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1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs
Stanley Cup champions
Division2nd NHL
1946–47 record31–19–10
Goals for209
Goals against172
Team information
General managerConn Smythe
CoachHap Day
CaptainSyl Apps
ArenaMaple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
GoalsTed Kennedy (28)
AssistsTed Kennedy (32)
PointsTed Kennedy (60)
Penalty minutesGus Mortson (133)
WinsTurk Broda (31)
Goals against averageTurk Broda (2.87)

The 1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season involved winning the Stanley Cup. During the season, Maple Leaf Gardens was the first arena in the NHL to have Plexiglas inserted in the end zones of the rink.[1]

Off-season

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Frank Selke was involved in the wrong end of a power struggle with Conn Smythe and the club's board of directors. Selke was let go, and was immediately signed as the new general manager of the Montreal Canadiens.[2] Frank McCool retired of his own volition due to his ulcers, while Lorne Carr, Dave Schriner, Mel Hill and Bob Davidson were asked to retire by the team. Babe Pratt was traded to Boston. The team brought in several rookies: Bill Barilko, Garth Boesch, Howie Meeker and Sid Smith.[3]

Regular season

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Despite having a large number of rookies, the team won twenty of their first thirty-one games, led by the play of Meeker. Meeker set a rookie record, scoring five goals in a 10–4 win over Chicago on January 8, 1947.[4] The team bounced back from a disappointing 1945–46 season to place second and qualify for the playoffs.

Final standings

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National Hockey League[5]
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

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1946–47 NHL Records [6]
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

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 16 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 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

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Stanley Cup Finals

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Further information: 1947 Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

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

Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–2.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ted Kennedy 60 28 32 60 27
Syl Apps 54 25 24 49 6
Howie Meeker 55 27 18 45 76
Bill Ezinicki 60 17 20 37 93
Bud Poile 59 19 17 36 19
Harry Watson 44 19 15 34 10
Gaye Stewart 60 19 14 33 15
Joe Klukay 55 9 20 29 12
Nick Metz 60 12 16 28 15
Vic Lynn 31 6 14 20 44
Wally Stanowski 51 3 16 19 12
Gus Mortson 60 5 13 18 133
Jimmy Thomson 60 2 14 16 97
Don Metz 40 4 9 13 10
Gus Bodnar 39 4 6 10 10
Bill Barilko 18 3 7 10 33
Garth Boesch 35 4 5 9 47
Sid Smith 14 2 1 3 0
Bob Goldham 11 1 1 2 10
Harry Taylor 9 0 2 2 0
Turk Broda 60 0 0 0 0
Bob Dawes 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Turk Broda 3600 60 31 19 10 172 2.87 4
Team: 3600 60 31 19 10 172 2.87 4

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Ted Kennedy 11 4 5 9 4
Gaye Stewart 11 2 5 7 8
Syl Apps 11 5 1 6 0
Nick Metz 6 4 2 6 0
Howie Meeker 11 3 3 6 6
Vic Lynn 11 4 1 5 16
Harry Watson 11 3 2 5 6
Don Metz 11 2 3 5 4
Gus Mortson 11 1 3 4 22
Bill Barilko 11 0 3 3 18
Bud Poile 7 2 0 2 2
Garth Boesch 11 0 2 2 6
Bill Ezinicki 11 0 2 2 30
Joe Klukay 11 1 0 1 0
Jimmy Thomson 11 0 1 1 22
Gus Bodnar 1 0 0 0 0
Turk Broda 11 0 0 0 0
Wally Stanowski 8 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Turk Broda 680 11 8 3 27 2.38 1
Team: 680 11 8 3 27 2.38 1

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Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (1994). Years of glory, 1942–1967: the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc. ISBN 0-7710-2817-2.
Notes
  1. ^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p. 66, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9.
  2. ^ Diamond 1994, p. 21.
  3. ^ Diamond 1994, p. 22.
  4. ^ Diamond 1994, p. 24.
  5. ^ "Standings: 1946–1947". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  6. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "1946-47 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
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