1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season explained

The 1946–47 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 21st season. The season involved Gordie Howe making his National Hockey League debut, and it was the final season for Jack Adams as coach.

Regular season

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Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	C	60	17	46	63	35
	LW	60	30	24	54	6
	C/LW	60	19	29	48	29
	LW	59	27	15	42	57
	C	59	17	17	34	10
	C	33	16	13	29	2
	LW	38	12	13	25	59
	RW	60	9	14	23	14
	RW	58	7	15	22	52
	D	44	5	17	22	6
	RW	30	5	10	15	0
	D	55	5	9	14	83
	LW	22	8	5	13	30
	RW	40	1	12	13	2
	D	31	4	6	10	14
	D	47	2	4	6	62
	D	37	1	5	6	39
	C	24	3	2	5	10
	D	23	2	1	3	12
	C	12	0	2	2	2
	RW	9	0	1	1	0
	C	6	0	1	1	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0
	G	52	0	0	0	4
	LW	5	0	0	0	0
	D	4	0	0	0	0
	G	7	0	0	0	2
	D	3	0	0	0	0
	RW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3120	52	22	20	10	159	3.06	3
	60	1	0	1	0	5	5.00	0
	420	7	0	6	1	29	4.14	0
Team:	3600	60	22	27	11	193	3.22	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	LW	5	4	4	8	2
	C	5	1	5	6	4
	RW	4	1	4	5	0
	LW	5	2	2	4	10
	C	5	2	1	3	2
	LW	5	2	0	2	6
	C/LW	3	1	1	2	2
	C	4	0	2	2	0
	RW	3	1	0	1	0
	C	5	0	1	1	2
	D	5	0	1	1	4
	D	5	0	1	1	4
	D	5	0	1	1	12
	G	5	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	4
	RW	5	0	0	0	18
	D	1	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0
	D	5	0	0	0	2
	LW	1	0	0	0	0
	C	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	263	5	1	3	13	2.97	0
	40	1	0	1	5	7.50	0
Team:	303	5	1	4	18	3.56	0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

• Jack Stewart, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
• Bill Quackenbush, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1946-47 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.