1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

1946–47 Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy Winners
Conference Champions
Division Champions
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

	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

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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 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

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

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Player stats

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

• Hart Memorial Trophy : Maurice Richard
• Vezina Trophy : Bill Durnan

Transactions

Roster

See also

• 1946–47 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ "1946–47 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1947_games.html. 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. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1947.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 

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