1945–46 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1945–46 1945 Boston Bruins 24–18–8 16–5–4 8–13–4 2nd 167 156 Art Ross Dit Clapper Jack Crawford Boston Garden Woody Dumart (22) Don Gallinger (23) Don Gallinger (40) Bep Guidolin (62) Frank Brimsek (16) Paul Bibeault (2.81) The 1945–46 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins 22nd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins made it to the 1946 Stanley Cup Finals only to lose to the rival Montreal Canadiens four games to one. 2 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.Diamond 1994 17 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.Diamond 1994 17 Regular season Final standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 5px solid; 1945–46 regular season1945-46 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1946_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 3, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 24, 1945||4–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||0–1–0 |- |2||T||October 27, 1945||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||0–1–1 |- |3||L||October 28, 1945||0–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||0–2–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |4||W||November 4, 1945||6–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||1–2–1 |- |5||W||November 7, 1945||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||2–2–1 |- |6||L||November 10, 1945||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||2–3–1 |- |7||W||November 11, 1945||7–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||3–3–1 |- |8||W||November 21, 1945||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||4–3–1 |- |9||W||November 25, 1945||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||5–3–1 |- |10||W||November 28, 1945||5–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||6–3–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||T||December 2, 1945||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||6–3–2 |- |12||W||December 5, 1945||6–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||7–3–2 |- |13||L||December 9, 1945||3–8 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||7–4–2 |- |14||T||December 12, 1945||2–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||7–4–3 |- |15||T||December 15, 1945||3–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||7–4–4 |- |16||T||December 16, 1945||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||7–4–5 |- |17||W||December 19, 1945||8–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||8–4–5 |- |18||L||December 23, 1945||1–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||8–5–5 |- |19||W||December 29, 1945||4–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||9–5–5 |- |20||T||December 30, 1945||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||9–5–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||January 1, 1946||4–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||10–5–6 |- |22||L||January 5, 1946||2–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||10–6–6 |- |23||L||January 6, 1946||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||10–7–6 |- |24||L||January 10, 1946||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||10–8–6 |- |25||W||January 12, 1946||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||11–8–6 |- |26||W||January 16, 1946||3–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||12–8–6 |- |27||W||January 17, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||13–8–6 |- |28||L||January 19, 1946||1–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||13–9–6 |- |29||W||January 20, 1946||3–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||14–9–6 |- |30||W||January 23, 1946||7–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||15–9–6 |- |31||W||January 26, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||16–9–6 |- |32||L||January 27, 1946||1–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||16–10–6 |- |33||W||January 30, 1946||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||17–10–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |34||W||February 2, 1946||5–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||18–10–6 |- |35||L||February 3, 1946||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||18–11–6 |- |36||T||February 6, 1946||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||18–11–7 |- |37||L||February 10, 1946||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||18–12–7 |- |38||W||February 13, 1946||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||19–12–7 |- |39||T||February 14, 1946||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||19–12–8 |- |40||L||February 16, 1946||2–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||19–13–8 |- |41||L||February 20, 1946||3–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||19–14–8 |- |42||L||February 23, 1946||2–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||19–15–8 |- |43||L||February 24, 1946||3–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||19–16–8 |- |44||W||February 27, 1946||5–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) ||20–16–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#010101 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFB81C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |45||L||March 3, 1946||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||20–17–8 |- |46||W||March 6, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) ||21–17–8 |- |47||W||March 10, 1946||7–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) ||22–17–8 |- |48||W||March 12, 1946||3–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1945–46) ||23–17–8 |- |49||L||March 13, 1946||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1945–46) ||23–18–8 |- |50||W||March 17, 1946||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) ||24–18–8 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs January 2011 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Don Gallinger C 50 17 23 40 18 Woody Dumart LW 50 22 12 34 2 Bep Guidolin LW 50 15 17 32 62 Milt Schmidt C/D 48 13 18 31 21 Herb Cain LW 48 17 12 29 4 Bill Shill RW 45 15 12 27 12 Bill Cowley C 26 12 12 24 6 Terry Reardon C/RW 49 12 11 23 21 Bobby Bauer RW 39 11 10 21 4 Jack McGill Jack McGill (ice hockey b. 1921) C 46 6 14 20 21 Pat Egan D 41 8 10 18 32 Jack Crawford Jack Crawford (ice hockey) D 48 7 9 16 10 Murray Henderson Murray Henderson (ice hockey) D 48 4 11 15 30 Jack Church D 43 2 6 8 28 Ken Smith Kenny Smith (ice hockey) LW 23 2 6 8 0 Dit Clapper RW/D 30 2 3 5 0 Roy Conacher LW 4 2 1 3 0 Paul Bibeault G 16 0 0 0 0 Frank Brimsek G 34 0 0 0 0 Gordie Bruce LW 5 0 0 0 0 Armand Delmonte RW 1 0 0 0 0 Fern Flaman D 1 0 0 0 0 Mike McMahon Mike McMahon Sr. D 2 0 0 0 2 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Frank Brimsek 2040 34 16 14 4 111 3.26 2 Paul 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 Milt Schmidt C/D 10 3 5 8 2 Bep Guidolin LW 10 5 2 7 13 Bobby Bauer RW 10 4 3 7 2 Woody Dumart LW 10 4 3 7 0 Don Gallinger C 10 2 4 6 2 Terry Reardon C/RW 10 4 0 4 2 Bill Cowley C 10 1 3 4 2 Ken Smith Kenny Smith (ice hockey) LW 8 0 4 4 0 Pat Egan D 10 3 0 3 8 Jack Crawford Jack Crawford (ice hockey) D 10 1 2 3 4 Bill Shill RW 7 1 2 3 2 Murray Henderson Murray Henderson (ice hockey) D 10 1 1 2 4 Herb Cain LW 9 0 2 2 2 Frank Brimsek G 10 0 0 0 0 Jack Church D 9 0 0 0 4 Dit Clapper RW/D 4 0 0 0 0 Roy Conacher LW 3 0 0 0 0 Jack McGill Jack McGill (ice hockey b. 1921) C 10 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Frank Brimsek 651 10 5 5 29 2.67 0 Team: 651 10 5 5 29 2.67 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-11 1945-46 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1946.html See also 1945–46 NHL season 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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