The 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season was the 38th season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to two.
1946–47 Montreal Canadiens | |
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Prince of Wales Trophy winners | |
League | 1st NHL |
1946–47 record | 34–16–10 |
Goals for | 189 |
Goals against | 138 |
Team information | |
General manager | Frank J. Selke |
Coach | Dick Irvin |
Captain | Toe Blake |
Arena | Montreal Forum |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Maurice Richard (45) |
Assists | Toe Blake (29) |
Points | Maurice Richard (71) |
Penalty minutes | Murph Chamberlain (97) |
Wins | Bill Durnan (34) |
Goals against average | Bill Durnan (2.30) |
Regular season
editFinal standings
editGP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 189 | 138 | +51 | 78 |
2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 209 | 172 | +37 | 72 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 190 | 175 | +15 | 63 |
4 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 190 | 193 | −3 | 55 |
5 | New York Rangers | 60 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 167 | 186 | −19 | 50 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 193 | 274 | −81 | 42 |
Record vs. opponents
edit1946–47 NHL Records [2] | ||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 6–3–3 | 1–9–2 | 7–3–2 | 5–5–2 | ||||||
Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 4–7–1 | 3–8–1 | 4–8 | 3–8–1 | ||||||
Detroit | 3–6–3 | 7–4–1 | — | 4–6–2 | 6–3–3 | 2–8–2 | ||||||
Montreal | 9–1–2 | 8–3–1 | 6–4–2 | — | 6–5–1 | 5–3–4 | ||||||
New York | 3–7–2 | 8–4 | 3–6–3 | 5–6–1 | — | 4–8 | ||||||
Toronto | 5–5–2 | 8–3–1 | 8–2–2 | 3–5–4 | 8–4 | — |
Schedule and results
editRegular season results | |||||
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No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
1 | W | October 17, 1946 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 1–0–0 |
2 | T | October 19, 1946 | 1–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 1–0–1 |
3 | L | October 23, 1946 | 1–4 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 1–1–1 |
4 | W | October 26, 1946 | 7–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 2–1–1 |
5 | L | October 27, 1946 | 1–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 2–2–1 |
6 | T | November 1, 1946 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 2–2–2 |
7 | W | November 7, 1946 | 4–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 3–2–2 |
8 | W | November 9, 1946 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 4–2–2 |
9 | L | November 10, 1946 | 3–6 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 4–3–2 |
10 | T | November 13, 1946 | 4–4 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 4–3–3 |
11 | W | November 14, 1946 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 5–3–3 |
12 | L | November 16, 1946 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 5–4–3 |
13 | W | November 17, 1946 | 4–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 6–4–3 |
14 | L | November 23, 1946 | 2–3 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 6–5–3 |
15 | W | November 24, 1946 | 4–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 7–5–3 |
16 | W | November 27, 1946 | 6–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 8–5–3 |
17 | W | November 30, 1946 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 9–5–3 |
18 | W | December 3, 1946 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 10–5–3 |
19 | L | December 4, 1946 | 1–2 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 10–6–3 |
20 | W | December 8, 1946 | 5–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 11–6–3 |
21 | W | December 11, 1946 | 3–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 12–6–3 |
22 | W | December 15, 1946 | 5–3 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 13–6–3 |
23 | W | December 21, 1946 | 5–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 14–6–3 |
24 | W | December 22, 1946 | 4–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 15–6–3 |
25 | L | December 25, 1946 | 0–2 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 15–7–3 |
26 | W | December 26, 1946 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 16–7–3 |
27 | W | December 28, 1946 | 8–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 17–7–3 |
28 | W | January 1, 1947 | 5–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 18–7–3 |
29 | W | January 4, 1947 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 19–7–3 |
30 | L | January 8, 1947 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 19–8–3 |
31 | L | January 11, 1947 | 1–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 19–9–3 |
32 | L | January 12, 1947 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 19–10–3 |
33 | L | January 15, 1947 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 19–11–3 |
34 | T | January 16, 1947 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 19–11–4 |
35 | W | January 18, 1947 | 6–2 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 20–11–4 |
36 | T | January 19, 1947 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 20–11–5 |
37 | W | January 22, 1947 | 4–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 21–11–5 |
38 | W | January 25, 1947 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 22–11–5 |
39 | W | January 28, 1947 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 23–11–5 |
40 | W | January 30, 1947 | 2–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 24–11–5 |
41 | W | February 1, 1947 | 2–1 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 25–11–5 |
42 | L | February 2, 1947 | 1–7 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 25–12–5 |
43 | W | February 5, 1947 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 26–12–5 |
44 | W | February 6, 1947 | 8–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 27–12–5 |
45 | W | February 8, 1947 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 28–12–5 |
46 | T | February 12, 1947 | 1–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 28–12–6 |
47 | T | February 15, 1947 | 4–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 28–12–7 |
48 | T | February 16, 1947 | 2–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 28–12–8 |
49 | L | February 22, 1947 | 3–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 28–13–8 |
50 | T | February 23, 1947 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 28–13–9 |
51 | W | February 26, 1947 | 1–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 29–13–9 |
52 | W | February 27, 1947 | 6–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 30–13–9 |
53 | L | March 1, 1947 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 30–14–9 |
54 | T | March 6, 1947 | 1–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 30–14–10 |
55 | W | March 9, 1947 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 31–14–10 |
56 | W | March 15, 1947 | 1–0 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 32–14–10 |
57 | W | March 16, 1947 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 33–14–10 |
58 | L | March 19, 1947 | 4–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 33–15–10 |
59 | L | March 22, 1947 | 4–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 33–16–10 |
60 | W | March 23, 1947 | 3–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) | 34–16–10 |
Playoffs
editStanley Cup Finals
editPlayer statistics
editRegular season
editScoring
editPlayer | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Maurice Richard | RW | 60 | 45 | 26 | 71 | 69 |
Toe Blake | LW | 60 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 6 |
Billy Reay | C | 59 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 17 |
Leo Gravelle | RW | 53 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 12 |
Elmer Lach | C | 31 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 22 |
Buddy O'Connor | C | 46 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 6 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 60 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 27 |
Ken Reardon | D | 52 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 84 |
Roger Leger | D | 49 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 12 |
George Allen | LW/D | 49 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 |
Murph Chamberlain | LW | 49 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 97 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 54 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 50 |
Glen Harmon | D | 57 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 53 |
Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 50 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 14 |
Emile Bouchard | D | 60 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 60 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 57 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
John Quilty | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Hub Macey | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Benoit | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bill Durnan | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Eddolls | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Lewis | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Pargeter | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
editPlayer | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
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Bill Durnan | 3600 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 138 | 2.30 | 4 |
Team: | 3600 | 60 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 138 | 2.30 | 4 |
Playoffs
editScoring
editPlayer | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Maurice Richard | RW | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 |
Toe Blake | LW | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Billy Reay | C | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
Buddy O'Connor | C | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Roger Leger | D | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
John Quilty | C | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
George Allen | LW/D | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Murph Chamberlain | LW | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Ken Reardon | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
Emile Bouchard | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
Leo Gravelle | RW | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ken Mosdell | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Glen Harmon | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Murdo MacKay | RW/C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bill Durnan | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Eddolls | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bob Fillion | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Leo Lamoureux | C/D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Hub Macey | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
editPlayer | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
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Bill Durnan | 720 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 1.92 | 1 |
Team: | 720 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 1.92 | 1 |
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
editTransactions
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See also
editCitations
edit- ^ "Standings: 1946–1947". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "1946–47 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ "Montreal Canadiens 1947-48 Game Log and Scores". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
- ^ "1946-47 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.