1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1946–47
Year:	1946
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	31–19–10
Goalsfor:	209
Goalsagainst:	172
Goalsleader:	Ted Kennedy (28)
Assistsleader:	Ted Kennedy (32)
Pointsleader:	Ted Kennedy (60)
Pimleader:	Gus Mortson (133)
Winsleader:	Turk Broda (31)
Gaaleader:	Turk Broda (2.87)
Stanleycup:	yes

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]

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. 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.

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. The team bounced back from a disappointing 1945–46 season to place second and qualify for the playoffs.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 16	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	0–0–1
2	W	October 19	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	1–0–1
3	T	October 23	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	1–0–2
4	W	October 26	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	2–0–2
5	W	October 30	5–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	3–0–2
6	T	November 1	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	3–0–3
7	L	November 2	0–5	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	3–1–3
8	W	November 9	4–2	New York Rangers (1946–47)	4–1–3
9	W	November 10	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	5–1–3
10	W	November 16	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	6–1–3
11	W	November 17	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	7–1–3
12	L	November 20	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	7–2–3
13	L	November 23	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	7–3–3
14	W	November 24	5–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	8–3–3
15	L	November 27	2–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	8–4–3
16	W	November 30	11–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	9–4–3
17	T	December 4	2–2	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	9–4–4
18	W	December 7	5–1	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	10–4–4
19	W	December 8	5–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	11–4–4
20	L	December 11	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	11–5–4
21	W	December 14	3–2	New York Rangers (1946–47)	12–5–4
22	W	December 15	4–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	13–5–4
23	W	December 19	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	14–5–4
24	W	December 21	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	15–5–4
25	W	December 22	3–1	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	16–5–4
26	W	December 25	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	17–5–4
27	L	December 26	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	17–6–4
28	W	December 28	4–3	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	18–6–4
29	W	January 1	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	19–6–4
30	W	January 2	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	20–6–4
31	L	January 4	0–2	New York Rangers (1946–47)	20–7–4
32	W	January 8	10–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	21–7–4
33	W	January 11	4–3	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	22–7–4
34	L	January 12	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	22–8–4
35	W	January 15	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	23–8–4
36	T	January 16	1–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	23–8–5
37	W	January 18	7–4	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	24–8–5
38	L	January 19	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	24–9–5
39	L	January 25	0–1	New York Rangers (1946–47)	24–10–5
40	T	January 26	6–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	24–10–6
41	L	January 30	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	24–11–6
42	L	February 1	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	24–12–6
43	L	February 6	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	24–13–6
44	W	February 8	5–2	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	25–13–6
45	T	February 15	4–4	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	25–13–7
46	L	February 16	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	25–14–7
47	L	February 19	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	25–15–7
48	W	February 22	2–0	New York Rangers (1946–47)	26–15–7
49	T	February 23	2–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	26–15–8
50	L	February 26	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	26–16–8
51	T	February 27	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	26–16–9
52	L	March 1	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	26–17–9
53	L	March 5	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	26–18–9
54	W	March 8	12–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	27–18–9
55	W	March 9	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1946–47)	28–18–9
56	T	March 15	5–5	Boston Bruins (1946–47)	28–18–10
57	L	March 16	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47)	28–19–10
58	W	March 19	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47)	29–19–10
59	W	March 22	5–3	New York Rangers (1946–47)	30–19–10
60	W	March 23	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47)	31–19–10

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 8	Toronto	0	Montreal	6
April 10	Toronto	4	Montreal	0
April 12	Montreal	2	Toronto	4
April 15	Montreal	1	Toronto	2	OT
April 17	Toronto	1	Montreal	3
April 19	Montreal	1	Toronto	2

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	60	28	32	60	27
	54	25	24	49	6
	55	27	18	45	76
	60	17	20	37	93
	59	19	17	36	19
	44	19	15	34	10
	60	19	14	33	15
	55	9	20	29	12
	60	12	16	28	15
	31	6	14	20	44
	51	3	16	19	12
	60	5	13	18	133
	60	2	14	16	97
	40	4	9	13	10
	39	4	6	10	10
	18	3	7	10	33
	35	4	5	9	47
	14	2	1	3	0
	11	1	1	2	10
	9	0	2	2	0
	60	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	3600	60	31	19	10	172	2.87				4
Team:	3600	60	31	19	10	172	2.87				4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	11	4	5	9	4
	11	2	5	7	8
	11	5	1	6	0
	6	4	2	6	0
	11	3	3	6	6
	11	4	1	5	16
	11	3	2	5	6
	11	2	3	5	4
	11	1	3	4	22
	11	0	3	3	18
	7	2	0	2	2
	11	0	2	2	6
	11	0	2	2	30
	11	1	0	1	0
	11	0	1	1	22
	1	0	0	0	0
	11	0	0	0	0
	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	680	11	8	3		27	2.38				1
Team:	680	11	8	3		27	2.38				1

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Transactions

• April 13, 1946: Signed Free Agent Howie Meeker
• April 30, 1946: Signed Free Agent Tod Sloan
• May 1, 1946: Signed Free Agent Harry Taylor
• June 1, 1946: Claimed Ray Powell from the Fort Worth Rangers of the USHL in Inter-League Draft
• September 21, 1946: Acquired Gerry Brown from the Detroit Red Wings for Doug Baldwin and Ray Powell
• September 21, 1946: Acquired Dutch Hiller and Vic Lynn from the Montreal Canadiens for Gerry Brown and John Mahaffy
• December 8, 1946: Signed Free Agent Sid Smith
• December 31, 1946: Traded Ross Johnstone to the Springfield Indians of the AHL for cash

See also

• 1946–47 NHL season

References

• Book: Dan . Diamond . 1994 . Years of glory, 1942–1967: the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era . McClelland & Stewart Inc. . Toronto, Ontario . 0-7710-2817-2 .

Notes

External links

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Maple Leafs on Database Hockey

Notes and References

1. Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 66, James Duplacey, JG Press, .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-27 . 1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.