1946 Stanley Cup Finals
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1946 Stanley Cup Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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* – Denotes overtime period(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location(s) | Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | Montreal: Dick Irvin Boston: Dit Clapper | |||||||||||||||||||||
Captains | Montreal: Toe Blake Boston: Dit Clapper | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | March 30 – April 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Contents
Paths to the Finals[edit]
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[edit]
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens
March 30 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Bep Guidolin (4) - 5:09 Woody Dumart (4) - 8:02 |
Second period | 00:21 - pp - Butch Bouchard (1) 3:19 - Bob Fillion (3) | ||||||
Jack Crawford (1) - 14:04 | Third period | 16:23 - Murph Chamberlain (3) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 9:08 - Maurice Richard (5) | ||||||
Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Bill Durnan |
April 2 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
Pat Egan (3) - 10:55 | First period | 1:06 - Elmer Lach (3) | ||||||
Bobby Bauer (3) - 3:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 10:10 - Butch Bouchard (2) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 16:55 - Jimmy Peters (3) | ||||||
Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Bill Durnan |
April 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Elmer Lach (4) - 10:14 Glen Harmon (1) - pp - 14:13 |
First period | 11:01 - Bep Guidolin (5) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 18:41 - Terry Reardon (3) | ||||||
Ken Mosdell (3) - 2:45 Dutch Hiller (3) - 5:18 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Bill Durnan | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
April 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–3 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Maurice Richard (6) - 13:46 | Second period | 8:05 - Murray Henderson (1) | ||||||
Maurice Richard (7) - 4:04 | Third period | 3:01 - Don Gallinger (2) | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 15:13 - Terry Reardon (4) | ||||||
Bill Durnan | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek |
April 9 | Boston Bruins | 3–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
Bill Cowley (1) - p - 5:42 Bobby Bauer (4) - 14:01 |
First period | 9:55 - Bob Fillion (4) 15:51 - Elmer Lach (5) 18:28 - Ken Mosdell (4) | ||||||
Milt Schmidt (3) - 7:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 11:06 - Toe Blake (7) 14:05 - Murph Chamberlain (4) 17:13 - Dutch Hiller (4) | ||||||
Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Bill Durnan |
Montreal won series 4–1 | |
Montreal Canadiens 1946 Stanley Cup champions[edit]
Players
- 10 Herbert Buddy O'Connor
- 14 Bill Reay
- 16 Elmer Lach
- 18 Kenny Mosdell
- 5 Wilbert Dutch Hiller
- 6 Hector Toe Blake (captain)
- 9 Maurice Richard
- 11 Joe Benoit
- 12 Erwin Murph Chamberlain
- 15 Bob Fillion
- 19 Jimmy Peters, Sr.
- 20 Gerry Plamondon
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 one Stanley Cup, but his name was engraved differently on all three rings with 1946 Montreal.
- Original Ring – Joseph Benoit 1946
- Presentation Ring – Jo Benoit 1957-58
- Replica Ring – Joe Benoit 1992-93
See also[edit]
References and notes[edit]
- 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 |