1944–45 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1944–45 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 36th season. The Canadiens placed first in the regular season, but lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the semi-finals.

Regular season

Maurice Richard’s 50 goals in 50 games

In 1945, Maurice Richard made NHL history by becoming the first player to score 50 goals in one season, reaching the mark on the final night of the season — 50 goals in 50 games.

Final standings

National Hockey League^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	38	8	4	228	121	+107	80
2	Detroit Red Wings	50	31	14	5	218	161	+57	67
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	24	22	4	183	161	+22	52
4	Boston Bruins	50	16	30	4	179	219	−40	36
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	13	30	7	141	194	−53	33
6	New York Rangers	50	11	29	10	154	247	−93	32

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 28, 1944	3–2	Boston Bruins (1944–45)	1–0–0
2	L	November 2, 1944	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	1–1–0
3	W	November 4, 1944	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	2–1–0
4	W	November 5, 1944	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	3–1–0
5	W	November 9, 1944	9–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	4–1–0
6	L	November 11, 1944	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	4–2–0
7	W	November 12, 1944	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	5–2–0
8	W	November 18, 1944	6–3	Boston Bruins (1944–45)	6–2–0
9	W	November 19, 1944	6–2	@ New York Rangers (1944–45)	7–2–0
10	W	November 21, 1944	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1944–45)	8–2–0
11	T	November 23, 1944	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	8–2–1
12	L	November 25, 1944	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	8–3–1
13	W	November 26, 1944	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	9–3–1
14	L	November 30, 1944	5–7	New York Rangers (1944–45)	9–4–1
15	W	December 3, 1944	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	10–4–1
16	W	December 5, 1944	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1944–45)	11–4–1
17	T	December 14, 1944	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	11–4–2
18	W	December 16, 1944	8–5	Boston Bruins (1944–45)	12–4–2
19	W	December 17, 1944	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1944–45)	13–4–2
20	W	December 23, 1944	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	14–4–2
21	W	December 28, 1944	9–1	Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	15–4–2
22	W	December 30, 1944	4–1	New York Rangers (1944–45)	16–4–2
23	W	January 2, 1945	6–3	@ Boston Bruins (1944–45)	17–4–2
24	L	January 4, 1945	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	17–5–2
25	W	January 6, 1945	10–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	18–5–2
26	W	January 11, 1945	7–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	19–5–2
27	W	January 13, 1945	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	20–5–2
28	W	January 14, 1945	6–2	@ New York Rangers (1944–45)	21–5–2
29	W	January 17, 1945	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	22–5–2
30	W	January 20, 1945	5–2	New York Rangers (1944–45)	23–5–2
31	W	January 21, 1945	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	24–5–2
32	W	January 27, 1945	11–3	Boston Bruins (1944–45)	25–5–2
33	W	January 28, 1945	4–1	@ Boston Bruins (1944–45)	26–5–2
34	T	February 1, 1945	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	26–5–3
35	W	February 3, 1945	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	27–5–3
36	W	February 4, 1945	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	28–5–3
37	W	February 8, 1945	9–4	New York Rangers (1944–45)	29–5–3
38	W	February 10, 1945	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	30–5–3
39	W	February 11, 1945	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1944–45)	31–5–3
40	W	February 17, 1945	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	32–5–3
41	T	February 18, 1945	0–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	32–5–4
42	W	February 25, 1945	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	33–5–4
43	L	March 3, 1945	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45)	33–6–4
44	L	March 4, 1945	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	33–7–4
45	W	March 8, 1945	3–2	Boston Bruins (1944–45)	34–7–4
46	W	March 10, 1945	7–3	New York Rangers (1944–45)	35–7–4
47	W	March 11, 1945	11–5	@ New York Rangers (1944–45)	36–7–4
48	L	March 15, 1945	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45)	36–8–4
49	W	March 17, 1945	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45)	37–8–4
50	W	March 18, 1945	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1944–45)	38–8–4

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	50	26	54	80	37
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	50	50	23	73	46
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	49	29	38	67	25
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	50	21	23	44	2
Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller	LW	48	20	16	36	20
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	50	11	23	34	34
Gauthier, FernFern Gauthier	RW	50	18	13	31	23
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux	C/D	49	2	22	24	58
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	41	16	7	23	34
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	31	12	6	18	16
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	31	6	8	14	12
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	32	2	12	14	38
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	D	43	5	8	13	20
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	42	5	8	13	41
Majeau, FernFern Majeau	C/LW	12	2	6	8	4
Rossignol, RolyRoly Rossignol	RW	5	2	2	4	2
Field, WilfWilf Field	D	9	1	0	1	10
Joanette, RosarioRosario Joanette	C	2	0	1	1	4
Tremblay, NilsNils Tremblay	C	1	0	1	1	0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	50	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	3000	50	38	8	4	121	2.42	1
Team:	3000	50	38	8	4	121	2.42	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	6	6	2	8	10
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	6	4	4	8	2
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	6	3	4	7	4
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	1	3	0	3	0
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	6	1	1	2	10
Hiller, DutchDutch Hiller	LW	6	1	1	2	4
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux	C/D	6	1	1	2	2
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	6	0	2	2	5
Emberg, EddieEddie Emberg	C	2	1	0	1	0
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	6	1	0	1	2
Getliffe, RayRay Getliffe	C/LW	6	0	1	1	0
Mahaffy, JohnJohn Mahaffy	C	1	0	1	1	0
Stahan, ButchButch Stahan	D	3	0	1	1	2
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	6	0	0	0	0
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	D	3	0	0	0	0
Gauthier, FernFern Gauthier	RW	4	0	0	0	0
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor	C	2	0	0	0	0
Rossignol, RolyRoly Rossignol	RW	1	0	0	0	2
Tremblay, NilsNils Tremblay	C	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	373	6	2	4	15	2.41	0
Team:	373	6	2	4	15	2.41	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

Canadiens on Hockey Database

↑ "1944–1945 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1944–45 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1944-45 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1944–45 NHL season

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

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