1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season was the Detroit NHL franchise's 20th season of operation.

1945–46 Detroit Red Wings
Division4th NHL
1945–46 record20–20–10
Goals for146
Goals against159
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainFlash Hollett
Sid Abel
Team leaders
GoalsAdam Brown (20)
AssistsJoe Carveth (18)
PointsJoe Carveth (35)
Penalty minutesJack Stewart (73)
WinsHarry Lumley (20)
Goals against averageHarry Lumley (3.18)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens5028175172134+3861
2Boston Bruins5024188167156+1156
3Chicago Black Hawks5023207200178+2253
4Detroit Red Wings50202010146159−1350
5Toronto Maple Leafs5019247174185−1145
6New York Rangers5013289144191−4735

Record vs. opponents
1945–46 NHL Records [2]
Team BOS CHI DET MTL NYR TOR
Boston —4–64–3–34–5–16–3–16–1–3
Chicago 6–4—3–4–34–5–15–2–35–5
Detroit 3–4–34–3–3—6–3–14–4–23–6–1
Montreal 5–4–15–4–13–6–1—8–1–17–2–1
New York 3–6–12–5–34–4–21–8–1—3–5–2
Toronto 1–6–35–56–3–12–7–15–3–2—

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

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins finished second in the league with 56 points. The Detroit Red Wings finished fourth with 50 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the three of the four previous series. They last met in the previous season's Stanley Cup semifinals where the Red Wings won in seven games. Boston won the season's ten-game regular-season series earning eleven of twenty points.

March 19 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 03:11 – sh – Pat Egan (1)
19:05 – Bill Shill (1)
Harry Watson (1) – 07:51 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 11:43 – Bep Guidolin (1)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Frank Brimsek
March 21 Detroit Red Wings 3–0 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Pat Lundy (1) – 07:32
Jim Conacher (1) – 12:58		 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Harry Watson (2) – 19:22 Third period No scoring
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Frank Brimsek
March 24 Boston Bruins 5–2 Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium Recap  
Milt Schmidt (1) – 02:50 First period No scoring
Woody Dumart (1) – 04:51 Second period No scoring
Pat Egan (2) – 00:25
Milt Schmidt (2) – 01:51
Woody Dumart (2) – 11:10		 Third period 12:42 – Fern Gauthier (1)
13:25 – Carl Liscombe (1)
Frank Brimsek Goalie stats Harry Lumley
March 26 Boston Bruins 4–1 Detroit Red Wings Olympia Stadium Recap  
Bobby Bauer (1) – 02:08
Woody Dumart (3) – 14:54		 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Bep Guidolin (2) – 04:08
Terry Reardon (1) – 11:30		 Third period 11:00 – Fern Gauthier (2)
Frank Brimsek Goalie stats Harry Lumley
March 28 Detroit Red Wings 3–4 OT Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 07:04 – Bep Guidolin (3)
14:03 – pp – Bobby Bauer (2)
Fern Gauthier (3) – 11:00 Second period No scoring
Adam Brown (1) – 12:55
Eddie Bruneteau (1) – 19:13		 Third period 04:24 – Terry Reardon (2)
No scoring First overtime period 09:51 – Don Gallinger (1)
Harry Lumley Goalie stats Frank Brimsek
Boston won series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Joe CarvethRW4817183510
Adam BrownLW4820113127
Eddie BruneteauRW4617122911
Murray ArmstrongC40818264
Harry WatsonLW441410244
Carl LiscombeLW44129212
Bill QuackenbushD481110216
Fern GauthierRW3098176
Ted LindsayLW477101714
Jack StewartD474111573
Flash HollettD38491316
Syd HoweC/LW2647119
Mud BruneteauRW2864102
Gerry CoutureRW43371018
Harold JacksonD3634736
Jim ConacherC2015610
Pat LundyC43252
Rollie McLenahanD921310
Roly RossignolRW81234
Earl SeibertD1803318
Sid AbelC/LW70220
Gerry BrownLW100112
Doug McCaigD601112
Les DouglasC10000
John HolotaC30000
Harry LumleyG500006
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley3000502020101593.182
Team:3000502020101593.182

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Fern GauthierRW53032
Harry WatsonLW52020
Adam BrownLW51120
Jim ConacherC51120
Murray ArmstrongC50220
Gerry CoutureRW50220
Flash HollettD50220
Eddie BruneteauRW41010
Carl LiscombeLW41010
Pat LundyC21010
Joe CarvethRW50110
Ted LindsayLW50110
Bill QuackenbushD50110
Sid AbelC/LW30000
Harold JacksonD50006
Harry LumleyG50000
Rollie McLenahanD20000
Jack StewartD500014
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Harry Lumley310514163.101
Team:310514163.101

[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

References
  1. "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "1945-46 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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