Stanley Cup Playoffs 1945

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Stanley Cup Playoffs 1945
Period March 20, 1945 to April 22, 1945
Stanley Cup winner Toronto Maple Leafs (5th title)
finalist Detroit Red Wings
Top scorer Canada 1921Canada Joe Carveth (Detroit)
Gates 98 (4.9 per game)
Events
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup in 1945 began on March 20, 1945 and ended on April 22, 1945 with the Toronto Maple Leafs' 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings . The Maple Leafs won their fifth title in franchise history , with the final being the reissue of the 1942 final and ending with the same result. The Red Wings, meanwhile, in the person of Joe Carveth, the best scorer of the playoffs. In addition, the 1945 Stanley Cup final marked the first time in league history that the Stanley Cup was won in a seventh game by the visiting team. This has only happened again in 1971 , 2009 and 2011 until today (as of playoffs 2020) .

mode

The four best teams in the league qualified for the playoffs. In the semi-finals, the first and third as well as the second and fourth of the final table faced each other. The respective winners then contested the Stanley Cup final.

All series were held in best-of-seven mode , which means that a team needed four wins to advance. The higher seeded team had home rights in the first two games, the next two the opposing team. If no winner has emerged from the round by then, the home law changed from game to game. The higher-ranked team had a home advantage in games 1, 2, 5 and 7, i.e. four of the maximum seven games.

Overtime followed for games that remained tied after 60 minutes of regular playing time . It ended with the first goal scored ( Sudden Death ) .

Qualified teams

Playoff tree

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

Semifinals

(1) Canadiens de Montréal - (3) Toronto Maple Leafs

20 Mar 1945 Canadiens de Montréal
 0: 1
(0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Theodore Kennedy (59:38) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
22 Mar 1945 Canadiens de Montréal
Émile Bouchard (28:15)
Elmer Lach (57:21) 		2: 3
(0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 0: 2 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Theodore Kennedy (4:07)
Lorne Carr (30:58)
Nick Metz (35:39) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
24 Mar 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob Davidson (51:02) 		1: 4
(0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Canadiens de Montréal
Elmer Lach (11:43)
Bob Fillion (27:58)
Wilbert Hiller (31:14)
Erwin Chamberlain (38:55) 		Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario
27 Mar 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs
Mel Hill (22:34)
Sweeney Schriner (36:15)
Babe Pratt (49:16)
Gus Bodnar (72:36) 		4: 3 a.d.
(0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 1 		Canadiens de Montréal
Elmer Lach (0:23)
Maurice Richard (2:14)
Bob Fillion (43:48) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
29 Mar 1945 Canadiens de Montréal
Leo Lamoureux (0:40)
Émile Bouchard (3:06)
Eddie Emberg (6:02)
Glen Harmon (26:36)
Maurice Richard (33:25)
Maurice Richard (41:10)
Elmer Lach (41: 35)
Maurice Richard (50:48)
Maurice Richard (55:03)
Bob Fillion (59:06) 		10: 3
(3: 2, 2: 1, 5: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Lorne Carr (7:37)
Theodore Kennedy (8:10)
Elwyn Morris (32:46) 		Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
31 Mar 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs
Elwyn Morris (15:59)
Sweeney Schriner (27:11)
Gus Bodnar (41:53) 		3: 2
(1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 4: 2 		Canadiens de Montréal
Maurice Richard (18:39)
Émile Bouchard (55:26) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario

(2) Detroit Red Wings - (4) Boston Bruins

20 Mar 1945 Detroit Red Wings
Earl Seibert (44:04)
Joe Carveth (49:05)
Ed Bruneteau (59:04) 		3: 4
(0: 3, 0: 0, 3: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Boston Bruins
Bill Cowley (6:29)
Bill Cupolo (10:07)
Herb Cain (14:04)
Jack McGill (47:22) 		Detroit Olympia , Detroit , Michigan
22 Mar 1945 Detroit Red Wings
Harold Jackson (28:25)
Ed Bruneteau (52:48) 		2: 4
(0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 2 		Boston Bruins
Jack McGill (2:46)
Ken Smith (30:03)
Paul Gladu (30:18)
Pat Egan (57:05) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
25th Mar 1945 Boston Bruins
Pat Egan (36:05)
Gino Rozzini (57:57) 		2: 3
(0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 1 		Detroit Red Wings
Ted Lindsay (18:54)
Murray Armstrong (19:55)
Mud Bruneteau (55:48) 		Boston Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
27 Mar 1945 Boston Bruins
Ken Smith (8:31)
Herb Cain (34:38) 		2: 3
(1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2)
Match report
as of: 2: 2 		Detroit Red Wings
Earl Seibert (17:21)
Joe Carveth (45:10)
Murray Armstrong (57:15) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
29 Mar 1945 Detroit Red Wings
Mud Bruneteau (2:51)
Flash Hollett (14:41)
Mud Bruneteau (77:12) 		3: 2 n.V.
(2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 2 		Boston Bruins
Herb Cain (11:52)
Bill Jennings (57:10) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
0April 1, 1945 Boston Bruins
Bill Cowley (12:54)
Bill Jennings (26:24)
Herb Cain (27:33)
Paul Gladu (30:38)
Bill Cowley (49:25) 		5: 3
(1: 1, 3: 2, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		Detroit Red Wings
Jud McAtee (0:45)
Joe Carveth (23:24)
Jud McAtee (37:12) 		Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
0Apr 3, 1945 Detroit Red Wings
Carl Liscombe (8:20)
Carl Liscombe (23:51)
Ed Bruneteau (42:04)
Carl Liscombe (44:09)
Carl Liscombe (49:54) 		5: 3
(1: 1, 1: 2, 3: 0)
Match report
as of: 4: 3 		Boston Bruins
Jack McGill (19:15)
Herb Cain (28:50)
Ken Smith (39:39) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan

Stanley Cup Final

(2) Detroit Red Wings - (3) Toronto Maple Leafs

0Apr 6, 1945 Detroit Red Wings
 0: 1
(0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Sweeney Schriner (13:56) 		Detroit Olympia , Detroit , Michigan
0Apr 8, 1945 Detroit Red Wings
 0: 2
(0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 2 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Theodore Kennedy (33:05)
Elwyn Morris (52:03) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
Apr 12, 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs
Gus Bodnar (43:01) 		1: 0
(0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
as of: 3: 0 		Detroit Red Wings
 Maple Leaf Gardens , Toronto , Ontario
Apr. 14, 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs
Theodore Kennedy (9:19)
Theodore Kennedy (11:44)
Theodore Kennedy (30:21) 		3: 5
(2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 3)
Match report
as of: 3: 1 		Detroit Red Wings
Flash Hollett (8:35)
Murray Armstrong (29:20)
Ed Bruneteau (41:11)
Ted Lindsay (43:20)
Joe Carveth (57:38) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Apr 19, 1945 Detroit Red Wings
Flash Hollett (48:21)
Joe Carveth (56:16) 		2: 0
(0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)
Match report
as of: 2: 3 		Toronto Maple Leafs
 Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan
Apr 21, 1945 Toronto Maple Leafs
 0: 1 n.V.
(0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 3 		Detroit Red Wings
Ed Bruneteau (74:16) 		Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Apr 22, 1945 Detroit Red Wings
Murray Armstrong (48:16) 		1: 2
(0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 3: 4 		Toronto Maple Leafs
Mel Hill (5:38)
Babe Pratt (52:14) 		Detroit Olympia, Detroit, Michigan

Stanley Cup winner

Stanley Cup winners Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs logo

Goalkeeper: Frank McCool

Defenders: Pete Backor , Reg Hamilton , Ross Johnstone , Elwyn Morris , Babe Pratt , Wally Stanowski

Attackers: Gus Bodnar , Lorne Carr , Bob Davidson  ( C ), Mel Hill , Art Jackson , Theodore Kennedy , John McCreedy , Jack McLean , Don Metz , Nick Metz , Tom O'Neill , Sweeney Schriner

Head Coach: Hap Day   General Manager: Conn Smythe

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Joe Carveth Detroit 14th 5 6th 11 2
Theodore Kennedy Toronto 13 7th 2 9 2
Maurice Richard Montréal 6th 6th 2 8th 10
Elmer Lach Montréal 6th 4th 4th 8th 2
Ed Bruneteau Detroit 14th 5 2 7th 0
Herb Cain Boston 7th 5 2 7th 0
Émile Bouchard Montréal 6th 3 4th 7th 4th
Ken Smith Boston 7th 3 4th 7th 0
Flash Hollett Detroit 14th 3 4th 7th 6th
Carl Liscombe Detroit 14th 4th 2 6th 0
Murray Armstrong Detroit 14th 4th 2 6th 2

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the conceded goal category as well as the leaders in shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded; Fat: best value; Sorted by goal conceded.
Only goalkeepers who have played 120 minutes are recorded.

player team GP Min W. L. GA SO ATM
Harry Lumley Detroit 14th 871: 28 7th 7th 31 2 2.13
Frank McCool Toronto 13 806: 52 8th 5 30th 4th 2.23
Bill Durnan Montréal 6th 372: 36 2 4th 15th 0 2.42

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