1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season

1945–46 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
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)
<1944–45 1946–47>

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.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 50 28 17 5 172 134 +38 61
2 Boston Bruins 50 24 18 8 167 156 +11 56
3 Chicago Black Hawks 50 23 20 7 200 178 +22 53
4 Detroit Red Wings 50 20 20 10 146 159 −13 50
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 19 24 7 174 185 −11 45
6 New York Rangers 50 13 28 9 144 191 −47 35

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 27, 19458–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 1–0–0
2WNovember 1, 19454–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 2–0–0
3WNovember 3, 19453–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 3–0–0
4LNovember 4, 19455–6 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 3–1–0
5WNovember 10, 19455–3 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 4–1–0
6LNovember 11, 19451–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 4–2–0
7WNovember 14, 19456–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 5–2–0
8WNovember 15, 19452–0 New York Rangers (1945–46) 6–2–0
9WNovember 17, 19457–3 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 7–2–0
10LNovember 21, 19450–3 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 7–3–0
11WNovember 24, 19452–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 8–3–0
12LNovember 25, 19451–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 8–4–0
13WDecember 1, 19454–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 9–4–0
14WDecember 8, 19451–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 10–4–0
15LDecember 9, 19451–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 10–5–0
16LDecember 13, 19453–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 10–6–0
17TDecember 15, 19453–3 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 10–6–1
18WDecember 16, 19454–2 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 11–6–1
19TDecember 19, 19454–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 11–6–2
20WDecember 23, 19454–1 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 12–6–2
21WDecember 26, 19454–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 13–6–2
22LDecember 29, 19454–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 13–7–2
23TDecember 31, 19450–0 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 13–7–3
24WJanuary 5, 19464–2 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 14–7–3
25LJanuary 10, 19464–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 14–8–3
26WJanuary 12, 19469–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 15–8–3
27LJanuary 13, 19461–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 15–9–3
28LJanuary 16, 19461–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 15–10–3
29WJanuary 19, 19463–1 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 16–10–3
30LJanuary 20, 19460–3 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 16–11–3
31LJanuary 23, 19462–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 16–12–3
32WJanuary 26, 19465–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 17–12–3
33WFebruary 2, 19465–1 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 18–12–3
34LFebruary 3, 19460–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 18–13–3
35WFebruary 9, 19466–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 19–13–3
36WFebruary 10, 19462–0 @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) 20–13–3
37WFebruary 13, 19465–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 21–13–3
38WFebruary 16, 19464–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 22–13–3
39WFebruary 17, 19465–4 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 23–13–3
40LFebruary 20, 19461–2 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 23–14–3
41WFebruary 24, 19466–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 24–14–3
42LFebruary 27, 19463–5 Boston Bruins (1945–46) 24–15–3
43TMarch 2, 19463–3 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 24–15–4
44LMarch 3, 19462–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 24–16–4
45WMarch 6, 19467–3 New York Rangers (1945–46) 25–16–4
46WMarch 9, 19462–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 26–16–4
47WMarch 10, 19463–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 27–16–4
48TMarch 14, 19462–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 27–16–5
49WMarch 16, 19466–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 28–16–5
50LMarch 17, 19465–8 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 28–17–5

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
March 30Boston 3 Montreal 4 OT
April 2Boston 2 Montreal 3 OT
April 4Montreal 4 Boston 2
April 7Montreal 2 Boston 3 OT
April 9Boston 3 Montreal 6

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1.

Player statistics

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:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Montreal Canadiens 1946 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres
  Wingers
  Defencemen
  Goaltenders

1 Bill Durnan


  Coaching and administrative staff
  • 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "1945–46 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. ↑ "1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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