1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs
1945–46 record19–24–7
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachHap Day
CaptainSyl Apps
Team leaders
GoalsGaye Stewart (37)
AssistsGus Bodnar (23)
PointsGaye Stewart (52)
Penalty minutesBob Goldham (44)
WinsFrank McCool (10)
Goals against averageTurk Broda (3.53)

The 1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 29th season of play of the Toronto NHL franchise. Although the club was the defending Stanley Cup champion, the team's play declined and the club finished in fifth, missing the playoffs.[1]

Offseason[]

Cup hero goaltender Frank McCool held out. The Maple Leafs decided to play the tandem of Baz Bastien and Gordie Bell.[1]

Regular season[]

Without Frank McCool, the team only won three of the first thirteen games, and the Leafs and McCool came to terms.[1] The club continued to struggle and only won eight of the first 28 games. Turk Broda returned from war-time duty in January, but the team continued to struggle. All-Star defenceman Babe Pratt was suspended, but was reinstated after nine games. The team won only two of the nine games and dropped out of playoff contention. The club finished in fifth place, out of the playoffs. The team was only the second team to miss the playoffs after winning the Cup.[1]

Final standings[]

National Hockey League[2]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Montreal Canadiens 50 28 17 5 172 134 +38 61
2 Boston Bruins 50 24 18 8 167 156 +11 56
3 Chicago Black Hawks 50 23 20 7 200 178 +22 53
4 Detroit Red Wings 50 20 20 10 146 159 −13 50
5 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 19 24 7 174 185 −11 45
6 New York Rangers 50 13 28 9 144 191 −47 35


Record vs. opponents[]

1945–46 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston — 4–6 4–3–3 4–5–1 6–3–1 6–1–3
Chicago 6–4 — 3–4–3 4–5–1 5–2–3 5–5
Detroit 3–4–3 4–3–3 — 6–3–1 4–4–2 3–6–1
Montreal 5–4–1 5–4–1 3–6–1 — 8–1–1 7–2–1
New York 3–6–1 2–5–3 4–4–2 1–8–1 — 3–5–2
Toronto 1–6–3 5–5 6–3–1 2–7–1 5–3–2 —

Schedule and results[]

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

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Gaye Stewart 50 37 15 52 8
Billy Taylor 48 23 18 41 14
Syl Apps 40 24 16 40 2
Gus Bodnar 49 14 23 37 14
Babe Pratt 41 5 20 25 36
Nick Metz 41 11 11 22 4
Bob Goldham 49 7 14 21 44
Sweeney Schriner 47 13 6 19 15
Bob Davidson 41 9 9 18 12
Jackie Hamilton 40 7 9 16 12
Lorne Carr 42 5 8 13 2
Wally Stanowski 45 3 10 13 10
Mel Hill 35 5 7 12 10
Bill Ezinicki 24 4 8 12 29
Bud Poile 9 1 8 9 0
Moe Morris 38 1 5 6 10
Ted Kennedy 21 3 2 5 4
Ernie Dickens 15 1 3 4 6
Don Metz 7 1 0 1 0
Doug Baldwin 15 0 1 1 6
Jimmy Thomson 5 0 1 1 4
Baz Bastien 5 0 0 0 0
Gordie Bell 8 0 0 0 0
Turk Broda 15 0 0 0 0
Frank McCool 22 0 0 0 5
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Frank McCool 1320 22 10 9 3 81 3.68 0
Turk Broda 900 15 6 6 3 53 3.53 0
Gordie Bell 480 8 3 5 0 31 3.87 0
Baz Bastien 300 5 0 4 1 20 4.00 0
Team: 3000 50 19 24 7 185 3.70 0

[3]

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

References[]

  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (1994). Years of glory, 1942–1967: the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc. ISBN 0-7710-2817-2.
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Diamond 1994, p. 18.
  2. ^ "1945–1946 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  3. ^ "1945-46 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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