1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season

	1947–48 Montreal Canadiens
Division	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 →

The 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season was the 39th season in club history. The Canadiens finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season[]

Bill Durnan was the last goaltender 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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Playoffs[]

The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs.

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

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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[]

Elmer Lach, Art Ross Memorial Trophy
Elmer Lach, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL Second 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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1947–48 NHL season by team
Teams	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See also	All-Star Game • 1948 Stanley Cup Finals

1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Game Log[]

Playoffs[]

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Awards and Records[]

Game Ads[]

References[]

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