1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1945–46
Year:	1945
Team:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	20–20–10
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	4th
Coach:	Jack Adams
Goalsfor:	146
Goalsagainst:	159
Goalsleader:	Adam Brown (20)
Assistsleader:	Joe Carveth (18)
Pointsleader:	Joe Carveth (35)
Pimleader:	Jack Stewart (73)
Winsleader:	Harry Lumley (20)
Gaaleader:	Harry Lumley (3.18)

The 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season was the Detroit NHL franchise's 20th season of operation.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 28, 1945	7–0	Boston Bruins (1945–46)	1–0–0
2	L	November 3, 1945	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	1–1–0
3	W	November 4, 1945	4–1	New York Rangers (1945–46)	2–1–0
4	W	November 8, 1945	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	3–1–0
5	L	November 10, 1945	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	3–2–0
6	W	November 11, 1945	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	4–2–0
7	W	November 15, 1945	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	5–2–0
8	W	November 17, 1945	6–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	6–2–0
9	W	November 18, 1945	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	7–2–0
10	L	November 24, 1945	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	7–3–0
11	L	November 25, 1945	1–4	New York Rangers (1945–46)	7–4–0
12	T	December 2, 1945	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1945–46)	7–4–1
13	W	December 9, 1945	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	8–4–1
14	T	December 12, 1945	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1945–46)	8–4–2
15	L	December 15, 1945	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	8–5–2
16	L	December 16, 1945	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	8–6–2
17	L	December 22, 1945	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	8–7–2
18	T	December 23, 1945	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	8–7–3
19	W	December 25, 1945	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	9–7–3
20	W	December 26, 1945	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	10–7–3
21	T	December 30, 1945	3–3	Boston Bruins (1945–46)	10–7–4
22	L	January 1, 1946	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1945–46)	10–8–4
23	T	January 3, 1946	3–3	New York Rangers (1945–46)	10–8–5
24	W	January 6, 1946	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	11–8–5
25	W	January 10, 1946	2–1	Boston Bruins (1945–46)	12–8–5
26	L	January 12, 1946	3–9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	12–9–5
27	W	January 13, 1946	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	13–9–5
28	L	January 20, 1946	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	13–10–5
29	L	January 26, 1946	2–4	Boston Bruins (1945–46)	13–11–5
30	L	January 27, 1946	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	13–12–5
31	L	February 2, 1946	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	13–13–5
32	W	February 3, 1946	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	14–13–5
33	W	February 7, 1946	4–2	New York Rangers (1945–46)	15–13–5
34	L	February 9, 1946	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	15–14–5
35	T	February 10, 1946	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	15–14–6
36	L	February 13, 1946	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1945–46)	15–15–6
37	T	February 16, 1946	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	15–15–7
38	T	February 17, 1946	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	15–15–8
39	W	February 20, 1946	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	16–15–8
40	T	February 21, 1946	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	16–15–9
41	W	February 24, 1946	4–3	Boston Bruins (1945–46)	17–15–9
42	W	February 28, 1946	4–1	New York Rangers (1945–46)	18–15–9
43	T	March 2, 1946	3–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	18–15–10
44	W	March 3, 1946	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1945–46)	19–15–10
45	L	March 6, 1946	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1945–46)	19–16–10
46	L	March 10, 1946	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1945–46)	19–17–10
47	L	March 13, 1946	4–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	19–18–10
48	W	March 14, 1946	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1945–46)	20–18–10
49	L	March 16, 1946	3–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	20–19–10
50	L	March 17, 1946	7–11	Toronto Maple Leafs (1945–46)	20–20–10

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins finished second in the league with 56 points. The Detroit Red Wings finished fourth with 50 points. This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the three of the four previous series. They last met in the previous season's Stanley Cup semifinals where the Red Wings won in seven games. Boston won the season's ten-game regular-season series earning eleven of twenty points.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	48	17	18	35	10
	LW	48	20	11	31	27
	RW	46	17	12	29	11
	C	40	8	18	26	4
	LW	44	14	10	24	4
	LW	44	12	9	21	2
	D	48	11	10	21	6
	RW	30	9	8	17	6
	LW	47	7	10	17	14
	D	47	4	11	15	73
	D	38	4	9	13	16
	C/LW	26	4	7	11	9
	RW	28	6	4	10	2
	RW	43	3	7	10	18
	D	36	3	4	7	36
	C	20	1	5	6	10
	C	4	3	2	5	2
	D	9	2	1	3	10
	RW	8	1	2	3	4
	D	18	0	3	3	18
	C/LW	7	0	2	2	0
	LW	10	0	1	1	2
	D	6	0	1	1	12
	C	1	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0
	G	50	0	0	0	6

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3000	50	20	20	10	159	3.18	2
Team:	3000	50	20	20	10	159	3.18	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	5	3	0	3	2
	LW	5	2	0	2	0
	LW	5	1	1	2	0
	C	5	1	1	2	0
	C	5	0	2	2	0
	RW	5	0	2	2	0
	D	5	0	2	2	0
	RW	4	1	0	1	0
	LW	4	1	0	1	0
	C	2	1	0	1	0
	RW	5	0	1	1	0
	LW	5	0	1	1	0
	D	5	0	1	1	0
	C/LW	3	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	6
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	14

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	310	5	1	4	16	3.10	1
Team:	310	5	1	4	16	3.10	1

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

• 1945–46 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1945-46 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.