1944–45 Detroit Red Wings season

1944–45 Detroit Red Wings
Division	2nd NHL
1944–45 record	31–14–5
Goals for	218
Goals against	161
Team information
General Manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Flash Hollett
Team leaders
<1943–44	1945–46>

Regular season

Flash Hollett became the first defenceman to score twenty goals in one season. The record would stand until Bobby Orr broke it several decades later.

Final standings

National Hockey League

		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 −40	36
5	Chicago Black Hawks	50	13	30	7	141	194	-53 −53	33
6	New York Rangers	50	11	29	10	154	247	-93 −93	32

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	50	26	28	54	6
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	46	17	36	53	6
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	43	23	24	47	6
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	50	20	21	41	39
Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski	RW	49	19	20	39	17
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	50	15	24	39	31
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	42	23	9	32	18
McAtee, JudJud McAtee	LW	44	15	11	26	6
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	42	12	13	25	6
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	45	17	6	23	43
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	50	7	14	21	10
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	20	6	10	16	6
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert	D	25	5	9	14	10
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	50	5	6	11	45
Bukovich, TonyTony Bukovich	LW/C	14	7	2	9	6
McDonald, ButchButch McDonald	LW/C	3	1	1	2	0
Simon, CullyCully Simon	D	21	0	2	2	26
Thibeault, LorrainLorrain Thibeault	LW	4	0	2	2	2
Buller, HyHy Buller	D	2	0	0	0	2
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	G	12	0	0	0	0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	37	0	0	0	0
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	2	0	0	0	0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	2220	37	24	10	3	119	3.22	1
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion	720	12	6	4	2	39	3.25	0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	3000	50	31	14	5	161	3.22	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	14	5	6	11	2
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau	RW	14	5	2	7	0
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett	D	14	3	4	7	6
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong	C	14	4	2	6	2
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	14	4	2	6	0
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	14	3	2	5	2
McAtee, JudJud McAtee	LW	14	2	1	3	0
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert	D	14	2	1	3	4
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay	LW	14	2	0	2	6
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson	D	14	1	1	2	10
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush	D	14	0	2	2	2
Bukovich, TonyTony Bukovich	LW/C	6	0	1	1	0
Purpur, FidoFido Purpur	RW	7	0	1	1	4
Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski	RW	6	0	1	1	0
Couture, GerryGerry Couture	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	7	0	0	0	2
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	G	14	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	871	14	7	7	31	2.14	2
Team:	871	14	7	7	31	2.14	2

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

• 1944–45 NHL season

External links

• "1944–45 Detroit Red Wings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.