# 1946–47 Boston Bruins season

The 1946–47 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 23rd season in the NHL.

## Regular season

On February 12, 1947, Dit Clapper played his final game with the Boston Bruins. Before the start of the game, Clapper was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was the only active player to be inducted into the Hall.

### Final standings

National Hockey League vte :
| | | 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 |

### Record vs. opponents

1946–47 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR |
| Boston | — | 6–5–1 | 6–3–3 | 1–9–2 | 7–3–2 | 5–5–2 |
| Chicago | 5–6–1 | — | 4–7–1 | 3–8–1 | 4–8 | 3–8–1 |
| Detroit | 3–6–3 | 7–4–1 | — | 4–6–2 | 6–3–3 | 2–8–2 |
| Montreal | 9–1–2 | 8–3–1 | 6–4–2 | — | 6–5–1 | 5–3–4 |
| New York | 3–7–2 | 8–4 | 3–6–3 | 5–6–1 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 5–5–2 | 8–3–1 | 8–2–2 | 3–5–4 | 8–4 | — |

## Schedule and results

Regular season schedule :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | T | October 19, 1946 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 0–0–1 |
| 2 | T | October 20, 1946 | 2–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 0–0–2 |
| 3 | T | October 23, 1946 | 3–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 0–0–3 |
| 4 | W | October 26, 1946 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 1–0–3 |
| 5 | T | October 30, 1946 | 3–3 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 1–0–4 |
| 6 | W | November 2, 1946 | 5–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 2–0–4 |
| 7 | L | November 3, 1946 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 2–1–4 |
| 8 | T | November 6, 1946 | 3–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 2–1–5 |
| 9 | L | November 9, 1946 | 2–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 2–2–5 |
| 10 | W | November 10, 1946 | 4–0 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 3–2–5 |
| 11 | W | November 13, 1946 | 5–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 4–2–5 |
| 12 | L | November 17, 1946 | 1–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 4–3–5 |
| 13 | W | November 20, 1946 | 4–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 5–3–5 |
| 14 | L | November 24, 1946 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 5–4–5 |
| 15 | W | November 27, 1946 | 5–2 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 6–4–5 |
| 16 | T | December 1, 1946 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 6–4–6 |
| 17 | T | December 4, 1946 | 2–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 6–4–7 |
| 18 | L | December 7, 1946 | 1–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 6–5–7 |
| 19 | L | December 8, 1946 | 4–6 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 6–6–7 |
| 20 | W | December 11, 1946 | 4–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 7–6–7 |
| 21 | W | December 15, 1946 | 3–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 8–6–7 |
| 22 | W | December 18, 1946 | 3–2 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 9–6–7 |
| 23 | L | December 21, 1946 | 1–5 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 9–7–7 |
| 24 | L | December 22, 1946 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 9–8–7 |
| 25 | L | December 25, 1946 | 3–5 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 9–9–7 |
| 26 | L | December 28, 1946 | 3–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 9–10–7 |
| 27 | T | December 29, 1946 | 2–2 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 9–10–8 |
| 28 | W | January 1, 1947 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 10–10–8 |
| 29 | L | January 4, 1947 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 10–11–8 |
| 30 | L | January 5, 1947 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 10–12–8 |
| 31 | W | January 8, 1947 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 11–12–8 |
| 32 | L | January 11, 1947 | 3–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 11–13–8 |
| 33 | L | January 12, 1947 | 1–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 11–14–8 |
| 34 | W | January 15, 1947 | 6–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 12–14–8 |
| 35 | W | January 18, 1947 | 3–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 13–14–8 |
| 36 | W | January 19, 1947 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 14–14–8 |
| 37 | L | January 22, 1947 | 3–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 14–15–8 |
| 38 | L | January 25, 1947 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 14–16–8 |
| 39 | W | January 26, 1947 | 4–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 15–16–8 |
| 40 | W | January 29, 1947 | 4–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 16–16–8 |
| 41 | T | February 1, 1947 | 2–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 16–16–9 |
| 42 | L | February 2, 1947 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 16–17–9 |
| 43 | L | February 5, 1947 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 16–18–9 |
| 44 | L | February 8, 1947 | 2–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 16–19–9 |
| 45 | L | February 9, 1947 | 4–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 16–20–9 |
| 46 | W | February 12, 1947 | 10–1 | New York Rangers (1946–47) | 17–20–9 |
| 47 | T | February 16, 1947 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 17–20–10 |
| 48 | L | February 19, 1947 | 0–6 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 17–21–10 |
| 49 | L | February 20, 1947 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 17–22–10 |
| 50 | W | February 23, 1947 | 9–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 18–22–10 |
| 51 | W | March 1, 1947 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 19–22–10 |
| 52 | W | March 2, 1947 | 3–2 | @ New York Rangers (1946–47) | 20–22–10 |
| 53 | W | March 5, 1947 | 5–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 21–22–10 |
| 54 | W | March 9, 1947 | 6–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 22–22–10 |
| 55 | W | March 12, 1947 | 8–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 23–22–10 |
| 56 | W | March 13, 1947 | 3–2 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) | 24–22–10 |
| 57 | T | March 15, 1947 | 5–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 24–22–11 |
| 58 | W | March 16, 1947 | 5–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) | 25–22–11 |
| 59 | W | March 19, 1947 | 7–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) | 26–22–11 |
| 60 | L | March 23, 1947 | 2–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) | 26–23–11 |

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 59 | 27 | 35 | 62 | 40 |
| Bobby Bauer | RW | 58 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 4 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 60 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 12 |
| Bill Cowley | C | 51 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 16 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 51 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 18 |
| Don Gallinger | C | 47 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 12 |
| Pat Egan | D | 60 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 89 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 56 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 73 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 60 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 4 |
| Terry Reardon | C/RW | 60 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 17 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 58 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 57 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 63 |
| Jack McGill | C | 24 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 19 |
| Mark Marquess | RW | 27 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Babe Pratt | D | 31 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 41 |
| Ed Barry | LW | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Clare Martin | D | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Shill | RW | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Don Grosso | LW/C | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Norm McAtee | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dit Clapper | RW/D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Peirson | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 3600 | 60 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 175 | 2.92 | 3 |
| Team: | 3600 | 60 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 175 | 2.92 | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Milt Schmidt | C/D | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Ken Smith | LW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Joe Carveth | RW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Reardon | C/RW | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Bobby Bauer | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Woody Dumart | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Bill Cowley | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Egan | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Bep Guidolin | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Clare Martin | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Brimsek | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crawford | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fern Flaman | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Don Gallinger | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Murray Henderson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pentti Lund | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Marquess | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack McGill | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Frank Brimsek | 343 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 2.80 | 0 |
| Team: | 343 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 2.80 | 0 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;