1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-17-5 - 61 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL
Postseason: 8-1
Won Stanley Cup
Semi-Finals - Defeated Chicago Black Hawks 4-0
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-1
Coach: Dick Irvin (28-17-5)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1945-46 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1945-46 season with a record of 28 wins and 17 losses and 5 ties for 61 points, finishing first in the NHL. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-1.

The Canadiens led the league with just 134 goals allowed. Montreal scored 172 goals. Toe Blake netted 29 goals for the team, while Elmer Lach contributed 34 assists. Bill Durnan earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.60 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.

Dick Irvin coached the team. The 1945-46 Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Toe Blake	L	50	29	21	50	2
Maurice Richard	R	50	27	22	49	50
Elmer Lach	C	50	13	34	47	34
Jimmy Peters	R	47	11	19	30	10
Billy Reay	C	44	17	12	29	10
Murph Chamberlain	L	40	12	14	26	42
Buddy O'Connor	C	45	11	11	22	2
Joe Benoit	R	39	9	10	19	8
Dutch Hiller	L	45	7	11	18	4
Glen Harmon	D	49	7	10	17	28
Butch Bouchard	D	45	7	10	17	52
Bob Fillion	L	50	10	6	16	12
Leo Lamoureux	D	45	5	7	12	18
Ken Reardon	D	43	5	4	9	45
Ken Mosdell	C	13	2	1	3	8
Gerry Plamondon	L	6	0	2	2	2
Frank Eddolls	D	8	0	1	1	6
Murdo MacKay	C	5	0	1	1	0
Moe White	L	4	0	1	1	2
Mike McMahon	D	13	0	1	1	2
Bill Durnan	G	40	0	0	0	0
Lorrain Thibeault	L	1	0	0	0	0
Paul Bibeault	G	10	0	0	0	0
Vic Lynn	L	2	0	0	0	0
Nils Tremblay	C	2	0	0	0	0
Totals		746	172	198	370	337

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Bill Durnan	40	2400	24	11	5	4	104	2.60	0
Paul Bibeault	10	600	4	6	0	0	30	3.00	0
Totals	50	3000	28	17	5	4	134	2.68		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Toe Blake	L	9	7	6	13	5
Maurice Richard	R	9	7	4	11	15
Elmer Lach	C	9	5	12	17	4
Jimmy Peters	R	9	3	1	4	6
Billy Reay	C	9	1	2	3	4
Murph Chamberlain	L	9	4	2	6	18
Buddy O'Connor	C	9	2	3	5	0
Dutch Hiller	L	9	4	2	6	2
Glen Harmon	D	9	1	4	5	0
Butch Bouchard	D	9	2	1	3	17
Bob Fillion	L	9	4	3	7	6
Leo Lamoureux	D	9	0	2	2	2
Ken Reardon	D	9	1	1	2	4
Ken Mosdell	C	9	4	1	5	6
Gerry Plamondon	L	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Eddolls	D	8	0	1	1	2
Bill Durnan	G	9	0	0	0	0
Totals		144	45	45	90	91

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Bill Durnan	9	581	8	1	0	0	0	20	2.07	0
Totals	9	581	8	1	0	0	0	20	2.07		0