1946 Stanley Cup Finals

1946 Stanley Cup Finals
1 2 3 4 5 Total Montreal Canadiens 4 3 4 2 6 4 Boston Bruins 3 2 2 3 3 1
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s)	Montreal, QC (Montreal Forum) (1,2,5) Boston, MA (Boston Garden) (3,4)
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)

The 1946 Stanley Cup Finals 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 Finals

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.

Game summaries

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

March 30

Montreal Canadiens

4–3

OT

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

April 2

Montreal Canadiens

3–2

OT

Boston Bruins

Montreal Forum

April 4

Boston Bruins

2–4

Montreal Canadiens

Boston Garden

April 7

Boston Bruins

3–2

OT

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

Players

  Centres

• 10 Herbert Buddy O'Connor
• 14 Bill Reay
• 16 Elmer Lach
• 18 Kenny Mosdell

  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

• 2 Frank Eddolls
• 3 Emile "Butch" Bouchard
• 4 Leo Lamoureux
• 8 Glen Harmon
• 17 Ken Reardon

  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

See also

• 1945–46 NHL season

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