1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks season

1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks
Division	6th
1946–47 record	19–37–4
Home record	10–17–3
Road record	9–20–1
Goals for	193
Goals against	274
Team information
General Manager	Bill Tobin
Coach	Johnny Gottselig
Captain	Red Hamill
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Max Bentley (29)
Assists	Max Bentley (43)
Points	Max Bentley (72)
Penalties in minutes	John Mariucci (110)
Wins	Paul Bibeault (13)
Goals against average	Paul Bibeault (4.15)

<1945–46	1947–48>

The 1946–47 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 21st season in the National Hockey League, and they were coming off a 3rd place regular season finish in 1945–46, followed by being swept by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.

The Black Hawks would struggle all season long in 1946–47, allowing a league high 274 goals, which was 81 goals higher than the next closest team. The team had the 2nd highest offense in the league though, scoring 193 goals. Despite the NHL raising its schedule length to 60 games, the Hawks would not even be close to reaching its point total from the previous season, earning a league low 42 points, and finishing 13 points out of a playoff spot.

Offensively, the Hawks were led by Max Bentley, who led the NHL in points with 72, and he led the Black Hawks with 29 goals and 43 assists. Doug Bentley would earn 55 points, while Bill Mosienko would score 25 goals and 52 points. Alex Kaleta (24), team captain Red Hamill (21), and Hully Gee (20) would all reach the 20 goal plateau. On defense, teenager Bill Gadsby would lead the team with 18 points, while John Mariucci would set a team record for penalty minutes in a season, with 110.

In goal, the Hawks acquired Paul Bibeault from the Montreal Canadiens, and he would lead the team with 13 wins, and had a 4.15 GAA, along with a shutout. Emile Francis would also get some playing time, earning 6 wins, while posting a 5.47 GAA.

1 Season standings
2 Game log
- 2.1 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Scoring leaders
- 3.2 Goaltending
4 See also
5 References

Season standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Canadiens	60	34	16	10	78	189	138	561
Toronto Maple Leafs	60	31	19	10	72	209	172	669
Boston Bruins	60	26	23	11	63	190	175	463
Detroit Red Wings	60	22	27	11	55	190	193	535
New York Rangers	60	22	32	6	50	167	186	426
Chicago Black Hawks	60	19	37	4	42	193	274	467

^[1]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualify for the playoffs are indicated in bold.

Game log

Regular season

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 20	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2	Boston Bruins	0–0–1	1
2	October 23	Chicago Black Hawks	6–5	Detroit Red Wings	1–0–1	3
3	October 26	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–1–1	3
4	October 30	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks	1–2–1	3
5	November 3	Boston Bruins	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks	2–2–1	5
6	November 6	New York Rangers	2–6	Chicago Black Hawks	3–2–1	7
7	November 7	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4	Montreal Canadiens	3–3–1	7
8	November 10	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4–1	7
9	November 16	Chicago Black Hawks	6–2	New York Rangers	4–4–1	9
10	November 17	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5	Detroit Red Wings	4–5–1	9
11	November 20	Detroit Red Wings	8–6	Chicago Black Hawks	4–6–1	9
12	November 24	New York Rangers	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks	4–7–1	9
13	November 27	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	5–7–1	11
14	November 30	Chicago Black Hawks	0–11	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–8–1	11
15	December 1	New York Rangers	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks	5–9–1	11
16	December 3	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Montreal Canadiens	5–10–1	11
17	December 4	Detroit Red Wings	0–0	Chicago Black Hawks	5–10–2	12
18	December 8	Montreal Canadiens	5–3	Chicago Black Hawks	5–11–2	12
19	December 11	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Boston Bruins	5–12–2	12
20	December 15	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks	5–13–2	12
21	December 18	Detroit Red Wings	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks	6–13–2	14
22	December 21	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–14–2	14
23	December 22	Boston Bruins	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks	7–14–2	16
24	December 25	Chicago Black Hawks	5–3	Boston Bruins	8–14–2	18
25	December 28	Chicago Black Hawks	2–8	Montreal Canadiens	8–15–2	18
26	January 1	Montreal Canadiens	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks	8–16–2	18
27	January 5	Chicago Black Hawks	0–9	New York Rangers	8–17–2	18
28	January 8	Chicago Black Hawks	4–10	Toronto Maple Leafs	8–18–2	18
29	January 9	Chicago Black Hawks	6–4	Detroit Red Wings	9–18–2	20
30	January 11	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	Montreal Canadiens	10–18–2	22
31	January 12	Montreal Canadiens	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	11–18–2	24
32	January 15	Chicago Black Hawks	3–6	Boston Bruins	11–19–2	24
33	January 18	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Boston Bruins	11–20–2	24
34	January 19	Chicago Black Hawks	3–5	New York Rangers	11–21–2	24
35	January 22	New York Rangers	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	11–22–2	24
36	January 23	Chicago Black Hawks	2–8	Detroit Red Wings	11–23–2	24
37	January 26	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–6	Chicago Black Hawks	11–23–3	25
38	January 28	Montreal Canadiens	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks	11–24–3	25
39	February 1	Chicago Black Hawks	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	12–24–3	27
40	February 2	Boston Bruins	1–3	Chicago Black Hawks	13–24–3	29
41	February 5	New York Rangers	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	13–25–3	29
42	February 9	Boston Bruins	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks	14–25–3	31
43	February 12	Montreal Canadiens	1–1	Chicago Black Hawks	14–25–4	32
44	February 15	Chicago Black Hawks	1–5	Detroit Red Wings	14–26–4	32
45	February 16	Detroit Red Wings	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks	15–26–4	34
46	February 19	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks	16–26–4	36
47	February 23	Boston Bruins	9–4	Chicago Black Hawks	16–27–4	36
48	February 26	Chicago Black Hawks	9–7	New York Rangers	17–27–4	38
49	February 27	Chicago Black Hawks	5–6	Montreal Canadiens	17–28–4	38
50	March 2	Detroit Red Wings	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	17–29–4	38
51	March 3	Chicago Black Hawks	9–4	New York Rangers	18–29–4	40
52	March 5	New York Rangers	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	18–30–4	40
53	March 8	Chicago Black Hawks	4–12	Toronto Maple Leafs	18–31–4	40
54	March 9	Montreal Canadiens	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks	18–32–4	40
55	March 12	Boston Bruins	8–3	Chicago Black Hawks	18–33–4	40
56	March 15	Chicago Black Hawks	3–8	Detroit Red Wings	18–34–4	40
57	March 16	Detroit Red Wings	10–6	Chicago Black Hawks	18–35–4	40
58	March 19	Chicago Black Hawks	3–7	Boston Bruins	18–36–4	40
59	March 22	Chicago Black Hawks	5–4	Montreal Canadiens	19–36–4	42
60	March 23	Chicago Black Hawks	3–4	New York Rangers	19–37–4	42

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Max Bentley	60	29	43	72	12
Doug Bentley	52	21	34	55	18
Bill Mosienko	59	25	27	52	2
Alex Kaleta	57	24	20	44	37
Red Hamill	60	21	19	40	12

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Paul Bibeault	41	2460	13	25	3	170	1	4.15
Emile Francis	19	1140	6	12	1	104	0	5.47

References

SHRP Sports
The Internet Hockey Database
National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

Notes

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

Chicago Blackhawks seasons

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1940s	1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 • 1943–44 • 1944–45 • 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1946–47 NHL season by team

Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto

See also	1947 Stanley Cup Finals