1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs
1945–46 record	19–24–7
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Hap Day
Captain	Syl Apps

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	50	28	17	5	172	134	+38	61
2	Boston Bruins	50	24	18	8	167	156	+11	56
3	Chicago Black Hawks	50	23	20	7	200	178	+22	53
4	Detroit Red Wings	50	20	20	10	146	159	−13	50
5	Toronto Maple Leafs	50	19	24	7	174	185	−11	45
6	New York Rangers	50	13	28	9	144	191	−47	35

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gaye Stewart	50	37	15	52	8
Billy Taylor	48	23	18	41	14
Syl Apps	40	24	16	40	2
Gus Bodnar	49	14	23	37	14
Babe Pratt	41	5	20	25	36
Nick Metz	41	11	11	22	4
Bob Goldham	49	7	14	21	44
Sweeney Schriner	47	13	6	19	15
Bob Davidson	41	9	9	18	12
Jackie Hamilton	40	7	9	16	12
Lorne Carr	42	5	8	13	2
Wally Stanowski	45	3	10	13	10
Mel Hill	35	5	7	12	10
Bill Ezinicki	24	4	8	12	29
Bud Poile	9	1	8	9	0
Moe Morris	38	1	5	6	10
Ted Kennedy	21	3	2	5	4
Ernie Dickens	15	1	3	4	6
Don Metz	7	1	0	1	0
Doug Baldwin	15	0	1	1	6
Jimmy Thomson	5	0	1	1	4
Baz Bastien	5	0	0	0	0
Gordie Bell	8	0	0	0	0
Turk Broda	15	0	0	0	0
Frank McCool	22	0	0	0	5

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Frank McCool	1320	22	10	9	3	81	3.68				0
Turk Broda	900	15	6	6	3	53	3.53				0
Gordie Bell	480	8	3	5	0	31	3.87				0
Baz Bastien	300	5	0	4	1	20	4.00				0
Team:	3000	50	19	24	7	185	3.70				0

Transactions

• July 9, 1945: Traded Reg Hamilton to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash and Future Considerations
• September 22, 1945: Acquired Gordie Bell from the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for cash
• October 16, 1945: Signed Free Agent Jimmy Thomson
• October 29, 1945: Traded Bingo Kampman to the Boston Bruins to complete a previous transaction
• November 6, 1945: Acquired Bingo Kampman from the Boston Bruins as Boston returned player