Changes: 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season

	1947–48 Montreal Canadiens
League	5th NHL
1947–48 record	20-29-11
Goals for	147
Goals against	169
Team information
General manager	Frank J. Selke
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Toe Blake ; Bill Durnan
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Elmer Lach (30)
Assists	Elmer Lach (31)
Points	Elmer Lach (61)
Penalty minutes	Ken Reardon (129)
Wins	Bill Durnan (20
Goals against average	Bill Durnan (2.77)
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

Revision as of 23:31, 8 February 2020

The 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season was the 39th season in club history. The team finished fifth, four points out of a playoff spot.

Regular Season

Bill Durnan was the last goaltender in the 20th Century to serve as Captain of an NHL team. He suffered his only losing season during the 1947-48 season, and, for the only time in his career, did not lead the league in goals against average. ^[1]

Final Standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Toronto Maple Leafs	60	32	15	13	77	182	143
Detroit Red Wings	60	30	18	12	72	187	148
Boston Bruins	60	23	24	13	59	167	168
New York Rangers	60	21	26	13	55	176	201
Montreal Canadiens	60	20	29	11	51	147	169
Chicago Black Hawks	60	20	34	6	46	195	225

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	L	October 16, 1947	1–2	New York Rangers (1947–48)	0–1–0
2	W	October 18, 1947	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	1–1–0
3	L	October 22, 1947	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	1–2–0
4	W	October 25, 1947	5–0	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	2–2–0
5	W	October 26, 1947	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	3–2–0
6	L	October 29, 1947	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	3–3–0
7	W	November 2, 1947	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	4–3–0
8	W	November 6, 1947	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	5–3–0
9	L	November 8, 1947	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	5–4–0
10	W	November 13, 1947	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	6–4–0
11	L	November 15, 1947	1–9	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	6–5–0
12	L	November 16, 1947	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	6–6–0
13	T	November 19, 1947	2–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	6–6–1
14	L	November 22, 1947	3–5	New York Rangers (1947–48)	6–7–1
15	T	November 23, 1947	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	6–7–2
16	W	November 27, 1947	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	7–7–2
17	L	November 29, 1947	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	7–8–2
18	T	November 30, 1947	1–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	7–8–3
19	W	December 6, 1947	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	8–8–3
20	L	December 7, 1947	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	8–9–3
21	T	December 10, 1947	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	8–9–4
22	L	December 11, 1947	2–4	New York Rangers (1947–48)	8–10–4
23	W	December 14, 1947	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	9–10–4
24	L	December 20, 1947	2–4	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	9–11–4
25	W	December 21, 1947	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	10–11–4
26	L	December 25, 1947	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	10–12–4
27	W	December 27, 1947	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	11–12–4
28	L	January 1, 1948	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	11–13–4
29	T	January 3, 1948	2–2	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	11–13–5
30	L	January 4, 1948	2–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	11–14–5
31	T	January 8, 1948	1–1	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	11–14–6
32	T	January 10, 1948	1–1	New York Rangers (1947–48)	11–14–7
33	L	January 11, 1948	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	11–15–7
34	W	January 15, 1948	8–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	12–15–7
35	W	January 17, 1948	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	13–15–7
36	T	January 18, 1948	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	13–15–8
37	L	January 21, 1948	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	13–16–8
38	L	January 24, 1948	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	13–17–8
39	L	January 25, 1948	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	13–18–8
40	T	January 28, 1948	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	13–18–9
41	L	January 31, 1948	2–4	New York Rangers (1947–48)	13–19–9
42	W	February 1, 1948	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	14–19–9
43	L	February 5, 1948	2–7	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	14–20–9
44	L	February 7, 1948	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	14–21–9
45	L	February 14, 1948	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	14–22–9
46	L	February 15, 1948	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	14–23–9
47	W	February 19, 1948	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	15–23–9
48	L	February 21, 1948	1–3	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	15–24–9
49	L	February 22, 1948	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	15–25–9
50	L	February 28, 1948	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	15–26–9
51	L	February 29, 1948	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	15–27–9
52	W	March 3, 1948	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	16–27–9
53	T	March 4, 1948	1–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	16–27–10
54	T	March 6, 1948	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	16–27–11
55	L	March 7, 1948	3–9	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	16–28–11
56	W	March 11, 1948	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	17–28–11
57	W	March 13, 1948	3–2	New York Rangers (1947–48)	18–28–11
58	W	March 14, 1948	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	19–28–11
59	W	March 20, 1948	7–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	20–28–11
60	L	March 21, 1948	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	20–29–11

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Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach	C	60	30	31	61	72
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard	RW	53	28	25	53	89
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	32	9	15	24	4
Reardon, KenKen Reardon	D	58	7	15	22	129
Reay, BillyBilly Reay	C	60	6	14	20	24
Fillion, BobBob Fillion	LW	32	9	9	18	8
Leger, RogerRoger Leger	D	48	4	14	18	26
Jacques Locas	RW	56	7	8	15	66
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault	C	28	5	10	15	4
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon	D	56	10	4	14	52
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth	RW	35	1	10	11	6
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard	D	60	4	6	10	78
Chamberlain, MurphMurph Chamberlain	LW	30	6	3	9	62
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey	D	35	4	4	8	32
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle	LW	55	5	2	7	12
Carse, BobBob Carse	LW	22	3	3	6	16
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry	RW	31	1	5	6	0
Quilty, JohnJohn Quilty	C	20	2	3	5	4
Campeau, TodTod Campeau	C	14	2	2	4	4
Peters, JimmyJimmy Peters	RW	22	1	3	4	6
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe	D	14	1	2	3	4
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon	LW	3	1	1	2	0
MacKay, MurdoMurdo MacKay	RW/C	14	0	2	2	0
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell	C	23	1	0	1	19
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	G	59	0	0	0	5
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle	RW	15	0	0	0	0
Johnson, TomTom Johnson	D	1	0	0	0	0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	G	2	0	0	0	0
Robertson, GeorgeGeorge Robertson	LW/C	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan	3505	59	20	28	10	162	2.77	5
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil	95	2	0	1	1	7	4.42	0
Team:	3600	60	20	29	11	169	2.82	5

^[3]

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

Elmer Lach, Art Ross Memorial Trophy
Elmer Lach, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star

Game Ads

References

↑ http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196402&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo
↑ 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
↑ 1947-48 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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[1] ttp://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196402&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo

[2] 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

[3] 1947-48 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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Montreal Canadiens Seasons
1900s	1909–10
1910s	1910–11 • 1911–12 • 1912–13 • 1913–14 • 1914–15 • 1915–16 • 1916–17 • 1917–18 • 1918–19 • 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 • 1921–22 • 1922–23 • 1923–24 • 1924–25 • 1925–26 • 1926–27 • 1927–28 • 1928–29 • 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1939–40
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 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17 • 2017–18 • 2018–19 • 2019–20
Bold indicates Stanley Cup Championship

Montreal Canadiens
Franchise	Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners
Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
Affiliates	Laval Rocket (AHL)

1947–48 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	All-Star Game • 1948 Stanley Cup Finals

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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |2||W||October 18, 1947||4–2 || align="left"|  [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||1–1–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
 |3||L||October 22, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| @ [[Boston Bruins]] <small>([[1947–48 Boston Bruins season|1947–48]])</small> ||1–2–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |4||W||October 25, 1947||5–0 || align="left"|  [[Boston Bruins]] <small>([[1947–48 Boston Bruins season|1947–48]])</small> ||2–2–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |5||W||October 26, 1947||4–2 || align="left"| @ [[Detroit Red Wings]] <small>([[1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season|1947–48]])</small> ||3–2–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
 |6||L||October 29, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| @ [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||3–3–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |7||W||November 2, 1947||4–2 || align="left"| @ [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||4–3–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |8||W||November 6, 1947||3–0 || align="left"|  [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||5–3–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
 |9||L||November 8, 1947||1–3 || align="left"|  [[Detroit Red Wings]] <small>([[1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season|1947–48]])</small> ||5–4–0
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |10||W||November 13, 1947||5–2 || align="left"|  [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||6–4–0
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 |- align="center"
 |13||T||November 19, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| @ [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||6–6–1
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
 |14||L||November 22, 1947||3–5 || align="left"|  [[New York Rangers]] <small>([[1947–48 New York Rangers season|1947–48]])</small> ||6–7–1
 |- align="center"
 |15||T||November 23, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| @ [[Boston Bruins]] <small>([[1947–48 Boston Bruins season|1947–48]])</small> ||6–7–2
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |16||W||November 27, 1947||2–0 || align="left"|  [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||7–7–2
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
 |17||L||November 29, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| @ [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||7–8–2
 |- align="center"
 |18||T||November 30, 1947||1–1 || align="left"| @ [[Detroit Red Wings]] <small>([[1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season|1947–48]])</small> ||7–8–3
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |19||W||December 6, 1947||4–0 || align="left"|  [[Detroit Red Wings]] <small>([[1947–48 Detroit Red Wings season|1947–48]])</small> ||8–8–3
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |23||W||December 14, 1947||4–3 || align="left"| @ [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||9–10–4
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 |26||L||December 25, 1947||0–3 || align="left"|  [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||10–12–4
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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
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 |- align="center"
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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
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 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |34||W||January 15, 1948||8–4 || align="left"|  [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||12–15–7
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |35||W||January 17, 1948||3–1 || align="left"|  [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||13–15–7
 |- align="center"
 |36||T||January 18, 1948||1–1 || align="left"| @ [[Boston Bruins]] <small>([[1947–48 Boston Bruins season|1947–48]])</small> ||13–15–8
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 |40||T||January 28, 1948||3–3 || align="left"| @ [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||13–18–9
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 |41||L||January 31, 1948||2–4 || align="left"|  [[New York Rangers]] <small>([[1947–48 New York Rangers season|1947–48]])</small> ||13–19–9
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |42||W||February 1, 1948||3–0 || align="left"| @ [[Boston Bruins]] <small>([[1947–48 Boston Bruins season|1947–48]])</small> ||14–19–9
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 |55||L||March 7, 1948||3–9 || align="left"| @ [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||16–28–11
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |56||W||March 11, 1948||3–1 || align="left"|  [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] <small>([[1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1947–48]])</small> ||17–28–11
 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
 |57||W||March 13, 1948||3–2 || align="left"|  [[New York Rangers]] <small>([[1947–48 New York Rangers season|1947–48]])</small> ||18–28–11
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 |58||W||March 14, 1948||6–3 || align="left"| @ [[New York Rangers]] <small>([[1947–48 New York Rangers season|1947–48]])</small> ||19–28–11
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 |59||W||March 20, 1948||7–4 || align="left"|  [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] <small>([[1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks season|1947–48]])</small> ||20–28–11
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 </ref>
-==Player stats==
+==Player Stats==
-===Regular season===
+===Regular Season===
 ;Scoring
 {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" class="wikitable sortable"
 |- ALIGN="center"
 ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Player
-!  bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" title="Position"| Pos
+! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" title="Position"| Pos
 ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Games played" | GP
 ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Goals" | G
 ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Assists" | A
 ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Points" | Pts
 ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Penalties in Minutes" | PIM
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Elmer|Lach}} ||C ||60 ||30 ||31 ||61 ||72
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Maurice|Richard}} ||RW ||53 ||28 ||25 ||53 ||89
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Toe|Blake}} ||LW ||32 ||9 ||15 ||24 ||4
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Ken|Reardon}} ||D ||58 ||7 ||15 ||22 ||129
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Billy|Reay}} ||C ||60 ||6 ||14 ||20 ||24
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Bob|Fillion}} ||LW ||32 ||9 ||9 ||18 ||8
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Roger|Leger}} ||D ||48 ||4 ||14 ||18 ||26
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | [[Jacques Locas (b. 1926)|Jacques Locas]] ||RW ||56 ||7 ||8 ||15 ||66
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Norm|Dussault}} ||C ||28 ||5 ||10 ||15 ||4
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Glen|Harmon}} ||D ||56 ||10 ||4 ||14 ||52
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Joe|Carveth}} ||RW ||35 ||1 ||10 ||11 ||6
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Butch|Bouchard}} ||D ||60 ||4 ||6 ||10 ||78
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Murph|Chamberlain}} ||LW ||30 ||6 ||3 ||9 ||62
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Doug|Harvey|Doug Harvey (ice hockey)}} ||D ||35 ||4 ||4 ||8 ||32
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Rip|Riopelle}} ||LW ||55 ||5 ||2 ||7 ||12
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Bob|Carse}} ||LW ||22 ||3 ||3 ||6 ||16
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Floyd|Curry}} ||RW ||31 ||1 ||5 ||6 ||0
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|John|Quilty}} ||C ||20 ||2 ||3 ||5 ||4
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Tod|Campeau}} ||C ||14 ||2 ||2 ||4 ||4
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Jimmy|Peters|Jimmy Peters, Sr.}} ||RW ||22 ||1 ||3 ||4 ||6
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Hal|Laycoe}} ||D ||14 ||1 ||2 ||3 ||4
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Gerry|Plamondon}} ||LW ||3 ||1 ||1 ||2 ||0
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 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Murdo|MacKay}} ||RW/C ||14 ||0 ||2 ||2 ||0
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 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Ken|Mosdell}} ||C ||23 ||1 ||0 ||1 ||19
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 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Bill|Durnan}} ||G ||59 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||5
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 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Leo|Gravelle}} ||RW ||15 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
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 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Tom|Johnson|Tom Johnson (ice hockey)}} ||D ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
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 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Gerry|McNeil}} ||G ||2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|George|Robertson}} ||LW/C ||1 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0
 |}
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 {| width="60%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
-!  bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Player
+! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Player
-!  width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Minutes played" |MIN
+! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Minutes played" |MIN
 ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"|GP
 ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"|W
 ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF"title="Games played in"| L
 ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Ties"|T
-!  width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against"|GA
+! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against"|GA
 ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against average"|GAA
 ! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF"title="Shut-outs"| SO
 |- align="center"
 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Bill|Durnan}} ||3505 || 59 || 20 || 28 || 10 || 162 || 2.77 || 5
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 | align="right" | {{Sortname|Gerry|McNeil}} ||95 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 4.42 || 0
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 | align="right"  | '''Team:''' || 3600 || 60 || 20 || 29 || 11 || 169 || 2.82 || 5
 |}
-===Playoffs===
-;Scoring
-{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="60%" class="wikitable sortable"
-|- ALIGN="center"
-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Player
-!  bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" title="Position"| Pos
-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Games played" | GP
-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Goals" | G
-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Assists" | A
-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Points" | Pts
-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" title="Penalties in Minutes" | PIM
-|}
-;Goaltending
-{| width="60%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"
-|-
-!  bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="10%" | Player
-!  width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Minutes played" |MIN
-! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"|GP
-! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Games played in"|W
-! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF"title="Games played in"| L
-!  width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against"|GA
-! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Goals against average"|GAA
-! width="3%" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" title="Shut-outs"| SO
-|}
 <ref>{{cite web |publisher=hockey-reference.com |accessdate=2009-05-28 |title=1947-48 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com|url=http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1948.html}}</ref>
-<small>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
+<small>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 </small>
-<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; </small>
+<br /><small>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; </small>
-==Awards and records==
+==Awards and Records==
 * [[Elmer Lach]], [[Art Ross Memorial Trophy]]
 * Elmer Lach, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
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 ==Game Ads==
 <gallery captionalign="center">
--48NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Home Opener
 -48NHLExhMonCanQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ [[Quebec City]]
 -48NHLExhShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ [[Shawinigan]]
+-48NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Home Opener
 </gallery>
 ==References==
 *[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000451948.html Canadiens on Hockey Database]
 *[http://nhlreference.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1947&lg= Canadiens on NHL Reference]
 <references/>
-</div>
 {{Montreal Canadiens seasons}}
 {{Montreal Canadiens}}
 {{1947–48 NHL season by team}}
 {{Wikipedia}}
 [[Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons]]