1946 Stanley Cup Final

1946 ice hockey championship series August 2023 1946 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Toe Blake Dick Irvin 4* 3* 4 2* 6 4 Boston Bruins Boston Dit Clapper Dit Clapper 3* 2* 2 3* 3 1 * – Denotes overtime period(s) March 30 – April 9, 1946 Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) Toe Blake (11:06, third) Canadiens:Toe Blake (1966)Emile Bouchard (1966)Bill Durnan (1964)Elmer Lach (1966)Buddy O'Connor (1988)Ken Reardon (1966)Maurice Richard (1961)Bruins:Bobby Bauer (1996)Frank Brimsek (1966)Dit Clapper (1947)Roy Conacher (1998)Bill Cowley (1968)Woody Dumart (1992)Milt Schmidt (1961)Coaches:Dit Clapper (1947, player)Dick Irvin (1958, player) The 1946 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens won the series four games to one. Paths to the Finals Boston defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 to advance to the Finals. Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 to advance to the Finals. Game summaries Brothers Terry and Ken Reardon faced each other in the 1946 Stanley Cup Finals, with Terry playing for Boston and Ken playing for Montreal. This made them one of the few sets of brothers to face each other on opposing teams in the Stanley Cup Finals, and the two even dropped gloves against each other at one point.McEvoy Colin The Ultimate Sibling Rivalry: 8 Sets of Brothers Who Faced Off in Sports Championships Biography February 9, 2023 https://www.biography.com/athletes/a42805051/brothers-who-have-faced-off-in-championships February 12, 2023 Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Boston Garden March 30 1 3–4 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1946/03/30/1945030211#game=1945030211,game_state=final No scoring No scoring Bep Guidolin (4) - 5:09Woody Dumart (4) - 8:02 00:21 - pp - Butch Bouchard (1)3:19 - Bob Fillion (3) Jack Crawford (1) - 14:04 16:23 - Murph Chamberlain (3) No scoring 9:08 - Maurice Richard (5) Frank Brimsek Bill Durnan April 2 1 2–3 1 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1946/04/02/1945030212#game=1945030212,game_state=final Pat Egan (3) - 10:55 1:06 - Elmer Lach (3) Bobby Bauer (3) - 3:04 No scoring No scoring 10:10 - Butch Bouchard (2) No scoring 16:55 - Jimmy Peters (3) Frank Brimsek Bill Durnan April 4 2 4–2 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1946/04/04/1945030213#game=1945030213,game_state=final 11:01 - Bep Guidolin (5) Elmer Lach (4) - 10:14Glen Harmon (1) - pp - 14:13 18:41 - Terry Reardon (3) No scoring No scoring Ken Mosdell (3) - 2:45Dutch Hiller (3) - 5:18 Frank Brimsek Bill Durnan April 7 2 2–3 1 1 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-bos/1946/04/07/1945030214#game=1945030214,game_state=final No scoring No scoring 8:05 - Murray Henderson (1) Maurice Richard (6) - 13:46 3:01 - Don Gallinger (2) Maurice Richard (7) - 4:04 15:13 - Terry Reardon (4) No scoring Frank Brimsek Bill Durnan April 9 1 3–6 2 www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-mtl/1946/04/09/1945030215#game=1945030215,game_state=final Bill Cowley (1) - p - 5:42Bobby Bauer (4) - 14:01 9:55 - Bob Fillion (4)15:51 - Elmer Lach (5)18:28 - Ken Mosdell (4) Milt Schmidt (3) - 7:15 No scoring No scoring 11:06 - Toe Blake (7)14:05 - Murph Chamberlain (4)17:13 - Dutch Hiller (4) Frank Brimsek Bill Durnan Montreal won series 4–1 Stanley Cup engraving The 1946 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Toe Blake by NHL President Red Dutton following the Canadiens 6–3 win over the Bruins in game five. The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup 1945–46 Montreal Canadiens 1 Bill Durnan *2 Frank Eddolls 3 Emile "Butch" Bouchard 4 Leo Lamoureux 8 Glen Harmon 17 Ken Reardon *10 Herbert Buddy O'Connor 14 Bill Reay 16 Elmer Lach 18 Kenny Mosdell *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 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 (Asst. Trainer)† William Northey (Vice President/Owner) was missing from the team picture and the Stanley Cup. † Left off the cup, but included on the team picture. Joe Benoit only won one Stanley Cup, but his name was engraved differently on all three rings with 1946 Montreal. Original Ring – Joseph Benoit 1946 Presentation Ring – Jo Benoit 1957-58 Replica Ring – Joe Benoit 1992-93 See also 1945–46 NHL season References and notes Diamond Dan Total Stanley Cup 2000 Total Sports Canada Toronto 978-1-892129-07-9 registration https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. 978-1-55168-261-7 Toronto Maple Leafs1945 Toronto Maple Leafs1947 Montreal CanadiensStanley Cup champions 1946 Stanley Cup Category:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Boston Bruins games Category:Montreal Canadiens games Category:Ice hockey competitions in Boston Category:Ice hockey competitions in Montreal Category:1940s in Boston Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Category:1940s in Montreal Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals Stanley Cup Finals