1945–46 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season (won Stanley Cup) March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1945–46 1945 1st 28–17–5 16–6–3 12–11–2 172 134 Tommy Gorman Dick Irvin Toe Blake Montreal Forum Toe Blake (29) Elmer Lach (34) Toe Blake (50) Emile Bouchard (52) Bill Durnan (28) Bill Durnan (2.60) yes yes 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. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1945–46 regular season1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1946_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 27, 1945||8–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||1–0–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |2||W||November 1, 1945||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||2–0–0 |- |3||W||November 3, 1945||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||3–0–0 |- |4||L||November 4, 1945||5–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||November 10, 1945||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||4–1–0 |- |6||L||November 11, 1945||1–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||4–2–0 |- |7||W||November 14, 1945||6–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||5–2–0 |- |8||W||November 15, 1945||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||6–2–0 |- |9||W||November 17, 1945||7–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||7–2–0 |- |10||L||November 21, 1945||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||7–3–0 |- |11||W||November 24, 1945||2–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||8–3–0 |- |12||L||November 25, 1945||1–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||8–4–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||W||December 1, 1945||4–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||9–4–0 |- |14||W||December 8, 1945||1–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||10–4–0 |- |15||L||December 9, 1945||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||10–5–0 |- |16||L||December 13, 1945||3–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||10–6–0 |- |17||T||December 15, 1945||3–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||10–6–1 |- |18||W||December 16, 1945||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||11–6–1 |- |19||T||December 19, 1945||4–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||11–6–2 |- |20||W||December 23, 1945||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||12–6–2 |- |21||W||December 26, 1945||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||13–6–2 |- |22||L||December 29, 1945||4–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||13–7–2 |- |23||T||December 31, 1945||0–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||13–7–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |24||W||January 5, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||14–7–3 |- |25||L||January 10, 1946||4–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||14–8–3 |- |26||W||January 12, 1946||9–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||15–8–3 |- |27||L||January 13, 1946||1–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||15–9–3 |- |28||L||January 16, 1946||1–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||15–10–3 |- |29||W||January 19, 1946||3–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||16–10–3 |- |30||L||January 20, 1946||0–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||16–11–3 |- |31||L||January 23, 1946||2–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||16–12–3 |- |32||W||January 26, 1946||5–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||17–12–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |33||W||February 2, 1946||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||18–12–3 |- |34||L||February 3, 1946||0–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||18–13–3 |- |35||W||February 9, 1946||6–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||19–13–3 |- |36||W||February 10, 1946||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||20–13–3 |- |37||W||February 13, 1946||5–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||21–13–3 |- |38||W||February 16, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||22–13–3 |- |39||W||February 17, 1946||5–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||23–13–3 |- |40||L||February 20, 1946||1–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||23–14–3 |- |41||W||February 24, 1946||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||24–14–3 |- |42||L||February 27, 1946||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||24–15–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||T||March 2, 1946||3–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||24–15–4 |- |44||L||March 3, 1946||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||24–16–4 |- |45||W||March 6, 1946||7–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||25–16–4 |- |46||W||March 9, 1946||2–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||26–16–4 |- |47||W||March 10, 1946||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||27–16–4 |- |48||T||March 14, 1946||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||27–16–5 |- |49||W||March 16, 1946||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||28–16–5 |- |50||L||March 17, 1946||5–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||28–17–5 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals 1946 Stanley Cup Finals Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens Date Away Score Home Score NotesMarch 30Boston 3 Montreal 4 OTApril 2Boston 2 Montreal 3 OTApril 4Montreal 4 Boston 2 April 7Montreal 2 Boston 3 OTApril 9Boston 3 Montreal 6 Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Toe Blake LW 50 29 21 50 2 Maurice Richard RW 50 27 21 48 50 Elmer Lach C 50 13 34 47 34 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 47 11 19 30 10 Billy Reay C 44 17 12 29 10 Murph Chamberlain LW 40 12 14 26 42 Buddy O'Connor C 45 11 11 22 2 Joe Benoit RW 39 9 10 19 8 Dutch Hiller LW 45 7 11 18 4 Emile Bouchard D 45 7 10 17 52 Glen Harmon D 49 7 10 17 28 Bob Fillion LW 50 10 6 16 12 Leo Lamoureux C/D 45 5 7 12 18 Ken Reardon D 43 5 4 9 45 Ken Mosdell C 13 2 1 3 8 Gerry Plamondon LW 6 0 2 2 2 Frank Eddolls D 8 0 1 1 6 Murdo MacKay RW/C 5 0 1 1 0 Mike McMahon Mike McMahon Sr. D 13 0 1 1 2 Moe White LW/C 4 0 1 1 2 Paul Bibeault G 10 0 0 0 0 Bill Durnan G 40 0 0 0 0 Vic Lynn LW/D 2 0 0 0 0 Lorrain Thibeault LW 1 0 0 0 0 Nils Tremblay C 2 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Bill Durnan 2400 40 24 11 5 104 2.60 4 Paul 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 Elmer Lach C 9 5 12 17 4 Toe Blake LW 9 7 6 13 5 Maurice Richard RW 9 7 4 11 15 Bob Fillion LW 9 4 3 7 6 Murph Chamberlain LW 9 4 2 6 18 Dutch Hiller LW 9 4 2 6 2 Ken Mosdell C 9 4 1 5 6 Buddy O'Connor C 9 2 3 5 0 Glen Harmon D 9 1 4 5 0 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 9 3 1 4 6 Emile Bouchard D 9 2 1 3 17 Billy Reay C 9 1 2 3 4 Ken Reardon D 9 1 1 2 4 Leo Lamoureux C/D 9 0 2 2 2 Frank Eddolls D 8 0 1 1 2 Bill Durnan G 9 0 0 0 0 Gerry Plamondon LW 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Bill Durnan 581 9 8 1 20 2.07 0 Team: 581 9 8 1 20 2.07 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1946.html See also 1945–46 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Montreal