1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 21st season. The Red Wings finished 4th in the league and lost in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1. The season involved Gordie Howe making his National Hockey League debut.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===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 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 19, 1946 	3–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	0–1–1
3 	L 	October 20, 1946 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	0–2–1
4 	L 	October 23, 1946 	5–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	0–3–1
5 	L 	October 26, 1946 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	0–4–1
6 	W 	October 27, 1946 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	1–4–1
7 	L 	November 2, 1946 	4–7 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	1–5–1
8 	W 	November 3, 1946 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	2–5–1
9 	T 	November 6, 1946 	3–3 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	2–5–2
10 	W 	November 10, 1946 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	3–5–2
11 	L 	November 13, 1946 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	3–6–2
12 	L 	November 14, 1946 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	3–7–2
13 	W 	November 17, 1946 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	4–7–2
14 	W 	November 20, 1946 	8–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	5–7–2
15 	W 	November 21, 1946 	3–1 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	6–7–2
16 	W 	November 23, 1946 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	7–7–2
17 	L 	November 24, 1946 	0–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	7–8–2
18 	L 	November 27, 1946 	1–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	7–9–2
19 	L 	November 30, 1946 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	7–10–2
20 	T 	December 1, 1946 	3–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	7–10–3
21 	T 	December 4, 1946 	0–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	7–10–4
22 	L 	December 8, 1946 	4–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	7–11–4
23 	T 	December 11, 1946 	1–1 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	7–11–5
24 	L 	December 15, 1946 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	7–12–5
25 	L 	December 18, 1946 	2–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	7–13–5
26 	L 	December 19, 1946 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	7–14–5
27 	L 	December 22, 1946 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	7–15–5
28 	L 	December 25, 1946 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	7–16–5
29 	T 	December 28, 1946 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	7–16–6
30 	W 	December 31, 1946 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	8–16–6
31 	L 	January 1, 1947 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	8–17–6
32 	W 	January 5, 1947 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	9–17–6
33 	W 	January 8, 1947 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	10–17–6
34 	L 	January 9, 1947 	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	10–18–6
35 	W 	January 12, 1947 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	11–18–6
36 	L 	January 15, 1947 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	11–19–6
37 	L 	January 18, 1947 	4–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	11–20–6
38 	T 	January 19, 1947 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	11–20–7
39 	W 	January 23, 1947 	8–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	12–20–7
40 	L 	January 26, 1947 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	12–21–7
41 	L 	January 29, 1947 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	12–22–7
42 	T 	February 1, 1947 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	12–22–8
43 	L 	February 8, 1947 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	12–23–8
44 	W 	February 9, 1947 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	13–23–8
45 	W 	February 15, 1947 	5–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	14–23–8
46 	L 	February 16, 1947 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	14–24–8
47 	W 	February 20, 1947 	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	15–24–8
48 	W 	February 22, 1947 	7–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	16–24–8
49 	T 	February 23, 1947 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	16–24–9
50 	T 	February 27, 1947 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	16–24–10
51 	W 	March 1, 1947 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	17–24–10
52 	W 	March 2, 1947 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	18–24–10
53 	T 	March 6, 1947 	1–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 	18–24–11
54 	L 	March 9, 1947 	0–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	18–25–11
55 	W 	March 12, 1947 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	19–25–11
56 	L 	March 13, 1947 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	19–26–11
57 	W 	March 15, 1947 	8–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	20–26–11
58 	W 	March 16, 1947 	10–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	21–26–11
59 	W 	March 19, 1947 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	22–26–11
60 	L 	March 23, 1947 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	22–27–11
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Detroit Red Wings 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	60	17	46	63 	35
 	LW 	60	30	24	54 	6
 	C/LW	60	19	29	48 	29
 	LW 	59	27	15	42 	57
 	C 	59	17	17	34 	10
 	C 	33	16	13	29 	2
 	LW 	38	12	13	25 	59
 	RW 	60	9 	14	23 	14
 	RW 	58	7 	15	22 	52
 	D 	44	5 	17	22 	6
 	RW 	30	5 	10	15 	0
 	D 	55	5 	9 	14 	83
 	LW 	22	8 	5 	13 	30
 	RW 	40	1 	12	13 	2
 	D 	31	4 	6 	10 	14
 	D 	47	2 	4 	6 	62
 	D 	37	1 	5 	6 	39
 	C 	24	3 	2 	5 	10
 	D 	23	2 	1 	3 	12
 	C 	12	0 	2 	2 	2
 	C 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	G 	52	0 	0 	0 	4
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3120	52	22	20	10	159	3.06	3
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	5 	5.00	0
 	420 	7 	0 	6 	1 	29 	4.14	0
Team: 	3600	60	22	27	11	193	3.22	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	5 	4	4	8 	2
 	C 	5 	1	5	6 	4
 	RW 	4 	1	4	5 	0
 	LW 	5 	2	2	4 	10
 	C 	5 	2	1	3 	2
 	LW 	5 	2	0	2 	6
 	C/LW	3 	1	1	2 	2
 	C 	4 	0	2	2 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	0	1 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	2
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	12
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	4
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	18
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	263	5 	1	3	13	2.97	0
 	40 	1 	0	1	5 	7.50	0
Team: 	303	5 	1	4	18	3.56	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
* Jack Stewart, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
* Bill Quackenbush, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Gallery==
1947-Mar12-Moe-Couture.jpg|Bill Moe and Gerry Couture, March 12, 1947.
==References==
*Red Wings on Hockey Database
Detroit Red Wings season, 1946–47
Detroit Red Wings season, 1946–47
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