1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1945–46 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs 19–24–7 10–13–2 9–11–5 174 185 5th Conn Smythe Hap Day Syl Apps Maple Leaf Gardens Gaye Stewart (37) Gus Bodnar (23) Gaye Stewart (52) Bob Goldham (44) Frank McCool (10) Turk Broda (3.53) The 1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 29th season of play of the Toronto NHL franchise. Although the club was the defending Stanley Cup champion, the team's play declined and the club finished in fifth, missing the playoffs for the first time since the 1929–30 season. Diamond 1994 18 2 Offseason Cup hero goaltender Frank McCool held out. The Maple Leafs decided to play the tandem of Baz Bastien and Gordie Bell.Diamond 1994 18 Regular season Without Frank McCool, the team only won three of the first thirteen games, and the Leafs and McCool came to terms.Diamond 1994 18 The club continued to struggle and only won eight of the first 28 games. Turk Broda returned from war-time duty in January, but the team continued to struggle. All-Star defenceman Babe Pratt was suspended, but was reinstated after nine games. The team won only two of the nine games and dropped out of playoff contention. The club finished in fifth place, out of the playoffs. The team was only the second team to miss the playoffs after winning the Cup.Diamond 1994 18 Final standings TOR Record vs. opponents TOR Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 5px solid; 1945–46 regular season1945-46 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1946_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 5, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 27||1–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||0–0–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |2||L||November 1||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||November 3||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||0–2–1 |- |4||L||November 4||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||0–3–1 |- |5||L||November 7||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||0–4–1 |- |6||L||November 8||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||0–5–1 |- |7||W||November 10||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||1–5–1 |- |8||L||November 11||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||1–6–1 |- |9||L||November 14||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||1–7–1 |- |10||L||November 17||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||1–8–1 |- |11||W||November 18||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||2–8–1 |- |12||W||November 24||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||3–8–1 |- |13||L||November 25||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||3–9–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |14||L||December 1||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||3–10–1 |- |15||W||December 2||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||4–10–1 |- |16||L||December 8||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||4–11–1 |- |17||L||December 9||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||4–12–1 |- |18||W||December 13||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||5–12–1 |- |19||W||December 15||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||6–12–1 |- |20||T||December 16||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||6–12–2 |- |21||T||December 22||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||6–12–3 |- |22||W||December 23||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||7–12–3 |- |23||L||December 25||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||7–13–3 |- |24||L||December 26||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||7–14–3 |- |25||L||December 29||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||7–15–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||L||January 1||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||7–16–3 |- |27||L||January 5||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||7–17–3 |- |28||W||January 10||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||8–17–3 |- |29||W||January 12||9–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||9–17–3 |- |30||W||January 19||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||10–17–3 |- |31||W||January 20||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||11–17–3 |- |32||L||January 23||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||11–18–3 |- |33||W||January 26||6–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||12–18–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |34||L||February 2||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||12–19–3 |- |35||T||February 3||6–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||12–19–4 |- |36||T||February 6||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||12–19–5 |- |37||W||February 9||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||13–19–5 |- |38||T||February 10||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||13–19–6 |- |39||L||February 16||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||13–20–6 |- |40||W||February 23||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||14–20–6 |- |41||L||February 24||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||14–21–6 |- |42||L||February 27||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||14–22–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#00205B 2px solid; border-bottom:#00205B 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |43||W||March 2||9–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||15–22–6 |- |44||W||March 3||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||16–22–6 |- |45||W||March 6||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||17–22–6 |- |46||L||March 9||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||17–23–6 |- |47||L||March 10||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1945–46) ||17–24–6 |- |48||T||March 14||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||17–24–7 |- |49||W||March 16||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||18–24–7 |- |50||W||March 17||11–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||19–24–7 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM Gaye Stewart 50 37 15 52 8 Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (ice hockey born 1919) 48 23 18 41 14 Syl Apps 40 24 16 40 2 Gus Bodnar 49 14 23 37 14 Babe Pratt 41 5 20 25 36 Nick Metz 41 11 11 22 4 Bob Goldham 49 7 14 21 44 Sweeney Schriner 47 13 6 19 15 Bob Davidson Bob Davidson (ice hockey) 41 9 9 18 12 Jackie Hamilton Jackie Hamilton (ice hockey) 40 7 9 16 12 Lorne Carr 42 5 8 13 2 Wally Stanowski 45 3 10 13 10 Mel Hill 35 5 7 12 10 Bill Ezinicki 24 4 8 12 29 Bud Poile 9 1 8 9 0 Moe Morris 38 1 5 6 10 Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) 21 3 2 5 4 Ernie Dickens 15 1 3 4 6 Don Metz Don Metz (ice hockey) 7 1 0 1 0 Doug Baldwin ice hockey 15 0 1 1 6 Jimmy Thomson Jimmy Thomson (ice hockey born 1927) 5 0 1 1 4 Baz Bastien 5 0 0 0 0 Gordie Bell 8 0 0 0 0 Turk Broda 15 0 0 0 0 Frank McCool Mccool, Frank 22 0 0 0 5 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAASASVSV% SO Frank McCool Mccool, Frank 1320 22 10 9 3 81 3.68 0 Turk Broda 900 15 6 6 3 53 3.53 0 Gordie Bell 480 8 3 5 0 31 3.87 0 Baz Bastien 300 5 0 4 1 20 4.00 0 Team: 3000 50 19 24 7 185 3.70 0hockey-reference.com 2009-05-27 1945-46 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TOR/1946.html Transactions July 9, 1945: Traded Reg Hamilton to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash and Future Considerations September 22, 1945: Acquired Gordie Bell from the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for cash October 16, 1945: Signed Free Agent Jimmy Thomson October 29, 1945: Traded Bingo Kampman to the Boston Bruins to complete a previous transaction November 6, 1945: Acquired Bingo Kampman from the Boston Bruins as Boston returned player References Dan Diamond 1994 Years of glory, 1942–1967: the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era McClelland & Stewart Inc. 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