
1945-46 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 38-16-8 - 84 points
in the AHL's Eastern Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Frank Beisler (38-16-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
The Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League ended the 1945-46 season with a record of 38 wins and 16 losses and 8 ties for 84 points in the AHL's Eastern Division.
The Bisons topped the league with just 196 goals allowed. Buffalo scored 270 goals. Murdo MacKay netted 32 goals for the team, while Fred Hunt recorded 43 assists. Connie Dion recorded 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.47 goals against average, leading regularly-used goaltenders.
Frank Beisler coached the team. The 1945-46 Buffalo Bisons won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
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Fred Hunt | R | 62 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 32 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 1.13 | |
Murdo MacKay | C | 58 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 18 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 1.09 | |
Roger Leger | D | 57 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 41 | 0.39 | 0.61 | 1.00 | |
Len Halldorson | 61 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 28 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.92 | ||
Paul Mundrick | R | 54 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 16 | 0.41 | 0.57 | 0.98 | |
Doug Lewis | L | 62 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 8 | 0.32 | 0.52 | 0.84 | |
Vic Lynn | L | 53 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 60 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.96 | |
Tom Cooper | C | 53 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 44 | 0.32 | 0.64 | 0.96 | |
John Horeck | R | 45 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 24 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 1.07 | |
Hec Pozzo | D | 61 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 33 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.75 | |
Ken Mosdell | C | 43 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 46 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 1.02 | |
Gerry Bellemarre | C | 46 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 0.24 | 0.46 | 0.70 | |
Frank Eddolls | D | 34 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 0.18 | 0.68 | 0.85 | |
George Boothman | C | 50 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 19 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.54 | |
Mike McMahon | D | 26 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 0.08 | 0.54 | 0.62 | |
Mike Shabaga | L | 15 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.73 | |
Wilf Field | D | 36 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 0.03 | 0.28 | 0.31 | |
Art Lessard | D | 51 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.18 | |
Tony Hemmerling | L | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.47 | |
Bill Allum | D | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.26 | |
John Baby | D | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.19 | |
Lorrain Thibeault | L | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.83 | |
Moe White | L | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.36 | |
John Adams | L | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.21 | |
Bob Blake | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | |
Bobby Thorpe | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.38 | |
Nakina Smith | C | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Lloyd Finkbeiner | L | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
Frank Beisler | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
Bob Stoddart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Al Picard | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Connie Dion | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Ceryance | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1076 | 316 | 453 | 769 | 652 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connie Dion | 34 | 2040 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 2.47 | |||
Frank Ceryance | 27 | 0 | 1 | 109 | ||||||||
Al Picard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
Totals | 62 | 2040 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 5.76 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Hunt | R | 12 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.92 | 1.33 |
Murdo MacKay | C | 12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.67 | 1.08 |
Roger Leger | D | 12 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.67 | 0.75 |
Len Halldorson | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | |
Paul Mundrick | R | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 |
Doug Lewis | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Vic Lynn | L | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.83 |
Tom Cooper | C | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.58 |
Gerry Bellemarre | C | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.58 | 1.00 |
George Boothman | C | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.92 |
Mike McMahon | D | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0.50 |
Mike Shabaga | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Wilf Field | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
Art Lessard | D | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.60 | 0.70 |
John Adams | L | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.89 |
Bob Blake | L | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.33 |
Connie Dion | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 182 | 50 | 75 | 125 | 80 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connie Dion | 12 | 730 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.88 | 0 | ||
Totals | 12 | 730 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.88 | 0 |