1946 Stanley Cup Finals

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1946 Stanley Cup Finals
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Montreal Canadiens 4*3*42*64
Boston Bruins 3*2*23*31
* – Denotes overtime period(s)
Location(s) Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5)
Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4)
CoachesMontreal: Dick Irvin
Boston: Dit Clapper
Captains Montreal: Toe Blake
Boston: Dit Clapper
DatesMarch 30 – April 9, 1946
Series-winning goal Toe Blake (11:06, third)
Hall of Famers Canadiens:
Toe Blake (1966)
Emile Bouchard (1966)
Bill Durnan (1964)
Elmer Lach (1966)
Buddy O'Connor (1988)
Ken Reardon (1966)
Maurice Richard (1961)
Bruins:
Bobby Bauer (1996)
Frank Brimsek (1966)
Dit Clapper (1947)
Roy Conacher (1998)
Bill Cowley (1968)
Woody Dumart (1992)
Milt Schmidt (1961)
Coaches:
Dit Clapper (1947, player)
Dick Irvin (1958, player)
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The 1946 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens won the series four games to one.

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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

Brothers Terry and Ken Reardon faced each other in the 1946 Stanley Cup Finals, with Terry playing for Boston and Ken playing for Montreal. This made them one of the few sets of brothers to face each other on opposing teams in the Stanley Cup Finals, and the two even dropped gloves against each other at one point. [1]

March 30Boston Bruins3–4OTMontreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Bep Guidolin (4) - 5:09
Woody Dumart (4) - 8:02
Second period00:21 - pp - Butch Bouchard (1)
3:19 - Bob Fillion (3)
Jack Crawford (1) - 14:04Third period16:23 - Murph Chamberlain (3)
No scoringFirst overtime period9:08 - Maurice Richard (5)
Frank Brimsek Goalie stats Bill Durnan
April 2Boston Bruins2–3OTMontreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Pat Egan (3) - 10:55First period1:06 - Elmer Lach (3)
Bobby Bauer (3) - 3:04Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period10:10 - Butch Bouchard (2)
No scoringFirst overtime period16:55 - Jimmy Peters (3)
Frank Brimsek Goalie stats Bill Durnan
April 4Montreal Canadiens4–2Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Elmer Lach (4) - 10:14
Glen Harmon (1) - pp - 14:13
First period11:01 - Bep Guidolin (5)
No scoringSecond period18:41 - Terry Reardon (3)
Ken Mosdell (3) - 2:45
Dutch Hiller (3) - 5:18
Third periodNo scoring
Bill Durnan Goalie stats Frank Brimsek
April 7Montreal Canadiens2–3OTBoston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Maurice Richard (6) - 13:46Second period8:05 - Murray Henderson (1)
Maurice Richard (7) - 4:04Third period3:01 - Don Gallinger (2)
No scoringFirst overtime period15:13 - Terry Reardon (4)
Bill Durnan Goalie stats Frank Brimsek
April 9Boston Bruins3–6Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Bill Cowley (1) - p - 5:42
Bobby Bauer (4) - 14:01
First period9:55 - Bob Fillion (4)
15:51 - Elmer Lach (5)
18:28 - Ken Mosdell (4)
Milt Schmidt (3) - 7:15Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period11:06 - Toe Blake (7)
14:05 - Murph Chamberlain (4)
17:13 - Dutch Hiller (4)
Frank Brimsek Goalie stats Bill Durnan
Montreal won series 4–1

Stanley Cup engraving

The 1946 Stanley Cup was presented to Canadiens captain Toe Blake by NHL President Red Dutton following the Canadiens 6–3 win over the Bruins in game five.

The following Canadiens players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

1945–46 Montreal Canadiens

Players

   Centres
   Wingers
   Defencemen
   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

See also

References and notes

  1. McEvoy, Colin (February 9, 2023). "The Ultimate Sibling Rivalry: 8 Sets of Brothers Who Faced Off in Sports Championships". Biography . Retrieved February 12, 2023.
Preceded by Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup champions

1946
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