1944–45 Boston Bruins season

1944–45 Boston Bruins
Division	4th NHL
1944–45 record	16–30–4
Team information
General Manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Dit Clapper
Team leaders
<1943–44	1945–46>

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	50	38	8	4	80	228	121	376
Detroit Red Wings	50	31	14	5	67	218	161	260
Toronto Maple Leafs	50	24	22	4	52	183	161	317
Boston Bruins	50	16	30	4	36	179	219	275
Chicago Black Hawks	50	13	30	7	33	141	194	245
New York Rangers	50	11	29	10	32	154	247	305

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
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 29, 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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	49	25	40	65	12
Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	50	32	13	45	16
Smith, KenKen Smith	LW	49	20	14	34	2
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	39	20	13	33	25
Mario, FrankFrank Mario	C	44	8	18	26	24
Gaudreault, ArmandArmand Gaudreault	LW	44	15	9	24	27
Cupolo, BillBill Cupolo	RW	47	11	13	24	10
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	40	5	19	24	10
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	46	8	14	22	16
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	48	7	15	22	86
Gladu, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Gladu	LW	40	6	14	20	2
Rozzini, GinoGino Rozzini	C	31	5	10	15	20
Jackson, ArtArt Jackson	C	19	5	8	13	10
Shewchuk, JackJack Shewchuk	D	47	1	7	8	31
McGill, JackJack McGill	C	14	4	2	6	0
Thoms, BillBill Thoms	C	17	4	2	6	0
Calladine, NormNorm Calladine	C	11	3	1	4	0
Brennan, TomTom Brennan	RW	1	0	1	1	0
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	5	0	1	1	4
Bennett, HarveyHarvey Bennett	G	25	0	0	0	0
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	26	0	0	0	0
Fillion, MarcelMarcel Fillion	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	1	0	0	0	0
Leswick, PetePete Leswick	W	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bennett, HarveyHarvey Bennett	1470	25	10	12	2	103	4.20	0
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	1530	26	6	18	2	116	4.55	0
Team:	3000	50	16	30	4	219	4.38	0

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	7	5	2	7	0
Smith, KenKen Smith	LW	7	3	4	7	0
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	7	3	3	6	0
McGill, JackJack McGill	C	7	3	3	6	0
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	7	0	5	5	0
Gladu, Jean-PaulJean-Paul Gladu	LW	7	2	2	4	0
Jennings, BillBill Jennings	RW	7	2	2	4	6
Cupolo, BillBill Cupolo	RW	7	1	2	3	0
Rozzini, GinoGino Rozzini	C	6	1	2	3	6
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	7	2	0	2	6
Gaudreault, ArmandArmand Gaudreault	LW	7	0	2	2	8
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	7	0	1	1	2
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	G	7	0	0	0	0
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	7	0	0	0	0
Thoms, BillBill Thoms	C	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Bibeault, PaulPaul Bibeault	437	7	3	4	22	3.02	0
Team:	437	7	3	4	22	3.02	0

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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

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1944–45 NHL season

References

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