1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

	1946–47 Montreal Canadiens
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)
	← 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

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted 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

Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 1

Having met the year before in the 1946 Stanley Cup Finals where the Habs defeated the Bruins 4 games to 1, the Canadiens would repeat the victory in 5 games, though two games were decided in overtime.

Game 1 at the Montreal Forum saw the Bruins jump out to an early lead on a goal by Ken Smith. Bill Durnan would not allow another and goals by Toe Blake, Jimmy Peters and Johnny Quilty secured a 3-1 win for the Habs.

Game 2 in Montreal was a tight checking affair with a scoreless first period. Bobby Bauer scored for the Bruins at 3:02 of the second period which held up until Ken Reardon tied it with less than a minute left in the game. Montreal's Ken Mosdell was the OT hero 5:38 in and the Habs took a 2-0 series lead to Boston. Bruins All-Star defenseman Jack Crawford was lost to injury for the remainder of the series.

Game 3 at the Boston Garden was a rough affair with several brawls. Maurice Richard opened the scoring :38 seconds in which Ken Mosdell extended five minutes later. At the 14:38 minute mark, Woody Dumart and Richard got into a scrap, resulting in a major penalty to Richard. The second period saw 4 majors handed out and Richard receive a game misconduct. Energized, the Bruins struck for 3 goals by Milt Schmidt, Joe Carveth and Schmidt again and led 3-2 at the end of the second period. Ken Reardon was knocked out of the series after receiving a check from Bep Guidolin and breaking his toe after hitting the boards. Deflated, the Habs didn't counter and Dumart's first of the playoffs 14:48 into the third period led the Bruins to a 4-2 win.

Game 4 in Boston saw Eddie Shore honored with entry into the Hockey Hall of Fame and his #2 jersey retired. Playing without defensemen Crawford and Murray Henderson, Montreal's Billy Reay ruined the celebration with a 4 goal performance as the Habs took a 3-1 stranglehold on the series.

Game 5 in Montreal saw the Bruins Pentti Lund play his first ever game in place of Jack McGill. After a scoreless first period, Toe Blake scored 45 seconds into the second but the Bruins Carveth and Schmidt scored within 20 seconds of each other to make it 2-1 Bruins at the end of the period. Richard tied it up at 7:43 of the third but Ken Smith put the Bruins up 3-2 at 11:40. With time running out, Richard scored again with a little over 3 minutes remaining and the game headed to overtime. The Bruins had a scary moment when Fern Flaman took a penalty 15:25 into the first OT, but managed to kill it off. Late in the second OT, a shot by Murph Chamberlain hit the post and dropped for Johnny Quilty who rapped in the winner. Montreal won the series 4 games to 1.

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 25	Boston Bruins	1-3	Montreal Canadiens	0-1
2	March 27	Boston Bruins	1-2 (OT)	Montreal Canadiens	0-2
3	March 29	Montreal Canadiens	2-4	Boston Bruins	1-2
4	April 1	Montreal Canadiens	1-5	Boston Bruins	3-1
5	April 3	Boston Bruins	3-4 (2OT)	Montreal Canadiens	1-4

Stanley Cup Finals

For more details on this topic, see 1947 Stanley Cup Finals.

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
Lewis, DougDoug Lewis	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Pargeter, GeorgeGeorge Pargeter	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Benoit, JoeJoe Benoit	RW	6	0	0	0	4
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	D	6	0	0	0	0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	60	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
Lamoureux, LeoLeo Lamoureux	C/D	4	0	0	0	4
Eddolls, FrankFrank Eddolls	D	7	0	0	0	4
Macey, HubHub Macey	LW	7	0	0	0	0
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	8	0	0	0	0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	11	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: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

Transactions

Roster

Trivia

During the February 1, 1947 Rangers-Canadiens game, Chuck Rayner skated three times into Montreal's zone in an attempt to score in the Rangers 2-1 loss.^[3]

Game Ads

References

↑ 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1946-47 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
↑ The Official NHL 75th Anniversary Commemorative Book, p.94.

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[1] 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[2] 1946-47 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

[3] The Official NHL 75th Anniversary Commemorative Book, p.94.

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Contents

Regular Season

Final Standings

Game Log

Playoffs

Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 1

Stanley Cup Finals

Player Stats

Regular Season

Playoffs

Awards and Records

Transactions

Roster

Trivia

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References

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