1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1947–48
Year:	1947
Team:	Toronto Maple Leafs
Division:	NHL
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	32–15–13
Goalsleader:	Syl Apps (26)
Assistsleader:	Syl Apps (27)
Pointsleader:	Syl Apps (53)
Pimleader:	Bill Barilko (147)
Powtrophy:	yes
Stanleycup:	yes

The 1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 18	2–2	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	0–0–1
2	L	October 19	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	0–1–1
3	W	October 22	3–1	New York Rangers (1947–48)	1–1–1
4	W	October 25	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	2–1–1
5	W	October 29	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	3–1–1
6	T	November 1	1–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	3–1–2
7	L	November 2	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	3–2–2
8	L	November 6	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	3–3–2
9	W	November 8	7–2	New York Rangers (1947–48)	4–3–2
10	W	November 9	6–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	5–3–2
11	L	November 12	4–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	5–4–2
12	W	November 15	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	6–4–2
13	W	November 16	5–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	7–4–2
14	L	November 19	2–7	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	7–5–2
15	W	November 22	4–3	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	8–5–2
16	L	November 27	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	8–6–2
17	W	November 29	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	9–6–2
18	T	November 30	0–0	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	9–6–3
19	W	December 3	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	10–6–3
20	W	December 6	12–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	11–6–3
21	W	December 7	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	12–6–3
22	T	December 10	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	12–6–4
23	L	December 13	1–4	New York Rangers (1947–48)	12–7–4
24	T	December 14	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	12–7–5
25	T	December 20	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	12–7–6
26	W	December 21	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	13–7–6
27	W	December 25	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	14–7–6
28	W	December 27	2–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	15–7–6
29	T	December 28	1–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	15–7–7
30	W	January 1	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	16–7–7
31	T	January 3	5–5	New York Rangers (1947–48)	16–7–8
32	W	January 10	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	17–7–8
33	T	January 11	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	17–7–9
34	L	January 15	4–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	17–8–9
35	W	January 17	4–1	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	18–8–9
36	T	January 18	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	18–8–10
37	L	January 21	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	18–9–10
38	W	January 24	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	19–9–10
39	T	January 25	4–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	19–9–11
40	T	January 28	3–3	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	19–9–12
41	W	January 31	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	20–9–12
42	L	February 1	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	20–10–12
43	W	February 4	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	21–10–12
44	W	February 7	3–0	New York Rangers (1947–48)	22–10–12
45	W	February 14	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	23–10–12
46	T	February 15	4–4	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	23–10–13
47	L	February 19	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	23–11–13
48	W	February 21	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	24–11–13
49	W	February 22	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	25–11–13
50	W	February 25	4–2	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	26–11–13
51	W	February 28	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	27–11–13
52	L	March 2	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1947–48)	27–12–13
53	L	March 3	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	27–13–13
54	W	March 6	2–1	New York Rangers (1947–48)	28–13–13
55	L	March 7	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48)	28–14–13
56	L	March 11	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48)	28–15–13
57	W	March 13	5–2	Boston Bruins (1947–48)	29–15–13
58	W	March 14	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	30–15–13
59	W	March 20	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	31–15–13
60	W	March 21	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48)	32–15–13

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	55	26	27	53	12
	53	23	25	48	10
	60	25	21	46	32
	57	21	20	41	16
	58	14	20	34	62
	60	12	22	34	53
	60	11	20	31	97
	59	15	15	30	28
	59	0	29	29	82
	58	7	11	18	118
	31	7	10	17	10
	57	5	9	14	147
	54	2	11	13	12
	60	4	8	12	8
	26	4	6	10	2
	45	2	7	9	52
	8	1	2	3	4
	4	2	0	2	0
	7	1	0	1	0
	3	0	1	1	0
	60	0	0	0	2
	3	0	0	0	2
	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	3600	60	32	15	13	143	2.38				5
Team:	3600	60	32	15	13	143	2.38				5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	9	8	6	14	0
	9	4	7	11	0
	9	4	4	8	0
	9	5	2	7	9
	9	2	5	7	20
	9	2	4	6	15
	9	3	1	4	6
	5	2	2	4	2
	8	2	1	3	2
	5	1	2	3	2
	9	2	0	2	2
	9	1	1	2	2
	9	1	1	2	9
	9	0	2	2	2
	9	1	0	1	17
	5	0	1	1	2
	9	0	0	0	10
	2	0	0	0	2
	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	557	9	8	1		20	2.15				1
Team:	557	9	8	1		20	2.15				1

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Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

This was the debut series for Detroit's Gordie Howe, and the last for Toronto's Syl Apps who retired after the series.

Detroit Red Wings vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 7	Detroit	3	Toronto	5
April 10	Detroit	2	Toronto	4
April 11	Toronto	2	Detroit	0
April 14	Toronto	7	Detroit	2

Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–0.

Awards and records

• Prince of Wales Trophy
• Vezina Trophy: || Turk Broda
• Turk Broda, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star

Transactions

• May 15, 1947: Traded Buck Jones and Nick Knott to the Tulsa Oilers of the USHL for cash
• October 5, 1947: Traded Gordie Bell to the Washington Lions of the AHL for cash
• November 2, 1947: Acquired Max Bentley and Cy Thomas from the Chicago Black Hawks for Gus Bodnar, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham, Bud Poile and Ernie Dickens

References

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

1. Web site: 1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-11 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-27 . 1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.