1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup. During the season, Maple Leaf Gardens was the first arena in the NHL to have Plexiglas inserted in the end zones of the rink.[1]

1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Division2nd NHL
1946–47 record31–19–10
Goals for209
Goals against172
Team information
General ManagerConn Smythe
CoachHap Day
CaptainSyl Apps
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsTed Kennedy (28)
AssistsTed Kennedy (32)
PointsTed Kennedy (60)
Penalty minutesGus Mortson (133)
WinsTurk Broda (31)
Goals against averageTurk Broda (2.87)

Off-season

Frank Selke was involved in the wrong end of a power struggle with Conn Smythe and the club's board of directors. Selke was let go, and was immediately signed as the new general manager of the Montreal Canadiens.[2] Frank McCool retired of his own volition due to his ulcers, while Lorne Carr, Dave Schriner, Mel Hill and Bob Davidson were asked to retire by the team. Babe Pratt was traded to Boston. The team brought in several rookies: Bill Barilko, Garth Boesch, Howie Meeker and Sid Smith.[3]

Regular season

Despite having a large number of rookies, the team won twenty of their first thirty-one games, led by the play of Meeker. Meeker set a rookie record, scoring five goals in a 10–4 win over Chicago on January 8, 1947.[4] The team bounced back from a disappointing 1945–46 season to place second and qualify for the playoffs.

Final standings
National Hockey League[5]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Montreal Canadiens60341610189138+5178
2Toronto Maple Leafs60311910209172+3772
3Boston Bruins60262311190175+1563
4Detroit Red Wings60222711190193−355
5New York Rangers6022326167186−1950
6Chicago Black Hawks6019374193274−8142

Record vs. opponents
1946–47 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON NYR TOR
Boston —6–5–16–3–31–9–27–3–25–5–2
Chicago 5–6–1—4–7–13–8–14–83–8–1
Detroit 3–6–37–4–1—4–6–26–3–32–8–2
Montreal 9–1–28–3–16–4–2—6–5–15–3–4
New York 3–7–28–43–6–35–6–1—4–8
Toronto 5–5–28–3–18–2–23–5–48–4—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 163–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)0–0–1
2WOctober 196–3Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)1–0–1
3TOctober 233–3@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)1–0–2
4WOctober 262–1Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)2–0–2
5WOctober 305–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)3–0–2
6TNovember 11–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)3–0–3
7LNovember 20–5Boston Bruins (1946–47)3–1–3
8WNovember 94–2New York Rangers (1946–47)4–1–3
9WNovember 104–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)5–1–3
10WNovember 163–0Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)6–1–3
11WNovember 175–4@ New York Rangers (1946–47)7–1–3
12LNovember 201–4@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)7–2–3
13LNovember 232–4Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)7–3–3
14WNovember 245–0@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)8–3–3
15LNovember 272–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)8–4–3
16WNovember 3011–0Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)9–4–3
17TDecember 42–2@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)9–4–4
18WDecember 75–1Boston Bruins (1946–47)10–4–4
19WDecember 85–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)11–4–4
20LDecember 112–3Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)11–5–4
21WDecember 143–2New York Rangers (1946–47)12–5–4
22WDecember 154–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)13–5–4
23WDecember 193–1Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)14–5–4
24WDecember 213–1Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)15–5–4
25WDecember 223–1@ New York Rangers (1946–47)16–5–4
26WDecember 252–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)17–5–4
27LDecember 261–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)17–6–4
28WDecember 284–3Boston Bruins (1946–47)18–6–4
29WJanuary 12–1Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)19–6–4
30WJanuary 25–4@ New York Rangers (1946–47)20–6–4
31LJanuary 40–2New York Rangers (1946–47)20–7–4
32WJanuary 810–4Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)21–7–4
33WJanuary 114–3Boston Bruins (1946–47)22–7–4
34LJanuary 122–3@ New York Rangers (1946–47)22–8–4
35WJanuary 152–1Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)23–8–4
36TJanuary 161–1@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)23–8–5
37WJanuary 187–4Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)24–8–5
38LJanuary 192–3@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)24–9–5
39LJanuary 250–1New York Rangers (1946–47)24–10–5
40TJanuary 266–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)24–10–6
41LJanuary 300–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)24–11–6
42LFebruary 14–5Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)24–12–6
43LFebruary 62–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)24–13–6
44WFebruary 85–2Boston Bruins (1946–47)25–13–6
45TFebruary 154–4Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)25–13–7
46LFebruary 162–6@ New York Rangers (1946–47)25–14–7
47LFebruary 193–5@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)25–15–7
48WFebruary 222–0New York Rangers (1946–47)26–15–7
49TFebruary 232–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)26–15–8
50LFebruary 260–1Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)26–16–8
51TFebruary 273–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)26–16–9
52LMarch 14–5Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)26–17–9
53LMarch 54–5@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)26–18–9
54WMarch 812–4Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)27–18–9
55WMarch 94–2@ New York Rangers (1946–47)28–18–9
56TMarch 155–5Boston Bruins (1946–47)28–18–10
57LMarch 163–5@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)28–19–10
58WMarch 195–4Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)29–19–10
59WMarch 225–3New York Rangers (1946–47)30–19–10
60WMarch 235–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)31–19–10

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals
Further information: 1947 Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 8Toronto0Montreal 6
April 10Toronto4Montreal0
April 12Montreal2Toronto4
April 15Montreal1Toronto2OT
April 17Toronto1Montreal 3
April 19Montreal1Toronto2

Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ted Kennedy6028326027
Syl Apps542524496
Howie Meeker5527184576
Bill Ezinicki6017203793
Bud Poile5919173619
Harry Watson4419153410
Gaye Stewart6019143315
Joe Klukay559202912
Nick Metz6012162815
Vic Lynn316142044
Wally Stanowski513161912
Gus Mortson6051318133
Jimmy Thomson602141697
Don Metz40491310
Gus Bodnar39461010
Bill Barilko18371033
Garth Boesch3545947
Sid Smith142130
Bob Goldham1111210
Harry Taylor90220
Turk Broda600000
Bob Dawes10000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Turk Broda3600603119101722.874
Team:3600603119101722.874

Playoffs
Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ted Kennedy114594
Gaye Stewart112578
Syl Apps115160
Nick Metz64260
Howie Meeker113366
Vic Lynn1141516
Harry Watson113256
Don Metz112354
Gus Mortson1113422
Bill Barilko1103318
Bud Poile72022
Garth Boesch110226
Bill Ezinicki1102230
Joe Klukay111010
Jimmy Thomson1101122
Gus Bodnar10000
Turk Broda110000
Wally Stanowski80000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Turk Broda6801183272.381
Team:6801183272.381

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Awards and records

Transactions

Toronto Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup champions

Players

  Centres
  Wingers
  Goaltenders

1 Walter Turk Broda

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Ed Bickle (president/owner), William MacBrien (vice president/owner)
  • Jack Bickell (director/owner), John Murdoch (vice president)
  • Conn Smythe (manager/owner), Clarence Hap Day (coach)
  • Tim Daly (trainer), Clifford Keyland (ass't trainer)
  • Robert Galloway, Horance MacIntyre (team doctors)
  • George Walker (chief scout)

Stanley Cup engraving

†Joe Klukay name was removed by mistake from new version of 1947 Toronto's engraving created in 1957–58. There is more than enough room to add his name. He played in finals and qualified to be on the cup.

When the Replica Cup was created in 1992–93 a new mistake happened. Robert J. Galloway's name was misspelled as P.J. Galloway with "P" instead of a "R". His name is spelled correctly the first 2 times 1947 Toronto members were engraved.

See also

References
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (1994). Years of glory, 1942–1967: the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc. ISBN 0-7710-2817-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Notes
  1. Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 66, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9.
  2. Diamond 1994, p. 21.
  3. Diamond 1994, p. 22.
  4. Diamond 1994, p. 24.
  5. "Standings: 1946–1947". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  6. "1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
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