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nils Tremblay | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Durnan | 2400 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 104 | 2.60 | 4 |
Paul 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elmer Lach | C | 9 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 |
Toe Blake | LW | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 |
Maurice Richard | RW | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
Murph Chamberlain | LW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
Dutch Hiller | LW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Buddy O'Connor | C | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Glen Harmon | D | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Butch Bouchard | D | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
Billy Reay | C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Ken Reardon | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Frank Eddolls | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bill Durnan | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerry Plamondon | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Durnan | 581 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2.07 | 0 |
Team: | 581 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2.07 | 0 |
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
- 10 Herbert Buddy O'Connor
- 14 Bill Reay
- 16 Elmer Lach
- 18 Kenny Mosdell
- Wingers
- 5 Wilbert Dutch Hiller
- 6 Hector Toe Blake (Captain)
- 9 Maurice Rocket Richard
- 11 Joe Benoit
- 12 Erwin Murph Chamberlain
- 15 Bob Fillion
- 19 Jimmy Peters, Sr.
- 20 Gerry Plamondon
- Defensemen
- Goaltenders
- 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
Game Ads
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
- ↑ 1945–46 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
- ↑ 1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
Montreal Canadiens | |
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Franchise | Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners |
Arenas | Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre |
Affiliates | Laval Rocket (AHL) |
1945–46 NHL season by team | |
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Teams | Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto |
See also | 1946 Stanley Cup Finals |
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