1944–45 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 4th NHL |
1944–45 record | 16–30–4 |
Team information | |
General manager | Art Ross |
Coach | Art Ross |
Captain | Bill Cowley |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Herb Cain (32) |
Assists | Bill Cowley (40) |
Points | Bill Cowley (65) |
Penalty minutes | Pat Egan (86) |
Wins | Harvey Bennett Sr. (20) |
Goals against average | Harvey Bennett Sr. (4.20) |
The 1944–45 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 21st season in the NHL.
Offseason
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 50 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 228 | 121 | +107 | 80 |
2 | Detroit Red Wings | 50 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 218 | 161 | +57 | 67 |
3 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 50 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 183 | 161 | +22 | 52 |
4 | Boston Bruins | 50 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 179 | 219 | −40 | 36 |
5 | Chicago Black Hawks | 50 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 141 | 194 | −53 | 33 |
6 | New York Rangers | 50 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 154 | 247 | −93 | 32 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]1944–45 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 7–3 | 0–9–1 | 0–10 | 4–3–3 | 5–5 | ||||||
Chicago | 5–5 | — | 5–5 | 0–8–2 | 7–1–2 | 5–4–1 | ||||||
Detroit | 9–0–1 | 7–3 | — | 1–8–1 | 6–2–2 | 8–1–1 | ||||||
Montreal | 10–0 | 7–1–2 | 8–1–1 | — | 9–1 | 4–5–1 | ||||||
New York | 3–4–3 | 3–3–4 | 2–6–2 | 1–9 | — | 2–7–1 | ||||||
Toronto | 5–5 | 6–3–1 | 1–8–1 | 5–4–1 | 7–2–1 | — |
Schedule and results
[edit]No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | L | October 28, 1944 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 0–1–0 |
2 | L | October 29, 1944 | 1–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 0–2–0 |
3 | L | November 4, 1944 | 2–7 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 0–3–0 |
4 | W | November 5, 1944 | 6–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 1–3–0 |
5 | T | November 12, 1944 | 5–5 | @ New York Rangers (1944–45) | 1–3–1 |
6 | W | November 14, 1944 | 7–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 2–3–1 |
7 | L | November 18, 1944 | 3–6 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 2–4–1 |
8 | L | November 19, 1944 | 3–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 2–5–1 |
9 | L | November 21, 1944 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 2–6–1 |
10 | W | November 23, 1944 | 5–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 3–6–1 |
11 | W | November 26, 1944 | 8–4 | New York Rangers (1944–45) | 4–6–1 |
12 | L | November 28, 1944 | 3–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 4–7–1 |
13 | W | November 30, 1944 | 7–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 5–7–1 |
14 | W | December 3, 1944 | 5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 6–7–1 |
15 | L | December 5, 1944 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 6–8–1 |
16 | W | December 9, 1944 | 5–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 7–8–1 |
17 | L | December 10, 1944 | 6–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 7–9–1 |
18 | W | December 12, 1944 | 7–5 | New York Rangers (1944–45) | 8–9–1 |
19 | L | December 16, 1944 | 5–8 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 8–10–1 |
20 | L | December 19, 1944 | 3–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 8–11–1 |
21 | W | December 28, 1944 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 9–11–1 |
22 | L | December 31, 1944 | 2–3 | @ New York Rangers (1944–45) | 9–12–1 |
23 | L | January 2, 1945 | 3–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 9–13–1 |
24 | L | January 7, 1945 | 4–8 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 9–14–1 |
25 | L | January 11, 1945 | 1–5 | @ New York Rangers (1944–45) | 9–15–1 |
26 | L | January 13, 1945 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 9–16–1 |
27 | L | January 14, 1945 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 9–17–1 |
28 | W | January 16, 1945 | 5–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 10–17–1 |
29 | W | January 21, 1945 | 14–3 | New York Rangers (1944–45) | 11–17–1 |
30 | L | January 23, 1945 | 4–5 | Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 11–18–1 |
31 | L | January 27, 1945 | 3–11 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 11–19–1 |
32 | L | January 28, 1945 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 11–20–1 |
33 | L | January 30, 1945 | 3–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 11–21–1 |
34 | W | February 3, 1945 | 4–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 12–21–1 |
35 | T | February 4, 1945 | 3–3 | New York Rangers (1944–45) | 12–21–2 |
36 | L | February 6, 1945 | 1–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 12–22–2 |
37 | L | February 11, 1945 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 12–23–2 |
38 | W | February 13, 1945 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 13–23–2 |
39 | W | February 17, 1945 | 6–1 | New York Rangers (1944–45) | 14–23–2 |
40 | L | February 18, 1945 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1944–45) | 14–24–2 |
41 | L | February 21, 1945 | 0–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 14–25–2 |
42 | T | February 25, 1945 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1944–45) | 14–25–3 |
43 | L | March 4, 1945 | 4–10 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 14–26–3 |
44 | L | March 6, 1945 | 2–5 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 14–27–3 |
45 | L | March 8, 1945 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 14–28–3 |
46 | L | March 10, 1945 | 2–9 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) | 14–29–3 |
47 | W | March 11, 1945 | 7–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 15–29–3 |
48 | T | March 13, 1945 | 2–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1944–45) | 15–29–4 |
49 | W | March 15, 1945 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) | 16–29–4 |
50 | L | March 18, 1945 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) | 16–30–4 |
Playoffs
[edit]The Detroit Red Wings finished second in the league with 67 points. The Boston Bruins finished fourth with 36 points. This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams with Detroit winning the two of the three previous series. They last met in the 1943 Stanley Cup Finals where the Red Wings won in four games. Detroit won this season's ten-game regular-season series earning nineteen of twenty points.
March 20 | Boston Bruins | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Bill Cowley (1) – 06:20 Bill Cupolo (1) – 10:07 Herb Cain (1) – 14:04 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Jack McGill (1) – 07:22 | Third period | 04:04 – Earl Seibert (1) 09:05 – Joe Carveth (1) 19:04 – Eddie Bruneteau (1) | ||||||
Paul Bibeault | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
March 22 | Boston Bruins | 4–2 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Jack McGill (2) – 02:46 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Ken Smith (1) – 10:03 Jean-Paul Gladu (1) – 10:18 |
Second period | 08:25 – Harold Jackson (1) | ||||||
Pat Egan (1) – 17:05 | Third period | 12:48 – Eddie Bruneteau (2) | ||||||
Paul Bibeault | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
March 24 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Ted Lindsay (1) – 18:54 Murray Armstrong (1) – 19:35 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 16:05 – Pat Egan (2) | ||||||
Mud Bruneteau (1) – 15:48 | Third period | 17:57 – Gino Rozzini (1) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Paul Bibeault |
March 27 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–2 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Earl Seibert (2) – 17:21 | First period | 08:31 – Ken Smith (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 14:38 – Herb Cain (2) | ||||||
Joe Carveth (2) – 05:10 Murray Armstrong (2) – 17:15 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Paul Bibeault |
March 29 | Boston Bruins | 2–3 | OT | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | ||
Herb Cain (3) – 11:52 | First period | 02:51 – Mud Bruneteau (2) 11:41 – Flash Hollett (1) | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
Bill Jennings (1) – pp – 17:00 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | First overtime period | 17:12 – Mud Bruneteau (3) | ||||||
Paul Bibeault | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
April 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 3–5 | Boston Bruins | Boston Garden | Recap | |||
Jud McAtee (1) – 00:45 | First period | 12:54 – Bill Cowley (2) | ||||||
Joe Carveth (3) – 03:24 Jud McAtee (2) – 17:12 |
Second period | 06:24 – Bill Jennings (2) 07:33 – pp – Herb Cain (4) 10:38 – Jean-Paul Gladu (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 09:25 – Bill Cowley (3) | ||||||
Harry Lumley | Goalie stats | Paul Bibeault |
April 3 | Boston Bruins | 3–5 | Detroit Red Wings | Olympia Stadium | Recap | |||
Jack McGill (3) – 19:15 | First period | 08:20 – pp – Carl Liscombe (1) | ||||||
Herb Cain (5) – 08:50 Ken Smith (3) – 19:39 |
Second period | 03:51 – Carl Liscombe (2) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 02:01 – Eddie Bruneteau (3) 04:09 – Carl Liscombe (3) 19:54 – Carl Liscombe (4) | ||||||
Paul Bibeault | Goalie stats | Harry Lumley |
Detroit won series 4–3 | |
Player statistics
[edit]Regular season
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Cowley | C | 49 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 12 |
Herb Cain | LW | 50 | 32 | 13 | 45 | 16 |
Ken Smith | LW | 49 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 2 |
Bill Jennings | RW | 39 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 25 |
Frank Mario | C | 44 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 24 |
Armand Gaudreault | LW | 44 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 27 |
Bill Cupolo | RW | 47 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 10 |
Jack Crawford | D | 40 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 10 |
Dit Clapper | RW/D | 46 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 16 |
Pat Egan | D | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 86 |
Jean-Paul Gladu | LW | 40 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 2 |
Gino Rozzini | C | 31 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 |
Art Jackson | C | 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 |
Jack Shewchuk | D | 47 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
Jack McGill | C | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Bill Thoms | C | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Norm Calladine | C | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Tom Brennan | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Murray Henderson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Harvey Bennett | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Bibeault | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marcel Fillion | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fern Flaman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Leswick | W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harvey Bennett | 1470 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 103 | 4.20 | 0 |
Paul Bibeault | 1530 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 116 | 4.55 | 0 |
Team: | 3000 | 50 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 219 | 4.38 | 0 |
Playoffs
[edit]- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb Cain | LW | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Ken Smith | LW | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Bill Cowley | C | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Jack McGill | C | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Jack Crawford | D | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Jean-Paul Gladu | LW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Bill Jennings | RW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Bill Cupolo | RW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Gino Rozzini | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Pat Egan | D | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Armand Gaudreault | LW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Murray Henderson | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paul Bibeault | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dit Clapper | RW/D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Thoms | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bibeault | 437 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 3.02 | 0 |
Team: | 437 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 3.02 | 0 |
Note:
- Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
- Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Awards and records
[edit]Transactions
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1944–1945 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1944-45 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.