1944–45 Detroit Red Wings season

1944–45 Detroit Red Wings
Division 2nd NHL
1944–45 record 31–14–5
Goals for 218
Goals against 161
Team information
General Manager Jack Adams
Coach Jack Adams
Captain Flash Hollett
Team leaders
<1943–44 1945–46>

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Flash Hollett became the first defenceman to score twenty goals in one season.[1] The record would stand until Bobby Orr broke it several decades later.

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

[2]

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

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 29, 1944 7–1 Boston Bruins (1944–45) 1–0–0
2 W November 2, 1944 10–3 New York Rangers (1944–45) 2–0–0
3 L November 4, 1944 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 2–1–0
4 L November 5, 1944 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 2–2–0
5 L November 11, 1944 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1944–45) 2–3–0
6 W November 12, 1944 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 3–3–0
7 W November 15, 1944 8–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 4–3–0
8 T November 18, 1944 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1944–45) 4–3–1
9 W November 19, 1944 4–3 Boston Bruins (1944–45) 5–3–1
10 T November 23, 1944 3–3 Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 5–3–2
11 W November 25, 1944 7–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 6–3–2
12 L November 26, 1944 5–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 6–4–2
13 W November 29, 1944 6–3 @ Boston Bruins (1944–45) 7–4–2
14 W December 7, 1944 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1944–45) 8–4–2
15 W December 10, 1944 7–6 Boston Bruins (1944–45) 9–4–2
16 T December 16, 1944 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 9–4–3
17 L December 17, 1944 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 9–5–3
18 W December 19, 1944 6–3 @ Boston Bruins (1944–45) 10–5–3
19 W December 21, 1944 11–3 New York Rangers (1944–45) 11–5–3
20 W December 23, 1944 5–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 12–5–3
21 W December 25, 1944 6–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 13–5–3
22 L December 28, 1944 1–9 @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 13–6–3
23 W December 31, 1944 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 14–6–3
24 W January 1, 1945 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 15–6–3
25 T January 4, 1945 4–4 @ New York Rangers (1944–45) 15–6–4
26 W January 6, 1945 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 16–6–4
27 W January 7, 1945 8–4 Boston Bruins (1944–45) 17–6–4
28 L January 13, 1945 3–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 17–7–4
29 W January 14, 1945 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 18–7–4
30 W January 18, 1945 7–3 New York Rangers (1944–45) 19–7–4
31 L January 21, 1945 3–6 Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 19–8–4
32 W January 23, 1945 5–4 @ Boston Bruins (1944–45) 20–8–4
33 W January 27, 1945 5–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 21–8–4
34 W January 28, 1945 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 22–8–4
35 L February 3, 1945 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 22–9–4
36 L February 4, 1945 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 22–10–4
37 L February 10, 1945 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 22–11–4
38 W February 11, 1945 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1944–45) 23–11–4
39 W February 14, 1945 4–2 New York Rangers (1944–45) 24–11–4
40 W February 18, 1945 6–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 25–11–4
41 L February 22, 1945 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1944–45) 25–12–4
42 W February 24, 1945 4–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 26–12–4
43 W February 25, 1945 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 27–12–4
44 W March 4, 1945 10–4 Boston Bruins (1944–45) 28–12–4
45 W March 8, 1945 7–3 New York Rangers (1944–45) 29–12–4
46 L March 11, 1945 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 29–13–4
47 T March 13, 1945 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1944–45) 29–13–5
48 W March 15, 1945 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1944–45) 30–13–5
49 W March 17, 1945 4–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1944–45) 31–13–5
50 L March 18, 1945 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1944–45) 31–14–5

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth RW 50 26 28 54 6
Howe, SydSyd Howe C/LW 46 17 36 53 6
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau RW 43 23 24 47 6
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett D 50 20 21 41 39
Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski RW 49 19 20 39 17
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong C 50 15 24 39 31
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe LW 42 23 9 32 18
McAtee, JudJud McAtee LW 44 15 11 26 6
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau RW 42 12 13 25 6
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay LW 45 17 6 23 43
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush D 50 7 14 21 10
Grosso, DonDon Grosso LW/C 20 6 10 16 6
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert D 25 5 9 14 10
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson D 50 5 6 11 45
Bukovich, TonyTony Bukovich LW/C 14 7 2 9 6
McDonald, ButchButch McDonald LW/C 3 1 1 2 0
Simon, CullyCully Simon D 21 0 2 2 26
Thibeault, LorrainLorrain Thibeault LW 4 0 2 2 2
Buller, HyHy Buller D 2 0 0 0 2
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion G 12 0 0 0 0
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley G 37 0 0 0 0
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 2 0 0 0 0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith G 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley 2220 37 24 10 3 119 3.22 1
Dion, ConnieConnie Dion 720 12 6 4 2 39 3.25 0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith 60 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0
Team: 3000 50 31 14 5 161 3.22 1

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth RW 14 5 6 11 2
Bruneteau, EddieEddie Bruneteau RW 14 5 2 7 0
Hollett, FlashFlash Hollett D 14 3 4 7 6
Armstrong, MurrayMurray Armstrong C 14 4 2 6 2
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe LW 14 4 2 6 0
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau RW 14 3 2 5 2
McAtee, JudJud McAtee LW 14 2 1 3 0
Seibert, EarlEarl Seibert D 14 2 1 3 4
Lindsay, TedTed Lindsay LW 14 2 0 2 6
Jackson, HaroldHarold Jackson D 14 1 1 2 10
Quackenbush, BillBill Quackenbush D 14 0 2 2 2
Bukovich, TonyTony Bukovich LW/C 6 0 1 1 0
Purpur, FidoFido Purpur RW 7 0 1 1 4
Wojciechowski, SteveSteve Wojciechowski RW 6 0 1 1 0
Couture, GerryGerry Couture RW 2 0 0 0 0
Howe, SydSyd Howe C/LW 7 0 0 0 2
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley G 14 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley 871 14 7 7 31 2.14 2
Team: 871 14 7 7 31 2.14 2

[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

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See also

References

  1. ^ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.23, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0. 
  3. ^ "1944-45 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1945.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04. 

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