NHL 1948/49

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NHL 1948/49
league NHL Logo 2005.svg National Hockey League
Period October 13, 1948 to April 16, 1949
Teams 6th
Games / team 60
Regular season
winner Detroit Red Wings
MVP Canada 1921Canada Sid Abel (Detroit)
Top scorer Canada 1921Canada Roy Conacher (Chicago)
Playoffs
Stanley Cup winner Toronto Maple Leafs
finalist Detroit Red Wings
NHL seasons
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The 1948/49 NHL season was the 32nd season in the National Hockey League . Six teams played 60 games each. The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup after beating the Chicago Black Hawks 4-0 in the final series and were the first to achieve a title hat-trick. Montreal goalkeeper Bill Durnan brought the opposing strikers to despair in 309 minutes without a goal.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

W. L. T GF GA Pts
Detroit Red Wings 34 19th 7th 195 145 75
Boston Bruins 29 23 8th 178 163 66
Montréal Canadiens 28 22nd 9 152 126 65
Toronto Maple Leafs 22nd 25th 13 147 161 57
Chicago Blackhawks 21st 31 8th 173 211 50
New York Rangers 18th 31 11 133 172 47

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points

player team GP G A. Pts
Roy Conacher Chicago 60 26th 42 68
Doug Bentley Chicago 58 23 43 66
Sid Abel Detroit 60 28 26th 54
Ted Lindsay Detroit 50 26th 28 54
Jim Conacher Detroit / Chicago 59 26th 23 49
Paul Ronty Boston 60 20th 29 49
Harry Watson Toronto 60 26th 19th 45
Billy Reay Montreal 60 22nd 23 45
Gus Bodnar Chicago 59 19th 26th 45
Johnny Peirson Boston 59 22nd 21st 43

Stanley Cup playoffs

  Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                 
1 Detroit Red Wings 4th    
3 Canadiens de Montréal 3  
1 Detroit Red Wings 0
  4th Toronto Maple Leafs 4th
2 Boston Bruins 1
4th Toronto Maple Leafs 4th  

NHL awards

Art Ross Trophy : Roy Conacher , Chicago Blackhawks
Calder Memorial Trophy : Pentti Lund , New York Rangers
Hart Memorial Trophy : Sid Abel , Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : Bill Quackenbush , Detroit Red Wings
Vezina Trophy : Bill Durnan , Montreal Canadiens

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