1946–47 Boston Bruins season

On February 12, 1947, Dit Clapper played his final game with the Boston Bruins. Before the start of the game, Clapper was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was the only active player to be inducted into the Hall.^[1]

Final standings

National Hockey League^[2]
		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 −3	55
5	New York Rangers	60	22	32	6	167	186	-19 −19	50
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	19	37	4	193	274	-81 −81	42

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 19, 1946	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	0–0–1
2	T	October 20, 1946	2–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	0–0–2
3	T	October 23, 1946	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	0–0–3
4	W	October 26, 1946	3–1	New York Rangers (1946–47)	1–0–3
5	T	October 30, 1946	3–3	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	1–0–4
6	W	November 2, 1946	5–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	2–0–4
7	L	November 3, 1946	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	2–1–4
8	T	November 6, 1946	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	2–1–5
9	L	November 9, 1946	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	2–2–5
10	W	November 10, 1946	4–0	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	3–2–5
11	W	November 13, 1946	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	4–2–5
12	L	November 17, 1946	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	4–3–5
13	W	November 20, 1946	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	5–3–5
14	L	November 24, 1946	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	5–4–5
15	W	November 27, 1946	5–2	New York Rangers (1946–47)	6–4–5
16	T	December 1, 1946	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	6–4–6
17	T	December 4, 1946	2–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	6–4–7
18	L	December 7, 1946	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	6–5–7
19	L	December 8, 1946	4–6	New York Rangers (1946–47)	6–6–7
20	W	December 11, 1946	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	7–6–7
21	W	December 15, 1946	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	8–6–7
22	W	December 18, 1946	3–2	New York Rangers (1946–47)	9–6–7
23	L	December 21, 1946	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	9–7–7
24	L	December 22, 1946	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	9–8–7
25	L	December 25, 1946	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	9–9–7
26	L	December 28, 1946	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	9–10–7
27	T	December 29, 1946	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	9–10–8
28	W	January 1, 1947	3–1	New York Rangers (1946–47)	10–10–8
29	L	January 4, 1947	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	10–11–8
30	L	January 5, 1947	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	10–12–8
31	W	January 8, 1947	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	11–12–8
32	L	January 11, 1947	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	11–13–8
33	L	January 12, 1947	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	11–14–8
34	W	January 15, 1947	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	12–14–8
35	W	January 18, 1947	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	13–14–8
36	W	January 19, 1947	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	14–14–8
37	L	January 22, 1947	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	14–15–8
38	L	January 25, 1947	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	14–16–8
39	W	January 26, 1947	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	15–16–8
40	W	January 29, 1947	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	16–16–8
41	T	February 1, 1947	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	16–16–9
42	L	February 2, 1947	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	16–17–9
43	L	February 5, 1947	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	16–18–9
44	L	February 8, 1947	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	16–19–9
45	L	February 9, 1947	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	16–20–9
46	W	February 12, 1947	10–1	New York Rangers (1946–47)	17–20–9
47	T	February 16, 1947	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	17–20–10
48	L	February 19, 1947	0–6	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	17–21–10
49	L	February 20, 1947	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	17–22–10
50	W	February 23, 1947	9–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	18–22–10
51	W	March 1, 1947	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	19–22–10
52	W	March 2, 1947	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	20–22–10
53	W	March 5, 1947	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	21–22–10
54	W	March 9, 1947	6–0	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	22–22–10
55	W	March 12, 1947	8–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	23–22–10
56	W	March 13, 1947	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	24–22–10
57	T	March 15, 1947	5–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	24–22–11
58	W	March 16, 1947	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	25–22–11
59	W	March 19, 1947	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	26–22–11
60	L	March 23, 1947	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	26–23–11

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	59	27	35	62	40
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	58	30	24	54	4
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	60	24	28	52	12
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	51	13	25	38	16
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	51	21	15	36	18
Gallinger, DonDon Gallinger	C	47	11	19	30	12
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	60	7	18	25	89
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin	LW	56	10	13	23	73
Smith, KenKen Smith	LW	60	14	7	21	4
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	60	6	14	20	17
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	58	1	17	18	16
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	57	5	12	17	63
McGill, JackJack McGill	C	24	5	9	14	19
Marquess, MarkMark Marquess	RW	27	5	4	9	6
Pratt, BabeBabe Pratt	D	31	4	4	8	25
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	23	1	4	5	41
Barry, EdEd Barry	LW	19	1	3	4	2
Martin, ClareClare Martin	D	6	3	0	3	0
Shill, BillBill Shill	RW	27	2	0	2	2
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	33	0	2	2	2
McAtee, NormNorm McAtee	C	13	0	1	1	0
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	G	60	0	0	0	2
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	6	0	0	0	0
Peirson, JohnnyJohnny Peirson	RW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	3600	60	26	23	11	175	2.92	3
Team:	3600	60	26	23	11	175	2.92	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Schmidt, MiltMilt Schmidt	C/D	5	3	1	4	4
Smith, KenKen Smith	LW	5	3	0	3	2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	5	2	1	3	0
Reardon, TerryTerry Reardon	C/RW	5	0	3	3	2
Bauer, BobbyBobby Bauer	RW	5	1	1	2	0
Dumart, WoodyWoody Dumart	LW	5	1	1	2	8
Cowley, BillBill Cowley	C	5	0	2	2	0
Egan, PatPat Egan	D	5	0	2	2	6
Guidolin, BepBep Guidolin	LW	3	0	1	1	6
Martin, ClareClare Martin	D	5	0	1	1	0
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	G	5	0	0	0	0
Crawford, JackJack Crawford	D	2	0	0	0	0
Flaman, FernFern Flaman	D	5	0	0	0	8
Gallinger, DonDon Gallinger	C	4	0	0	0	7
Henderson, MurrayMurray Henderson	D	4	0	0	0	4
Lund, PenttiPentti Lund	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Marquess, MarkMark Marquess	RW	4	0	0	0	0
McGill, JackJack McGill	C	5	0	0	0	11

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Brimsek, FrankFrank Brimsek	343	5	1	4	16	2.80	0
Team:	343	5	1	4	16	2.80	0

^[3]

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;

References

↑ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.25, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
↑ "1946–1947 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1946-47 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

"1946–47 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

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