1946–47 Boston Bruins season

1946–47 Boston Bruins
Division3rd NHL
1946–47 record26–23–11
Goals for190
Goals against175
Team information
General managerArt Ross
CoachDit Clapper
CaptainBobby Bauer
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Bauer (30)
AssistsMilt Schmidt (35)
PointsMilt Schmidt (62)
Penalty minutesPat Egan (89)
WinsFrank Brimsek (26)
Goals against averageFrank Brimsek (2.92)

The 1946–47 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 23rd season in the NHL.

Offseason

Regular season

On February 12, 1947, Dit Clapper played his final game with the Boston Bruins. Before the start of the game, Clapper was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was the only active player to be inducted into the Hall.[1]

Final standings

National Hockey League[2]
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

1946–47 NHL Records [3]
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

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 19, 1946 1–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 0–0–1
2 T October 20, 1946 2–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 0–0–2
3 T October 23, 1946 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 0–0–3
4 W October 26, 1946 3–1 New York Rangers (1946–47) 1–0–3
5 T October 30, 1946 3–3 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 1–0–4
6 W November 2, 1946 5–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 2–0–4
7 L November 3, 1946 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 2–1–4
8 T November 6, 1946 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 2–1–5
9 L November 9, 1946 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 2–2–5
10 W November 10, 1946 4–0 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 3–2–5
11 W November 13, 1946 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 4–2–5
12 L November 17, 1946 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 4–3–5
13 W November 20, 1946 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 5–3–5
14 L November 24, 1946 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 5–4–5
15 W November 27, 1946 5–2 New York Rangers (1946–47) 6–4–5
16 T December 1, 1946 3–3 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 6–4–6
17 T December 4, 1946 2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 6–4–7
18 L December 7, 1946 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 6–5–7
19 L December 8, 1946 4–6 New York Rangers (1946–47) 6–6–7
20 W December 11, 1946 4–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 7–6–7
21 W December 15, 1946 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 8–6–7
22 W December 18, 1946 3–2 New York Rangers (1946–47) 9–6–7
23 L December 21, 1946 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 9–7–7
24 L December 22, 1946 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 9–8–7
25 L December 25, 1946 3–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 9–9–7
26 L December 28, 1946 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 9–10–7
27 T December 29, 1946 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 9–10–8
28 W January 1, 1947 3–1 New York Rangers (1946–47) 10–10–8
29 L January 4, 1947 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 10–11–8
30 L January 5, 1947 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 10–12–8
31 W January 8, 1947 3–1 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 11–12–8
32 L January 11, 1947 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 11–13–8
33 L January 12, 1947 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 11–14–8
34 W January 15, 1947 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 12–14–8
35 W January 18, 1947 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 13–14–8
36 W January 19, 1947 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 14–14–8
37 L January 22, 1947 3–4 Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 14–15–8
38 L January 25, 1947 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 14–16–8
39 W January 26, 1947 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 15–16–8
40 W January 29, 1947 4–1 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 16–16–8
41 T February 1, 1947 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 16–16–9
42 L February 2, 1947 1–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 16–17–9
43 L February 5, 1947 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 16–18–9
44 L February 8, 1947 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 16–19–9
45 L February 9, 1947 4–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 16–20–9
46 W February 12, 1947 10–1 New York Rangers (1946–47) 17–20–9
47 T February 16, 1947 2–2 Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 17–20–10
48 L February 19, 1947 0–6 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 17–21–10
49 L February 20, 1947 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 17–22–10
50 W February 23, 1947 9–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 18–22–10
51 W March 1, 1947 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 19–22–10
52 W March 2, 1947 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1946–47) 20–22–10
53 W March 5, 1947 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 21–22–10
54 W March 9, 1947 6–0 Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 22–22–10
55 W March 12, 1947 8–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 23–22–10
56 W March 13, 1947 3–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1946–47) 24–22–10
57 T March 15, 1947 5–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 24–22–11
58 W March 16, 1947 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1946–47) 25–22–11
59 W March 19, 1947 7–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1946–47) 26–22–11
60 L March 23, 1947 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (1946–47) 26–23–11

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Milt Schmidt C/D 59 27 35 62 40
Bobby Bauer RW 58 30 24 54 4
Woody Dumart LW 60 24 28 52 12
Bill Cowley C 51 13 25 38 16
Joe Carveth RW 51 21 15 36 18
Don Gallinger C 47 11 19 30 12
Pat Egan D 60 7 18 25 89
Bep Guidolin LW 56 10 13 23 73
Ken Smith LW 60 14 7 21 4
Terry Reardon C/RW 60 6 14 20 17
Jack Crawford D 58 1 17 18 16
Murray Henderson D 57 5 12 17 63
Jack McGill C 24 5 9 14 19
Mark Marquess RW 27 5 4 9 6
Babe Pratt D 31 4 4 8 25
Fern Flaman D 23 1 4 5 41
Ed Barry LW 19 1 3 4 2
Clare Martin D 6 3 0 3 0
Bill Shill RW 27 2 0 2 2
Don Grosso LW/C 33 0 2 2 2
Norm McAtee C 13 0 1 1 0
Frank Brimsek G 60 0 0 0 2
Dit Clapper RW/D 6 0 0 0 0
Johnny Peirson RW 5 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 3600 60 26 23 11 175 2.92 3
Team: 3600 60 26 23 11 175 2.92 3

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Milt Schmidt C/D 5 3 1 4 4
Ken Smith LW 5 3 0 3 2
Joe Carveth RW 5 2 1 3 0
Terry Reardon C/RW 5 0 3 3 2
Bobby Bauer RW 5 1 1 2 0
Woody Dumart LW 5 1 1 2 8
Bill Cowley C 5 0 2 2 0
Pat Egan D 5 0 2 2 6
Bep Guidolin LW 3 0 1 1 6
Clare Martin D 5 0 1 1 0
Frank Brimsek G 5 0 0 0 0
Jack Crawford D 2 0 0 0 0
Fern Flaman D 5 0 0 0 8
Don Gallinger C 4 0 0 0 7
Murray Henderson D 4 0 0 0 4
Pentti Lund RW 1 0 0 0 0
Mark Marquess RW 4 0 0 0 0
Jack McGill C 5 0 0 0 11
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Frank Brimsek 343 5 1 4 16 2.80 0
Team: 343 5 1 4 16 2.80 0

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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.25, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. ^ "Standings: 1946–1947". National Hockey League. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1946-47 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.