Belt game 1,297 · February 9, 1946
Montréal Canadiens take the belt
Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Black Hawks 6–2 at home to start reign 518 of the NHL belt, the 82nd for the franchise.
Chicago Black Hawks had held it since February 3, 1946, with 1 defense over 6 days.
Montréal Canadiens held it for 11 days and 4 defenses, then lost it to Detroit Red Wings on February 20, 1946.
518Reign number
82Team's reign
4Defenses
11Days held
Box score
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Peters | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Billy Reay | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Buddy O'Connor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Murph Chamberlain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Leo Lamoureux | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Benoit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Fillion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Reardon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dutch Hiller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Toe Blake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Maurice Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Elmer Lach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Butch Bouchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Harmon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Durnan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Chicago Black Hawks
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| George Allen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pete Horeck | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Reg Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Max Bentley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| George Gee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bill Mosienko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Don Grosso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Red Hamill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Alex Kaleta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Eddie Wares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Mariucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Cooper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Karakas | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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