1947-48 IHL season

The 1947-48 IHL season was the third season of the International Hockey League.

Final standing
Team                      GP  W  L  T  PTS  GF  GA 1 Windsor Hettche Spitfires  30 19 10  1   39 151 105 2 Toledo Mercurys           30 15 10  5   35 113  98 3 Detroit Metal Mouldings   30 15 12  3   33 135 139 4 Detroit Bright's Goodyears 30 13 14 3   29 157 149 5 Detroit Auto Club         30 13 16  1   27 161 155 6 Windsor Staffords         30  8 21  1   17 117 188

Playoffs

 * Semifinals: Windsor Hettche Spitfires defeated Detroit Metal Mouldings 2-1 in a best-of-three series.


 * Semifinals: Toledo Mercurys defeated Detroit Bright's Goodyears 2-0 in a best-of-three series.


 * Finals: Toledo Mercurys defeated Windsor Hettche Spitfires 4-1 in a best-of seven series.

Date       Site     Result March 3rd  Toledo   Toledo   7 - 2 Windsor March 5th  Toledo   Toledo   7 - 4 Windsor March 8th  Detroit  Toledo   3 - 1 Windsor March 11th Windsor  Windsor  6 - 4 Toledo March 13th Windsor  Toledo   9 - 6 Windsor

Toledo Mercurys advanced to the 1947-48 United States National Senior Championship.

Top ten scorers
Name            Team         GP   G   A  PTS  PIM Dick Kowcinak   Auto Club    30  25  42   67   18 Lyle Dowell     Bright's     30  27  30   57   11 Ted Garvin      Auto Club    29  32  24   56   21 Bert Giesebrecht Metal       20  31  23   54   29 Trent Anderson  Bright's     28  21  26   47   55 Jim Uniac       Auto Club    22  25  19   44   12 Gord Haidy      Spitfires    25  32  11   43   48 Larry Wilson    Spitfires    25  13  29   42    6 Jack Kernahan   Mercurys     30  14  22   36   22 Len Loree       Staffords    24  16  19   35    4

Best goaltenders
Name           Team        GP  W  L  T  GA  SO  AVG. Stan Fogg      Mercury     30           98   2  3.37 Gord Buckley   DAC/WHS     18           69   1  3.83 John MacInnes  Metal       29          136   0  4.69 Tom McGratton  Bright's    15           75   1  5.00 John Dolson    Auto Club   29          152   0  5.24 Ken Freebairn  WST/WHS     30          188   1  6.27