National Hockey League (NHL) Season Review 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Season Review 1945-1946

With the end of World War II, a host of stars returned from the service. With two or more years out of hockey many found that returning to the league was not feasible.

The Montreal Canadiens won the regular season and after sweeping the Chicago Blackhawks in the semi finals beat the Boston Bruins in a five-game Stanley Cup final. Three of the games went to overtime and Montreal won two of them.

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National Hockey League (NHL) Season Standings 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Season Standings 1945-1946

Team	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 Blackhawks	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

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National Hockey League (NHL) Trophy Winners 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Trophy Winners 1945-1946

Award	1946 Winner


Stanley Cup	Montreal Canadiens
O'Brien Trophy	Boston Bruins
Georges Vezina	Bill Durnan, Montreal Canadiens
Hart Memorial	Max Bentley, Chicago Black Hawks
Calder Memorial	Edgar Laprade, New York Rangers
Lady Byng	Toe Blake, Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy	Montreal Canadiens

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National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Team Selections 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) All Star Team Selections 1945-1946

Voting for the NHL All Star Teams is conducted by the representatives of the Professional Hockey Writers Association at the end of the season. These are separate selections from the annual All Star game. Other years selections are listed under NHL All Star Selections.

First Team	1945-46	Second Team
Bill Durnan, Montreal	G	Frank Brimsek, Boston
Jack Crawford, Boston	D	Kenny Reardon, Montreal
Emile Bouchard, Montreal	D	Jack Stewart, Detroit
Max Bentley, Chicago	C	Elmer Lach, Montreal
Maurice Richard, Montreal	RW	Bill Mosienko, Chicago
Gaye Stewart, Toronto	LW	Toe Blake, Montreal
Dick Irvin, Montreal	Coach	John Gottselig, Chicago

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National Hockey League (NHL) Points Leaders 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Points Leaders 1945-1946

Player	GP	G	A	PTS

Max Bentley	47	31	30	61
Gaye Stewart	50	37	15	52
Toe Blake	50	29	21	50
Clint Smith	50	26	24	50
Maurice Richard	50	27	21	48
Bill Mosienko	40	18	30	48
Ab DeMarco	50	20	27	47
Elmer Lach	50	13	34	47
Alex Kaleta	49	19	27	46
Billy Taylor	48	23	18	41

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National Hockey League (NHL) Assist Leaders 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Assist Leaders 1945-1946

Player	GP	A

Elmer Lach	50	34
Max Bentley	47	30
Bill Mosienko	40	30
Ab DeMarco	50	27
Alex Kaleta	49	27
Clint Smith	50	24
Don Gallinger	50	23
Gus Bodnar	49	23
Toe Blake	50	21
Maurice Richard	50	21

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National Hockey League (NHL) Leading Goal Scorers 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Leading Goal Scorers 1945-1946

Player	GP	G

Gaye Stewart	50	37
Max Bentley	47	31
Toe Blake	50	29
Maurice Richard	50	27
Clint Smith	50	26
Syl Apps	40	24
Billy Taylor	48	23
Woody Dumart	50	22
Adam Brown	48	20
Red Hamill	38	20

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National Hockey League (NHL) Penalty Minutes Leaders 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Penalty Minute Leaders 1945-1946

Player	GP	PIM

Jack Stewart	47	73
Bep Guidolin	50	62
John Mariucci	50	58
Butch Bouchard	45	52
Maurice Richard	50	48
Joe Cooper	50	46
Ken Reardon	43	45
Bob Goldham	49	44
Phil Watson	49	43
Murph Chamberlain	40	42

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National Hockey League (NHL) Playoffs 1945-1946

National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Playoffs 1945-1946

Semi Finals

Mar. 19 at Montreal Canadiens 6 Chicago 2
Mar. 21 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Chicago 1
Mar. 24 at Chicago Canadiens 8 Chicago 2
Mar. 26 at Chicago Canadiens 7 Chicago 2

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 0

Mar. 19 at Boston Boston 3 Detroit 1
Mar. 21 at Boston Detroit 3 Boston 0
Mar. 24 at Detroit Boston 5 Detroit 2
Mar. 26 at Detroit Boston 4 Detroit 1
Mar. 28 at Boston Boston 4 Detroit 3 (09:51 OT)

Boston Bruins defeated Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 1

Stanley Cup Finals

Mar. 30 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Boston 3 (09:08 OT)
Apr. 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Boston 2 (16:55 OT)
Apr. 4 at Boston Canadiens 4 Boston 2
Apr. 7 at Boston Boston 3 Canadiens 2 (15:13 OT)
Apr. 9 at Montreal Canadiens 6 Boston 3

Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins 4 games to 1

A more detailed breakdown of the championship is located here.