1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

1946–47 Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
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)
Penalties in minutes Murph Chamberlain (97)
Wins Bill Durnan (34)
Goals against average Bill Durnan (2.30)
<1945–46 1947–48>

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.

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
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

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 17, 19463–0 New York Rangers (1946–47) 1–0–0
2TOctober 19, 19461–1 Boston Bruins (1946–47) 1–0–1
3LOctober 23, 19461–4 New York Rangers (1946–47) 1–1–1
4WOctober 26, 19467–2 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 2–1–1
5LOctober 27, 19461–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 2–2–1
6TNovember 1, 19461–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 2–2–2
7WNovember 7, 19464–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 3–2–2
8WNovember 9, 19465–2 Boston Bruins (1946–47) 4–2–2
9LNovember 10, 19463–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 4–3–2
10TNovember 13, 19464–4 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 4–3–3
11WNovember 14, 19464–3 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 5–3–3
12LNovember 16, 19460–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 5–4–3
13WNovember 17, 19464–1 @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 6–4–3
14LNovember 23, 19462–3 New York Rangers (1946–47) 6–5–3
15WNovember 24, 19464–2 @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 7–5–3
16WNovember 27, 19466–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 8–5–3
17WNovember 30, 19464–1 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 9–5–3
18WDecember 3, 19464–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 10–5–3
19LDecember 4, 19461–2 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 10–6–3
20WDecember 8, 19465–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 11–6–3
21WDecember 11, 19463–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 12–6–3
22WDecember 15, 19465–3 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 13–6–3
23WDecember 21, 19465–1 Boston Bruins (1946–47) 14–6–3
24WDecember 22, 19464–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 15–6–3
25LDecember 25, 19460–2 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 15–7–3
26WDecember 26, 19464–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 16–7–3
27WDecember 28, 19468–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 17–7–3
28WJanuary 1, 19475–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 18–7–3
29WJanuary 4, 19474–1 Boston Bruins (1946–47) 19–7–3
30LJanuary 8, 19472–4 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 19–8–3
31LJanuary 11, 19471–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 19–9–3
32LJanuary 12, 19471–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 19–10–3
33LJanuary 15, 19471–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 19–11–3
34TJanuary 16, 19471–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 19–11–4
35WJanuary 18, 19476–2 New York Rangers (1946–47) 20–11–4
36TJanuary 19, 19472–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 20–11–5
37WJanuary 22, 19474–3 @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 21–11–5
38WJanuary 25, 19474–1 Boston Bruins (1946–47) 22–11–5
39WJanuary 28, 19474–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 23–11–5
40WJanuary 30, 19472–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 24–11–5
41WFebruary 1, 19472–1 New York Rangers (1946–47) 25–11–5
42LFebruary 2, 19471–7 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 25–12–5
43WFebruary 5, 19473–2 @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 26–12–5
44WFebruary 6, 19478–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 27–12–5
45WFebruary 8, 19474–3 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 28–12–5
46TFebruary 12, 19471–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 28–12–6
47TFebruary 15, 19474–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 28–12–7
48TFebruary 16, 19472–2 @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 28–12–8
49LFebruary 22, 19473–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 28–13–8
50TFebruary 23, 19472–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 28–13–9
51WFebruary 26, 19471–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 29–13–9
52WFebruary 27, 19476–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 30–13–9
53LMarch 1, 19471–2 Boston Bruins (1946–47) 30–14–9
54TMarch 6, 19471–1 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 30–14–10
55WMarch 9, 19474–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 31–14–10
56WMarch 15, 19471–0 New York Rangers (1946–47) 32–14–10
57WMarch 16, 19474–3 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 33–14–10
58LMarch 19, 19474–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 33–15–10
59LMarch 22, 19474–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 33–16–10
60WMarch 23, 19473–2 @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 34–16–10

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

For more details on this topic, see 1947 Stanley Cup Finals.

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 60 45 26 71 69
Blake, ToeToe Blake LW 60 21 29 50 6
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 59 22 20 42 17
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle RW 53 16 14 30 12
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach C 31 14 16 30 22
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor C 46 10 20 30 6
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters RW 60 11 13 24 27
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 52 5 17 22 84
Leger, RogerRoger Leger D 49 4 18 22 12
Allen, GeorgeGeorge Allen LW/D 49 7 14 21 12
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain LW 49 10 10 20 97
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 54 5 10 15 50
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 57 5 9 14 53
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux C/D 50 2 11 13 14
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 60 5 7 12 60
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 57 6 3 9 16
Quilty, JohnJohn Quilty C 3 1 1 2 0
Macey, HubHub Macey LW 12 0 1 1 0
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit RW 6 0 0 0 4
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 60 0 0 0 0
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls D 6 0 0 0 0
Lewis, DougDoug Lewis LW 3 0 0 0 0
Pargeter, GeorgeGeorge Pargeter LW 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 3600 60 34 16 10 138 2.30 4
Team: 3600 60 34 16 10 138 2.30 4

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 10 6 5 11 44
Blake, ToeToe Blake LW 11 2 7 9 0
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 11 6 1 7 14
O'Connor, BuddyBuddy O'Connor C 8 3 4 7 0
Leger, RogerRoger Leger D 11 0 6 6 10
Quilty, JohnJohn Quilty C 7 3 2 5 9
Allen, GeorgeGeorge Allen LW/D 11 1 3 4 6
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain LW 11 1 3 4 19
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters RW 11 1 2 3 10
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 7 1 2 3 20
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 11 0 3 3 21
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle RW 6 2 0 2 2
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 4 2 0 2 4
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 11 1 1 2 4
MacKay, MurdoMurdo MacKay RW/C 9 0 1 1 0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 11 0 0 0 0
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls D 7 0 0 0 4
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 8 0 0 0 0
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux C/D 4 0 0 0 4
Macey, HubHub Macey LW 7 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 720 11 6 5 23 1.92 1
Team: 720 11 6 5 23 1.92 1

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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

See also

References

  1. "1946–1947 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. "1946–47 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  3. http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1947
  4. "1946-47 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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