1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1945–46 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 20th season. The Red Wings finished 4th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season 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==
===Boston Bruins 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
Meeting for the 5th time in the last six years in the playoffs, the Bruins would overcome the Wings in five games to avenge losing the previous three series. The return of the Kraut Line from war service saw them score half the Bruins goals in the series and Frank Brimsek out dueled Wings goalie Harry Lumley.
Game 1 saw the home town Bruins jump out to a 2-0 first period lead on a Shorthanded goal by defenseman Pat Egan and rookie Bill Shill. Harry Watson responded for the Wings in the second but Brimsek shut the door and Bep Guidolin sealed a 3-1 win for the Bruins.
Game 2 featured shutout play by Wings goalie Lumley. Pat Lundy opened the scoring at 7:32 of the first period on a breakaway. However, he crashed into the crossbar after scoring, separated his shoulder and was lost for the rest of the playoffs. Jim Conacher scored nearly six minutes after Lundy and and Watson's second of the series late in the third period led the Wings to a 3-0 win, tying the series 1-1.
Game 3 shifted the series to the Detroit Olympia where the Kraut Line dominated with a pair of goals each by Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart plus a marker by Egan. Two late third period goals by the Wings Fern Gauthier and Carl Liscombe weren't enough as the Bruins won 5-2 to take a 2-1 series lead.
Game 4 was a very clean game with only one penalty in which the Kraut Line continued to produce on first period goals by Dumart and Bobby Bauer. After a scoreless second period, Bep Guidolin's 2nd of the series saw the Bruins up 3-0. Fern Gauthier responded but a goal by the Bruins Terry Reardon sank any hopes of a comeback. The Bruins outshot the Wings 35-19, won 4-1 and took a 3-1 stranglehold on the series.
Game 5 saw the series back in the Boston Garden where first period goals by Bauer and Guidolin put the Bruins up 2-0. Gauthier responded in the second period but Reardon tallied early in the third. The Wings mounted a furious comeback with a goal by Adam Brown and then Ed Bruneteau tied it up in the last minute, sending the game into overtime. The Bruins survived a penalty in OT by Egan and Don Gallinger was the hero with the winner at 9:51 on a solo rush that began behind the Bruins net and ended when he split the Wings defense and fired a shot home.
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	March 19	Detroit Red Wings	1-3 	Boston Bruins 	0-1
2	March 21	Detroit Red Wings	3-0 	Boston Bruins 	1-1
3	March 24	Boston Bruins 	5-2 	Detroit Red Wings	2-1
4	March 26	Boston Bruins 	4-1 	Detroit Red Wings	3-1
5	March 28	Detroit Red Wings	3-4 (OT)	Boston Bruins 	1-4
==Player Stats==
===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
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C/LW	3 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	6
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	14
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;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
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 
==Awards and Records==
*Jack Stewart, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Gallery==
19Mar1946-Lumley_Guidolin_Gallinger.jpg|#12 Bep Guidolin and #11 Don Gallinger challenge Red Wings goalie Harry Lumley in Game 1 of the 1946 semi-finals, March 19, 1946.
21March1946-Conacher_scores.jpg|March 21, 1946 - Jim Conacher scores on Frank Brimsek during Game 2 of the Semi-finals which the Wings won 3-0. #6 Jack Crawford, #18 Jack Church and Ted Lindsay look on.
28Mar1946-Gallinger_OT_winner.jpg|Don Gallinger scores the series winner OT goal on Detroit's Harry Lumley while Ted Lindsay watches on March 28, 1946.
==See Also==
*1945–46 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Detroit Red Wings season, 1945–46
Detroit Red Wings season, 1945–46
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons