1945–46 · October 24, 1945 – April 9, 1946

Montréal wins the Stanley Cup

MTL Montréal Canadiens def. Boston Bruins 4–1 in the Final.

Updated 7:01 PM

Awards

Hart

Max Bentley

CHI ·MVP

Vezina

Bill Durnan

MTL ·best goalie

Calder

Edgar Laprade

NYR ·rookie of the year

Lady Byng

Toe Blake

MTL ·sportsmanship

Not yet awarded

Norris from 1953–⁠54, Art Ross from 1947–⁠48, Rocket Richard from 1998–⁠99, Selke from 1977–⁠78, Conn Smythe from 1964–⁠65, Presidents’ Trophy from 1985–⁠86

Scoring leaders

regular season

Best record

First place

MTLMontréal Canadiens · 28–17–5 · 61 points

The final table, as it stood after the last game on March 17, 1946, is one link away. Six teams played 50 games each.

Games

150 in the regular season · 14 in the playoffs · each day opens its scores none1–45–910+ games

Oct5

Nov30

Dec32

Jan30

Feb31

Mar32

Apr4

Opening night

CHI 5–4 BOS

Oct 24

Last day

3 games

Mar 17 · the regular season ends

Game 7

No Game 7

Every series ended in five games or fewer

Cup clincher

MTL 6–3 BOS

Apr 9 · Final, Game 5