1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1947–48 Montreal Canadiens season was the 39th season in club history. The Canadiens finished 5th in the league and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Regular Season==
Bill Durnan was the last goaltender to serve as captain of an NHL team. He suffered his only losing season during the 1947-48 season, and, for the only time in his career, did not lead the league in goals against average. http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196402&type=Player&page=bio&list=#photo
===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 	L 	October 16, 1947 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1947–48) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 18, 1947 	4–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 22, 1947 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	1–2–0
4 	W 	October 25, 1947 	5–0 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	October 26, 1947 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	3–2–0
6 	L 	October 29, 1947 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	3–3–0
7 	W 	November 2, 1947 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	4–3–0
8 	W 	November 6, 1947 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	5–3–0
9 	L 	November 8, 1947 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	5–4–0
10 	W 	November 13, 1947 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	6–4–0
11 	L 	November 15, 1947 	1–9 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	6–5–0
12 	L 	November 16, 1947 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1947–48) 	6–6–0
13 	T 	November 19, 1947 	2–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	6–6–1
14 	L 	November 22, 1947 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1947–48) 	6–7–1
15 	T 	November 23, 1947 	2–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	6–7–2
16 	W 	November 27, 1947 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	7–7–2
17 	L 	November 29, 1947 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	7–8–2
18 	T 	November 30, 1947 	1–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	7–8–3
19 	W 	December 6, 1947 	4–0 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	8–8–3
20 	L 	December 7, 1947 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	8–9–3
21 	T 	December 10, 1947 	4–4 	@ New York Rangers (1947–48) 	8–9–4
22 	L 	December 11, 1947 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1947–48) 	8–10–4
23 	W 	December 14, 1947 	4–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	9–10–4
24 	L 	December 20, 1947 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	9–11–4
25 	W 	December 21, 1947 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1947–48) 	10–11–4
26 	L 	December 25, 1947 	0–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	10–12–4
27 	W 	December 27, 1947 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	11–12–4
28 	L 	January 1, 1948 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	11–13–4
29 	T 	January 3, 1948 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	11–13–5
30 	L 	January 4, 1948 	2–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	11–14–5
31 	T 	January 8, 1948 	1–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	11–14–6
32 	T 	January 10, 1948 	1–1 	New York Rangers (1947–48) 	11–14–7
33 	L 	January 11, 1948 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1947–48) 	11–15–7
34 	W 	January 15, 1948 	8–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	12–15–7
35 	W 	January 17, 1948 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	13–15–7
36 	T 	January 18, 1948 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	13–15–8
37 	L 	January 21, 1948 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	13–16–8
38 	L 	January 24, 1948 	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	13–17–8
39 	L 	January 25, 1948 	0–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	13–18–8
40 	T 	January 28, 1948 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	13–18–9
41 	L 	January 31, 1948 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1947–48) 	13–19–9
42 	W 	February 1, 1948 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	14–19–9
43 	L 	February 5, 1948 	2–7 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	14–20–9
44 	L 	February 7, 1948 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	14–21–9
45 	L 	February 14, 1948 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	14–22–9
46 	L 	February 15, 1948 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	14–23–9
47 	W 	February 19, 1948 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	15–23–9
48 	L 	February 21, 1948 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	15–24–9
49 	L 	February 22, 1948 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	15–25–9
50 	L 	February 28, 1948 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	15–26–9
51 	L 	February 29, 1948 	3–5 	@ New York Rangers (1947–48) 	15–27–9
52 	W 	March 3, 1948 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48)	16–27–9
53 	T 	March 4, 1948 	1–1 	Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	16–27–10
54 	T 	March 6, 1948 	2–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) 	16–27–11
55 	L 	March 7, 1948 	3–9 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48)	16–28–11
56 	W 	March 11, 1948 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) 	17–28–11
57 	W 	March 13, 1948 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1947–48) 	18–28–11
58 	W 	March 14, 1948 	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (1947–48) 	19–28–11
59 	W 	March 20, 1948 	7–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) 	20–28–11
60 	L 	March 21, 1948 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1947–48) 	20–29–11
==Playoffs==
*The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	60	30	31	61 	72
 	RW 	53	28	25	53 	89
 	LW 	32	9 	15	24 	4
 	D 	58	7 	15	22 	129
 	C 	60	6 	14	20 	24
 	LW 	32	9 	9 	18 	8
 	D 	48	4 	14	18 	26
Jacques Locas	RW 	56	7 	8 	15 	66
 	C 	28	5 	10	15 	4
 	D 	56	10	4 	14 	52
 	RW 	35	1 	10	11 	6
 	D 	60	4 	6 	10 	78
 	LW 	30	6 	3 	9 	62
 	D 	35	4 	4 	8 	32
 	LW 	55	5 	2 	7 	12
 	LW 	22	3 	3 	6 	16
 	RW 	31	1 	5 	6 	0
 	C 	20	2 	3 	5 	4
 	C 	14	2 	2 	4 	4
 	RW 	22	1 	3 	4 	6
 	D 	14	1 	2 	3 	4
 	LW 	3 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	RW/C	14	0 	2 	2 	0
 	C 	23	1 	0 	1 	19
 	G 	59	0 	0 	0 	5
 	RW 	15	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3505	59	20	28	10	162	2.77	5
 	95 	2 	0 	1 	1 	7 	4.42	0
Team: 	3600	60	20	29	11	169	2.82	5
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==
*Elmer Lach, Art Ross Memorial Trophy
*Elmer Lach, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
*Maurice Richard, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Ken Reardon, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Game Ads==
47-48NHLExhMonCanQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
47-48NHLExhShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan
47-48NHLMontrealGameAd.jpg|Home Opener
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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