1945–46 Boston Bruins season

1945–46 Boston Bruins
Division 2nd NHL
1945–46 record 24–18–8
Goals for 167
Goals against 156
Team information
General Manager Art Ross
Coach Dit Clapper
Captain Dit Clapper
Team leaders
<1944–45 1946–47>

The 1945–46 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins 22nd season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Bruins made it to the 1946 Stanley Cup Final only to lose to the rival Montreal Canadiens four games to one.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[3]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 50 28 17 5 172 134 +38 61
2 Boston Bruins 50 24 18 8 167 156 +11 56
3 Chicago Black Hawks 50 23 20 7 200 178 +22 53
4 Detroit Red Wings 50 20 20 10 146 159 −13 50
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 19 24 7 174 185 −11 45
6 New York Rangers 50 13 28 9 144 191 −47 35

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 24, 19454–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 0–1–0
2TOctober 27, 19451–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 0–1–1
3LOctober 28, 19450–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 0–2–1
4WNovember 4, 19456–5 Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 1–2–1
5WNovember 7, 19454–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 2–2–1
6LNovember 10, 19453–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 2–3–1
7WNovember 11, 19457–1 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 3–3–1
8WNovember 21, 19453–0 Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 4–3–1
9WNovember 25, 19455–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 5–3–1
10WNovember 28, 19455–1 New York Rangers (1945–46) 6–3–1
11TDecember 2, 19452–2 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 6–3–2
12WDecember 5, 19456–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 7–3–2
13LDecember 9, 19453–8 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 7–4–2
14TDecember 12, 19452–2 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 7–4–3
15TDecember 15, 19453–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 7–4–4
16TDecember 16, 19453–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 7–4–5
17WDecember 19, 19458–7 New York Rangers (1945–46) 8–4–5
18LDecember 23, 19451–4 Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 8–5–5
19WDecember 29, 19454–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 9–5–5
20TDecember 30, 19453–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 9–5–6
21WJanuary 1, 19464–0 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 10–5–6
22LJanuary 5, 19462–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 10–6–6
23LJanuary 6, 19462–4 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 10–7–6
24LJanuary 10, 19461–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 10–8–6
25WJanuary 12, 19464–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 11–8–6
26WJanuary 16, 19463–2 New York Rangers (1945–46) 12–8–6
27WJanuary 17, 19464–2 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 13–8–6
28LJanuary 19, 19461–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 13–9–6
29WJanuary 20, 19463–0 Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 14–9–6
30WJanuary 23, 19467–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 15–9–6
31WJanuary 26, 19464–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 16–9–6
32LJanuary 27, 19461–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 16–10–6
33WJanuary 30, 19464–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 17–10–6
34WFebruary 2, 19465–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 18–10–6
35LFebruary 3, 19461–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 18–11–6
36TFebruary 6, 19463–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 18–11–7
37LFebruary 10, 19460–2 Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 18–12–7
38WFebruary 13, 19463–0 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 19–12–7
39TFebruary 14, 19462–2 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 19–12–8
40LFebruary 16, 19462–6 New York Rangers (1945–46) 19–13–8
41LFebruary 20, 19463–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 19–14–8
42LFebruary 23, 19462–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 19–15–8
43LFebruary 24, 19463–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 19–16–8
44WFebruary 27, 19465–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46) 20–16–8
45LMarch 3, 19463–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 20–17–8
46WMarch 6, 19464–2 Detroit Red Wings (1945–46) 21–17–8
47WMarch 10, 19467–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46) 22–17–8
48WMarch 12, 19463–2 @ New York Rangers (1945–46) 23–17–8
49LMarch 13, 19463–5 New York Rangers (1945–46) 23–18–8
50WMarch 17, 19465–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46) 24–18–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Gallinger, DonDon Gallinger C 50 17 23 40 18
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart LW 50 22 12 34 2
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin LW 50 15 17 32 62
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt C/D 48 13 18 31 21
Cain, HerbHerb Cain LW 48 17 12 29 4
Shill, BillBill Shill RW 45 15 12 27 12
Cowley, BillBill Cowley C 26 12 12 24 6
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon C/RW 49 12 11 23 21
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer RW 39 11 10 21 4
McGill, JackJack McGill C 46 6 14 20 21
Egan, PatPat Egan D 41 8 10 18 32
Crawford, JackJack Crawford D 48 7 9 16 10
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson D 48 4 11 15 30
Church, JackJack Church D 43 2 6 8 28
Smith, KenKen Smith LW 23 2 6 8 0
Clapper, DitDit Clapper RW/D 30 2 3 5 0
Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher LW 4 2 1 3 0
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault G 16 0 0 0 0
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek G 34 0 0 0 0
Bruce, GordieGordie Bruce LW 5 0 0 0 0
Delmonte, ArmandArmand Delmonte RW 1 0 0 0 0
Flaman, FernFern Flaman D 1 0 0 0 0
McMahon, MikeMike McMahon D 2 0 0 0 2
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek 2040 34 16 14 4 111 3.26 2
Bibeault, PaulPaul 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
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt C/D 10 3 5 8 2
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin LW 10 5 2 7 13
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer RW 10 4 3 7 2
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart LW 10 4 3 7 0
Gallinger, DonDon Gallinger C 10 2 4 6 2
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon C/RW 10 4 0 4 2
Cowley, BillBill Cowley C 10 1 3 4 2
Smith, KenKen Smith LW 8 0 4 4 0
Egan, PatPat Egan D 10 3 0 3 8
Crawford, JackJack Crawford D 10 1 2 3 4
Shill, BillBill Shill RW 7 1 2 3 2
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson D 10 1 1 2 4
Cain, HerbHerb Cain LW 9 0 2 2 2
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek G 10 0 0 0 0
Church, JackJack Church D 9 0 0 0 4
Clapper, DitDit Clapper RW/D 4 0 0 0 0
Conacher, RoyRoy Conacher LW 3 0 0 0 0
McGill, JackJack McGill C 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek 651 10 5 5 29 2.67 0
Team: 651 10 5 5 29 2.67 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;

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