1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1945–46 1945 Detroit Red Wings 20–20–10 16–5–4 4–15–6 4th 146 159 Jack Adams Jack Adams Flash Hollett Sid Abel Detroit Olympia Adam Brown (20) Joe Carveth (18) Joe Carveth (35) Jack Stewart (73) Harry Lumley (20) Harry Lumley (3.18) The 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season was the Detroit NHL franchise's 20th season of operation. 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1945–46 regular season1945-46 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1946_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 28, 1945||7–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||1–0–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |2||L||November 3, 1945||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||November 4, 1945||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||November 8, 1945||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||3–1–0 |- |5||L||November 10, 1945||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||3–2–0 |- |6||W||November 11, 1945||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||4–2–0 |- |7||W||November 15, 1945||5–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||5–2–0 |- |8||W||November 17, 1945||6–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||6–2–0 |- |9||W||November 18, 1945||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||7–2–0 |- |10||L||November 24, 1945||1–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||7–3–0 |- |11||L||November 25, 1945||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||7–4–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||T||December 2, 1945||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||7–4–1 |- |13||W||December 9, 1945||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||8–4–1 |- |14||T||December 12, 1945||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||8–4–2 |- |15||L||December 15, 1945||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||8–5–2 |- |16||L||December 16, 1945||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||8–6–2 |- |17||L||December 22, 1945||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||8–7–2 |- |18||T||December 23, 1945||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||8–7–3 |- |19||W||December 25, 1945||6–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||9–7–3 |- |20||W||December 26, 1945||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||10–7–3 |- |21||T||December 30, 1945||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||10–7–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |22||L||January 1, 1946||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||10–8–4 |- |23||T||January 3, 1946||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||10–8–5 |- |24||W||January 6, 1946||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||11–8–5 |- |25||W||January 10, 1946||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||12–8–5 |- |26||L||January 12, 1946||3–9 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||12–9–5 |- |27||W||January 13, 1946||3–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||13–9–5 |- |28||L||January 20, 1946||1–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||13–10–5 |- |29||L||January 26, 1946||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||13–11–5 |- |30||L||January 27, 1946||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||13–12–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |31||L||February 2, 1946||1–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||13–13–5 |- |32||W||February 3, 1946||2–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||14–13–5 |- |33||W||February 7, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||15–13–5 |- |34||L||February 9, 1946||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||15–14–5 |- |35||T||February 10, 1946||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||15–14–6 |- |36||L||February 13, 1946||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||15–15–6 |- |37||T||February 16, 1946||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||15–15–7 |- |38||T||February 17, 1946||2–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||15–15–8 |- |39||W||February 20, 1946||2–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||16–15–8 |- |40||T||February 21, 1946||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||16–15–9 |- |41||W||February 24, 1946||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||17–15–9 |- |42||W||February 28, 1946||4–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||18–15–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||T||March 2, 1946||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||18–15–10 |- |44||W||March 3, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||19–15–10 |- |45||L||March 6, 1946||2–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||19–16–10 |- |46||L||March 10, 1946||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||19–17–10 |- |47||L||March 13, 1946||4–9 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||19–18–10 |- |48||W||March 14, 1946||7–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||20–18–10 |- |49||L||March 16, 1946||3–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||20–19–10 |- |50||L||March 17, 1946||7–11 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||20–20–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs The Boston Bruins finished second in the league with 56 points. The Detroit Red Wings finished fourth with 50 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the three of the four previous series. They last met in the previous season's Stanley Cup semifinals where the Red Wings won in seven games. Boston won the season's ten-game regular-season series earning eleven of twenty points. Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins Olympia Stadium Boston Garden March 19 1–3 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-bos/1946/03/19/1945030121#game=1945030121,game_state=final No scoring 03:11 – sh – Pat Egan (1)19:05 – Bill Shill (1) Harry Watson (1) – 07:51 No scoring No scoring 11:43 – Bep Guidolin (1) Harry Lumley Frank Brimsek March 21 3–0 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-bos/1946/03/21/1945030122#game=1945030122,game_state=final Pat Lundy (1) – 07:32Jim Conacher (1) – 12:58 No scoring No scoring No scoring Harry Watson (2) – 19:22 No scoring Harry Lumley Frank Brimsek March 24 5–2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-det/1946/03/24/1945030123#game=1945030123,game_state=final No scoring Milt Schmidt (1) – 02:50 No scoring Woody Dumart (1) – 04:51 12:42 – Fern Gauthier (1)13:25 – Carl Liscombe (1) Pat Egan (2) – 00:25Milt Schmidt (2) – 01:51Woody Dumart (2) – 11:10 Harry Lumley Frank Brimsek March 26 4–1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-det/1946/03/26/1945030124#game=1945030124,game_state=final No scoring Bobby Bauer (1) – 02:08Woody Dumart (3) – 14:54 No scoring No scoring 11:00 – Fern Gauthier (2) Bep Guidolin (2) – 04:08Terry Reardon (1) – 11:30 Harry Lumley Frank Brimsek March 28 3–4 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/det-vs-bos/1946/03/28/1945030125#game=1945030125,game_state=final No scoring 07:04 – Bep Guidolin (3)14:03 – pp – Bobby Bauer (2) Fern Gauthier (3) – 11:00 No scoring Adam Brown (1) – 12:55Eddie Bruneteau (1) – 19:13 04:24 – Terry Reardon (2) No scoring 09:51 – Don Gallinger (1) Harry Lumley Frank Brimsek Boston won series 4–1 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Joe Carveth RW 48 17 18 35 10 Adam Brown Adam Brown (ice hockey) LW 48 20 11 31 27 Eddie Bruneteau RW 46 17 12 29 11 Murray Armstrong C 40 8 18 26 4 Harry Watson Harry Watson (ice hockey b. 1923) LW 44 14 10 24 4 Carl Liscombe LW 44 12 9 21 2 Bill Quackenbush D 48 11 10 21 6 Fern Gauthier RW 30 9 8 17 6 Ted Lindsay LW 47 7 10 17 14 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 47 4 11 15 73 Flash Hollett D 38 4 9 13 16 Syd Howe C/LW 26 4 7 11 9 Mud Bruneteau RW 28 6 4 10 2 Gerry Couture RW 43 3 7 10 18 Harold Jackson ice hockey D 36 3 4 7 36 Jim Conacher C 20 1 5 6 10 Pat Lundy C 4 3 2 5 2 Rollie McLenahan D 9 2 1 3 10 Roly Rossignol RW 8 1 2 3 4 Earl Seibert D 18 0 3 3 18 Sid Abel C/LW 7 0 2 2 0 Gerry Brown ice hockey LW 10 0 1 1 2 Doug McCaig D 6 0 1 1 12 Les Douglas C 1 0 0 0 0 John Holota C 3 0 0 0 0 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) G 50 0 0 0 6 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) 3000 50 20 20 10 159 3.18 2 Team: 3000 50 20 20 10 159 3.18 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Fern Gauthier RW 5 3 0 3 2 Harry Watson Harry Watson (ice hockey b. 1923) LW 5 2 0 2 0 Adam Brown Adam Brown (ice hockey) LW 5 1 1 2 0 Jim Conacher C 5 1 1 2 0 Murray Armstrong C 5 0 2 2 0 Gerry Couture RW 5 0 2 2 0 Flash Hollett D 5 0 2 2 0 Eddie Bruneteau RW 4 1 0 1 0 Carl Liscombe LW 4 1 0 1 0 Pat Lundy C 2 1 0 1 0 Joe Carveth RW 5 0 1 1 0 Ted Lindsay LW 5 0 1 1 0 Bill Quackenbush D 5 0 1 1 0 Sid Abel C/LW 3 0 0 0 0 Harold Jackson ice hockey D 5 0 0 0 6 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) G 5 0 0 0 0 Rollie McLenahan D 2 0 0 0 0 Jack Stewart ice hockey D 5 0 0 0 14 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Harry Lumley Harry Lumley (ice hockey) 310 5 1 4 16 3.10 1 Team: 310 5 1 4 16 3.10 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-04 1945-46 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1946.html 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; See also 1945–46 NHL season References Detroit Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1945 in Detroit Category:1946 in Detroit