1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 30th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 2nd in the league and won the 1947 Stanley Cup Finals over the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2.
==Regular Season==
During the season, Maple Leaf Gardens was the first arena in the NHL to have Plexiglas installed in the end zones of the rink.Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p. 66, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9.
===Final Standings===
National Hockey League	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM
Montreal Canadiens 	60	34	16	10	78 	189	138	561
Toronto Maple Leafs 	60	31	19	10	72 	209	172	669
Boston Bruins 	60	26	23	11	63 	190	175	463
Detroit Red Wings 	60	22	27	11	55 	190	193	535
New York Rangers 	60	22	32	6 	50 	167	186	426
Chicago Black Hawks 	60	19	37	4 	42 	193	274	467
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	October 16, 1946 	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, 1947 	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==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
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 	
==Player Stats==
===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
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	60	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
 	8 	0	0	0 	0
 	11	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
==Awards and Records==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Howie Meeker
==Transactions==
==Toronto Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup Champions==
==Gallery==
1947-Mar15-Carveth-Bauer.jpg|Bobby Bauer watches as Joe Carveth scores, March 15, 1947.
1947-Mar15-Mortson-Carveth-Marquess-Barilko-Ezinicki-Henderson.jpg|Gus Mortson, Joe Carveth, #19 Mark Marquess, Bill Barilko, Bill Ezinicki, Murray Henderson, March 15, 1947.
46-47NHLTorontoGameAd.jpg|Regular Season
46-47NHLSFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
46-47SCupTorontoGameAd.jpg|Final
==Video==
Over 11 minutes of silent clips of the March 15, 1947 Bruins-Leafs game which ended in a 5-5 tie. Goals by Joe Klukay and Harry Watson are shown.
1947 Leafs vs Bruins Silent cut up film
==See Also==
* 1946–47 NHL season
==References==
*Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
*Maple Leafs on Database Hockey
Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs seasons
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1946–47
Toronto Maple Leafs season, 1946–47