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1944-45 NHL Season Summary

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League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click column headers to sort
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Montreal Canadiens* 50 38 8 4 80 .800 228 121 1.78
Detroit Red Wings* 50 31 14 5 67 .670 218 161 0.95
Toronto Maple Leafs* 50 24 22 4 52 .520 183 161 0.37
Boston Bruins* 50 16 30 4 36 .360 179 219 -0.67
Chicago Black Hawks 50 13 30 7 33 .330 141 194 -0.88
New York Rangers 50 11 29 10 32 .320 154 247 -1.55

League Playoffs

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Stanley Cup Finals (4-3):Toronto Maple Leafs over Detroit Red Wings 
 
Semi-Finals (4-3):Detroit Red Wings over Boston Bruins 
Semi-Finals (4-2):Toronto Maple Leafs over Montreal Canadiens 

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Click column headers to sort
Rk Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 Montreal Canadiens* 50 38 8 4 80 .800 228 121 1.78 6.98
2 Detroit Red Wings* 50 31 14 5 67 .670 218 161 0.95 7.58
3 Toronto Maple Leafs* 50 24 22 4 52 .520 183 161 0.37 6.88
4 Boston Bruins* 50 16 30 4 36 .360 179 219 -0.67 7.96
5 Chicago Black Hawks 50 13 30 7 33 .330 141 194 -0.88 6.70
6 New York Rangers 50 11 29 10 32 .320 154 247 -1.55 8.02
League Average 50 22 22 6 50 .500 184 184 0.00 7.35

League Awards

Calder Memorial Trophy:Frank McCool
Hart Memorial Trophy:Elmer Lach
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Bill Mosienko
Vezina Trophy:Bill Durnan

League Leaders

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Goals

1.Maurice Richard*-MTL50
2.Herb Cain-BOS32
3.Ted Kennedy*-TOR29
 Toe Blake*-MTL29
5.Bill Mosienko*-CBH28

Goals Per Game

1.Maurice Richard*-MTL1.00
2.Sweeney Schriner*-TOR0.85
3.Herb Cain-BOS0.64
4.Ted Kennedy*-TOR0.59
 Toe Blake*-MTL0.59

Assists

1.Elmer Lach*-MTL54
2.Bill Cowley*-BOS40
3.Toe Blake*-MTL38
4.Syd Howe*-DET36
 Gus Bodnar-TOR36

Assists Per Game

1.Elmer Lach*-MTL1.08
2.Bill Cowley*-BOS0.82
3.Syd Howe*-DET0.78
4.Toe Blake*-MTL0.78
5.Gus Bodnar-TOR0.73

Points

1.Elmer Lach*-MTL80
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL73
3.Toe Blake*-MTL67
4.Bill Cowley*-BOS65
5.Ab DeMarco-NYR54
 Ted Kennedy*-TOR54
 Bill Mosienko*-CBH54
 Joe Carveth-DET54
 Clint Smith*-CBH54

Points Per Game

1.Elmer Lach*-MTL1.60
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL1.46
3.Sweeney Schriner*-TOR1.42
4.Toe Blake*-MTL1.37
5.Bill Cowley*-BOS1.33

Goals Created

1.Elmer Lach*-MTL35.7
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL34.7
3.Toe Blake*-MTL30.5
4.Bill Cowley*-BOS29.2
5.Joe Carveth-DET25.8

Goals Created Per Game

1.Elmer Lach*-MTL0.71
2.Maurice Richard*-MTL0.69
3.Sweeney Schriner*-TOR0.65
4.Toe Blake*-MTL0.62
5.Bill Cowley*-BOS0.60

Penalties in Minutes

1.Pat Egan-BOS86
2.Bob Dill-NYR69
3.Leo Lamoureux-MTL58
4.Joe Cooper-CBH50
5.Bob Davidson-TOR49

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Bill Durnan*-MTL50
 Frank McCool-TOR50
3.Mike Karakas-CBH48
4.Ken McAuley-NYR46
5.Harry Lumley*-DET37

Wins (Goalie)

1.Bill Durnan*-MTL38
2.Harry Lumley*-DET24
 Frank McCool-TOR24
4.Mike Karakas-CBH12
5.Ken McAuley-NYR11

Losses (Goalie)

1.Mike Karakas-CBH29
2.Ken McAuley-NYR25
3.Frank McCool-TOR22
4.Paul Bibeault-BOS18
5.Harvey Bennett-BOS12

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Ken McAuley-NYR10
2.Mike Karakas-CBH7
3.Bill Durnan*-MTL4
 Frank McCool-TOR4
5.Harry Lumley*-DET3

Points (Goalie)

1.Bill Durnan*-MTL80
2.Frank McCool-TOR52
3.Harry Lumley*-DET51
4.Ken McAuley-NYR32
5.Mike Karakas-CBH31

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Bill Durnan*-MTL.800
2.Harry Lumley*-DET.689
3.Frank McCool-TOR.520
4.Harvey Bennett-BOS.458
5.Ken McAuley-NYR.348

Shutouts

1.Mike Karakas-CBH4
 Frank McCool-TOR4
3.Bill Durnan*-MTL1
 Harry Lumley*-DET1
 Ken McAuley-NYR1

Goals Against

1.Ken McAuley-NYR227
2.Mike Karakas-CBH187
3.Frank McCool-TOR161
4.Bill Durnan*-MTL121
5.Harry Lumley*-DET119

Goals Against Average

1.Bill Durnan*-MTL2.42
2.Harry Lumley*-DET3.22
3.Frank McCool-TOR3.22
4.Mike Karakas-CBH3.90
5.Harvey Bennett-BOS4.20
    

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Bill Durnan
D: Butch Bouchard
D: Flash Hollett
C: Elmer Lach
LW: Toe Blake
RW: Maurice Richard
 2nd Team
G: Mike Karakas
D: Glen Harmon
D: Babe Pratt
C: Bill Cowley
LW: Syd Howe
RW: Bill Mosienko