1946 NHL Semi-Finals
Montreal Canadiens defeat Chicago Black Hawks 4-0
W-L: 23-20-7, .530
SRS: 0.37 (2nd of 6)
Goals: 200 (1st of 6)
Goals Against: 178 (4th of 6)
W-L: 28-17-5, .610
SRS: 0.63 (1st of 6)
Goals: 172 (3rd of 6)
Goals Against: 134 (1st of 6)
| Game 1, March 19 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
| Game 2, March 21 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | |
| Game 3, March 24 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 8 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | |
| Game 4, March 26 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 7 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | |
Chicago Black Hawks Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| Clint Smith | C | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Mosienko | RW | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Gee | C | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Bentley | LW | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Max Bentley | C | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Hamill | LW | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Chad | RW | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cooper | D | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reg Hamilton | D | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Kaleta | LW | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Mariucci | D | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Wares | D/RW | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Allen | LW/D | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Grosso | LW/C | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Horeck | LW | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 7 | 10 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||||
Chicago Black Hawks Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Mike Karakas | G | 34 | 4 | 0-4-0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 240:00 | 60:00 | ||||
| Team Total | 0-4-0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 240:00 | 60:00 | |||||||
Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH |
| 6 | Toe Blake | LW | 33 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Elmer Lach | C | 28 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Maurice Richard | RW | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Fillion | LW | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy O'Connor | C | 29 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Murph Chamberlain | LW | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Hiller | LW | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Mosdell | C | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Peters | RW | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Reay | C | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Reardon | D | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Harmon | D | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Bouchard | D | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Eddolls | D | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26 | 33 | 59 | 66 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 1 | |||||
Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats
| Goalie Stats | Ice Time | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Player | Pos | Age | GP | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ATOI |
| Bill Durnan | G | 30 | 4 | 4-0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 240:00 | 60:00 | ||||
| Team Total | 4-0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 240:00 | 60:00 | |||||||
1945-46 Regular Season Stats
| Saturday, Oct 27, 1945 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 4 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 8 | |
| Sunday, Nov 25, 1945 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 5 | |
| Wednesday, Dec 19, 1945 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 4 | |
| Saturday, Dec 29, 1945 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 5 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 4 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 16, 1946 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | |
| Wednesday, Jan 23, 1946 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 7 | |
| Saturday, Feb 9, 1946 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 2 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
| Wednesday, Feb 13, 1946 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 5 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | |
| Sunday, Mar 10, 1946 | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Black Hawks | 1 | |
| Saturday, Mar 16, 1946 | ||
| Chicago Black Hawks | 3 | Final |
| Montreal Canadiens | 6 | |
CBH Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Max Bentley* | 25 | C | 47 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 6.7 | |||||
| 2 | Clint Smith* | 32 | C | 50 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 5.2 | |||||
| 3 | Bill Mosienko* | 24 | RW | 40 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 4.6 | |||||
| 4 | Alex Kaleta | 26 | RW | 49 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 4.2 | |||||
| 5 | Pete Horeck | 22 | LW | 50 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 3.8 | |||||
| 6 | Doug Bentley* | 29 | LW | 36 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 4.1 | |||||
| 7 | Red Hamill | 29 | LW | 48 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3.5 | |||||
| 8 | George Gee | 23 | C | 35 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | |||||
| 9 | George Allen | 31 | D | 44 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | |||||
| 10 | Don Grosso | 30 | C | 46 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |||||
| 11 | Eddie Wares | 30 | D | 46 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | |||||
| 12 | John Mariucci* | 29 | D | 50 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | |||||
| 13 | George Johnston | 25 | RW | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |||||
| 14 | Joe Cooper | 31 | D | 50 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |||||
| 15 | Reg Hamilton | 31 | D | 48 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | |||||
| 16 | John Chad | 26 | RW | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | 0.2 | -0.4 | |||||
| 17 | Mike Karakas | 34 | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2880 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | |||||||||
| 18 | Leo Reise | 23 | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||||
| 19 | Doug Stevenson | 21 | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 50 | 200 | 248 | 448 | 334 | 159 | 38 | 3 | 23 | 193 | 52 | 3 | 32.6 | 20.3 | 60.2 | ||||||||
CBH Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Mike Karakas | 34 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 166 | 3.46 | 1 | 2880 | |||||||||
| 2 | Doug Stevenson | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 | 120 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 23 | 20 | 7 | 178 | 3.56 | 1 | 3000 | ||||||||||||
MTL Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Toe Blake* | 33 | LW | 50 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 6.0 | |||||
| 2 | Maurice Richard* | 24 | RW | 50 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 50 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 5.6 | |||||
| 3 | Elmer Lach* | 28 | C | 50 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 4.2 | |||||
| 4 | Jimmy Peters | 23 | RW | 47 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | |||||
| 5 | Billy Reay | 27 | C | 44 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 | |||||
| 6 | Murph Chamberlain | 30 | LW | 40 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | |||||
| 7 | Buddy O'Connor* | 29 | C | 45 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | |||||
| 8 | Joe Benoit | 29 | RW | 39 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | |||||
| 9 | Dutch Hiller | 30 | LW | 44 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |||||
| 10 | Glen Harmon | 25 | D | 50 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 5.7 | |||||
| 11 | Bob Fillion | 24 | LW | 50 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |||||
| 12 | Butch Bouchard* | 26 | D | 46 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | |||||
| 13 | Leo Lamoureux | 29 | D | 45 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | |||||
| 14 | Ken Reardon* | 24 | D | 43 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | |||||
| 15 | Ken Mosdell | 23 | C | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||
| 16 | Gerry Plamondon | 22 | LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||
| 17 | Frank Eddolls | 24 | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |||||
| 18 | Murdo MacKay | 28 | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |||||
| 19 | Mike McMahon | 30 | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | |||||
| 20 | Moe White | 26 | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |||||
| 21 | Bill Durnan* | 30 | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2400 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | |||||||||
| 22 | Vic Lynn | 21 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | |||||
| 23 | Lorrain Thibeault | 27 | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | |||||
| 24 | Nils Tremblay | 22 | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Paul Bibeault | 26 | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 600 | 60:00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 50 | 172 | 197 | 369 | 337 | 152 | 19 | 1 | 28 | 173 | 23 | 1 | 21.7 | 29.0 | 61.9 | ||||||||
MTL Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Bill Durnan* | 30 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 104 | 2.60 | 4 | 2400 | |||||||||
| 2 | Paul Bibeault | 26 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 3.00 | 0 | 600 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 28 | 17 | 5 | 134 | 2.68 | 4 | 3000 | ||||||||||||
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