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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| Location(s) | Montreal: Montreal Forum (1, 2, 5) Boston: Boston Garden (3, 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | Montreal: Dick Irvin Boston: Dit Clapper | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Captains | Montreal: Toe Blake Boston: Dit Clapper | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates | March 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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Paths to the Finals
editBoston 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
editBrothers 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 30 | Boston Bruins | 3–4 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bep Guidolin (4) - 5:09 Woody Dumart (4) - 8:02 |
Second period | 00:21 - pp - Butch Bouchard (1) 3:19 - Bob Fillion (3) | ||||||
| Jack Crawford (1) - 14:04 | Third period | 16:23 - Murph Chamberlain (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 9:08 - Maurice Richard (5) | ||||||
| Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Bill Durnan | ||||||
| April 2 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | ||
| Pat Egan (3) - 10:55 | First period | 1:06 - Elmer Lach (3) | ||||||
| Bobby Bauer (3) - 3:04 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 10:10 - Butch Bouchard (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 16:55 - Jimmy Peters (3) | ||||||
| Frank Brimsek | Goalie stats | Bill Durnan | ||||||
| April 4 | Montreal Canadiens | 4–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
| Elmer Lach (4) - 10:14 Glen Harmon (1) - pp - 14:13 |
First period | 11:01 - Bep Guidolin (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 18:41 - Terry Reardon (3) | ||||||
| Ken Mosdell (3) - 2:45 Dutch Hiller (3) - 5:18 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Bill Durnan | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| April 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 2–3 | OT | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Maurice Richard (6) - 13:46 | Second period | 8:05 - Murray Henderson (1) | ||||||
| Maurice Richard (7) - 4:04 | Third period | 3:01 - Don Gallinger (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 15:13 - Terry Reardon (4) | ||||||
| Bill Durnan | Goalie stats | Frank Brimsek | ||||||
| April 9 | Boston Bruins | 3–6 | Montreal Canadiens | Montreal Forum | Recap | |||
| Bill Cowley (1) - p - 5:42 Bobby Bauer (4) - 14:01 |
First period | 9:55 - Bob Fillion (4) 15:51 - Elmer Lach (5) 18:28 - Ken Mosdell (4) | ||||||
| Milt Schmidt (3) - 7:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 11:06 - 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
editThe 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
- 10 Herbert Buddy O'Connor
- 14 Bill Reay
- 16 Elmer Lach
- 18 Kenny Mosdell
- 5 Wilbert Dutch Hiller
- 6 Hector Toe Blake (Captain)
- 9 Maurice Richard
- 11 Joe Benoit
- 12 Erwin Murph Chamberlain
- 15 Bob Fillion
- 19 Jimmy Peters, Sr.
- 20 Gerry Plamondon
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
- Joe Benoit only won one Stanley Cup, but his name was engraved differently on all three rings with 1946 Montreal.
- Original Ring – Joseph Benoit 1946
- Presentation Ring – Jo Benoit 1957-58
- Replica Ring – Joe Benoit 1992-93
See also
editReferences and notes
edit- ^ McEvoy, Colin (February 9, 2023). "The Ultimate Sibling Rivalry: 8 Sets of Brothers Who Faced Off in Sports Championships". Biography. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- Diamond, Dan (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Toronto: Total Sports Canada. ISBN 978-1-892129-07-9.
- Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame (2004). Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7