1947–48 Boston Bruins season
NHL team season
1947–48 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 3rd NHL |
1947–48 record | 23–24–13 |
Goals for | 167 |
Goals against | 168 |
Team information | |
General manager | Art Ross |
Coach | Dit Clapper |
Captain | Milt Schmidt |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Pete Babando (23) |
Assists | Woody Dumart (16) |
Points | Woody Dumart (37) |
Penalty minutes | Pat Egan (81) |
Wins | Frank Brimsek (23) |
Goals against average | Frank Brimsek (2.80) |
The 1947–48 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 24th season in the NHL.
Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts | ||
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1 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 60 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 182 | 143 | +39 | 77 |
2 | Detroit Red Wings | 60 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 187 | 148 | +39 | 72 |
3 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 167 | 168 | −1 | 59 |
4 | New York Rangers | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 176 | 201 | −25 | 55 |
5 | Montreal Canadiens | 60 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 147 | 169 | −22 | 51 |
6 | Chicago Black Hawks | 60 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 195 | 225 | −30 | 46 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CHI | DET | MTL | NYR | TOR | ||||||
Boston | — | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 6–2–4 | 7–3–2 | 3–7–2 | ||||||
Chicago | 7–3–2 | — | 2–10 | 4–7–1 | 6–4–2 | 1–10–1 | ||||||
Detroit | 6–4–2 | 10–2 | — | 7–2–3 | 5–4–3 | 2–6–4 | ||||||
Montreal | 2–6–4 | 7–4–1 | 2–7–3 | — | 3–7–2 | 6–5–1 | ||||||
New York | 3–7–2 | 4–6–2 | 4–5–3 | 7–3–2 | — | 3–5–4 | ||||||
Toronto | 7–3–2 | 10–1–1 | 6–2–4 | 5–6–1 | 5–3–4 | — |
Schedule and results
No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
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1 | W | October 19, 1947 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 1–0–0 |
2 | W | October 22, 1947 | 3–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 2–0–0 |
4 | W | October 26, 1947 | 3–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 3–1–0 |
5 | W | October 29, 1947 | 3–1 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 4–1–0 |
6 | T | November 1, 1947 | 1–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 4–1–1 |
7 | L | November 2, 1947 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 4–2–1 |
8 | W | November 5, 1947 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 5–2–1 |
9 | W | November 12, 1947 | 8–2 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 6–2–1 |
10 | W | November 15, 1947 | 9–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 7–2–1 |
11 | L | November 16, 1947 | 1–2 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 7–3–1 |
12 | W | November 19, 1947 | 7–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 8–3–1 |
13 | L | November 22, 1947 | 3–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 8–4–1 |
14 | T | November 23, 1947 | 2–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 8–4–2 |
15 | L | November 26, 1947 | 3–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 8–5–2 |
16 | L | November 27, 1947 | 1–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 8–6–2 |
17 | T | November 30, 1947 | 0–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 8–6–3 |
18 | T | December 3, 1947 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 8–6–4 |
19 | T | December 6, 1947 | 5–5 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 8–6–5 |
20 | W | December 7, 1947 | 1–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 9–6–5 |
21 | L | December 10, 1947 | 5–6 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 9–7–5 |
22 | T | December 14, 1947 | 1–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 9–7–6 |
23 | L | December 17, 1947 | 2–5 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 9–8–6 |
24 | W | December 20, 1947 | 4–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 10–8–6 |
25 | L | December 21, 1947 | 5–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 10–9–6 |
26 | L | December 25, 1947 | 1–6 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 10–10–6 |
27 | L | December 27, 1947 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 10–11–6 |
28 | L | December 28, 1947 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 10–12–6 |
29 | L | December 31, 1947 | 3–7 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 10–13–6 |
30 | W | January 1, 1948 | 4–1 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 11–13–6 |
31 | T | January 3, 1948 | 2–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 11–13–7 |
32 | W | January 10, 1948 | 4–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 12–13–7 |
33 | L | January 11, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 12–14–7 |
34 | T | January 14, 1948 | 3–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 12–14–8 |
35 | L | January 17, 1948 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 12–15–8 |
36 | T | January 18, 1948 | 1–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 12–15–9 |
37 | W | January 21, 1948 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 13–15–9 |
38 | W | January 25, 1948 | 6–4 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 14–15–9 |
39 | L | January 28, 1948 | 2–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 14–16–9 |
40 | L | January 31, 1948 | 4–7 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 14–17–9 |
41 | L | February 1, 1948 | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 14–18–9 |
42 | L | February 4, 1948 | 2–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 14–19–9 |
43 | W | February 8, 1948 | 3–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 15–19–9 |
44 | L | February 11, 1948 | 0–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 15–20–9 |
45 | T | February 14, 1948 | 4–4 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 15–20–10 |
46 | W | February 15, 1948 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 16–20–10 |
47 | W | February 18, 1948 | 4–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 17–20–10 |
48 | W | February 21, 1948 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 18–20–10 |
49 | L | February 22, 1948 | 1–4 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 18–21–10 |
50 | L | February 25, 1948 | 2–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 18–22–10 |
51 | L | February 29, 1948 | 1–5 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 18–23–10 |
52 | T | March 3, 1948 | 4–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1947–48) | 18–23–11 |
53 | T | March 4, 1948 | 1–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 18–23–12 |
54 | W | March 7, 1948 | 3–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 19–23–12 |
55 | W | March 10, 1948 | 6–3 | New York Rangers (1947–48) | 20–23–12 |
56 | L | March 13, 1948 | 2–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1947–48) | 20–24–12 |
57 | W | March 14, 1948 | 5–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 21–24–12 |
58 | W | March 16, 1948 | 6–2 | @ New York Rangers (1947–48) | 22–24–12 |
59 | T | March 17, 1948 | 0–0 | Detroit Red Wings (1947–48) | 22–24–13 |
60 | W | March 21, 1948 | 4–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1947–48) | 23–24–13 |
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Woody Dumart | LW | 59 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 14 |
Pete Babando | LW | 60 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 52 |
Don Gallinger | C | 54 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 37 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 37 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 38 |
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 33 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 28 |
Ed Sandford | LW | 59 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 25 |
Ken Smith | LW | 60 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 14 |
Billy Taylor | C | 39 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 25 |
Wally Wilson | C | 53 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 18 |
Pat Egan | D | 60 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 81 |
Clare Martin | D | 59 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 34 |
Joe Carveth | RW | 22 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
Murray Henderson | D | 49 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 50 |
Jack Crawford | D | 45 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
Paul Ronty | C | 24 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0 |
Ed Harrison | C/LW | 52 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
Grant Warwick | RW | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 |
Fern Flaman | D | 56 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 69 |
Johnny Peirson | RW | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
John Quilty | C | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Frank Brimsek | G | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arnie Kullman | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Manson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Brimsek | 3600 | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 168 | 2.80 | 3 |
Team: | 3600 | 60 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 168 | 2.80 | 3 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milt Schmidt | C/D | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Johnny Peirson | RW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Ken Smith | LW | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Paul Ronty | C | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Jimmy Peters | RW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Grant Warwick | RW | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Pete Babando | LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Pat Egan | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Ed Harrison | C/LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Murray Henderson | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Ed Sandford | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Crawford | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Frank Brimsek | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Woody Dumart | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fern Flaman | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Pentti Lund | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clare Martin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Wally Wilson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Brimsek | 317 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 3.79 | 0 |
Team: | 317 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 3.79 | 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
- "1947–48 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.