1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1946–47 Toronto Maple Leafs season resulted in the team winning the Stanley Cup, after having missed the playoffs the prior year. During the season, Maple Leaf Gardens was the first arena in the NHL to have Plexiglas inserted in the end zones of the rink. == Off-season == 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. 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. == Regular season == 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. The team bounced back from a disappointing 1945–46 season to place second and qualify for the playoffs. === Final standings === === Record vs. opponents === == Schedule and results == == Playoffs == === Stanley Cup Finals === Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4–2. == Player statistics == === Regular season === Scoring Goaltending === Playoffs === Scoring Goaltending == Transactions == April 13, 1946: Signed Free Agent Howie Meeker April 30, 1946: Signed Free Agent Tod Sloan May 1, 1946: Signed Free Agent Harry Taylor June 1, 1946: Claimed Ray Powell from the Fort Worth Rangers of the USHL in inter-league draft September 21, 1946: Acquired Gerry Brown from the Detroit Red Wings for Doug Baldwin and Ray Powell September 21, 1946: Acquired Dutch Hiller and Vic Lynn from the Montreal Canadiens for Gerry Brown and John Mahaffy December 8, 1946: Signed Free Agent Sid Smith December 31, 1946: Traded Ross Johnstone to the Springfield Indians of the AHL for cash == See also == 1946–47 NHL season == References == 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 == External links == Maple Leafs on Hockey Database Maple Leafs on Database Hockey