1946–47_Montreal_Canadiens_season

1946–47 Montreal Canadiens
1946–47 Montreal Canadiens
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)
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1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

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.

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		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

1946–47 NHL Records ^[2]
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	—

Regular season results
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

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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

1946–47_Montreal_Canadiens_season

1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

Citations

References

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Bill Durnan	3600	60	34	16	10	138	2.30	4
Team:	3600	60	34	16	10	138	2.30	4