1945β46 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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1945β46 record | 19β24β7 |
Team information | |
General manager | Conn Smythe |
Coach | Hap Day |
Captain | Syl Apps |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Gaye Stewart (37) |
Assists | Gus Bodnar (23) |
Points | Gaye Stewart (52) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Goldham (44) |
Wins | Frank McCool (10) |
Goals against average | Turk Broda (3.53) |
The 1945β46 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 29th season of play of the Toronto NHL franchise. Although the club was the defending Stanley Cup champion, the team's play declined and the club finished in fifth, missing the playoffs. [1]
Cup hero goaltender Frank McCool held out. The Maple Leafs decided to play the tandem of Baz Bastien and Gordie Bell. [1]
Without Frank McCool, the team only won three of the first thirteen games, and the Leafs and McCool came to terms. [1] The club continued to struggle and only won eight of the first 28 games. Turk Broda returned from war-time duty in January, but the team continued to struggle. All-Star defenceman Babe Pratt was suspended, but was reinstated after nine games. The team won only two of the nine games and dropped out of playoff contention. The club finished in fifth place, out of the playoffs. The team was only the second team to miss the playoffs after winning the Cup. [1]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 172 | 134 | +38 | 61 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 167 | 156 | +11 | 56 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 200 | 178 | +22 | 53 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 146 | 159 | β13 | 50 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 174 | 185 | β11 | 45 |
6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 144 | 191 | β47 | 35 |
1945β46 NHL Records [3] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | β | 4β6 | 4β3β3 | 4β5β1 | 6β3β1 | 6β1β3 | ||||||
Chicago | 6β4 | β | 3β4β3 | 4β5β1 | 5β2β3 | 5β5 | ||||||
Detroit | 3β4β3 | 4β3β3 | β | 6β3β1 | 4β4β2 | 3β6β1 | ||||||
Montreal | 5β4β1 | 5β4β1 | 3β6β1 | β | 8β1β1 | 7β2β1 | ||||||
New York | 3β6β1 | 2β5β3 | 4β4β2 | 1β8β1 | β | 3β5β2 | ||||||
Toronto | 1β6β3 | 5β5 | 6β3β1 | 2β7β1 | 5β3β2 | β |
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | T | October 27 | 1β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 0β0β1 |
2 | L | November 1 | 2β4 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 0β1β1 |
3 | L | November 3 | 1β4 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 0β2β1 |
4 | L | November 4 | 4β7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 0β3β1 |
5 | L | November 7 | 3β4 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 0β4β1 |
6 | L | November 8 | 2β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 0β5β1 |
7 | W | November 10 | 3β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 1β5β1 |
8 | L | November 11 | 3β5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 1β6β1 |
9 | L | November 14 | 1β6 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 1β7β1 |
10 | L | November 17 | 5β6 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 1β8β1 |
11 | W | November 18 | 3β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 2β8β1 |
12 | W | November 24 | 4β3 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 3β8β1 |
13 | L | November 25 | 3β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 3β9β1 |
14 | L | December 1 | 2β8 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 3β10β1 |
15 | W | December 2 | 5β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 4β10β1 |
16 | L | December 8 | 0β1 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 4β11β1 |
17 | L | December 9 | 1β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 4β12β1 |
18 | W | December 13 | 4β3 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 5β12β1 |
19 | W | December 15 | 3β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 6β12β1 |
20 | T | December 16 | 3β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 6β12β2 |
21 | T | December 22 | 5β5 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 6β12β3 |
22 | W | December 23 | 4β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 7β12β3 |
23 | L | December 25 | 3β6 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 7β13β3 |
24 | L | December 26 | 2β4 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 7β14β3 |
25 | L | December 29 | 3β4 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 7β15β3 |
26 | L | January 1 | 1β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 7β16β3 |
27 | L | January 5 | 0β3 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 7β17β3 |
28 | W | January 10 | 5β4 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 8β17β3 |
29 | W | January 12 | 9β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 9β17β3 |
30 | W | January 19 | 3β1 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 10β17β3 |
31 | W | January 20 | 3β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 11β17β3 |
32 | L | January 23 | 1β7 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 11β18β3 |
33 | W | January 26 | 6β5 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 12β18β3 |
34 | L | February 2 | 3β5 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 12β19β3 |
35 | T | February 3 | 6β6 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 12β19β4 |
36 | T | February 6 | 3β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 12β19β5 |
37 | W | February 9 | 4β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 13β19β5 |
38 | T | February 10 | 2β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 13β19β6 |
39 | L | February 16 | 2β4 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 13β20β6 |
40 | W | February 23 | 7β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 14β20β6 |
41 | L | February 24 | 2β6 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 14β21β6 |
42 | L | February 27 | 4β6 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 14β22β6 |
43 | W | March 2 | 9β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 15β22β6 |
44 | W | March 3 | 5β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 16β22β6 |
45 | W | March 6 | 5β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 17β22β6 |
46 | L | March 9 | 1β2 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 17β23β6 |
47 | L | March 10 | 3β7 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 17β24β6 |
48 | T | March 14 | 2β2 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 17β24β7 |
49 | W | March 16 | 7β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 18β24β7 |
50 | W | March 17 | 11β7 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 19β24β7 |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Gaye Stewart | 50 | 37 | 15 | 52 | 8 |
Billy Taylor | 48 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 14 |
Syl Apps | 40 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 2 |
Gus Bodnar | 49 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 14 |
Babe Pratt | 41 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 36 |
Nick Metz | 41 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 4 |
Bob Goldham | 49 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 44 |
Sweeney Schriner | 47 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 15 |
Bob Davidson | 41 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 |
Jackie Hamilton | 40 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 |
Lorne Carr | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
Wally Stanowski | 45 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
Mel Hill | 35 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
Bill Ezinicki | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
Bud Poile | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
Moe Morris | 38 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Ted Kennedy | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Ernie Dickens | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Don Metz | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Doug Baldwin | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Jimmy Thomson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Baz Bastien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Bell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turk Broda | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank McCool | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
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Frank McCool | 1320 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 3.68 | 0 | |||
Turk Broda | 900 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 3.53 | 0 | |||
Gordie Bell | 480 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 3.87 | 0 | |||
Baz Bastien | 300 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | |||
Team: | 3000 | 50 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 185 | 3.70 | 0 |
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1945β46 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
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1945β46 record | 19β24β7 |
Team information | |
General manager | Conn Smythe |
Coach | Hap Day |
Captain | Syl Apps |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Gaye Stewart (37) |
Assists | Gus Bodnar (23) |
Points | Gaye Stewart (52) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Goldham (44) |
Wins | Frank McCool (10) |
Goals against average | Turk Broda (3.53) |
The 1945β46 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 29th season of play of the Toronto NHL franchise. Although the club was the defending Stanley Cup champion, the team's play declined and the club finished in fifth, missing the playoffs. [1]
Cup hero goaltender Frank McCool held out. The Maple Leafs decided to play the tandem of Baz Bastien and Gordie Bell. [1]
Without Frank McCool, the team only won three of the first thirteen games, and the Leafs and McCool came to terms. [1] The club continued to struggle and only won eight of the first 28 games. Turk Broda returned from war-time duty in January, but the team continued to struggle. All-Star defenceman Babe Pratt was suspended, but was reinstated after nine games. The team won only two of the nine games and dropped out of playoff contention. The club finished in fifth place, out of the playoffs. The team was only the second team to miss the playoffs after winning the Cup. [1]
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 172 | 134 | +38 | 61 |
2 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 167 | 156 | +11 | 56 |
3 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 200 | 178 | +22 | 53 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 146 | 159 | β13 | 50 |
5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 174 | 185 | β11 | 45 |
6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 13 | 28 | 9 | 144 | 191 | β47 | 35 |
1945β46 NHL Records [3] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | β | 4β6 | 4β3β3 | 4β5β1 | 6β3β1 | 6β1β3 | ||||||
Chicago | 6β4 | β | 3β4β3 | 4β5β1 | 5β2β3 | 5β5 | ||||||
Detroit | 3β4β3 | 4β3β3 | β | 6β3β1 | 4β4β2 | 3β6β1 | ||||||
Montreal | 5β4β1 | 5β4β1 | 3β6β1 | β | 8β1β1 | 7β2β1 | ||||||
New York | 3β6β1 | 2β5β3 | 4β4β2 | 1β8β1 | β | 3β5β2 | ||||||
Toronto | 1β6β3 | 5β5 | 6β3β1 | 2β7β1 | 5β3β2 | β |
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | T | October 27 | 1β1 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 0β0β1 |
2 | L | November 1 | 2β4 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 0β1β1 |
3 | L | November 3 | 1β4 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 0β2β1 |
4 | L | November 4 | 4β7 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 0β3β1 |
5 | L | November 7 | 3β4 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 0β4β1 |
6 | L | November 8 | 2β3 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 0β5β1 |
7 | W | November 10 | 3β2 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 1β5β1 |
8 | L | November 11 | 3β5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 1β6β1 |
9 | L | November 14 | 1β6 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 1β7β1 |
10 | L | November 17 | 5β6 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 1β8β1 |
11 | W | November 18 | 3β1 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 2β8β1 |
12 | W | November 24 | 4β3 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 3β8β1 |
13 | L | November 25 | 3β5 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 3β9β1 |
14 | L | December 1 | 2β8 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 3β10β1 |
15 | W | December 2 | 5β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 4β10β1 |
16 | L | December 8 | 0β1 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 4β11β1 |
17 | L | December 9 | 1β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 4β12β1 |
18 | W | December 13 | 4β3 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 5β12β1 |
19 | W | December 15 | 3β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 6β12β1 |
20 | T | December 16 | 3β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 6β12β2 |
21 | T | December 22 | 5β5 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 6β12β3 |
22 | W | December 23 | 4β3 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 7β12β3 |
23 | L | December 25 | 3β6 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 7β13β3 |
24 | L | December 26 | 2β4 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 7β14β3 |
25 | L | December 29 | 3β4 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 7β15β3 |
26 | L | January 1 | 1β3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 7β16β3 |
27 | L | January 5 | 0β3 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 7β17β3 |
28 | W | January 10 | 5β4 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 8β17β3 |
29 | W | January 12 | 9β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 9β17β3 |
30 | W | January 19 | 3β1 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 10β17β3 |
31 | W | January 20 | 3β1 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 11β17β3 |
32 | L | January 23 | 1β7 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 11β18β3 |
33 | W | January 26 | 6β5 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 12β18β3 |
34 | L | February 2 | 3β5 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 12β19β3 |
35 | T | February 3 | 6β6 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 12β19β4 |
36 | T | February 6 | 3β3 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 12β19β5 |
37 | W | February 9 | 4β1 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 13β19β5 |
38 | T | February 10 | 2β2 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 13β19β6 |
39 | L | February 16 | 2β4 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 13β20β6 |
40 | W | February 23 | 7β2 | Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 14β20β6 |
41 | L | February 24 | 2β6 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 14β21β6 |
42 | L | February 27 | 4β6 | New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 14β22β6 |
43 | W | March 2 | 9β4 | Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 15β22β6 |
44 | W | March 3 | 5β2 | @ New York Rangers ( 1945β46) | 16β22β6 |
45 | W | March 6 | 5β2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1945β46) | 17β22β6 |
46 | L | March 9 | 1β2 | Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 17β23β6 |
47 | L | March 10 | 3β7 | @ Boston Bruins ( 1945β46) | 17β24β6 |
48 | T | March 14 | 2β2 | @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1945β46) | 17β24β7 |
49 | W | March 16 | 7β3 | Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 18β24β7 |
50 | W | March 17 | 11β7 | @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1945β46) | 19β24β7 |
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Gaye Stewart | 50 | 37 | 15 | 52 | 8 |
Billy Taylor | 48 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 14 |
Syl Apps | 40 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 2 |
Gus Bodnar | 49 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 14 |
Babe Pratt | 41 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 36 |
Nick Metz | 41 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 4 |
Bob Goldham | 49 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 44 |
Sweeney Schriner | 47 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 15 |
Bob Davidson | 41 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 12 |
Jackie Hamilton | 40 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 |
Lorne Carr | 42 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
Wally Stanowski | 45 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 |
Mel Hill | 35 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 |
Bill Ezinicki | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
Bud Poile | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
Moe Morris | 38 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Ted Kennedy | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Ernie Dickens | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Don Metz | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Doug Baldwin | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Jimmy Thomson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Baz Bastien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordie Bell | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turk Broda | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank McCool | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank McCool | 1320 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 3.68 | 0 | |||
Turk Broda | 900 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 3.53 | 0 | |||
Gordie Bell | 480 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 3.87 | 0 | |||
Baz Bastien | 300 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 4.00 | 0 | |||
Team: | 3000 | 50 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 185 | 3.70 | 0 |
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