1945–46 Boston Bruins season

The 1945–46 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins 22nd season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Bruins made it to the 1946 Stanley Cup Final only to lose to the rival Montreal Canadiens four games to one.

Off-season

Art Ross, who had been coach and general manager of the Bruins since their inception, retired. Dit Clapper became the team's first playing coach, while Ross remained with the team as general manager.^[1] Several players returned from war-time duty, including goalie Frank Brimsek and the Kraut Line: Milt Schmidt, Bobby Bauer and Woody Dumart. The three had played with the Ottawa Commandos, winning the Allan Cup in 1943.^[2]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League^[3]
		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	L	October 24, 1945	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	0–1–0
2	T	October 27, 1945	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	0–1–1
3	L	October 28, 1945	0–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	0–2–1
4	W	November 4, 1945	6–5	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	1–2–1
5	W	November 7, 1945	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	2–2–1
6	L	November 10, 1945	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	2–3–1
7	W	November 11, 1945	7–1	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	3–3–1
8	W	November 21, 1945	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	4–3–1
9	W	November 25, 1945	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	5–3–1
10	W	November 28, 1945	5–1	New York Rangers (1945–46)	6–3–1
11	T	December 2, 1945	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	6–3–2
12	W	December 5, 1945	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	7–3–2
13	L	December 9, 1945	3–8	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	7–4–2
14	T	December 12, 1945	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	7–4–3
15	T	December 15, 1945	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	7–4–4
16	T	December 16, 1945	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	7–4–5
17	W	December 19, 1945	8–7	New York Rangers (1945–46)	8–4–5
18	L	December 23, 1945	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	8–5–5
19	W	December 29, 1945	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	9–5–5
20	T	December 30, 1945	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	9–5–6
21	W	January 1, 1946	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	10–5–6
22	L	January 5, 1946	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	10–6–6
23	L	January 6, 1946	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	10–7–6
24	L	January 10, 1946	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	10–8–6
25	W	January 12, 1946	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	11–8–6
26	W	January 16, 1946	3–2	New York Rangers (1945–46)	12–8–6
27	W	January 17, 1946	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	13–8–6
28	L	January 19, 1946	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	13–9–6
29	W	January 20, 1946	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	14–9–6
30	W	January 23, 1946	7–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	15–9–6
31	W	January 26, 1946	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	16–9–6
32	L	January 27, 1946	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	16–10–6
33	W	January 30, 1946	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	17–10–6
34	W	February 2, 1946	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	18–10–6
35	L	February 3, 1946	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	18–11–6
36	T	February 6, 1946	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	18–11–7
37	L	February 10, 1946	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	18–12–7
38	W	February 13, 1946	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	19–12–7
39	T	February 14, 1946	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	19–12–8
40	L	February 16, 1946	2–6	New York Rangers (1945–46)	19–13–8
41	L	February 20, 1946	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	19–14–8
42	L	February 23, 1946	2–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	19–15–8
43	L	February 24, 1946	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	19–16–8
44	W	February 27, 1946	5–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	20–16–8
45	L	March 3, 1946	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	20–17–8
46	W	March 6, 1946	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1945–46)	21–17–8
47	W	March 10, 1946	7–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	22–17–8
48	W	March 12, 1946	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	23–17–8
49	L	March 13, 1946	3–5	New York Rangers (1945–46)	23–18–8
50	W	March 17, 1946	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	24–18–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gallinger, DonDon Gallinger	C	50	17	23	40	18
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	50	22	12	34	2
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin	LW	50	15	17	32	62
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	48	13	18	31	21
Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	48	17	12	29	4
Shill, BillBill Shill	RW	45	15	12	27	12
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	26	12	12	24	6
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	49	12	11	23	21
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	39	11	10	21	4
McGill, JackJack McGill	C	46	6	14	20	21
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	41	8	10	18	32
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	48	7	9	16	10
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	48	4	11	15	30
Church, JackJack Church	D	43	2	6	8	28
Smith, KenKen Smith	LW	23	2	6	8	0
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	30	2	3	5	0
Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher	LW	4	2	1	3	0
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	16	0	0	0	0
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	G	34	0	0	0	0
Bruce, GordieGordie Bruce	LW	5	0	0	0	0
Delmonte, ArmandArmand Delmonte	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	1	0	0	0	0
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon	D	2	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	2040	34	16	14	4	111	3.26	2
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	960	16	8	4	4	45	2.81	2
Team:	3000	50	24	18	8	156	3.12	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	10	3	5	8	2
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin	LW	10	5	2	7	13
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	10	4	3	7	2
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	10	4	3	7	0
Gallinger, DonDon Gallinger	C	10	2	4	6	2
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	10	4	0	4	2
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	10	1	3	4	2
Smith, KenKen Smith	LW	8	0	4	4	0
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	10	3	0	3	8
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	10	1	2	3	4
Shill, BillBill Shill	RW	7	1	2	3	2
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	10	1	1	2	4
Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	9	0	2	2	2
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	G	10	0	0	0	0
Church, JackJack Church	D	9	0	0	0	4
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	4	0	0	0	0
Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher	LW	3	0	0	0	0
McGill, JackJack McGill	C	10	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	651	10	5	5	29	2.67	0
Team:	651	10	5	5	29	2.67	0

^[4]

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;

References

Diamond, Dan, ed. (1994). Years of glory, 1942–1967: the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc. ISBN 0-7710-2817-2.

Notes

↑ Diamond 1994, p. 17.
↑ Diamond.
↑ "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1945-46 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

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1945–46 Boston Bruins season

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links