1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season

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
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

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1946 Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

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

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

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.

References

Canadiens on Hockey Database

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

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps; Laval Rocket (beginning in 2017–18)

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 690 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1945–46 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

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1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Montreal Canadiens 1946 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

See also

References