1945-46 IHL season

The 1945-46 IHL season was the inaugural season of the International Hockey League. 
==First Games==
The league was unofficially known as the Michigan-Ontario League (M-O League) because of the league of the same name that played before the war.
The first games were played on Friday, December 21, 1945 in a doubleheader at Windsor. The Detroit Auto Club beat Detroit Bright's Goodyears 12-9 while the two Windsor teams tied 4-4.
Jim Baudino of the Auto Club scored the first goal of the league.
==Final standing==
Regular Season 	GP	W	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Detroit Bright's Goodyears	15	9	3 	3	90	70	21
Windsor Gotfredsons 	15	8	4 	3	90	72	19
Detroit Auto Club 	15	8	7 	0	82	81	16
Windsor Spitfires 	15	1	12	2	50	89	4
Note: Windsor Spitfires joined the Ontario Junior B Playoffs.
==Playoffs==
===Semi Final===
2 games total goals
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
February 20	Detroit 4	Windsor 3	Detroit
February 22	Detroit 5	Windsor 5	Windsor
Detroit Auto Club defeated Windsor Gotfredsons 9 goals to 8.
===Final===
Best of 3
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 23	Auto Club 6	Bright's 5 	Detroit
March 25	Bright's 9 	Auto Club 1	Windsor
March 27	Auto Club 7	Bright's 4 	Windsor
Detroit Auto Club defeated Detroit Bright's Goodyears 2 wins to 1.
==League leaders==
===Top ten scorers===
 Name Team GP G A PTS PIM
 Lyle Dowell Bright's 15 20 15 35 8
 Bob McDonald Gotfredsons 15 10 25 35 10
 Al Chadwick Bright's 15 17 16 33 22
 Joe Levine Auto Club 15 19 13 32 6
 Jim Baudino Auto Club 14 15 17 32 21
 Keith Crossman Gotfredsons 15 17 14 31 2
 Len Loree Gotfredsons 13 15 13 28 2
 George Adams WGT/DAC 14 13 8 21 2
 Paul Sironen Bright's 15 9 12 21 4
 Herb Jones Auto Club 14 9 11 20 20
===Best goaltenders===
 Name Team GP W L T GA SO AVG.
 Bob Coulson Bright's 14 62 0 4.42
 Lloyd Storie Auto Club 13 59 0 4.54
 Ken Freebairn Gotfredsons 15 72 0 4.80
 Monty Reynolds Spitfires 14 80 0 5.71
 
==Game Ads==
45-46IHLWindsorGameAd2.jpg|Windsor
45-46IHLSFWindsorGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Windsor
45-46IHLFWindsorGameAd.jpg|Final @ Windsor
==See Also==
International Hockey League (1945-2001)
Category:International Hockey League (1945-2001) season
Category:Canadian-American Amateur Leagues
Category:1946 in hockey