1947-48 NHL season

The 1947-48 National Hockey League season was the 31st season of the National Hockey League.

Contents

1 Regular Season

1.1 Standings
1.2 Leading Scorers
1.3 Leading Goaltenders

2 Stanley Cup Playoffs

2.1 Semifinals

2.1.1 Toronto vs Boston
2.1.2 Detroit vs New York

2.2 Stanley Cup Finals

2.2.1 Toronto vs Detroit

3 Related topics

Regular Season

The season saw the return of the National Hockey League All-Star Game, an idea that, although proposed in the previous season, came into fruition this year. The all-star game, however, saw a career-ending ankle injury to Chicago Blackhawks forward Bill Mosienko . Other stars would retire, ending both the Montreal Canadiens' Punch Line and the Boston Bruins' Kraut Line . However, this season saw the creation of the Detroit Red Wings' Production Line . The policy of having players raise their hockey sticks to signify that a goal was scored was also initiated in this season, with Habs forward Billy Reay being the first to do on November 13, 1947. The season also saw Boston's Don Gallinger and the New York Rangers' Billy Taylor being suspended for life for gambling.

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs	60	32	15	13	182	143	77
Detroit Red Wings	60	30	18	12	187	148	72
Boston Bruins	60	23	24	13	167	168	59
New York Rangers	60	21	26	13	176	201	55
Montreal Canadiens	60	20	29	11	147	169	51
Chicago Blackhawks	60	20	34	6	195	225	46

Leading Scorers

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
Elmer Lach	Montreal	60	30	31	61
Buddy O'Connor	New York	60	24	36	60
Doug Bentley	Chicago	60	20	37	57
Gaye Stewart	Toronto / Chicago	61	27	29	56
Max Bentley	Chicago / Toronto	59	26	28	54
Bud Polie	Toronto / Chicago	58	25	29	54
Maurice Richard	Montreal	53	28	25	53	89
Syl Apps	Toronto	55	26	27	53
Ted Lindsay	Detroit	60	33	19	52
Roy Conacher	Chicago	52	22	27	49

Leading Goaltenders

Player	Team	GP	MINS	GA	SO	GAA
Turk Broda	Toronto	60	3600	143	5	2.38
Harry Lumley	Detroit	60	3592	147	7	2.46
Bill Durnan	Montreal	59	3505	162	5	2.77
Frank Brimsek	Boston	60	3600	168	3	2.80
Jim Henry	New York	48	2800	153	2	3.19
Emile Francis	Chicago	54	3240	183	1	3.39

Stanley Cup Playoffs

All dates in 1948.

Semifinals

Toronto vs Boston

March 24 - Boston 4 Toronto 5 (OT)
March 27 - Boston 3 Toronto 5
March 30 - Toronto 5 Boston 1
April 1 - Toronto 2 Boston 3
April 3 - Boston 2 Toronto 3

Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-1

Detroit vs New York

March 24 - New York 1 Detroit 2
March 26 - New York 2 Detroit 5
March 28 - Detroit 2 New York 3
March 30 - Detroit 1 New York 3
April 1 - New York 1 Detroit 3
April 4 - Detroit 4 New York 2

Detroit wins best-of-seven series 4-2

Stanley Cup Finals

Toronto vs Detroit

April 7 - Detroit 3 Toronto 5
April 10 - Detroit 2 Toronto 4
April 11 - Toronto 2 Detroit 0
April 14 - Toronto 7 Detroit 2

Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-0