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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 scorers[]

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

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See also[]

International Hockey League (1945-2001)

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