1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1946–47 1946 1st 34–16–10 19–6–5 15–10–5 189 138 Frank J. Selke Dick Irvin Toe Blake Montreal Forum Maurice Richard (45) Toe Blake (29) Maurice Richard (71) Murph Chamberlain (97) Bill Durnan (34) Bill Durnan (2.30) Yes The 1946–47 Montreal Canadiens season was the 38th season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in the Stanley Cup finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to two. 2 Regular season Final standings MTL Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1946–47 regular season1946-47 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1947_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 7, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||October 17, 1946||3–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1946–47) ||1–0–0 |- |2||T||October 19, 1946||1–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 23, 1946||1–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1946–47) ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 26, 1946||7–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||2–1–1 |- |5||L||October 27, 1946||1–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||2–2–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |6||T||November 1, 1946||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||2–2–2 |- |7||W||November 7, 1946||4–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||3–2–2 |- |8||W||November 9, 1946||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||4–2–2 |- |9||L||November 10, 1946||3–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||4–3–2 |- |10||T||November 13, 1946||4–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1946–47) ||4–3–3 |- |11||W||November 14, 1946||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||5–3–3 |- |12||L||November 16, 1946||0–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||5–4–3 |- |13||W||November 17, 1946||4–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||6–4–3 |- |14||L||November 23, 1946||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1946–47) ||6–5–3 |- |15||W||November 24, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||7–5–3 |- |16||W||November 27, 1946||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||8–5–3 |- |17||W||November 30, 1946||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||9–5–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |18||W||December 3, 1946||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||10–5–3 |- |19||L||December 4, 1946||1–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1946–47) ||10–6–3 |- |20||W||December 8, 1946||5–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||11–6–3 |- |21||W||December 11, 1946||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||12–6–3 |- |22||W||December 15, 1946||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1946–47) ||13–6–3 |- |23||W||December 21, 1946||5–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||14–6–3 |- |24||W||December 22, 1946||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||15–6–3 |- |25||L||December 25, 1946||0–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1946–47) ||15–7–3 |- |26||W||December 26, 1946||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||16–7–3 |- |27||W||December 28, 1946||8–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||17–7–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |28||W||January 1, 1947||5–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||18–7–3 |- |29||W||January 4, 1947||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||19–7–3 |- |30||L||January 8, 1947||2–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||19–8–3 |- |31||L||January 11, 1947||1–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||19–9–3 |- |32||L||January 12, 1947||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||19–10–3 |- |33||L||January 15, 1947||1–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||19–11–3 |- |34||T||January 16, 1947||1–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||19–11–4 |- |35||W||January 18, 1947||6–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1946–47) ||20–11–4 |- |36||T||January 19, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||20–11–5 |- |37||W||January 22, 1947||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||21–11–5 |- |38||W||January 25, 1947||4–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||22–11–5 |- |39||W||January 28, 1947||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||23–11–5 |- |40||W||January 30, 1947||2–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||24–11–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |41||W||February 1, 1947||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1946–47) ||25–11–5 |- |42||L||February 2, 1947||1–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1946–47) ||25–12–5 |- |43||W||February 5, 1947||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||26–12–5 |- |44||W||February 6, 1947||8–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||27–12–5 |- |45||W||February 8, 1947||4–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||28–12–5 |- |46||T||February 12, 1947||1–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||28–12–6 |- |47||T||February 15, 1947||4–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||28–12–7 |- |48||T||February 16, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||28–12–8 |- |49||L||February 22, 1947||3–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||28–13–8 |- |50||T||February 23, 1947||2–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||28–13–9 |- |51||W||February 26, 1947||1–0 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||29–13–9 |- |52||W||February 27, 1947||6–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||30–13–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |53||L||March 1, 1947||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||30–14–9 |- |54||T||March 6, 1947||1–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) ||30–14–10 |- |55||W||March 9, 1947||4–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||31–14–10 |- |56||W||March 15, 1947||1–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1946–47) ||32–14–10 |- |57||W||March 16, 1947||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1946–47) ||33–14–10 |- |58||L||March 19, 1947||4–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) ||33–15–10 |- |59||L||March 22, 1947||4–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) ||33–16–10 |- |60||W||March 23, 1947||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1946–47) ||34–16–10 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals 1947 Stanley Cup Finals http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1947 Montreal Canadiens 1947-48 Game Log and Scores 2008-11-08 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120212161116/http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=MON&yr=1947 2012-02-12 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Maurice Richard RW 60 45 26 71 69 Toe Blake LW 60 21 29 50 6 Billy Reay C 59 22 20 42 17 Leo Gravelle RW 53 16 14 30 12 Elmer Lach C 31 14 16 30 22 Buddy O'Connor C 46 10 20 30 6 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 60 11 13 24 27 Ken Reardon D 52 5 17 22 84 Roger Leger D 49 4 18 22 12 George Allen George Allen (ice hockey) LW/D 49 7 14 21 12 Murph Chamberlain LW 49 10 10 20 97 Ken Mosdell C 54 5 10 15 50 Glen Harmon D 57 5 9 14 53 Leo Lamoureux C/D 50 2 11 13 14 Emile Bouchard D 60 5 7 12 60 Bob Fillion LW 57 6 3 9 16 John Quilty C 3 1 1 2 0 Hub Macey LW 12 0 1 1 0 Joe Benoit RW 6 0 0 0 4 Bill Durnan G 60 0 0 0 0 Frank Eddolls D 6 0 0 0 0 Doug Lewis Doug Lewis (ice hockey) LW 3 0 0 0 0 George Pargeter LW 4 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Bill Durnan 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 Maurice Richard RW 10 6 5 11 44 Toe Blake LW 11 2 7 9 0 Billy Reay C 11 6 1 7 14 Buddy O'Connor C 8 3 4 7 0 Roger Leger D 11 0 6 6 10 John Quilty C 7 3 2 5 9 George Allen George Allen (ice hockey) LW/D 11 1 3 4 6 Murph Chamberlain LW 11 1 3 4 19 Jimmy Peters Jimmy Peters Sr. RW 11 1 2 3 10 Ken Reardon D 7 1 2 3 20 Emile Bouchard D 11 0 3 3 21 Leo Gravelle RW 6 2 0 2 2 Ken Mosdell C 4 2 0 2 4 Glen Harmon D 11 1 1 2 4 Murdo MacKay RW/C 9 0 1 1 0 Bill Durnan G 11 0 0 0 0 Frank Eddolls D 7 0 0 0 4 Bob Fillion LW 8 0 0 0 0 Leo Lamoureux C/D 4 0 0 0 4 Hub Macey LW 7 0 0 0 0 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Bill Durnan 720 11 6 5 23 1.92 1 Team: 720 11 6 5 23 1.92 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1946-47 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1947.html Awards and records Hart Memorial Trophy : Maurice Richard Vezina Trophy : Bill Durnan See also 1946–47 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Montreal