1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season was the 38th season in club history. The Canadiens finished 1st in the league and lost in the 1947 Stanley Cup Finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2.
==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 	W 	October 17, 1946 	3–0 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 19, 1946 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	1–0–1
3 	L 	October 23, 1946 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 26, 1946 	7–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 27, 1946 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	2–2–1
6 	T 	November 1, 1946 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	2–2–2
7 	W 	November 7, 1946 	4–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	3–2–2
8 	W 	November 9, 1946 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	4–2–2
9 	L 	November 10, 1946 	3–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	4–3–2
10 	T 	November 13, 1946 	4–4 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	4–3–3
11 	W 	November 14, 1946 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	5–3–3
12 	L 	November 16, 1946 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	5–4–3
13 	W 	November 17, 1946 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	6–4–3
14 	L 	November 23, 1946 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	6–5–3
15 	W 	November 24, 1946 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	7–5–3
16 	W 	November 27, 1946 	6–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	8–5–3
17 	W 	November 30, 1946 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	9–5–3
18 	W 	December 3, 1946 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	10–5–3
19 	L 	December 4, 1946 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	10–6–3
20 	W 	December 8, 1946 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	11–6–3
21 	W 	December 11, 1946 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	12–6–3
22 	W 	December 15, 1946 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	13–6–3
23 	W 	December 21, 1946 	5–1 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	14–6–3
24 	W 	December 22, 1946 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	15–6–3
25 	L 	December 25, 1946 	0–2 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	15–7–3
26 	W 	December 26, 1946 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	16–7–3
27 	W 	December 28, 1946 	8–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	17–7–3
28 	W 	January 1, 1947 	5–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	18–7–3
29 	W 	January 4, 1947 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	19–7–3
30 	L 	January 8, 1947 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	19–8–3
31 	L 	January 11, 1947 	1–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	19–9–3
32 	L 	January 12, 1947 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	19–10–3
33 	L 	January 15, 1947 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	19–11–3
34 	T 	January 16, 1947 	1–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	19–11–4
35 	W 	January 18, 1947 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	20–11–4
36 	T 	January 19, 1947 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	20–11–5
37 	W 	January 22, 1947 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	21–11–5
38 	W 	January 25, 1947 	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	22–11–5
39 	W 	January 28, 1947 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	23–11–5
40 	W 	January 30, 1947 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	24–11–5
41 	W 	February 1, 1947 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	25–11–5
42 	L 	February 2, 1947 	1–7 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	25–12–5
43 	W 	February 5, 1947 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	26–12–5
44 	W 	February 6, 1947 	8–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	27–12–5
45 	W 	February 8, 1947 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	28–12–5
46 	T 	February 12, 1947 	1–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	28–12–6
47 	T 	February 15, 1947 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	28–12–7
48 	T 	February 16, 1947 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	28–12–8
49 	L 	February 22, 1947 	3–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	28–13–8
50 	T 	February 23, 1947 	2–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 	28–13–9
51 	W 	February 26, 1947 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	29–13–9
52 	W 	February 27, 1947 	6–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	30–13–9
53 	L 	March 1, 1947 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	30–14–9
54 	T 	March 6, 1947 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 	30–14–10
55 	W 	March 9, 1947 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47)	31–14–10
56 	W 	March 15, 1947 	1–0 	New York Rangers (1946–47) 	32–14–10
57 	W 	March 16, 1947 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1946–47) 	33–14–10
58 	L 	March 19, 1947 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47)	33–15–10
59 	L 	March 22, 1947 	4–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 	33–16–10
60 	W 	March 23, 1947 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1946–47) 	34–16–10
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 1===
Having met the year before in the 1946 Stanley Cup Finals where the Habs defeated the Bruins 4 games to 1, the Canadiens would repeat the victory in 5 games, though two games were decided in overtime.
Game 1 at the Montreal Forum saw the Bruins jump out to an early lead on a goal by Ken Smith. Bill Durnan would not allow another and goals by Toe Blake, Jimmy Peters and Johnny Quilty secured a 3-1 win for the Habs.
Game 2 in Montreal was a tight checking affair with a scoreless first period. Bobby Bauer scored for the Bruins at 3:02 of the second period which held up until Ken Reardon tied it with less than a minute left in the game. Montreal's Ken Mosdell was the OT hero 5:38 in and the Habs took a 2-0 series lead to Boston. Bruins All-Star defenseman Jack Crawford was lost to injury for the remainder of the series.
Game 3 at the Boston Garden was a rough affair with several brawls. Maurice Richard opened the scoring :38 seconds in which Ken Mosdell extended five minutes later. At the 14:38 minute mark, Woody Dumart and Richard got into a scrap, resulting in a major penalty to Richard. The second period saw 4 majors handed out and Richard receive a game misconduct. Energized, the Bruins struck for 3 goals by Milt Schmidt, Joe Carveth and Schmidt again and led 3-2 at the end of the second period. Ken Reardon was knocked out of the series after receiving a check from Bep Guidolin and breaking his toe after hitting the boards. Deflated, the Habs didn't counter and Dumart's first of the playoffs 14:48 into the third period led the Bruins to a 4-2 win.
Game 4 in Boston saw Eddie Shore honored with entry into the Hockey Hall of Fame and his #2 jersey retired. Playing without defensemen Crawford and Murray Henderson, Montreal's Billy Reay ruined the celebration with a 4 goal performance as the Habs took a 3-1 stranglehold on the series.
Game 5 in Montreal saw the Bruins Pentti Lund play his first ever game in place of Jack McGill. After a scoreless first period, Toe Blake scored 45 seconds into the second but the Bruins Carveth and Schmidt scored within 20 seconds of each other to make it 2-1 Bruins at the end of the period. Richard tied it up at 7:43 of the third but Ken Smith put the Bruins up 3-2 at 11:40. With time running out, Richard scored again with a little over 3 minutes remaining and the game headed to overtime. The Bruins had a scary moment when Fern Flaman took a penalty 15:25 into the first OT, but managed to kill it off. Late in the second OT, a shot by Murph Chamberlain hit the post and dropped for Johnny Quilty who rapped in the winner. Montreal won the series 4 games to 1.
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	March 25	Boston Bruins 	1-3 	Montreal Canadiens	0-1
2	March 27	Boston Bruins 	1-2 (OT) 	Montreal Canadiens	0-2
3	March 29	Montreal Canadiens	2-4 	Boston Bruins 	1-2
4	April 1 	Montreal Canadiens	1-5 	Boston Bruins 	3-1
5	April 3 	Boston Bruins 	3-4 (2OT)	Montreal Canadiens	1-4
===Toronto Maple Leafs 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	60	45	26	71 	69
 	LW 	60	21	29	50 	6
 	C 	59	22	20	42 	17
 	RW 	53	16	14	30 	12
 	C 	31	14	16	30 	22
 	C 	46	10	20	30 	6
 	RW 	60	11	13	24 	27
 	D 	52	5 	17	22 	84
 	D 	49	4 	18	22 	12
 	LW/D	49	7 	14	21 	12
 	LW 	49	10	10	20 	97
 	C 	54	5 	10	15 	50
 	D 	57	5 	9 	14 	53
 	C/D 	50	2 	11	13 	14
 	D 	60	5 	7 	12 	60
 	LW 	57	6 	3 	9 	16
 	C 	3 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	LW 	12	0 	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	60	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3600	60	34	16	10	138	2.30	4
Team: 	3600	60	34	16	10	138	2.30	4
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	10	6	5	11 	44
 	LW 	11	2	7	9 	0
 	C 	11	6	1	7 	14
 	C 	8 	3	4	7 	0
 	D 	11	0	6	6 	10
 	C 	7 	3	2	5 	9
 	LW/D	11	1	3	4 	6
 	LW 	11	1	3	4 	19
 	RW 	11	1	2	3 	10
 	D 	7 	1	2	3 	20
 	D 	11	0	3	3 	21
 	RW 	6 	2	0	2 	2
 	C 	4 	2	0	2 	4
 	D 	11	1	1	2 	4
 	RW/C	9 	0	1	1 	0
 	C/D 	4 	0	0	0 	4
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	4
 	LW 	7 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	720	11	6	5	23	1.92	1
Team: 	720	11	6	5	23	1.92	1
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==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
*O'Brien Trophy: Montreal Canadiens, Stanley Cup Runner-up
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Maurice Richard
*Vezina Trophy: Bill Durnan
*Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Emile "Butch" Bouchard, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Bill Durnan, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Trivia==
*During the February 1, 1947 Rangers-Canadiens game, Chuck Rayner skated three times into Montreal's zone in an attempt to score in the Rangers 2-1 loss.The Official NHL 75th Anniversary Commemorative Book, p.94.
==Game Ads==
46-47NHLMonCanShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan
46-47NHLExhMonCanQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
46-47NHLMonCanShawiniganGameAd2.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan
46-47NHLExhMonCanGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
51-52NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
46-47NHLPOMontrealGameAd.jpg|Semi Final
46-47SCupMontrealGameAd.jpg|Final
==See Also==
* 1946–47 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens season, 1946–47
Montreal Canadiens season, 1946–47