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]

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
1	Montreal Canadiens	60	34	16	10	189	138	+51	78
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	31	19	10	209	172	+37	72
3	Boston Bruins	60	26	23	11	190	175	+15	63
4	Detroit Red Wings	60	22	27	11	190	193	−3	55
5	New York Rangers	60	22	32	6	167	186	−19	50
6	Chicago Black Hawks	60	19	37	4	193	274	−81	42

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

For more details on this topic, see 1947 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
Kennedy, TedTed Kennedy	60	28	32	60	27
Apps, SylSyl Apps	54	25	24	49	6
Meeker, HowieHowie Meeker	55	27	18	45	76
Ezinicki, BillBill Ezinicki	60	17	20	37	93
Poile, BudBud Poile	59	19	17	36	19
Watson, HarryHarry Watson	44	19	15	34	10
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	60	19	14	33	15
Klukay, JoeJoe Klukay	55	9	20	29	12
Metz, NickNick Metz	60	12	16	28	15
Lynn, VicVic Lynn	31	6	14	20	44
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	51	3	16	19	12
Mortson, GusGus Mortson	60	5	13	18	133
Thomson, JimmyJimmy Thomson	60	2	14	16	97
Metz, DonDon Metz	40	4	9	13	10
Bodnar, GusGus Bodnar	39	4	6	10	10
Barilko, BillBill Barilko	18	3	7	10	33
Boesch, GarthGarth Boesch	35	4	5	9	47
Smith, SidSid Smith	14	2	1	3	0
Goldham, BobBob Goldham	11	1	1	2	10
Taylor, HarryHarry Taylor	9	0	2	2	0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	60	0	0	0	0
Dawes, BobBob Dawes	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	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
Kennedy, TedTed Kennedy	11	4	5	9	4
Stewart, GayeGaye Stewart	11	2	5	7	8
Apps, SylSyl Apps	11	5	1	6	0
Metz, NickNick Metz	6	4	2	6	0
Meeker, HowieHowie Meeker	11	3	3	6	6
Lynn, VicVic Lynn	11	4	1	5	16
Watson, HarryHarry Watson	11	3	2	5	6
Metz, DonDon Metz	11	2	3	5	4
Mortson, GusGus Mortson	11	1	3	4	22
Barilko, BillBill Barilko	11	0	3	3	18
Poile, BudBud Poile	7	2	0	2	2
Boesch, GarthGarth Boesch	11	0	2	2	6
Ezinicki, BillBill Ezinicki	11	0	2	2	30
Klukay, JoeJoe Klukay	11	1	0	1	0
Thomson, JimmyJimmy Thomson	11	0	1	1	22
Bodnar, GusGus Bodnar	1	0	0	0	0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda	11	0	0	0	0
Stanowski, WallyWally Stanowski	8	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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

^[6]

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

Toronto Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Centres

8 Gus Bodnar
9 Ted "Teeder" Kennedy (A. Capt.)
10 Sylvanous Syl Apps Sr. (Captain)

Wingers

Defencemen

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.

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.

Notes

↑ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p. 66, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9.
↑ Diamond 1994, p. 21.
↑ Diamond 1994, p. 22.
↑ Diamond 1994, p. 24.
↑ "1946–1947 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

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1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Toronto Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

Stanley Cup engraving

See also

References

External links