1946 Stanley Cup Finals

1946 Stanley Cup Finals

Teams	1*	2*	3	4*	5	Games
Montreal Canadiens	4	3	4	2	6	4
Boston Bruins	3	2	2	3	3	1

* – Denotes overtime period(s)


Location:	Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5) Boston, MA (Boston Garden) (3,4)
Format:	Best-of-seven
Coaches:	Montreal: Dick Irvin Boston: Dit Clapper
Captains:	Montreal: Toe Blake Boston: Ted Kennedy
Dates:	March 30 to April 9, 1946
Series-winning goal:	Toe Blake (11:06, third)

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The 1946 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens would win the series four games to one.

Paths to the final

Boston defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 to advance to the finals. Montreal defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 to advance to the finals.

The series

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

March 30

Montreal Canadiens

4–3

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

April 2

Montreal Canadiens

3–2

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

April 4

Boston Bruins

2–4

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Garden

April 7

Boston Bruins

3–2

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Garden

April 9

Montreal Canadiens

6–3

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

Montreal won series 4–1

Montreal Canadiens 1946 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Centres

Wingers

5 Wilbert Dutch Hiller
6 Hector Toe Blake (captain)
9 Maurice Rocket Richard
11 Joe Benoit
12 Erwin Murph Chamberlain
15 Bob Fillion
19 Jimmy Peters, Sr.
20 Gerry Plamondon

Defencemen

Goaltenders

1 Bill Durnan

Coaching and administrative staff

Donat Raymond (President/Owner), Dalton Coleman (Vice President/Owner)
Bill Hardy (Director), Tommy Gorman (Manager)
Dick Irvin Sr. (Coach), Arthur Cayford (Secretary-Treasurer)†
Ernie Cook (Trainer)†, Hector Dubois (Asst. Trainer)†
William Northey (Vice President/Owner) was missing from team picture, and Stanley Cup.

† Left off cup, but included on the team picture.

Stanley Cup engraving

Joe Benoit only won 1 Stanley Cup, but his name was engraved differently on all 3 rings with 1946 Montreal.
Original Ring – Joseph Benoit
Presentation Ring – Jo Benoit
Replica Ring – Joe Benoit

References and notes

Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.

Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7

Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1945	Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions 1946	Succeeded by Toronto Maple Leafs 1947

Stanley Cup Finals

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See also	Stanley Cup Stanley Cup ring Champions Challenge games Conference Finals Championship seasons Engravings Traditions and anecdotes Conn Smythe Trophy Broadcasters Television ratings Overtime winners Game seven

Book:Stanley Cup Finals Category:Stanley Cup Finals Portal:Ice hockey

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Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

See also	Punch line Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	All-time roster Records Award Winners 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland

Personnel	Owner Jeremy Jacobs President Cam Neely General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Claude Julien Team captain Zdeno Chára Current roster

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden TD Garden

Rivalries	Montreal Canadiens

Retired numbers	2 3 4 5 7 8 9 15 24 77

Affiliates	AHL Providence Bruins ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

General managers	Ross Patrick Emms Schmidt Sinden O'Connell Gorton Chiarelli Sweeney

Head coaches	Ross Denneny Ross Patrick Ross Weiland Ross Clapper Boucher Patrick Schmidt Watson Schmidt Sinden Johnson Guidolin Cherry Creighton Sinden Cheevers Sinden Goring O'Reilly Milbury Bowness Sutter Kasper Burns Keenan Ftorek O'Connell Sullivan Lewis Julien

Media	NESN WBZ-FM/Radio Network Broadcasters

Culture	Rene Rancourt The Goal Willie O'Ree North Station The Sports Museum of New England Original Six The Big Bad Bruins The Kraut Line "Time to Go"

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

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1946 Stanley Cup Finals

Paths to the final

The series

Montreal Canadiens 1946 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

References and notes