1944-45 NHL Season Leaders

League Champion: Toronto Maple Leafs

Hart Memorial Trophy: Elmer Lach (26 G, 54 A, 80 P)
Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan (38-8-4, 2.42 GAA)
Calder Memorial Trophy: Frank McCool (24-22-4, 3.22 GAA)

Goals Leader: Maurice Richard (50)
Assists Leader: Elmer Lach (54)
Points Leader: Elmer Lach (80)

League Leaders

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

Goals
1.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	50
2.	Herb Cain-BOS	32
3.	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	29
	Toe Blake*-MTL	29
5.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	28
6.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	26
	Joe Carveth-DET	26
8.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	25
9.	Ab DeMarco-NYR	24
10.	Clint Smith*-CBH	23
	Mud Bruneteau-DET	23
	Carl Liscombe-DET	23
13.	Sweeney Schriner*-TOR	22
	Nick Metz-TOR	22
15.	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	21
	Lorne Carr-TOR	21
17.	Pete Horeck-CBH	20
	Grant Warwick-NYR	20
	Ken Smith-BOS	20
	Dutch Hiller-MTL	20
	Bill Jennings-BOS	20
	Flash Hollett-DET	20

Assists
1.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	54
2.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	40
3.	Toe Blake*-MTL	38
4.	Gus Bodnar-TOR	36
	Syd Howe*-DET	36
6.	Clint Smith*-CBH	31
7.	Ab DeMarco-NYR	30
8.	Joe Carveth-DET	28
9.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	26
10.	Lorne Carr-TOR	25
	Hank Goldup-NYR	25
	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	25
13.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	24
	Murray Armstrong-DET	24
15.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	23
	Babe Pratt*-TOR	23
	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	23
	Butch Bouchard*-MTL	23
19.	Grant Warwick-NYR	22
	Leo Lamoureux-MTL	22

Points
1.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	80
2.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	73
3.	Toe Blake*-MTL	67
4.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	65
5.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	54
	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	54
	Ab DeMarco-NYR	54
	Joe Carveth-DET	54
	Clint Smith*-CBH	54
10.	Syd Howe*-DET	53
11.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	47
12.	Lorne Carr-TOR	46
13.	Herb Cain-BOS	45
14.	Gus Bodnar-TOR	44
	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	44
16.	Hank Goldup-NYR	42
	Grant Warwick-NYR	42
18.	Flash Hollett-DET	41
	Babe Pratt*-TOR	41
20.	Steve Wojciechowski-DET	39
	Murray Armstrong-DET	39

Goals Created
1.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	38.6
2.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	33.2
3.	Toe Blake*-MTL	30.1
4.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	28.2
5.	Joe Carveth-DET	25.9
6.	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	25.4
7.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	24.9
8.	Ab DeMarco-NYR	24.4
9.	Herb Cain-BOS	24.1
10.	Clint Smith*-CBH	23.4
11.	Syd Howe*-DET	22.6
	Mud Bruneteau-DET	22.6
13.	Lorne Carr-TOR	20.5
14.	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	20.4
15.	Flash Hollett-DET	19.7
16.	Grant Warwick-NYR	19.4
17.	Steve Wojciechowski-DET	18.8
18.	Hank Goldup-NYR	18.4
19.	Sweeney Schriner*-TOR	18.1
	Babe Pratt*-TOR	18.1

Penalties in Minutes
1.	Pat Egan-BOS	86
2.	Bob Dill-NYR	69
3.	Leo Lamoureux-MTL	58
4.	Joe Cooper-CBH	50
5.	Bob Davidson-TOR	49
6.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	46
7.	Harold Jackson-DET	45
8.	Pete Horeck-CBH	44
9.	Ted Lindsay*-DET	43
10.	Reg Hamilton-TOR	41
	Glen Harmon-MTL	41
12.	Walt Atanas-NYR	40
13.	Babe Pratt*-TOR	39
	Flash Hollett-DET	39
15.	Murph Chamberlain-MTL	38
16.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	37
17.	Cully Simon-TOT	35
18.	Butch Bouchard*-MTL	34
	Ray Getliffe-MTL	34
20.	Wilf Field-TOT	32

Goals Per Game
1.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	1.00
2.	Sweeney Schriner*-TOR	0.85
3.	Herb Cain-BOS	0.64
4.	Toe Blake*-MTL	0.59
	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	0.59
6.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	0.56
7.	Carl Liscombe-DET	0.55
8.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	0.53
9.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	0.52
	Joe Carveth-DET	0.52
11.	Bill Jennings-BOS	0.51
12.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	0.51
13.	Ab DeMarco-NYR	0.48
14.	Grant Warwick-NYR	0.48
15.	Clint Smith*-CBH	0.46
16.	Lorne Carr-TOR	0.45
17.	Nick Metz-TOR	0.44
18.	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	0.42
19.	Dutch Hiller-MTL	0.42
20.	Ken Smith-BOS	0.41

Assists Per Game
1.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	1.08
2.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	0.82
3.	Syd Howe*-DET	0.78
4.	Toe Blake*-MTL	0.78
5.	Gus Bodnar-TOR	0.73
6.	Clint Smith*-CBH	0.62
7.	Ab DeMarco-NYR	0.60
8.	Joe Carveth-DET	0.56
9.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	0.56
10.	Lorne Carr-TOR	0.53
11.	Grant Warwick-NYR	0.52
12.	Hank Goldup-NYR	0.52
13.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	0.52
14.	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	0.51
15.	Murray Armstrong-DET	0.48
16.	Jack Crawford-BOS	0.47
17.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	0.46
	Babe Pratt*-TOR	0.46
	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	0.46
	Butch Bouchard*-MTL	0.46

Points Per Game
1.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	1.60
2.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	1.46
3.	Sweeney Schriner*-TOR	1.42
4.	Toe Blake*-MTL	1.37
5.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	1.33
6.	Syd Howe*-DET	1.15
7.	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	1.10
8.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	1.09
9.	Clint Smith*-CBH	1.08
	Joe Carveth-DET	1.08
	Ab DeMarco-NYR	1.08
	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	1.08
13.	Grant Warwick-NYR	1.00
14.	Lorne Carr-TOR	0.98
15.	Herb Cain-BOS	0.90
16.	Gus Bodnar-TOR	0.90
17.	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	0.88
18.	Hank Goldup-NYR	0.88
19.	Bill Jennings-BOS	0.85
20.	Babe Pratt*-TOR	0.82
	Flash Hollett-DET	0.82

Goals Created Per Game
1.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	0.77
2.	Sweeney Schriner*-TOR	0.70
3.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	0.66
4.	Toe Blake*-MTL	0.61
5.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	0.57
6.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	0.53
7.	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	0.52
8.	Joe Carveth-DET	0.52
9.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	0.50
10.	Syd Howe*-DET	0.49
11.	Ab DeMarco-NYR	0.49
12.	Herb Cain-BOS	0.48
13.	Clint Smith*-CBH	0.47
14.	Grant Warwick-NYR	0.46
15.	Lorne Carr-TOR	0.44
16.	Bill Jennings-BOS	0.43
17.	Carl Liscombe-DET	0.42
18.	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	0.41
19.	Flash Hollett-DET	0.39
20.	Hank Goldup-NYR	0.38

Games Played
1.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	50
	Frank McCool-TOR	50
3.	Mike Karakas-CBH	48
4.	Ken McAuley-NYR	46
5.	Harry Lumley*-DET	37
6.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	26
7.	Harvey Bennett-BOS	25
8.	Connie Dion-DET	12
9.	Doug Stevenson-TOT	6
10.	Normie Smith-DET	1

Wins
1.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	38
2.	Harry Lumley*-DET	24
	Frank McCool-TOR	24
4.	Mike Karakas-CBH	12
5.	Ken McAuley-NYR	11
6.	Harvey Bennett-BOS	10
7.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	6
	Connie Dion-DET	6
9.	Doug Stevenson-TOT	1
	Normie Smith-DET	1

Losses
1.	Mike Karakas-CBH	29
2.	Ken McAuley-NYR	25
3.	Frank McCool-TOR	22
4.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	18
5.	Harvey Bennett-BOS	12
6.	Harry Lumley*-DET	10
7.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	8
8.	Doug Stevenson-TOT	5
9.	Connie Dion-DET	4

Ties plus OT/SO Losses
1.	Ken McAuley-NYR	10
2.	Mike Karakas-CBH	7
3.	Frank McCool-TOR	4
	Bill Durnan*-MTL	4
5.	Harry Lumley*-DET	3
6.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	2
	Connie Dion-DET	2
	Harvey Bennett-BOS	2

Goals Against
1.	Ken McAuley-NYR	227
2.	Mike Karakas-CBH	187
3.	Frank McCool-TOR	161
4.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	121
5.	Harry Lumley*-DET	119
6.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	116
7.	Harvey Bennett-BOS	103
8.	Connie Dion-DET	39
9.	Doug Stevenson-TOT	27
10.	Normie Smith-DET	3

Goals Against Average
1.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	2.42
2.	Harry Lumley*-DET	3.22
3.	Frank McCool-TOR	3.22
4.	Mike Karakas-CBH	3.90
5.	Harvey Bennett-BOS	4.20
6.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	4.55
7.	Ken McAuley-NYR	4.93

Shutouts
1.	Mike Karakas-CBH	4
	Frank McCool-TOR	4
3.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	1
	Harry Lumley*-DET	1
	Ken McAuley-NYR	1

Minutes
1.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	3000
	Frank McCool-TOR	3000
3.	Mike Karakas-CBH	2880
4.	Ken McAuley-NYR	2760
5.	Harry Lumley*-DET	2220
6.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	1530
7.	Harvey Bennett-BOS	1470
8.	Connie Dion-DET	720
9.	Doug Stevenson-TOT	360
10.	Normie Smith-DET	60

Offensive Point Shares
1.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	7.8
2.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	6.3
3.	Toe Blake*-MTL	5.5
4.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	5.0
5.	Joe Carveth-DET	4.3
6.	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	4.3
7.	Flash Hollett-DET	4.1
8.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	4.1
9.	Ab DeMarco-NYR	3.9
10.	Herb Cain-BOS	3.9
11.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	3.8
12.	Babe Pratt*-TOR	3.7
13.	Syd Howe*-DET	3.7
14.	Clint Smith*-CBH	3.7
15.	Sweeney Schriner*-TOR	3.5
16.	Lorne Carr-TOR	3.0
17.	Grant Warwick-NYR	3.0
18.	Buddy O'Connor*-MTL	2.8
19.	Butch Bouchard*-MTL	2.6
20.	Carl Liscombe-DET	2.6

Defensive Point Shares
1.	Butch Bouchard*-MTL	5.6
2.	Leo Lamoureux-MTL	5.5
3.	Frank Eddolls-MTL	4.8
4.	Glen Harmon-MTL	4.7
5.	Flash Hollett-DET	4.2
	Harold Jackson-DET	4.2
	Bill Quackenbush*-DET	4.2
8.	Reg Hamilton-TOR	4.2
	Babe Pratt*-TOR	4.2
10.	Cully Simon-TOT	3.7
11.	Earl Seibert*-TOT	3.5
12.	Wilf Field-TOT	3.5
13.	Joe Cooper-CBH	3.2
14.	Pete Backor-TOR	3.0
15.	Wally Stanowski-TOR	2.9
16.	Red Mitchell-CBH	2.6
17.	Moe Morris-TOR	2.4
18.	Pat Egan-BOS	2.3
19.	Jack Shewchuk-BOS	2.3
20.	Dit Clapper*-BOS	2.2

Goalie Point Shares
1.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	13.2
2.	Frank McCool-TOR	10.1
3.	Harry Lumley*-DET	7.5
4.	Mike Karakas-CBH	7.2
5.	Ken McAuley-NYR	3.2
6.	Harvey Bennett-BOS	3.1
7.	Paul Bibeault-BOS	2.5
8.	Connie Dion-DET	2.4
9.	Doug Stevenson-TOT	0.6
10.	Normie Smith-DET	0.2

Point Shares
1.	Bill Durnan*-MTL	13.2
2.	Frank McCool-TOR	10.1
3.	Maurice Richard*-MTL	9.2
4.	Flash Hollett-DET	8.4
5.	Butch Bouchard*-MTL	8.2
6.	Babe Pratt*-TOR	7.9
7.	Elmer Lach*-MTL	7.8
8.	Harry Lumley*-DET	7.5
9.	Mike Karakas-CBH	7.2
10.	Toe Blake*-MTL	6.9
11.	Leo Lamoureux-MTL	6.5
12.	Earl Seibert*-TOT	5.9
13.	Bill Cowley*-BOS	5.6
14.	Bill Quackenbush*-DET	5.5
15.	Joe Carveth-DET	5.4
16.	Frank Eddolls-MTL	5.3
17.	Ted Kennedy*-TOR	5.3
18.	Glen Harmon-MTL	5.2
19.	Bill Mosienko*-CBH	4.9
20.	Mud Bruneteau-DET	4.8

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